Of Gifts (for those who need hope)
PostPosted: Thu Jan 27, 2005 12:23 pm
What are the gifts
we posses
and the strength
with which we strive
To a goal of the
future and a hope
for what could be
and not what is
Some say a poet
others an accountant
and still others
more and more
We sing of the times
when we will walk
in the freedom of
not having to worry
And when that time comes
and we have spent all
our time running for the goal
what happens when we win
All we are left with
is what we were making
and all we were making
is what we already have
So what will we run for
sing of the things we enjoy
and the gift of today
and allow the waves to carry us
Run if we like
and flow to the sea
of the unseen tomorrow
built on the dreams of yesterday
We are the builders
and we are the ones
who make tomorrow
though we follow a Plumb
Yes,
the plumb of something
a wheel or a wall
ever coming ever pushing
And the gifts we have
must have been formed
like a vessel for some
unknown to us purpose
We dance to a song
formed by genes and time
and choice
the great gift
What a thing
when the Potter
perfect in everything
allows a possibility of failure
So paint, you painter
and add you math wizard
and run and feel the wind
behind you and in front
Let life be a breeze
gentle and cooling
and let it pass
allow it to move mountains
One grain at a time
we stroke
the nectar of life
and are made full
What of purpose
and what of plumb
what of the track
and the bonds that hold us
In time and space
and our friends and past
the music we hear
and the sights we see
Up or down
we run strait
for the goal
of our own creation
Let the goal
be to soar
and coast
and allow
These gifts we have
to use for what
and why
and even then, when
Is it now
or sum
feel it lift
and carry
Like a warming
flame in the center
of who we are
and what we will become
We sing of life
not that we form
but that the Wind brings
as the harmony takes us
We are the gifts
we give to others
and the Other
a plume of smoke
We rise
in our days
as a sweet savor
when we account
We make use
of these strings
we have
for now
And what of tomorrow
and of yesterday
and the times when
we could have
Let it lie
neither can we change
push though we may
against the wheel or wall
Time is a hunter
pursuing us
and it will catch
and what of then
We run to some other day
and forget about
the things here
and faces
Running to
and fro
seeking more
or less
The wall comes
and judgment day
comes to us all
on the day we stop
We will give the bill
and say, I could sing
but I thought
you do not like my voice
Or, come
and see what I have built
for You
and Yours
We will see the painters
and the runners
and know we
did not due it in vain
So these gifts we bring
of the things
we are made of
and the hopes we have
Let them stand
and make them tall
because the hunter
is coming forth
Embrace him when
he knocks on your door
no need to cower
or tremble
Stand tall
and paint with
all the colors
on our pallet
These are the songs we sing
and this the dance
to be what we are
and let it rise
we posses
and the strength
with which we strive
To a goal of the
future and a hope
for what could be
and not what is
Some say a poet
others an accountant
and still others
more and more
We sing of the times
when we will walk
in the freedom of
not having to worry
And when that time comes
and we have spent all
our time running for the goal
what happens when we win
All we are left with
is what we were making
and all we were making
is what we already have
So what will we run for
sing of the things we enjoy
and the gift of today
and allow the waves to carry us
Run if we like
and flow to the sea
of the unseen tomorrow
built on the dreams of yesterday
We are the builders
and we are the ones
who make tomorrow
though we follow a Plumb
Yes,
the plumb of something
a wheel or a wall
ever coming ever pushing
And the gifts we have
must have been formed
like a vessel for some
unknown to us purpose
We dance to a song
formed by genes and time
and choice
the great gift
What a thing
when the Potter
perfect in everything
allows a possibility of failure
So paint, you painter
and add you math wizard
and run and feel the wind
behind you and in front
Let life be a breeze
gentle and cooling
and let it pass
allow it to move mountains
One grain at a time
we stroke
the nectar of life
and are made full
What of purpose
and what of plumb
what of the track
and the bonds that hold us
In time and space
and our friends and past
the music we hear
and the sights we see
Up or down
we run strait
for the goal
of our own creation
Let the goal
be to soar
and coast
and allow
These gifts we have
to use for what
and why
and even then, when
Is it now
or sum
feel it lift
and carry
Like a warming
flame in the center
of who we are
and what we will become
We sing of life
not that we form
but that the Wind brings
as the harmony takes us
We are the gifts
we give to others
and the Other
a plume of smoke
We rise
in our days
as a sweet savor
when we account
We make use
of these strings
we have
for now
And what of tomorrow
and of yesterday
and the times when
we could have
Let it lie
neither can we change
push though we may
against the wheel or wall
Time is a hunter
pursuing us
and it will catch
and what of then
We run to some other day
and forget about
the things here
and faces
Running to
and fro
seeking more
or less
The wall comes
and judgment day
comes to us all
on the day we stop
We will give the bill
and say, I could sing
but I thought
you do not like my voice
Or, come
and see what I have built
for You
and Yours
We will see the painters
and the runners
and know we
did not due it in vain
So these gifts we bring
of the things
we are made of
and the hopes we have
Let them stand
and make them tall
because the hunter
is coming forth
Embrace him when
he knocks on your door
no need to cower
or tremble
Stand tall
and paint with
all the colors
on our pallet
These are the songs we sing
and this the dance
to be what we are
and let it rise