A  LONER OF A MAN


 He saw the sun but when the sun went down,


 He wanted nothing more of that which was 
 Around.

 Heading for the great Colorado Rocky mountains 
 Said he,

 I will not be back until I see a land of
 Eternity.

 A long time ago, this man not many would know,


 As for the few, he treated them with kindness, 
 they would not forget.

 A loner of a man, no choice to love and care, an 
 Inherited family,

 Because he did help another kind, they took from 
 Him the love in his life.

 He wanted to be alone and he learned to care, 
 Again only pain and despair,

 A mountain man you see, he had a life, until 
 Life met eternity.
                  Keith Garrett

                                                                                      
                BLUE JEANS


 Antique in time,  from the seventies, 
 Apair so fine,


 I remember I put them away, blue Jeans 
 For another day.


 A touch faded were they,  comfortable in 
 A certain way,


 Worn were they to a party, perhaps a 
 Barbecue or two.


 A Saturday night drive-in, what jeans 
 Were worn by you,


 Blue jeans I took from a shelf,  dusty, 
 Aged from time.


 they fit me once before, now I can wear 
 Them in my mind.
                      Keith Garrett

             A CLOUD CHOSEN


 I travel along, across the sky, floating 
 Weightless,

 Down below there is you, recognize i do.


 Feel the wind blow through your hair, I 
 Am there,

 Call on me if ever you need from me anything.


 I rest on my cloud looking down on where I 
 Once stood,

 In your yard watching the birds fly in the sky.


 There are many clouds throughout time never 
 Ending,

 But it's this cloud, a cloud chosen for myself.


 A place to be alone, a place where dreams are 
 Real,

 The sun shines upon me, its warmth I feel, I 
 Can see

 Myself smile in the light.


 A friend that's true would do for another, 
 Anything,

 If ever you need i will jump down off my 
 Cloud to be.
                 Keith Garrett

              WESTERN WORLD


 The old west, a place where a cowboy could 
 Roam the land,

 Drifters could be seen riding in from the 
 Horizon, long ago.

 Wagon trains with families seeking that new 
 World of hope and prosperity,

 Bandits and outlaws, robbing banks, criminals 
 Of the day hanging from trees.

 A western town where a sheriff walked the street 
 Trying to keep some peace,

 Gamblers could be heard drinking and howling 
 From a saloon, long ago.

 Dance hall girls dressed for the time, somewhere 
 Back in a western time,

 The eighteen hundreds, where pioneers carved a
 Trail through the years.

 Western world, where families worked the land, 
 the future was a mystery to be Seen.
                 Keith Garrett

                     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 

                SAIL WITH ME


 Give me this day, this moment In time,
 Dear friend,

 Come on board, come with me on a magical 
 Journey.

 If love Is In your hear, If care Is In your 
 soul, sweet one,

 Sail away, sail with me across the horizon, 
 Beyond, far beyond.

 Let the wind carry us through the morning fog,
 Into the rising sun,

 Together we watch as whales and dolphins sing 
 To all that listen.

 The water rises and falls as we glide across 
 Gods' playground,

 Come sit close, take hold of this hand, lay 
 Your head upon

 My strong shoulder as my words to you say let 
 Me be your man.

 Sail with me darling as the sun goes down and 
 The stars awake,

 Dream with me as we traavel Into the night, 
 Goodnight.

                   Keith Garrett

               MY MIND IS AN ISLAND


 My mind Is an Island, many places to roam,


 Different things' that I see when I'm on my 
 Own.

 If wander I do, to far away,


 Lost might I be In this land made for me.


 See as I do and think as I may,


 There are beautiful things' In my thoughts' 
 Every day.

 I can find my way back to where It Is I 
 should be,

 If I'm looking the right way or a trail I 
 Might leave.

 My Island can be peaceful and sunny or stormy 
 And dark,

 I'd rather be happy and have my Island be a 
 Walk in the park.

                Keith Garrett

              HILLS' OF DARKNESS


 Through the hills' I walk to find a place, 



 Of peace and happiness for a home I'll make.



 Escape I will from times of darkness,



Into the light of day where I want to be.



 Leave behind things' of the past,



 Onward I walk till I find my path.



 As my travels' through the hills' continue,



 See do I clearer from my eyes.



 These hills' of darkness I leave behind,



 Out In the open, of better things' I'll find.


             Keith Garrett             

                "A MOMENT IN TIME"


 A speck of dust, a trickle of water,


 Soon would blow with the wind and dry 
 Into nothing.

 Our time s now fore we are a whisper wanting 
 To be heard,

 A short period for laughter, remembered for 
 What we leave.

 For so long has time existed, the world, the 
 Universe so large,

 We are but a fragment, a particle of all that 
 Was created.

 A moment In time was this gift we were given 
 From God above,

 A moment to see and love all there Is to 
 Understand from this.

 Where we go from here we shall not know, but 
 Hold no fear,

 Like many fallen leaves from a tree we are one, 
 We disappear.

               Keith Garrett   

                 FLIGHT


 There up high I stare to the wide open sky,


 Watch as I do you circle round, and round.


 Free to fly, soar with the wind, I see you fly,


 What is it that you see as you drift through 
 The air?

 Spread those wings and sail, sail to anywhere,


 Beneath the stars, under heaven above, fly.


 What the lord has given to you is the gift of 
 Flight,

 Fly away, fly away, get lost into the night.


 Created were you by he without a face,


 Spirit in the sky will take you on a special 
 Flight.

 Make your journey through the clouds moving by,


 into the sun that shines from so far away.


 Finish your flight, goodbye, I say farewell,


 Fly, fly far away.


                Keith Garrett