I CAN LAUGH WITH YOU

IF YOU WILL CRY WITH ME

I can laugh with you over a funny show,

If you will cry with me over some sad news.

I can laugh with you when a silly joke be told,

If you will cry with me over us both getting old.

I can laugh with you just because it feels so good,

If you will cry with me when life doesn’t seem as it should.

I can laugh with you when things need to be laughed at,

If you will cry with me when we start on a beautiful new path,

I can laugh with you if you will cry with me over anything anytime.

Keith Garrett

A DAY WITHOUT SYMPATHY
I awoke in the morning, I fell out of bed,

A bad headache but no aspirin for my head.

I went for a cup of coffee but only an empty jar,

Maybe some toast but the butter was at the store.

I went to get the paper in a puddle of mud,

The dog chewed up my shoes, what am I to do.

Got dressed and headed for the car, off to work I’ll go,

The car wasn’t there, stolen wouldn’t you know.

Went to call the police, locked myself out of the house,

Headed for the bus stop, watched the bus drive on by.

I flagged down a cab, please get me to work,

No wallet in my pocket, I gave him my watch.

I walked through the door, fearing I was so late,

This is your day off, you don’t work today.

No way home so I put out my thumb,

No one would stop, I walked all the way.

I had not a key, Oh! what a day,

I broke the window, the door was open all the way.

My T.V. was gone, the phone did not work,

Nothing to eat, time for some sleep.

I went to my room, the bed was gone,

A day without sympathy, on the floor I did lay.

Keith Garrett

I BELIEVE IN THE END

It never stops, this thing that’s In motion,

The game Is love and It can’t be stopped.

I believe In the end, a final conclusion,

This Is the middle of a battle, there Is no Illusion.

Love comes In many forms’ and you may not recognize,

A mind that Is blind may not understand.

There Is no quit In this fight for the heart,

Stronger am I as more difficult the task.

Keith Garrett

I BEEN WORKING REAL HARD

There are things I want back, that which has been taken from me,

Some can never be found again as the others are always within my grasp.

I been working real hard trying to rid the anger that does live Inside my soul,

Gone are things In a life that were beautiful and are a memory never let go.

The youth that once was known Is now living In the next generation of man,

I do keep hold of the energy that does not yet die, youth still lives Inside.

I have been broken In many ways, physically and emotionally but I fight the fight,

I been working real hard to get back the once powerful walk, the strength to lift.

Every day the will to stand up and take control, do what must be done to overcome,

I been working real hard to be a better me, ways that must be changed, always working.

Keith Garrett

I AWAKE IN THE NIGHT

Sleep comes quick as the day’s activities wear me down,

I’m not so sure where I am, where now do I stand in time.

Little control now in my own world as I am at the mercy of it all,

Worry strikes me down hard as my tomorrow seems a bit lost.

I awake in the night from the unwanted visions of my daily thoughts,

Decisions are not mine, waiting for so long to get back what was mine.

Everything has changed in a period of shortness, where am I to be,

I know from where it is I sit but for how long shall this man keep his spot.?

Through pain and a stab in the back, my purpose appears taken from me,

I awake in the night wondering and waiting for the morning light,

There’s no getting what I had back, only need pieces of who I use to be.

Keith Garrett

I AM TIRED

I write every day and walk my legs until they’re done,

I work in my yard, I think beyond the sun going down.

In between the poetry, there is a life of pain and mistrust,

I make myself happy, a choice to fall or on my own rise up.

I endure the suffering of rehabilitation as it is what I need,

Keep myself alive and moving, a little positivity in my day.

The reality I face of that which is good and bad is not a thought of beauty,

Up in the morning early I am to stare at the rising sun, start the day.

Ask do I from God above for the strength to make it through each step,

I never quit, I’m not that way, a miracle is out there, let nothing stand in my way.

I am tired but the nights are peaceful and quiet, darkness feels most pleasant,

I drift off to sleep waiting to dream, sooner or later I’m awake lying in the dark, thinking.

Keith Garrett

I AM THE WIND

Many things there are that possess strength and power,

I am the wind, I can travel further than most natural things.

Things of the earth, I am everywhere and always somewhere,

I can not be seen therefore you can not look at me, I am the wind.

I can find ways to break through and move around, I create sound,

Everyone knows of me, all things are touched by what I am.

There Is much proof of my existence as I can be gentle and quiet,

I can also destroy, be of much destruction and terror to a world.

I am the wind!, I find you, I too can not see you but I have the advantage,

I am of much more power as I do not ever get tired, I am the wind.

A name I have been given to show of my difference, You know me, I am the wind.

Keith Garrett

I AM THE WAY

I have been forever, I am eternal, I am the way,

A day will come when to you my appearance shall be known.

If you are of good when your time on earth is complete,

Then it is that you shall see me, stand before me.

Your journey to the kingdom of heaven will not be so

Until you have first touched the hand of almighty God,

The creator of all that you have known.

Master of the universe and that which you do not yet understand,

I am the light, I am the way to eternal peace.

When it is time then you will be guided,

By angels that will be sent down to comfort

And welcome you into the great beyond.

Believe in me and you shall have everlasting life and love,

Do not be afraid, I am the way.

Keith Garrett

I AM THE TIGER

I roam through the jungle, this Is my home,

My daily survival depends on the skills I’ve been taught.

To find my own way, to search for food,

Is every day, these things that I do.

I’m fast and strong, part of what I am,

If growl as I move, they know coming I am.

My colors and stripes say I am the tiger,

I’m a cat by nature, I live by the fight.

Keith Garrett

HEROES’ IN THE MIDDLE

Clouded by the glory of those all around,

These fearless giants’ will hold their ground.

They keep back the enemy from getting through,

For their standing general, this job they’ll do.

Face to face they push and shove,

To come out on top, to rise above.

Exhausted and dirty the pain shows’ through blood red,

From head to toe, hurt and cut, between them so much said.

Heroes’ In the middle through the snow and rain,

Nothing could be won without sacrifice and strain.

To these men who give their all,

Show them respect, honor them with the game ball.

Keith Garrett