MY LIFELONG PAIN


 I'm better off than some and worse than others,


 There are those who start out with not much of a 
 Chance.

 Then there are others with not a chance at all, 
 They fall,

 From my time as a child I had scrapes and bruises, 
 I survived.

 Born healthy enough except a rare problem with an eye.


 Fell on my face and one day broke my teeth, better than 
 Cancer I believe,

 When I was a teen the brain surgeries began when at  
 School I fell on my head.

 Broken bones, emotional scars that can never go away, 
 Pain of the day,

 I am still alive! I have survived all sicknesses that 
 Have attacked my being inside.

 As time has gone by a massive heart attack has visited 
 My life,

 What waits for us each day is not known as we roam our 
 Earthly home.

 My time here has not been worse or better than so many 
 Who I have met,

 How amazing it is that we make it through each day and 
 Live Beyond being young.

 The odds are against us all as we dodge many bullets  
 Taking Many unknown roads,

 My lifelong pain carries scars, dreams that haunt and  
 Remind Me of past life.

                          Keith Garrett

               A THANK YOU, DEAR LORD


 It's me again, many thought's swirl in my head,


 For this life you gave to me, I am most grateful.


 I wake each morning to the rain or shine,


 You've let me walk your worldly creation, I'm
 Still alive.

 I forget at times and also for granted take,


 This life is precious, there's much good in the world.


 A thank you, dear Lord, for the things given to me,


 The wonders of this land at times are hard to see.


 I'll try to remember that fragile is man,


 Speak to you soon, I keep trying to understand


 And be the best I can.


                                                                                       Keith Garrett 

                TREASURES OF THE LORD

 Into the darkness I stepped, wandering down a road,

 Left behind the trust and care for those who 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 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, 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

                    THY THUNDERING HEART


 Listen to the sound of my heartbeat, rumbles as 
 I sleep,

 From where It Is you rest can the rhythm play to 
 Your ear.

 This heart cries for a moment spent alone with 
 Beautiful you,

 So long has It been since our walks together, forever, 
 Forever.

 No prince am I, only a man with a spark of love 
 In his eye,

 Not a King of anything, no Kingdom of riches to worship.


 A Knight In shining armor Is a dream I am for you,


 A begger of wanting Is not what I'll do, not with you.


 A movie star of handsome features you will not see,


 Just a man whom loves as he lives and dreams.


 Thy thundering heart laughs and feels life's energy,


 Hurt and pain circle my everyday but go away, away.


 I love you, I love you, thy thundering heart says so,


 Heart and soul, from this heart growing old, strength 
 From you.
                   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            

                    "SOMETIMES"


 Sometimes I wait for the telephone to ring,


 A wanting for a voice that does not sing.


 Sometimes I dream about and sometimes I cry,


 Love and peace are held deep Inside, understand.


 Sometimes I feel that I have to go away, I stay,


 So many things to do as I work and play, listen.


 Sometimes I'm a very tired and complicated soul,


 I'll keep on pushing till the day grows old.


 Sometimes I battle the Invisible fight, my fight,


 Something to prove as my time gets closer to the light.


 Sometimes I search for an Imagined hope of love,


 Can not find that which does not wish to be found.


 Sometimes I think that I am not seen by many eyes,


 Perhaps at times my mind Is closed and It Is I who Is
 Blind.

 Sometimes I wonder If the world does not need me,


  As I discover a wanting for more that It holds.

    SOMETIMES                          Keith Garrett

                TAKE A WALK WITH ME!


 Clouds' of a rainy day disappear, the sun shows'
 Its face,

 A dream have I to walk with you Into the sunset, 
 Beauty walks.

 The light from above shines on your face full of 
 Hopes and dreams,

 Imagine do I a soft quiet breeze blowing through your 
 Hair so fine.

 Smile darling, smile while we stroll along the shore, 
 Feet in the sand,

 Waves crashing on the beach, It's just you and me and 
 The world seen.

 Thoughts' of sharing time with someone special, a 
 Woman like you,

 Moments' getting to know the spirit, the Inner you, 
 The person in you.

 Take a walk with me, take a walk and see, who are we?


                  Keith Garrett

                                                                                       
                 BEFORE AND AFTER


 There was a time when I was not here,



 No thoughts, no name or Identity were mine.



 I had no pain or sorrow, not a thing for me 
 To know,


 Where was I before I became me, somewhere 
 Waiting.


 A time will come when I am no longer here, will 
 I have thoughts,


 A name remembered, my Identity will not be this 
 Body or mind.


 Again there will be no pain or sorrow, I will be
 Somewhere else,


 Before and after, heaven bound, where was I before 
 My first sound.

                 Keith Garrett

                   SADNESS IN THE SMOKE


 Flames In the darkness, flames of fright, run, 
 Run into the night,

 Men of fear, men who fight through the night, 
 A fire fight.

 Sadness and pain as the heat and smoke devour
 Natures beauty,

 Who's to blame for this destruction placed upon 
 All good men.

 They run, they hide but where to hide, animals,' 
 Creatures of all kind,

 Death comes to visit, to take away the Innocent 
 Without feeling or care.

 Fix your eyes to the tears' from those who see the 
 Land die and die,

 Look to the sky, watch as It rises, a picture of 
 Sadness in the smoke.

 The wind will blow but there will be no trees for 
 It to pass through,

 The grass you will not see, the animals' are gone.


 Some men do not stand anymore, they disappear with 
 This tragedy,

 That must be forever remembered, some day we will 
 Learn to love this land that was created.

        
 Sadness In the smoke above these hills' that burn 
 For the world to see,

 Eyes must be opened before It's to late, before this 
 Land goes away.

                        Keith Garrett     

                    RENDEZVOUS


 Love taken for granted, desire and temptation 
 So sinful,

 A smile, a glance from a stranger not yet known, 
 danger looms.

 One who has everything but yet nothing at all, cries
 Inside,

 Another who seeks' the attention, In return attention 
 Finds.

 Two smiles, two different hearts' wanting adventure 
 Without thought,

 A soul with nothing to lose but will lose, she who 
 Chances to throw it all away.

 Rendezvous, secretly meeting, passion destroys' many  
 Hearts In a circle,

 Pieces of a life scattered, only a misguided feeling    
 From being forever shattered.

 A body that sins' as another who loves lets out tears' 
 Of forgiveness,

 Does also sins with the life taken from a man with  
 Nothing To lose but everything.

 Rendezvous,

                                                                                                        Keith Garrett