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Thomas Carroll Poem
Memory's Melody
It sometimes seems
As though time streams
Through my mind
In a parade of dreams
Both cruel and kind
I close my eyes
And this time flies
As if on wings
People places...things
My memory's music sings
I can clearly see
Names and faces
And things that used to be
In my memory's melody
Of forgotten places
From bygone times
The rhythm and rhymes
Of my mind's eye..
Fill life's spaces
Streaming by
Alas but a mystery...
Or a meaning meant to be
A signal...a sign for one to see
A reminder from the past
A life's lesson meant to last
But who would know
The secret science
Of this ebb and flow
And how could one prove
Time's secret
As it's on the move...
For at once it's here
But then it's gone
We face the future
And move on
But again it moves into the past
Not a second seems to last
The only thing we know
Like sand it's constant flow
To some inevitable end
Time's constant move
Without pretend
So we toil at our task
The many questions not to ask
That we will not regret our past
After all it may just be
It's but the memory
That's meant to last
Copyright © Thomas Carroll | Year Posted 2018
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Thomas Carroll Poem
What is this life we live
That measures what we get
By what we give
Demanding we pay the debt
We've not paid yet
And giving notice
That forgiving with forgiveness
Is our best bet
Yet breaking life's unwritten rule
Is but a ticket back
To life's unforgiving school
The equation holds hard and fast
And justly guides any fool
Down the right path at last...
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Thomas Carroll Poem
A Simple Sacred Deal
No truly priceless thing can be bought or sold
Or willed or conjured to keep or hold
Honor cannot be given or taken away
As the precious seconds in God's given day
God gifts for free and for real
Should we mind a simple sacred deal
To do as we would be done
And live together as though we're one
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Thomas Carroll Poem
Faith Conquers Fear
What keeps us going
Facing endless failure
And Never knowing
Is success next
Just around the bend
Or some other uncertain end
No promise no guarantee
But despite our sins
Faith always wins
Push on
Persevere
Faith conquers fear
Copyright © Thomas Carroll | Year Posted 2018
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