TRAIN RIDE
Awaiting Its' arrival as here It comes to take me away,
Sounds like thunder rumbling down the track, whistling.
Puffing black smoke up Into the air, Its' headlight shining,
This monster of steel Is here, time for me to climb aboard.
Listen to the hissing from this steam engine, hear It,
We take off heading through the hills' with much to see.
From out of the window stare do I as we pass through,
Darkness from within a mountain carved out a passage.
Tons of rock and dirt hanging above us as we travel,
Moving through this tunnel Into the light, sun going down.
I listen to the sound of the power of this traveling train,
Out of the window Is a clear sky as the light from the full moon
Shines down, guiding our way across the land.
Keith Garrett
TWO
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
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 neve rending 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
UNDER THE STARS
UNDER THE STARS’
We made camp as the sun went down, darkness now,
A fire burns, the glow upon your face projects an Image of beauty.
There’s a cool breeze blowing across the land, through the trees,
Rest do we beneath the full moon of color, you and I tonight.
The crackling wood has a tune of Its’ own, giving off a shining light,
So quiet and peaceful, sharing this land under the stars of life.
See me, see this man of hope and dreams by a fire next to you,
Stand up and take my hand, around this warmth dance with a smile.
A vision of what may be, alone out here next to you with a dream,
Love Is not promised, love makes a path of maybes, under the stars.
Keith Garrett
TREASURES OF THE LORD
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 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
UNIVERSE
UNIVERSE
Created within me Is the answer to the beginning of time,
Is there a start or finish, an end or beginning to what’s mine.
In many a direction, I must be,
Everything travels’ through my darkness, who knows’ what there Is to see.
Older than anything, how long have I really existed,
Where do I come from, Is the answer a mystery never to be discovered?
All things’ that live within my space,
Rotating forever, will they always be In this place.
I am the universe, not knowing what I really am,
With no air or much light, not a visitor from your land.
I’ll stay here, who can say just how long,
Perhaps till an end comes to my time.
Keith Garrett
TAKE A TRIP WITH ME
“TAKE A TRIP WITH ME”
Follow me, baby, across the wide open plains, together,
Horses we ride through the desert, the land belongs to us.
On beautiful animals of strength and spirit, we journey,
Moving along, riding Into the wind, together we are one.
For us, there are amazing and colorful sunsets’ to behold,
Under the stars, we camp next to the warmth of a roaring fire.
Sounds of nature are with us as the only voices other than our own,
Out here we live, we find our own way across this experience of life.
The sun rises beyond the hills’ behind the mountains standing,
A gentle breeze whispers that a new day Is born, we rise.
Take a trip with me as we awake to each sunrise, as we ride.
Keith Garrett
THAT’S LIFE
THAT’S LIFE
Walk with me and hear my thoughts of the day,
From the time we are a child we think and play.
A fairytale from the beginning that we are forever,
Of this world not meant to be, everlasting Is heaven.
Into our lives, people step and then walk away,
We lose and we gain, lessons of love and pain.
At times the bad seem blessed and the goodwill suffer,
Those with much love to give can not discover another’s heart.
Most take for granted what others only cry for, Oh! they cry,
That’s life, sometimes we don’t get what we deserve,
Many times we get what we get, that which Is given.
We see laughter, we see tears, we find fear, that’s life,
We all have our day and some have It taken away.
The longer we live there’s a chance for love or sorrow,
We hold on for tomorrow because that’s life.
Keith Garrett
SURROUNDING ME
SURROUNDING ME
I’m here, blind at times to what’s around me waiting for myself to see,
Sitting here at this moment, quiet with no soul to keep me company.
Feeling lonely but as I turn my eyes to this world, notice do I something,
There’s much life watching me, I never listen but now I can hear,
As what’s surrounding me Is telling me something, It’s talking to me.
There stands a tree, Its’ branches swinging In the wind like arms,
Leaves falling to the ground, nature brings It to life as I hear the sound.
The grass dances as a breeze travels on by singing as It says goodbye,
When I sit upon It a feeling It has as also this friend of green feels me.
On a shrub, a bird sits and whistles In the sun,
Saying hello to It as away In the sky this bird flies.
There are bees buzzing around flowers of many colors and fragrances,
They leave me alone, I’m not alone.
What I want may not be, a little less lonely with what’s surrounding me.
Keith Garrett
SUNRISE
SUNRISE
Darkness disappears’ as day comes to life,
Footsteps of mine traveling the morning light.
The fog begins’ to lift showing the beauty of God,
I walk this way with hope by my side.
Quiet as It’s early, fore sleep still lingers,’
On the move are these legs, tired, forever tired.
Rays of light shine through the distant clouds,
Sunrise has a story for a man roaming alone.
Everything has changed as the days’ seem the same,
A song, he sings’ a song In my ear always heard.
My favorite music from the man from Jersey,
Sunrise, sweet sunrise, each day my journey.
Keith Garrett
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