A PAGE MISSING


  A life I find not finished, yet quite incomplete,



 There's a page missing, something not found,



 Writing about my time,  a piece not described.



 Talks with children unsettled, much more be said,



  Differences between a father and daughter are unsaid.



  A shock to my head, an accident did take from me,



  A page missing, what for me is still unwritten.

                                   Keith Garrett

                                TO UNDERSTAND


  Jesus does not speak to me with words that I'll 
  Understand,

  But he knows that soon I'll walk as he did 
  Throughout the land.

  His message has been spoken for all to hear, listen, 
  Just listen,

  For only a second, a moment In time, with my 
  thoughts he speaks.

  My sorrow has taken me to places so hard to come 
  Back from,

 Determined to give a day to those that will accept It, 
  I'm lost.

  Come find this emotionally torn man, tired and 
  Heart broken,

  Bring him back to where the sun shines In his eyes.


  Help him to understand reasons'  for loss and for 
  Things discovered,

  Help him to let go of that which can not be held onto,
  Watch it fly.

  Give him hope and happiness, that he may grab hold 
  Of today,

  Forgive me for my mistakes and the hurt I've layed 
  Upon loved ones.

                             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            

                              THINGS' IN ME


 There are In me things, I want not there,
 Feelings' of pain and anger, taken away with 
 The wind,
 Up through the air.


 Letting others' take from me the happiness Inside,
                                         
 Just because the words' and opinions' they choose 
 Not to hide.

 My will Is strong, my heart Is filled with care,
 At times I forget that these things' are In me 
 Somewhere.

 The hope In me, for each day to be better than 
  Before,                                                
  No giving up do I, fore my strength Inside holds' 
  Opens lifes door.


 Those who I love are kept at arms' length,
  A slight chance there may be, for them to hurt me, 
  You see.

  My mind holds' many a thought, from my lips 
  Come out strong,                                              
 A change I must make now to get along.

  Things' In me, I hold so dear,
  The one I love most, knows' not my fear.


                           Keith Garrett                       

                                     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 good will suffer,


 Those with much love to give can not discover anothers
  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 hear 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  

                       "REMEMBER ME"
          With love from dad, Sean, Scott, Sarah

  I go outside to the things I'll see,
  A life of pain, not simple or free.

 I walk and wonder of what I'll be,
 If I get old as the sea.

 There was a time I was just a seed,
  I grew and grew to become me.

 The day will come when It's all done,
  I'll leave behind a daughter, a son, and a son.

  I will laugh, you'll hear no cry,
 There Is no time to sit and die.

 What will they think of, my children, these 
 Three, That I love them all, one, two, three.

 I have a girl, a boy, and a boy,
  Every day they bring me joy.

 There was a time, I was all alone,
 No daughter or sons,' to call my own.

 Each day you live, remember me,
  I'll always love you, yes! you three.

  Look to the sun, the stars, and the moon,
  We shared all the Summer's, they started In June.

  When we take walks together, to all kinds of places,
  In all sorts of weather, we see all the faces.

  We play at the park, you laugh at each other,
  I've been your father, but also your mother.

  I've walked you to school, year after year,
  And given a hug, when you show a tear.

 Sometimes you don't like me, I make you mad,
  For the decisions I make, just call me dad.

 As you grow up, you will understand,
  I walked with you all, and you all held my hand.

 We all start out small, and grow to be tall,
 As children we believe In magic you see,
  Life wakes us up to reality.

                           "WITHIN THESE WALLS' "


  I'll let you In, If a friend you are known to me,


  These built for me walls' of height, are a comfort.


  Climb over you will not, the top Is not recognized,


  There Is no door to be removed or forced, no key.


  Within these walls,' lie sanctuary for a searching man,


  Living here Is all for a man to dream, I feel the sunrise.


  All my wants' are at my fingertips' of touch, Imagined,


  I build and I take down, a new level appears' In an 
  Instance.

  To walk out of here, I will need to make a door, walls'
  ,Nomore

 There's a fear with the chances taken, stronger we grow.


  Within these walls,' I hide,within these walls,' I cry,


  Strength and wisdom exist within these walls'.


