7 MINUTES


 We all have 7 minutes before something we must do,



 The same time before work is done and time to go home.



 7 minutes waiting or 7 minutes up, what be the 
 Circumstances,


 7 minutes in the shower, 7 minutes on the phone,



 7 minutes before dinner, another 7 minutes all alone.



 Time is of the essence, time never stands very still,



 7 minutes late just may save your life, right on time, 
 Goodbye.


 In only 7 minutes, from good to bad, your world has 
 Changed,


 Snooze for an extra 7 minutes, it may do you a world 
 Of good.


 7 minutes a long time to suffer, 7 minutes to love and 
 Dream.
                                   Keith Garrett

                  WIND IN THE FOREST


 Wandering, walking, leaving behind this world 
 For a while,

 Letting my footsteps' take me beyond what I know,
 Letting go.

 Deep, deep Into a land of which perhaps there's no 
 Return,

 Chances taken by a man with many fears, today I live.


 Trees so high that darkness fills the sky, can't 
 See the light,

 Where the moon rests, not visible to these searching 
 Eyes.

 Sounds' of the forest are the only company to me,


 Speaking words to the trees, does anything listen?


 I can feel and hear the wind In the forest,


 It speaks In sound, It Is with me, It finds me.


                 Keith Garrett 

                   " THE SKY WENT BLACK"


 In an Instant It was gone, as I looked up the sun 
 Was no longer,

 Nothing was shining, no light In the sky, what would 
 Guide me.

 There's a darkness that surrounds' my world, where went 
 The brightness,

 Change my thinking, get off this unnecessary roller 
 Coaster ride I'm on.

 Making one material thing or particular person more 
 Valuable,

 Or Important than my own existence In life.


 The sky went black, could this be because my eyes, 


 I've closed To my surroundings' over a loss  or what 
 I perceive as failure.

 Has blinded me to the beauty there Is.


 Love Is a great and wonderful experience when It 
 Comes to see you,

 If blessed are you then perhaps It stays', maybe also 
 Goodbye.

 Don't be fooled fore there are many different forms' 
 Of love,

 Looking deep within ourselves Is where this begins', 
 Later outside.

 Yes! the sky went black, again my eyes will open to 
 See the light,

 Never will I give up my fight for the love In my life.


                     Keith Garrett 

                   DRIVE, JUST DRIVE


 Jump into my car, the motor is running,


 The morning sun is shining on this beautiful, black, 
 Machine.

 I've put the top down, we're gonna drive, just drive!


 Feel the wind blowing through your hair, music in our
 Ears.

 Let's head for the coast, we'll drive along the ocean 
 Shore,

 Miles and miles of open road, watch as the waves touch
 the sandy beach.

 Let's drive far, we have all the time we desire,


 Through the hills' of green grass, we'll drive the 
 Country roads.

 For miles there's only you and me, drive, just drive!


 Nothing but beauty is seen as we head for anywhere,


 High into the mountains is where our day takes us.


 Almost to the sky, we can see everything from where 
 We drive,

 We drive into the night, we drive, just drive!


              Keith Garrett

                                                                                               
                DAILY PLEASURES


 Wake to the morning, a cup of tea or coffee,


 Feeling the sunshine on a chilly, Fall morning.


 Something to eat as again hunger visits me,


 A shower, a hug from maybe someone you love.


 Feeling good as health is a precious gift to enjoy,


 A stroll down the street just my headphones and me.


 A breath of life from morning through the dark of 
 Night,

 Taken for granted at times, daily pleasures are so 
 Fine.

                  Keith Garrett

            I HAVE NEVER SEEN YOU BEFORE


 Together every day, we worked, side by side,



 We saw one another but never looked at all,



 Our names familiar and our faces friendly strangers.



 I have never seen you before, never sought each other 
 Out,


 As if the light has been turned on, the sun shining 
 through.


 I have never seen you before but today is something 
 New.
                        Keith Garrett

                 CAN ANIMALS DO THIS


 This is for the children, a story I tell,

 Listen quietly, can animals do this?

 Did you ever see a duck drive a truck,

 Can a Baboon fly a rocket to the moon?

 Have you ever seen a Giraffe laugh,

 Did you ever watch a lion that was crying?

 Do you suppose a snake would eat a piece of cake,

 Does a mouse eat cheese and live in a house?

 Can a frog sing to a barking dog,

 Does a bird know a word, one that you've heard?

 Can a cat laugh with a bat,

 Did you ever see a moose kicking a goose?

 What if a chimp could fly a blimp,

 Do you think  that a bear can fly through the air?

 Maybe a horse can say of course, of course,

 Do you think that a cow can go meow?

 Have you ever seen a goat drive a boat,

 What about a sheep that swims so deep?

 Can animals do this, what do you think,

 Off to sleep, time to dream.

                 Keith Garrett     

                  BEYOND MY REACH


 With my hand stretched to the sky I can not touch 
 The stars so high,

 Nor the clouds, a falling star, or the sun going down.


 The wind, I can not grab hold, a bird in flight,


 A dream in the night, never a yesterday.


 Beyond my reach is not my dreams,


  It is not that which I pray for,


 The hand of God I can not touch, in my heart 
 I can surely take hold.

 It is not hope, nor faith, it is not a tomorrow,


 Beyond my reach are many things,


 Beyond my reach is not everything.



               Keith Garrett 

                  PICNIC TABLE


 An object, not of the living as it did exist brand 
 New,


 It arrived one day, pieces of many, not yet whole.



 One step at a time, created was this picnic table,



 Used by many, sat at it for many years did I.



 Aged with time, with each day a table grew older,



 For the next five years its purpose would change.



 Sitting mostly lonely except when I opened the garage,



 My picnic table was of good use, I would do work on it.



 It came time to say goodbye, old and decayed,



 A picnic table now rests on the grass, next to a 
 Beautiful tree.
               Keith Garrett

                   "A STRANGER"


  Cobwebs and tumbleweeds, traces of life and the past,


  A forgotten road not so often traveled, not anymore.


  Where do they go, the ones we once knew and walked with,


  More and more they become ghosts, faded faces from 
  Yesterday.

  Time slips away slowly Into my tomorrow where my  
  Memories Are found,

  Friends' are now strangers, strangers are now my 
  friends.

  There once lived a woman who I did not know, she lived her 
  Life without me,

  In her there was not a thought of me, for me she had 
  No meaning.

  This stranger that I had not met would someday be the 
  Love a man could not forget,

  Like the wind forever blowing, she has drifted, a 
  Stranger I never knew.

  Where did you go! where did you go! A stranger I love, 
  A woman I'll never know.

                                 Keith Garrett