Brian Johnston Poet Rhyme

With You Here In My Life - Song

With you here in my life:
All enemies seem far away!
With you here in my life:
No longing have I now to roam!
With you here in my life:
The world seems like it’s meant for play!
With you here in my life:
Your aura’s warmth is always home!

Chorus:
Oh where were you when world began,
And where suppose was I?
And where the bridge that crossed time’s span
In twinkling of an eye?

From dust we’re made, to dust in kind, (1)
From star’s hearts we were blown,
To share Creator’s heart and mind,
It’s all we’ve ever known.
 
God knows this cannot stand:
Illusion hide your heart from me?
God knows this cannot stand:
Demonic agents Love erase?
God knows this cannot stand:
Our stars subvert astronomy?
God knows this cannot stand:
Without us is there even space?

Chorus:
Oh where were you when world began,
And where suppose was I?
And where the bridge that crossed time’s span
In twinkling of an eye?

From dust we’re made, to dust in kind, (1)
From star’s hearts we were blown,
To share Creator’s heart and mind,
It’s all we’ve ever known.

Brian Johnston
Sept. 11, 2014

Poet's Note: 
(1)	‘in kind’ – An English idiom. Suppose you are selling eggs, and I am selling bananas. You give me 3 eggs and I give you 2 bananas in trade. No money changes hands but we both accept that the exchange is a fair one. The sale then is said to have been 'in kind',  i.e., produce for produce.

God gives us the star dust to make our bodies and when our lives are over, we pay it back to him 'in kind.'
 
Written in honor (in memory) of my adopted Grand-Daughter Neethu Panicker who left PoemHunter.com on Sept 10, 2014 for private reasons but whose spirit and blossoming poetic voice will be sorely missed by all who knew her. Vaya con Dios Neethu.

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Franklin Price February 8, 2022 at 4:52 AM Outstanding and so visual. I lost my wife three weeks ago. My most recent 22 poems are about our lives together and losing her. Your poem struck home for me. Thanks for sharing

Poet Destroyer A September 11, 2014 at 9:25 PM Brian, your song is beautiful. It's been an honor reading this wonderful poem, a very nice tribute. People get the best of us when they inspired us one way or another. This is a wonderful gift, .... I hope your adopted Granddaughter Neethu Panicker, knows you wrote this for her... Luv LINDA

Christine Costello September 11, 2014 at 9:37 AM A beautiful tribute to her and for anyone seeking God's comfort such as myself today--- Thank you for sharing this write. :-)