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Poems Of Life
Copyright William (Bill) Pratt 2012
Smashwords Edition
Poems Of Life
CALL OF YOUR VOICE.
AS I WALK DOWN
THROUGH THE VALLEY
AND AROUND THE CLIFFS,
WITH THE SUN PIERCING
THROUGH,
THE RAIN CLOUDS,
THE CALL OF YOUR VOICE,
COMES TO
ME CLEAR.
AS IF I CAN SEE YOU BECKONING ME HOME,
WITH ALL
HASTE.
THE VISION I SEE THROUGH THE RAIN THAT’S
FALLING,
IS A SIGHT WORTH REMEMBERING,
AS WE MAKE OUR WAY
DOWN.
FOR SOON WE WILL BE HOME,
TO ANSWER YOUR CALL
AND
NEVER MORE TO WANDER,
OUT THERE ALL ALONE.
A DAY TO REMEMBER
THE SUN WAS SHINING
AND THE WAVES WERE SMALL,
THE WIND WAS GROWLING AND THE GRASS WAS
TALL,
ON A WIND SWEPT BEACH WE WALKED,
YOUR COMPANY WAS
REFRESHING,
JUST LIKE THE WIND.
IT SEEMED WE WERE OBLIVIOUS,
TO WHAT WE LEFT BEHIND.
BUT TIME DID NOT STAND STILL FOR
LONG,
AS WE HAD TO GO BACK TO WHERE WE BELONG.
BUT WE HAD ONE
THING IN SEPTEMBER
AND THAT WAS ONE LOVELY DAY TO REMEMBER.
HAYWIRE
ONE DAY MY THOUGHTS
WENT HAYWIRE,
I COULD NOT CONTROL THEM SO.
MY WORK WENT STILL.
I WISHED THAT TIME STOOD STILL,
ALSO LATER, WHEN MY MIND CAME
BACK TO ME,
WHAT LOVELY THOUGHTS, LINGERED WITH ME.
I WISHED
THAT YOU WERE WITH ME TOO,
ALTHOUGH IT WAS NOT SO.
BUT ONE DAY
WE WILL BE TOGETHER,
TO ROME AND DREAMS WE WILL GO.
HELP LOVE AND CHERISH
LIFE HAS A
MEANING,
USE IT WHERE YOU MAY,
TO HELP, LOVE AND CHERISH,
ANY
TIME OF THE DAY.
WHEN YOU ARE IN TROUBLE,
YOU’LL
GET DOWN AND PRAY,
SOMEONE WILL HELP YOU,
ALL ALONG THE
WAY.
SOMEONE WILL HELP YOU,
WHEN YOU NEED IT BEST,
PUT YOUR
TRUST IN HIM,
SO YOU CAN PASS THE TEST.
HOME
THE DAYS ARE SHORT
AND THE NIGHTS ARE LONG,
THE RIVER IS DEEP AND THE WATER IS
STRONG.
I LIFT UP MY EYES AND WHAT DO I SEE,
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL
SIGHT,
THAT APPEARS BEFORE ME.
AS I LOOK DOWN THE VALLEY TO THE
FIELDS BELOW,
I KNOW I AM THROUGH,
THE LONG TREK THROUGH THE
SNOW.
THEN WHEN I REACH THAT HOUSE ON THE HILL,
I KNOW I WILL
FIND YOU THERE, WAITING STILL.
MY PRINCESS
AS I SIT THERE UNDER
THE STARS
AND WATCH THE MOON AND CLOUDS RACE ACROSS THE SKY,
YOUR
FACE COMES TO ME AND YOUR VOICE CALLS MY NAME.
YOU ARE TRYING TO
TELL ME,
YOUR LOVE FOR ME,
IS JUST AS STRONG, NOW YOU ARE
GONE,
HOWEVER SAD THE LOSS.
I KNOW THE LOVE AND HAPPINESS,
WE
ENJOYED, WILL LIVE ON FOREVER.
“MY
PRINCESS’’, “MY PRINCESS’’,
GIVE
ME STRENGTH AND GIVE ME BACK THE CONFIDENCE,
AND THE FAITH THAT I
HAD.
MY THOUGHTS DWELL UPON THE PAIN,
I SHARED WITH YOU,
THE
PERIOD OF ENDEARMENT WILL NEVER PASS ME BY.
I NEED SOME SOLITUDE,
SO WE CAN COMMUNICATE,
A TIME OF DAY THAT WE CAN CALL OUR OWN.
THE
DAYS WILL PASS ALL TOO SLOWLY,
AND THE NIGHTS ARE SO LONG,
BUT
THE DAY WILL COME AND WE WILL SMILE AGAIN,
“MY
PRINCESS”, “MY PRINCESS”,
I MISS YOU SO.
THE HAND OF FELLOWSHIP AND LOVE
MY HAND REACHES OUT
TO YOU,
TO GIVE YOU FELLOWSHIP AND LOVE.
TAKE HOLD OF MY HAND
AS YOU PASS,
THROUGH THE TROUBLED SPOTS.
THE CONFIDENCE YOU
WILL GAIN,
WILL LIFT UP YOUR SPIRIT
AND GIVE YOU THE WILL TO
SURVIVE AND HOLD.
IT WILL BRIGHTEN UP YOUR DAY
AND GIVE YOU THE
WILL TO CARRY ON.
THINK OF ME IN YOUR THOUGHTS,
WHEN YOU ARE
LOW
AND MY HAND WILL REACH OUT TO YOU
AND CALL, I LOVE YOU SO.
SALVATION