KINGDOM NEAR BY

Where shall we go from here in the end of days,

When our time is done, we no longer awake to the rising sun.

Cease do we to be the mortal man,

We’ll live again in a spectacular land.

Our daily thoughts and tasks are no more,

We see not again the moon so full.

There’s a kingdom nearby waiting for us,

Dream of a place where all is great.

Kingdom nearby, kingdom in the sky,

Walk into forever, stand with the king almighty,

Rest when you die, fore eternity we fly.

Keith Garrett

KEEPER OF THE LIGHT

Up in the air, he spreads his wings,

He stretches to the heavens and sees many things.

This god of the sun, KEEPER OF THE LIGHT,

Soars in the sky on an eternal flight.

So peaceful is he, away up so high,

Forever and ever, this spirit will fly.

Keeper of the light, what do you see,?

Beyond the sun, a mystery to me.

Through the wind you travel, round and round,

Watching over this star, from you there’s no sound.

I can only imagine you’re a spectacular sight,

Fly, way up high, Keeper of the light.

Keith Garrett

” KARMA”

What goes around comes around, or Is It all upside down,

People get what they deserve but who are those who deserve.?

We get what we get, what kind of philosophy would that be,

Are we punished by god In the end or Is there ongoing punishment.

‘Karma” the belief that what you do bad or good, will, In fact, affect you,

The thought that a person will suffer the consequences for their wrong.

It appears that so many escape all the criminal acts that they do In life,

Could It be that through all of this that their every day Is In some way a prison?

I believe we all pay each day for that which we do In a bad way,

Unless we are of good or change our ways then again one day we will surely pay.

Keith Garrett

” THEY WERE DIFFERENT”

He walked down the street full of laughter and fun,

He was poor with no money but no worries had he.

She was from a different world, of money and material things’,

A young woman with everything but she had nothing.

He was free with dreams’ that were possibly only dreams’,

What he wanted was only to be, what he wanted was she.

She was art, dance, and culture passed on by a family,

What she wanted was to be set free, treasure was not just money.

He appeared as a man whose clothing meant he had no worth,

But what Is the worth of a well dressed man with no Integrity?

They were different she and he, drawn together by feelings’,

The heart, the eyes, the touch of man to woman and woman to man.

They were different but they were the same, walking hand In hand,

With what’s love and pain.

Keith Garrett

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JUST ONCE MORE

It has been a while since I’ve seen you, been awhile, I lost your smile,

Wondering just what would I do, never hearing that soft voice from you.

I hold you tight In my heart and mind, each day I wonder what I might find,

Tell me darling what a mans’ to do, If never again a love as you.

Just once more, a dance with you, just once more, a walk In the park,

A hug from you, a kiss for two, just once more, I ask of you.

It has been a while since we were two, been a while, love for you,

Just one more song, together just once more, just once more.

Watched you sleep so many nights’ ago, felt your breath against my soul,

It has been a while since love was shown, just once more, I’m on my own.

In my dreams’ I hear your knock at my door, I awake and you’re not there,

It has been a while, just once more, hold my hand, just once more.

Keith Garrett

JUST LISTEN!

On the shore, sounds of the ocean are heard,

You can hear crashing of the waves, close your eyes.

In the afternoon, a Summer breeze, it whispers to me,

A windy day, Just listen! to the sounds that come your way.

A cricket on a warm, humid night, silence visits but there is life,

Just listen! you can hear whatever visits your wanting mind.

Keith Garrett

JUST AN ECHO

If you listen carefully, your memories can be heard,

Words and phrases spoken or listened too are recorded.

Thoughts in your head feel at times louder, just an echo,

Sounds and scenes from a lifetime played over, can you hear.?

Noises from children playing back when just a child, just a child,

Friends from long ago just an echo in time, listen, they can be heard.

In the span of a lifetime like the wind moving by, created in an instance,

An echo in time we will be, just an echo in time for you and me.

Keith Garrett

JUST A WHISPER

When an evening breeze passes by, like a whisper,

In the night watch the stars, they move, a whisper.

The earth spins without a sound, just a whisper,

High in the sky a plane soars by, hear its whisper.

Breathing in the dark, she sleeps, a whisper heard,

Animals in the dark night wander, a quiet whisper.

A beautiful sound, just a whisper down the hall,

An echo through the hills, a whisper so long.

Listen beyond all the noise, just a whisper is fine.

Keith Garrett

JUST A THOUGHT FROM ME

I want to sit down by a creek where quiet sounds live,

Trees cover me with shade, listen to the water that moves.

A quiet breeze fills the air, leaves falling down around me,

I can close my eyes and still see the beauty like a dream.

Just a thought from me as I lay here on a bed of grass,

A better world is imagined from my mind, I feel fine,

Just a thought from me as I am alone with peace.

Keith Garrett

JUST A LONELY, OLD MAN

Maniac, crazy is the name given to him by a town,

This man with a long beard of gray, coat, and cane.

His house is said to be haunted, dark all around,

Weathered with cobwebs, many creeks, the only sound.

Just a lonely, old man whom at times may cry in the night,

Bitter from a loss, on his own hiding in his home.

Misunderstood, judged as he looks, his own heart and fears,

Just a lonely, old man with a lifetime within himself.

Keith Garrett