Pam Schwetz

OUR FREEDOM OF CHOICE

GOD BLESS US ALL

HELP US ANSWER THE CALL

TO BE GUIDED BY YOU

IN WHATEVER WE DO

HELP US TO TRUST

TO DO WHAT WE MUST

TO KNOW WHAT IT'S WORTH 

TO BRING HEAVEN ON EARTH

TO LIVE AND LET LIVE

WITH MORALS THAT GIVE

OUR FREEDOM OF CHOICE

TO USE THE RIGHT VOICE

Author's Notes/Comments: 

A PRAYER POEM

WHISPERS IN THE WIND

DO YOU HEAR THE WHISPERS IN THE WIND

IS IT CLEAR JUST WHERE THEY ALL BEGIN

DOES IT MATTER WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY

IS IT POSSIBLE THAT THEY MAY PRAY

THEY INTRIGUE ME AND I WANT TO KNOW

WHERE THEY COME FROM AND WHERE THEY ALL GO

ON A SUNNY DAY

ON A SUNNY DAY

EVERYTHING IS BRIGHT

WHATELSE CAN I SAY

FILLS ME WITH DELIGHT

HOPE THAT IT WILL STAY

NOT A CLOUD IN SIGHT

EVERYTHING'S OK

WHEN IT'S FILLED WITH LIGHT

 

DREAMS COME TRUE REMAIN STEADFAST

ONCE UPON A SHATTERED DREAM

DIDN'T CARE OR SO IT SEEMED

SHE APPEARED SO NONCHALANT

DIDN'T REALLY WANT A LOT

SEARCHED INSTEAD FOR SOMETHING ELSE

GOT HER MIND OFF OF HERSELF

THEY SAY SEEK AND YOU WILL FIND

YOU'RE ALLOWED TO CHANGE YOUR MIND

MANY THINGS MAY CROSS YOUR PATH

DREAMS COME TRUE REMAIN STEADFAST

PANDORA'S BOX

PANDORA'S BOX

HAS LOTS OF SOCKS

AND SHOES AND GLOVES AND HATS

AND MANY CLOCKS

AND A RED FOX

AND MANY KINDS OF CATS

A WIZARD BLOCKS

THE ONE WHO MOCKS

THE BALLS AND STRIKES AT BATS

IN A CHASM OF SARCASM

IN A CHASM

OF SARCASM

WHAT CAN GO WRONG

 

Author's Notes/Comments: 

FOURTH LINE CAME TO ME AS AN AFTERTHOUGHT...I LIKE TO KEEP IT HANGING THE WAY IT IS...

SILENT  LAST LINE....

SHOULDN'T TAKE LONG

 

KNOWING NOTHING

UPS AND DOWNS

TURNAROUNDS

SMILES AND FROWNS

OUT OF BOUNDS

SIGHTS AND SOUNDS

TWISTS AND TURNS

SOMEONE  LEARNS

SOMEONE YEARNS

SOMEONE EARNS

OPTIMISM

CYNICISM

MYSTICISM

CRITICISM

LYRICISM

FLOWING

GROWING

KNOWING

NOTHING

 

 

OPPOSITES ATTRACT

ROLY POLY TOOTHPICKS

DENSE BUT NOT TOO THICK

FAST BUT NOT TOO QUICK

FACTS THAT JUST DON'T STICK

NONSENSE YOU PREDICT

THEN EMBELLISH IT

IT'S JUST NOT LEGIT

JUST IMAGINE IT

MIGHT JUST BE UNIQUE

MAYBE MAGNIFIQUE

IF IT'S WHAT YOU SEEK

YOU MAY TAKE A PEEK

OPPOSITES ATTRACT

THAT IS JUST A FACT

WHEN NATURE SPEAKS

THE BABBLING BROOK

BABBLES ON 

BABBLE ON

THE WHISTLING WIND

SINGS A SONG 

SING ALONG 

THE WAVES ON THE SHORE

LIKE TO ROAR 

AND EXPLORE

A GENTLE BREEZE

MOVES WITH EASE

RUSTLES LEAVES

TREAD SOFTLY

LISTEN CLOSELY

MESSAGES COME

IN MYSTERIOUS WAYS

PAY ATTENTION

TO WHAT THEY SAY

WHEN NATURE SPEAKS