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What Happen To the Joy

What Happen to the Joy I remember when the world Was filled with love Laughter, kindness, friendship And amazing hugs We use to help and show Affections toward our brother Now we fight, and Bad mouth one another There was a time when We care what went on And parents wouldn't leave Their children alone Preachers was concern when A Christian fell down Help would always come From miles around What happen to the joy that Use to be in this world What happen to the laughter The kindness and the love Why are we killing, and Destroying precious life What makes us argue, and What makes us fight We use to borrow a cup Of sugar from our neighbor Join hand in prayer Setting at the breakfast table We would help each other As far as we were able With a kind heart we would Always return the favor Envy, jealously, hatred, and lust Has penetrated our heart Relationship, friendship, and Marriages torn apart What happen to the joy That made us what we are We once spoke of peace But now what we see is war What happen to the times when Your child could play with mine And go to school in peace without Someone committing a crime What happen to the safety We once felt in this world And where is the peace, and What happen to the love What happen to the smiles we Once wore upon our face What happen to the moments What happen to the days What happen to the way Times use to be, When we felt excited, happy And free??????????

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Date: 1/9/2013 12:01:00 PM
A nice write Lillie - there is still joy, we just have to look harder and ignore the naysayers.
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Lillie Williams
Date: 1/9/2013 9:58:00 PM
Thanks Ann. Nice to have you visit. You are welcome always, so please come again soon.
Date: 1/3/2013 4:40:00 AM
I absolutely love this Lillie...especially the repeating 'what happen'...yes, this old world has gone crazy...I often fear for our future...God might decide to scrap the whole experiment and turn it over to the dolphins and whales - Tim
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Lillie Williams
Date: 1/7/2013 5:42:00 PM
Thank you Tim. The world is crazy because people just do not care about anything any more, or they are less important to them. Thanks so much for visiting, please come again.
Date: 12/31/2012 4:07:00 PM
Lillie it is still filled with love and joy we just need to stop and see it...David
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Lillie Williams
Date: 1/2/2013 11:41:00 AM
Thanks David, I suppose that sometimes we need to be reminded of this even though so much is going on. Thanks so much, :-)

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