Best Helped Poems

I held your face and caught your tears..
On my fingertips they balanced and disappeared..
Swallowed your sadness with an open mouth..
Lifted grief away and showed what love is about..
Took a dream and gave you the starring role..
A place to run and play and feed your soul..
Now...

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Cranberry shaded leaves upon
Crepe Myrtle in the fall
Fig leaves change to their ripe color
Now those distant birds' call 

It is so dry, Shikita ga Nai
'Tis the design for this time
But drier than some in the past
There's no reason or rhyme  

Or is it in...

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She has had her share of pain, the kind that turns life inside out
She has learned to survive on her own while inside, she wants to shout
She has passed through doubts and came out the other side
She has humbly rebuilt from places where people lied
She...

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i don't want to be just marking

time.  i died on november 20,

2008, during surgery.  i was

on a vent when i awakened 

december 2, 2008....my sisters'

birthday. what made me llive

i'll never know.  i know there

are things to do on this side

of death.



i have...

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i watched with some pride
larry bird shoot the basket
race,skill,envy,all...

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they helped to look for little Caylee,
in rugged woods, muddy lakes and ditches
endless days and nights, thousands searched
everywhere by foot, car, boat and air

in rugged woods, muddy lakes and ditches,
they tirelessly looked for signs of her--
everywhere by foot, car, boat and air;
hoping she had survived...

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Assignment:  25,000 dollars to help a needy family

There is such a place that is for sale for twelve thousand dollars
I would do some minor renovations for seven thousand
Turn on the utilities one thousand dollars
Stock the shelves with groceries six hundred dollars
Window treatments four hundred...

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…This is where this story ends,
…And with hope one more begins,
 
…But it all depends on you,
…And what you decide to do,
 
…Will you take these words and share,
…These poems with artistic flair,
 
…Are these lessons only mine,
…Or should they be more refined,
 
…As my...

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Jesus Helped Me!

Jesus was there, when no one
 else was around.
He picked me up, when I was 
stumbling around.

He was there when I went
 through tough times.
He touched and restored 
my troubled mind!

He was there when I really needed it!
He filled my life and totally...

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          Many times in life bad things have happen to me,
                         things...

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There's a hero in us all
Helping others when they fall
Picking them up off the ground
Love and care will soon surround
People who need kindness now
It is pure magic just how
One small act of passion
Takes away the pain to lessen
The burdens on others who
Feel down and very...

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Inspired by a conversation I recently had with a friend




A friend said to me whats wrong with these kids today
to which I replied probably some of the mistakes we made yesterday
A lot of problems they have were inherited from us
I should have known that would...

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I helped the needy
From my heart today
And shared with them God's love
In a very special way

Helped them to know the Master
And the things he's done for me
To know it's available for them
all to do is wait and see

And to know their's many blessings
God has in...

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I was lost, held and helped
You may speak none stop but that day I knew it was not wrong
I was held, helped and lost
I faced challenges, by the time i saw him, his face was scrambling, harsh
But i knew the time was right
With his African...

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You made me open my eyes,
To things before i did not.

You helped me to overcome,
The fears i could not.

You make my days more alive,
And my night more warm.

You have made me complete,
For you are y one true love....

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