Penny For Your Thoughts
Original Poems Volumes Two and Three
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Angel In My Front Pocket
I just cannot seem to get
ahead
But just how far is ahead indeed
I have everything that I want
And I have everything that I need
When I try to get a little
extra
To save for a rainy day
It starts to rain on someone else
And I give it all away
I have been blessed - I know
I have
Still life often seems unfair to me
But when I look at some other folks
I see just how unfair life can be
Often I get close to things
that I see
But they some how slip away from me
It’s as though someone or something
Just does not want for this to be
The devil is busy - his
power is also strong
He will test me constantly
I know that I will be okay and I will stay ahead
As long as I keep him behind me
I have love inside my heart
And inside my heart I will lock it
I know that I will always be blessed
For I have an angel in my front pocket
They Are Only Children
Do not ask the little ones
to do things
Things that should be done by you
They are only children
You must teach them what to do
Do not give them so many responsibilities
So that they grow up much to fast
They are only children
Let them be children as long as this can last
Help them do the things that
they need to do
Do not make them learn things all alone
It does not take too much of your time
Do not make them think that they are grown
Too much to do and they will
think that they are in charge
Away from home they will play the same role
They won’t listen to what adults tell them to do
They will think that they must be in control
Talk to the children – be there
for them
And listen to what they have to say
You will be the first one to stick out your chest
When they make you proud one day
Do not call them names and
use harsh language
Do not yell and make them feel shame
They are only children - take time with them
Or their future will be your blame
Children need to have
direction
They need to be told what to do
Then remind them when they forget
That should not be too hard for you
As old as you are you do not
remember
To do all the things that you could
They are only children – how can they
And what makes you think that they should
And A Child Shall Lead Us
Intelligence is a gift to
most children
It is more and more apparent to us each day
All we need to do is help them and guide them
And before to long the children will lead the way
Children have the ability to
think uniquely
And if they are given half a chance
They will be able to deal with any situation
And most likely they will promote and enhance
One thing is for sure - if
we nurture them
Honesty will be their outstanding trait
This trait is a God given gift to children
It does not simply happen by fate
Children are so very dynamic
And they are gifted right from the start
When a child does something for you
You can be sure that it is done from the heart
Sit down and listen to a
seven-year-old
Don’t pretend that you know everything
You will be surprised what you might learn
What new information this child might bring
How do you think many great
ideas were formed
Ideas that were fresh and new
hey came from minds that were fresh and clear
Like those from a child’s point of view
When it is time to make the
change - and change we will
There will be no need for us to fuss
Just have faith in God and faith in his words
Remember - he said “And a child shall lead us”
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About the Book
Penny For Your
Thoughts – Original Poems Volumes Two and Three is a book about situations,
which may or may not be ideal for living life.
Some of the readers may have gone through situations such as these at
one time or another. In this book the
author has put her thoughts into the form of rhymes, aimed to help release
stress, to perhaps bring a bit of humor, counseling or whatever might be needed
or received by the reader. The thoughts
for the poems in this book were conceived while the author was living the life,
in one way or another, of the majority of them. Thus, her feelings will be depicted in the writings.
About the Author
Penny Young is a native of Tuskegee, Alabama, and
the youngest of twelve, born to Mr. Pleze Lenal and Mrs. Laurae Young. She resides in San Francisco, is retired
from the local telephone company – Yellow Pages. She is the proud mother of Andre’ LaMarr Brooks and proud
Grandmother of Dwayne Alexander Brooks.
Penny wrote Survival
The Will and The Way – a book about growing up and surviving on the farm
with her family in Perote, Alabama in the early fifties and sixties – during
the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement.
She also wrote Penny for Your
Thoughts – Original Poems Volume One.
Penny was born within the twelfth month, November,
under the astrological sign of Scorpio.
In Chinese astrology she was born in the year of the Dragon. She enjoys collecting elephants (trunks up),
turtles, dragons, eagles and wolves.
She enjoys writing, singing and drawing. She also enjoys being outside
with nature. She enjoys fishing (for
the sport of it), and she loves the rain.
Having been through many obstacles, starting at an
early age, Penny feels that she was put through them so that she could be
better equipped to help others – something which she also enjoys doing.