                               Keith Garrett              

                          INTO THE WOODS


  Leave behind the concrete jungle and every day 
  Expectations,

  Step out of your work shoes and Into another frame 
  Of mind.

  Away from the pain and sorrow of what a love 
  Destroys,

  Your heart and mind, leave far behind.


  Walk your feet Into a world of darkness,


  Hearing only the crunch of what's beneath you.


  No stress or the fast pace of It all,


  Only trees that watch as you pass by them all.

  
  Where all is quiet except creatures that stir,


   This Is a different world where you will not be heard.


   No worries or crying over what's out there,


  Into the woods, alone I am there.


                                 Keith Garrett  

                                    WINCHESTER ROUND TABLE,

                                      KNIGHTS OF TWENTY FIVE

 Times of old, in a land where stories are told, men of an,
  Oath.
  A place, old England where Kings and Queens ruled the 
  Land.
 There was, there existed those of a round table who would 
 Give their lives,
 They were knights of twenty five, the winchester round 
  Tableof long ago.
  Men of honor were these warriors of the day, heroes they
  May have been,
  Rescuing damsels in distress, fighting off those whom would 
  Be evil men.
  They to never do outrage nor murder, always to flee treason,
  Men such as a King known as Arthur, Sir Galahad, or Sir 
  Lancelot.
  To by no means be cruel but to give mercy unto him who 
  for mercy,
  To always do ladies, gentlewomen, and widows succor, to 
  God be gallant.
  Knights with names of Sir Gawain, Sir Percivale, and Sir Lionell,
  To never force ladies, gentlewomen, or widows, not to take 
  Up battles
 
 In wrongful quarrels for love or worldly goods.



  Men of the past, Sir Tristram De Lyones, Sir Gareth, and Sir
  Bedivere,
  To never lay down arms, to seek after wonders, too help 
  the powerless.
  Sir Bleoberis, Sir La Cote Maletaile, and Sir Lucan were of 
  The faithful,
  When called upon to defend the rights of the weak with all 
  One's strength.
  Sir Palomedes, Sir Lamorak, also Sir Bors De Ganis were 
  Noble,
  To injure no one, not to attack one another, too be a 
  Gentleman.
  There were others who rode together many moons ago, 
  knights  Of England,
  Sir Safer, Sir Pelleas, and Sir Kay, they would serve a
  King  Back in the day.
  To fight for the safety of ones country, to give one's life 
  For One's country,
  Sir Ector De Maris, Sir Dagonet, and Sir Degore were 
  Of the Dedicated.
  To seek nothing before honour, never to break faith for 
  Any reason,
  They are of the round table, they are a court of men of 
  Principles.
  Men such as Sir Brunor Le, Noir, Sir Le, Bel Desconneu, 
  And Sir Alymere.
  To practice religion most diligently, too grant hospitality 
  To anyone.
   Each according to his ability, they were men like no other,
  Knights.
  Sir Mordred was also one of these men who once rode the
  Land,
  Whether in honour or disgrace, to make a report with the 
  Greatest
  Fidelity to truth to those whom keep the annals, Knights 
  Twenty five.
  These were the men who'd lived many centuries ago in 
   Times so different.
  They fought to protect the weak and to rid the land of 
  Rvil forces.
  They were men of King Arthurs court, Knights of twenty 
  five.
  They were the Knights of the Winchester round table.

               Keith Garrett

                              BEACHES AND OCEANS


  To love the beach, walking along the sand so warm,


  Looking ahead of me at the pier in the distance.


  The feel of the wind as i'm walking along the wet, 
  Sandy shore,

  The sun shining in the sky, seagulls flying in search 
  For food.

  My thoughts are of many things as I dream of lifes 
  Pleasures,

 At peace am i strolling along listening, always 
  Listening.

 The waves are a beautiful sight, musical tunes crashing 
  Upon the shore,

 The horizon seems like forever as I stare in silence at 
  Its mystery.

  Shadows from clouds darken the ocean but only a touch,


 The wonders of life that live beneath the waters, are seen 
  From within.

  Beaches and oceans have been forever, 


 There's a great love for me as they go on together.


                                       Keith Garrett