TWO


 One and one create a two, In the afternoon 
 A time of two,
 In the dark of night, early morning strikes 
 The clock at two.
 In the park walk a man and woman, hand In hand 
 They are two,
 Feet In the sand, once a girl I knew, we were 
 One but we were two.
 I've loved only once as I've shared my life with 
 Few, only two, 
 Now It Is that this man walks alone, he has 
 Wandering feet of two.
 In a world seen In time, time lost, the passing  
 Of time, years of two,                    
 Time to understand why there Is no longer us, 
 The way we were two.
 Remember the love, a day when we were something, 
 Thoughts of two,                      
 I remember yesterday was today, I think of you  
 And the passing years of two.

                 Keith Garrett 

                  TRIALS' OF A MAN


 Once a child, a small boy from many seasons' 
 Past,

 In this time and place destined to be a man.


 Through many battles I've had to persevere,


 Like heading Into a strong neverending wind.


 I'm learning to move away from the confrontation,


 Choosing a new direction, energy not wasted.


 Struggling to do everything right as I walk forward,


 Positive lessons' to take ahead, I've learned from 
 My past.

 At one time I put away my faith, put It high on 
 A shelf,

 Keep living, keep moving along, and try always.


 I've had losses and love lost but this won't end me,


 In this, things gained simultaneously.


 I still seek some of what's been lost, still within 
 Reach,

 Some gone forever, forever a memory.


             Keith Garrett

               TREASURES OF THE LORD

 Into the darkness I stepped, wandering 
 Down a road,
 Left behind the trust and care for those 
 Whom hurt my soul.
 Alone I've stood on a hill so high, at the 
 Edge of the mountain,
 There was nothing for me to see, blinded by 
 What is humanity.
 Is this place I am in a creation of my own anger 
 And non-believing,
 Does darkness fade as the sun appears again 
 For a blind man?
 I've opened these eyes and learned to see 
 His masterpiece,
 The hills that are alive that rest beneath God's 
 Wide-open sky.
 The wind that sings as It blows through the 
 Ever so high trees,
 Rain that falls below Is a gift to us so that 
 We may watch life grow.
 From the sea to all that we need to be Is for 
 Us because he,
 Only he had a thought, the power to Imagine 
 That which we see.
 Treasures of the lord were placed down upon 
 From heaven,
 Only the greed of a man has stolen that which 
 To him belongs not.
 Every time I open my eyes the treasures of the 
 lord are seen,
 These are a gift, a reality that even the blind 
 May see.
                                                                             
    Keith Garrett

              THROUGH DIFFERENT EYES


 There we are together standing, as the sun 
 Disappears,

 Only a lonely tree keeps' us company, we are 
 Alive!

 Many colors' rest In the open sky as day turns' 
 To night,

 We stand together yet apart with our own vision 
 Of life.

 Through different eyes do we see the same things',


 As only our thoughts' create a separate way of 
 Seeing them.

 We are two souls' occupying the same earth, 
 Dreaming, wondering,

 Watching the world In two directions', seeing a 
 Different way, imagine.

                     Keith Garrett            

                   FROM HEAVEN,

                 CAN YOU HEAR ME?


 I look to the sky, can you see me through 
 The clouds,

 I'm standing here Lord, what shall I do to 
 Make it today?

 From my eyes there are many tears that flow 
 To no end,

 In this body It Is my heart that cries for your 
 Help to ease my sorrow.

 Stand by me when my loneliness Is much more 
 Than I care bare,

 Take away this pain and anger that live In my 
 Soul as I move forward.

 Take from me these nightmares that visit when  
 I sleep oh! please,

 Let me rest as my body feels' so very tired 
 From this plight.

 From heaven, can you hear me, do you know who
 I am,

 Will you listen as I ask for your guiding hand?


              Keith Garrett

                FACES OF CLOWNS'


 Disguises are worn, they hide a world of fear,


 Hidden with colors' of false smiles or frozen 
 Frowns.

 We laugh and we dance, juggle our thoughts' 
 And emotions,

 Our world Is a cage, a circus of freaks' and 
 Entertainment.

 We challenge our own mortality, on a high wire 
 We dance,

 Shot through a cannon to where we may land, 
 Life in hand.

 Faces of clowns', dressed In costumes, they 
 Seem secure,

 Acts put on for children, are they not the young 
 Whom have tears.

 We dress In our own costumes, put on a face 
 That we choose,

 Is what appears' real only a magicians' magic, 
 A trick of sorts.

 Whatever expression we wear, whatever makeup 
 We're made of,

 Faces of clowns', we all live with faces of clowns.


                                                                             Keith Garrett                                                        

                                                                                                          
                 EMMA


 She walked along the shore, on a beach, 
 Many years before,


 Young and beautiful, her life seen before  
 Her eyes, some time ago.


 Long, dark hair with a smile that brightens up 
 That which is in sight,


 A simple life with the wind blowing through 
 Her hair, a lifetime ago.


 Her name is Emma, she walks along the shore 
 A different way now,


 Shorter hair of a silver gray, a smile that is 
 Less as the years have taken.


 Eyes that sparkle a little less with the sun 
 Going down on an aging life,


 Her name is Emma, she walks much slower with 
 The wind through her hair.


 She may disappear but she will forever walk 
 Along the shore.
                      Keith  Garrett

                 "FACE TO FACE"


 Children disappear, we are who we are 
 In this today,

 I now Imagine you, your face, an unbelievable 
 Smile.

 Yesterday shows' your face to me, today my 
 Mind wanders,

 Reasons' for all things', does now have a 
 reason.

 Face to face, come show your everlasting 
 Beauty to me,

 Face to face Is a simple concept, what might 
 Be seen.

 Feelings' from the heart are held onto through 
 The years,

 Soon face to face maybe we understand, spend a 
 Day with this friend.

              Keith Garrett

          " LEAVING IT ALL BEHIND"


 I stop where I'm standing, looking around,



 What Is this madness born to us all.



 Leaving my work, my home, and the things 
 Known to me,


 Go away to a place up high, way back In the hills'.



 There are no people of jugement to listen too,



 The loud sounds' of tragedy lost In my travel.



 There Is no anger or the struggle to survive,



 Out here, only nature to hear me cry.



 Leaving It all behind,



 The life that was once mine.


           Keith Garrett  

                A CHANCE TO SEE


 A chance to see fore never have I been able 
 to walk in light,

 A chance to watch the sunrise as never before 
 Seen but dreamed.

 A chance to see the trees sway in the wind as 
 the wind never seen,

 A chance too see the mountains that I never 
 Thought a reality.

 A chance to see the clouds so big in the sky, 
 Drifting slowly by,

 A chance to see the waves in the ocean only 
 Heard through time.

 A chance to walk without a cane, to be free, 
 Walk, and see,

 A chance to see a smiling face that might 
 Smile back at me.

 A chance to see all the things that I have 
 Always dreamed,

 A chance to see what's never been before 
 these eyes,

 A chance, a chance, to see what is in front of me.


             Keith Garrett