Long Odom Poems
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This Life
By: Woodrow Odom Lucas
Sometimes as I listen to the Beatles,
I find a sadness that I need to feel,
I find a shadow that resents God for my suffering,
And hates the devil for what he has stolen from me,
Sometimes as I listen to the Beatles,
I find a sadness that I need to feel,
I see mothers of 4 on the street asking me for some change and then bursting into tears as I give her ten dollars.
Sometimes as I listen to the Beatles,
I find a sadness that I need to feel,
And I see a man in bed, begging God for death because he can’t stand the voices in his head any longer.
Sometimes as I listen to the Beatles,
I feel a sadness that I need to feel,
For it reminds me that loss, regret, suffering, sadness, pain, and the shadow are all part of life that that they are supposed to be here.
Sometimes as I listen to the Beatles,
I find a sadness that I need to feel,
But as I keep listening, I begin to enjoy the genius of Paul and John’s songwriting,
And I find myself thinking of all the beautiful things that have happened to me and all the beautiful things I have done,
And I realize, weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning,
Suffering is, but it was created to be temporary,
Whereas Love and Joy are eternal,
And there isn’t one person who has ever lived who won’t know joy and love eternal,
Sometimes as I am listening to the Beatles,
The beauty of their music ignites my soul, and I get a taste of the heaven that awaits us all.
Today Was Cloudy
By: Woodrow Odom Lucas
Today was cloudy,
Dark all day,
I wish I had hope,
Come what may,
I saw a homeless man,
And gave him a kind word,
His smile lifted me to flight like a bird,
A bird of flight who fears not night,
Who fears not fate,
Who fears not hate,
But I wish that he was warm inside,
With a woman who loved him like I love God,
And his plan to redeem the Sun and Moon,
I wish we had a better world coming soon,
Do we?
I’m just not sure,
But the sun still rises,
And babes are still true and pure,,
Today was cloudy,
Dark all day,
But clouds don’t last forever,
And neither does suffering,
Suffering is but a momentary eclipse on a sun shiny day,
And soon I’ll say I love you,
Valentine’s day is coming,
And I have no partner yet,
But I’m warm inside,
And that homeless man was freezing,
I wish he was warm inside with a woman who loves him like I love God,
Because in the end we all smile like that man smiled at me today,
In the end we all say I love,
And we mean it!