The Prison Of Fear

There's a life that is lived

in a prison of fear.

Within it there's no joy

that is what I hear.

In a prison of fear

life seems to stand still.

That is what I hear

it brings on a great chill.

Life seems to stand still

without moving on.

It brings on a great chill

my freedom now gone.

Without moving on

my hope would be fleeting.

My freedom now gone

my heart would be bleeding.

My hope would be fleeting

in that prison of fear.

My heart would be bleeding

someone please sound the all clear.

In that prison of fear

I do not wish to die.

Someone please sound the all clear

before my life passes by.

Giving Brings Receiving

Giving brings receiving,

how is that you ask.

It's really not that difficult,

it's quite an easy task.

A meal to someone hungry

a coat to one who's cold.

Might seem to you no help at all,

but to them it won't grow old.

They'll see that you have tried to help

and gone the extra mile.

With their thanks the magic comes

you'll find that inner smile.

So when you come upon the needy,

set aside your pride.

For as you bow to help them up

you'll feel so good inside.

If We Were All Alike

Our lives are unlike others

in fact they're our own.

It's good that we're not all the same

or how would we be known.

If we all looked and sounded alike

without our own little quirks.

Mistakes we'd make while with our friends

could make us appear as jerks.

You could be thinking it's Harry

while you're talking now to Jim.

Sharing all those common memories

that mean nothing at all to him.

It's not only in the way we look

but also the things that we like.

For without these differences that we have

we'd be eating the same things each night.

You see if we all really did think the same

we would suffer a limited view.

Without that encouragement from one another

we'd never try anything new.

Our lives would just continue

day after day.

Each one then being repeated

just like it was yesterday.

Be glad for all of our differences

and happy we're not all the same.

For if we were as this poem points out

our lives would truly be lame.

What Have We Done

Left by the wayside

the children did suffer.

Many because their parents

were huffers.

But parents weren't only

the ones bringing illness.

Society and greed guilty

because of their stillness.

The lead in the paint

asbestos in walls

wreaked havoc on health.

These folks had big balls.

By placing their stature

and profit first place.

Caring not for the people

their coffers they'd grace.

Even now when they see

kids that they've left behind.

They do nothing at all

as they choose to stay blind.

The New Year Cometh

Some thought it was ending,

but it's really just starting,

new year has arrived.

The Mayan calendars

were understood as we were finished,

it seems that this was wrong.

So our lives go on

as we knew before,

our days continuing forward.

So I've one wish

I'd like to share,

and I hope you'll wish this too.

That during this year

we'll conquer hate

and give all great reason to celebrate.

Heartless

There are some who'll take advantage

while another's chips are down.

They'll act as they're a victim

seeking a profit from a frown.

They prey on those with broken hearts

and others who offer their aid.

While inside they smile not giving a damn

living their life as one big charade.

They're using your pain to increase their gain

How did they become who they are?

Why do they steal faking your pain that is real?

Their minds and hearts must be truly bizarre.

Now those who've been cheated and suffering the pain

carry with them the rest of their lives.

A feeling of guilt and a hole in their heart

while emptiness is all that survives.

Where's their compassion, where is their care?

They've no care of the cost on your part.

As long as they get theirs they're shouting who cares.

It's plain to see they just have no heart.

We Are All Truly Brothers

When it comes to our bigotry
we're born pure, without it.
But in the wrong environment
we tend to learn and form it.


Coming then from parents
yes from family and our friends.
We're often taught to share their hate
and their prejudice extends.



They bring us up to be like them
not realizing what they've wrought.
It's likely not their fault at all
it's just what they've been taught.



But others live within our world
we can seem different as night and day.
These differences though they be few
should never get in our way.



Just as we've then learned to hate
we can also learn to love.
If not from those surrounding us
let it come from up above.



Whether from Yahweh or from Allah
The Great Spirit or from Jesus
the one we like to call our God
our creator is who can teach us.



This love now that we need to show
should be extended to all others.
It's time that we start treating folks
as we are all truly brothers.