CRIMINALS AND TRAITORS

Under siege, american soil on foreign ground,

They would take over, little regard for human life.

Dangerous games and politics from every side,

Lies are of plenty, faces of deception, who is on which side.

The mighty dollar is always on top in these worldly games,

Criminals and traitors sometimes go hand in hand,

Our flag was rescued in this foreign land.

Keith Garrett

“BEYOND THE SKY”

From my beginning, I’ve sat and watched you,

Up so high, beyond what Is blue.

I’m always here but you can’t always see,

Perhaps clouds’ cover your view of beautiful me.

If my lights’ are turned on you might see my smile,

On a dark clear night, I’ll be up for a while.

As you awake In the morning I’ll be asleep,

Another time Is when we’ll meet.

Keith Garrett

CONVERSATION WITH A FRIEND

Where have you been,? I’ve been searching for so long,

I tried to call you on the phone but you were no longer home.

I went to the places where we use to be,

Just standing there in the wind, memory’s of a friend.

I grew up just as you did, life changed and I went away,

There were many things for me to see, living my dreams.

I meant to call but as time went by, out of sight, out of mind,

A woman came into my life, my past was left behind.

So tell me, friend, what have you been doing,?

I stayed behind, watching the world go by,

Children of three and a wife no more to be.

Worked to survive, became older did I,

A roller coaster ride, I’ve had in my time.

I’m glad we found one another, I’ll soon be coming home,

I went away but I’ll be coming back that way.

We’ll stand together one more time,

Somewhat older as you are you and I am me.

Keith Garrett

COME WITH ME

I’m calling for you, listen to my words,

From heaven down to you, in your soul I am heard.

Leave behind your shell of a man,

Journey to me, with your spirit I will stand.

Don’t be afraid fore there is no more pain,

On the earth you lived, a body and mind.

A new adventure begins, soar up to me,

Again you will live for eternity.

A memory are you to those left behind,

Again they will see you in some distant time.

Heaven and earth, fore all come together,

Human down here, a spirit forever.

Keith Garrett

COLORS’

There are many things’ through our eyes’ we see,
Images of life born to we.

Each day we awake, pictures are framed,
In our minds’ colors’ are named.

Blue Is one like an ocean or sky,
Green Is another such as grass or a dye.

Red Is hot, dangerous, and bright,
Like lava or fire when close to your sight.

Yellow Is soft and warm a lot like the sun,
Purple Is sweet like grapes eaten for fun.

Orange Is a fruit or a petal of a rose,
Maybe some candy or colors’ of your clothes.

Black Is a storm or the dark of night,
Sight taken from you or things’ not so right.

White Is milk or a polar bear,
A pair of dice or skin that Is fair.

There are many colors’ made to be,
A favorite for all and one for you and me.

Keith Garrett

COLORS OF EMOTION

Sad was the day as a man passed my way, tear down his face,

Was blue the shade he wore as he faded beyond my sight?

Anger was in her heart, on her face shone through like fire,

Would red be a noticeable color, a shade she wears into her day?

Jealousy fills many thoughts from those with insecure hearts,

So is green your color chosen as you journey out into a world begins?

Fear Is an emotion, a boy was so afraid that he huddled in a corner,

Does he see yellow fore there’s a difference as he’s not a coward?

Pain and despair of the sick and elderly are seen in our world today,

Colors of emotion, do they wear, possess the images of black and purple,

What color of emotion do you wear regularly, what shade on this day?

Keith Garrett

NO ONE’S REALLY GONE

Before we were us we did not suffer, what did we breathe?

A short life is all there is, does a lifetime seem so long, we are gone.

Is the earth all there is as beyond we do not know if life exists,

Around us is all that exists, beyond the night sky could there be life.

While we are here, we experience many sides to a life not really understood,

Emotions of all kind, they travel with us daily as the sun goes down.

We start out a baby just born, there comes a day when in ways a baby again,

Time takes from us our youthful ways, it can steal our thoughts, we decay,

No one’s really gone, energy and spirit travel on to a new beginning, another song.

Keith Garrett

COLORS’ OF A NEW DAY

The sun peeks’ Its’ face, takes a look at this new day,

Appears’ over the ocean, across the sky, bright, so bright.

Yellow and orange way up high, colors’ In the sky,

Warmth shines from It down, down below.

A shade of blue high above, white clouds’ are a mix,

Colors’ of a new day, colors’ of beauty In every way.

Keith Garrett

CLOUDS OF DARKNESS

From where I stand, I look out at the wide open sky,

There in the distance, a wall of darkness slowly approaching my way.

The wind is blowing, carrying clouds through the air,

Feeling trapped where I am, no place to run.

Gaining on me with a powerful force, these clouds up so high,

Staring up at them in the dark, dark, sky.

Clouds of darkness are everywhere, following over me,

What can happen?, they can’t fall on me.

These clouds of darkness have everyplace to roam,

Up in the air is where they make their home.

Keith Garrett

CLOUDS IN THE WATER

Like the water is a mirror of a scene from the sky,

A floating river as the clouds drift on by, they drift.

Up in the air an ocean of clouds, waves of clouds,

Through the land a path runs free, clouds in the water.

Keith Garrett