Childhood Memories

Riding on the tailgate of the pickup dragging a stick cuting grooves in the dirt road

Jumping off the tailgate running behind the truck then jumping back on

Walking through the dry creek bed looking for rocks

Splashing in mud puddels

Finding turtles under haybails

Just walking through the field exploring

I could go on and on

Childhood in the country

Is the best childhood to have

The Mask

Take off the mask

See with your eyes

I am who I am

Nothing more nothing less

I give all that I can

Take off the mask

See with your own eyes

I am only a man

I try and I try

To do my best

I make mistakes

Forgive me please

Heart

Kind

Is the

Heart that

Truly cares for

Others

Her

Your eyes shine

Like great gems

Beautiful

Fire

Feeling the light

Ignited and

Ready to go

Enjoy

Hike

Hiking the trail within the mountains

Steep hills, waterfalls, wildlife

Much to see on the way

The Wolf

He slowly approaches his prey

Ears perked

Eyes focused

The time is now

He has chased it through the woods

Four feet pounding

Heart racing

The wolf knows it has won

The prey has fallen

The wolf moves in

Jill

Jill our sweet little darling

Your mother and I are so proud

Of all you have accomplished in your life so far

Class president

President of our local FFA chapter

Winning that poetry contest your freshmen year

Having your poem published in the paper

Now I your father

Will walk you down the isle

On your wedding day tomorrow

You have grown up

I still see that little girl who

Climbed trees

Played in the mud

Played with dolls

Wanted a piggy back ride

Jill as you start your new life

With your husband

As you grow your own family

Remember

Your mother and I love you very much

If there is ever anything

You all need

We will always be here to help

May the road ever streatch onward for you both

May the bumps in that road

Make your marriage stronger

I Love A Good Book

I love a good book

Escape from the world around

To be drawn from the real world

And travel to another

Raise your voice

Raise your voice

Raise it high

Peace to the world

Let's give it a try

PEACE ON EARTH

Ring the bells

Sing songs

Play the flute

Bang the gong

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas

And

May there be

PEACE ON EARTH

Christ

Christ

Paid the

Price for our

Sins upon the

Cross

Farming

Farming

Is a way

Of life that grows

In your

Spirit

Shower

When I’m in the in the shower

 I feel truly at peace

The stress and trouble of the day

Washed with the dirt and the grime

Forever down the drain

Life

As I sit here once again

Emotions pouring from my pen

I writ so all can see

My life in all honesty

All my trials

All my strife

Is just part of what maps life

To overcome

To learn the lessions they have

Make me stronger and wiser

All my joys

All my love

Like the glorious sun above

Shinning bright for all to see

Enjoy the comfort

Enjoy the peace

As I sit here once again

Emotions pouring from my pen

I writ so all can see

My life in all honesty

I Love You

I love you

I

Myself

One

Love with

All my heart

Soul

Mind

You

My one and only

My true passion

My true love

I love you

I will never forget you

Though we have parted

You will always be on my

Thoughts

Heart

Mind

I love you now

As I loved you then

You have never left my thoughts

Nor will you ever

Achieve

Remove the dead and dying parts within you

Remove that which is holding you back

Throw off the chains

Throw off the shackels

Be free

Rise above

Be all that you can be

Reach new, greater and brighter hieghts

Remove the chains

Set yourself free

Break though the roadblocks in your path

Free yourself

Become the best you can

Free yourself

Releash yourself from the bonds of defeat and dispair

Releash yourself from the ghosts of the past

Releash yourself to

Soar

Fly

To achieve

Spring

Gather with me in the spring

The renewal of the Earth

The renewal of our bodies

The renewal of our spirits

Garther with me

To breathe inthe fresh

And re-energizing life

That is Spring

Gather with me

Among the wheatfields

As the dance upon the breeze

Move

Sway

With the wheat

Become one nature

Gather with me

Barefoot upon the grass

Feel nature between your toes

Let the life force

Move you

Bathe you

Remake you

Dogs

Dogs

Man's best

Friend loyal

To the end and

true

Rainbow Of Peace

See

Rainbow

Know the peace

Of the world is

True

Poerty

Poetry is a way of being

It is who we are

It flows through our vienes

It flows through our marrow

It drips from our savage teeth

Christmas

Christ is born

Honor and glory is his

Redemption for our souls

Intense love in human form

Salvation

The promie born in a

Manger full of

Animals

Sing praises to God

When Christians get it right (Holy Teaching)

When Christians get it right

They love and give and work for justice

Addminister kindness

When Christians get it right

They, like Jesus, befriend those outside the church

Rather than condem them. 

When Chrtstians get it right

People are drawn to

Rather than repelled by their faith

Persecution (Bible study)

Matthew 5:10-12

 “You’re blessed when your commitment to God provokes persecution. The persecution drives you even deeper into God’s kingdom.

 “Not only that—count yourselves blessed every time people put you down or throw you out or speak lies about you to discredit me. What it means is that the truth is too close for comfort and they are uncomfortable. You can be glad when that happens—give a cheer, even!—for though they don’t like it, I do! And all heaven applauds. And know that you are in good company. My prophets and witnesses have always gotten into this kind of trouble.

Farming

I work dawn till dusk

In the sun and in the rain

Hauling hay on truck

Tending to cows in the barn

Fixing fence where they got out