A Journey Into Verse

LOVE BURNS BRIGHT IN A LAMP OF TRUST.

WHEN PEOPLE ONLY SEE THEMSELVES,

THEY ONLY SEE IGNORANCE;

WHEN THEY BEGIN TO SEE OTHERS,

THEY BEGIN TO SEE WISDOM.

WHEN YOU PLACE LOVE IN ALL YOU DO…

OUT COMES THE VERY BEST OF YOU.

I WOULD NEVER BURDEN YOU WITH MY TEARS OF SORROW…

FOR MY SADNESS TODAY MAY BECOME YOURS TOMORROW.

“CHORES”

CHORES TEACH RESPONSIBILTY,

RESPONSIBILITY BUILDS GOOD CHARACTER,

GOOD CHARACTER DEVELOPES A LOVING PERSON;

A LOVING PERSON SPREADS JOY UNTO THE WORLD.

WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE FAULTS OF OTHERS…

YOU BRING TO LIGHT YOUR OWN.

PEOPLE ARE LIKE A LAMP…

WHAT IS WITHIN THEM HALOS ABOUT THEM.

MAY I BE A PERSON IN EVERY WAY

MORE OF A PERSON I WAS YESTERDAY…

SO I’D COME TO SPREAD LESS AND LESS SORROW

AMONG THOSE I MEET TODAY AND TOMORROW.

“WHO’LL KNOW YOUR LOVE”

BRING NO FLOWERS UNTO THE DEAD

FOR THEY KNOW NOT OF YOUR GIVING;

BRING SOME FLOWERS FOR THOSE INSTEAD

WHO’LL KNOW YOUR LOVE WHILE THEY’RE LIVING.

TO WIN A YOUNG HEART DOES AN OLD HEART GOOD.

NEVER SPEAK WITH YOU MOUTH FULL

UNLESS IT BE FULL OF WISDOM.

THE BIGGER THE MOUTH

THE SMALLER THE BRAIN;

THE MORE YOU LISTEN

THE MORE YOU’LL GAIN.

HOW HUMBLE WE BECOME

WHEN THE LORD STRIKES HIS DRUM,

AND TWIST THE WINDS!