How do you know if you love someone?
And if your reasons are right or wrong?
How can you tell if you really belong?
By seeking the Truth in your heart.
How do you know if you do your best?
And if your answer will pass the test?
How can you tell if you’ve really been blessed?
By seeking the Truth in your heart.
How do you know if you’re torn and tired?
And if you’ve lost some deep desire?
How can you tell if you’re feeling inspired?
By seeking the Truth in your heart.
How do you know if you love someone?
And if you do, are you two? Or one?
How can you tell when the worry is gone?
By seeking the Truth in your heart.
How can you love and say, “Worry, be gone!”
By seeking the Truth in your heart!
Some Springtime humor from my husband. I couldn’t resist sharing this. 🙂 –C. G.
The Sounds and Smells of Spring
by Frederick Douglass Grimes, III
Seasons change;
thoughts rearrange.
Spring smiles come bursting through!
winter finally is laid to rest
until next year.
Oh happy day! Spring has sprung!
Old Man Winter
has taken a heartfelt hike.
Time to pull out the family bike!
Birdies are singing;
ice cream bells certainly are ringing!
These are the sounds of Spring!
Leaves are crunching;
everyone’s munching
tasty treats to make your mouth water…
The smell of funnel cakes
on trips to the neighborhood parks
folks will make.
These are the smells of Spring!
The air is filled
with a variety of aromas…
Everything from hot dogs coming from the neighborhood vender
to the bakery down the street
teasing you with the breathtaking smell of freshly baked goods!
Time to put up all of last winters gear,
and hopefully if the Winter didn’t help you gain a few pounds,
pull out the tank tops and shorts.
Some of us
might have to give Jenny a call,
but that’s ok
Because It sure feels good
to finally wake up
from the Winter’s slumber…
And smell the fresh air
and hear
the sounds of Spring!
Wishing all a blessed and most beautiful Spring season!
May God bless us all!
I wrote this song in approximately 2002, for a couple I knew who met online. Dating in general can be difficult, but online dating has its own pitfalls. Add in distance, which was a big factor for Freddy and me, and, well, it really shows you what you’re made of!
Freddy and I met in a writing group, as I wrote in My Greatest Gift.
We were friends first and weren’t looking for a romantic relationship. As time, emails, and phone calls passed, we became close, and love became our reality. Though we didn’t use “online dating,” our writing and the internet were an integral part of how we met, fell in love, and recently got married.
I hope you enjoy this song, and that you are open to love, however it comes into your life!
Internet Love – Lyrics
1. I found you on the internet and took a chance.
Back then I had no clue that it would be romance.
I found you on the internet and took a chance.
Now here’s the way I feel.
Refrain:
2. I asked you many questions, and you answered me.
And I know your opinion on important things.
I asked you many questions, and you answered me.
Now here’s the way I feel.
Refrain:
3. And I hope that one day you and I will finally meet;
And hope that when we do, you’ll be the same to me.
I hope that one day you and I will finally meet.
Now here’s the way I feel.
Refrain:
I love you!
You’re a dear, sweet man.
Refrain:
I love you,
Even though some think it can’t be.
I love you,
And I’m hoping that you love me.
I love you,
And I’ll give you everything I can,
‘Cause I love you!
You’re a dear, sweet man.
I used to talk for hours on the phone;
Before that no, I barely spoke at all.
As changes changed my life, o how I’ve grown!
It took me to a kind of twilight zone,
His conversation anything but small.
I used to talk for hours on the phone.
I gave myself to others as a loan,
A borrowed blessing passing in the hall.
As changes changed my life, o how I’ve grown!
His spirit woke my every nerve and bone,
A voice within; I answered when he called.
I used to talk for hours on the phone.
Now I am not an island, but a stone
Creating waves of goodness as I fall.
As changes changed my life, o how I’ve grown!
One Life in everything, the truth be known;
His Light the highest nature of us all.
I used to talk for hours on the phone;
As changes changed my life, o how I’ve grown!
I didn’t know the meaning of forever,
Until you took me deep into your heart.
I could accept us being here together,
But thought for sure one day our ways would part.
Forever was a place I couldn’t go,
For in my mind I simply didn’t know.
I didn’t know the meaning of a love song,
Until you sang to me without the words.
I could accept the melody and music,
But disbelieved the voice my spirit heard.
A love song was a place I couldn’t go,
For in my mind I simply didn’t know.
I didn’t know the meaning of connection,
Until I drifted into it one day.
It took me from a world of imperfection
To all I asked, to seek, to find, to pray.
Connection was a place I couldn’t go,
Until my mind was calm enough to know.
—
Happy National/Global Poetry Writing Month (NaGloPoWriMo)! I won’t be posting every day, but any contribution is a good one.
A spike in the weather
Brought raindrops in floods.
We ventured together,
Outpacing the mud.
All dressed up
With somewhere to go,
Our wedding was imminent,
Come rain, sleet or snow.
So onward we ventured
With faces aglow:
Outshining the downpour,
A bless-ed rainbow!
—
My Quadrille in response to De’s “spike” prompt at dVerse.
Yes, there really was a rainbow on our wedding day, March 15, 2019! And the song we chose months ahead of time was “Somewhere over the Rainbow.” It was a blessed and beautiful day! ❤
Before we met, I sipped your words
Like lemonade in Summer bright;
Then savored them as chocolate hot,
Indulging every Winter night.
I drank you in; you filled my cup
With satisfying sweetest brew;
My dehydrated mind and soul
Fulfilled and nourished, sipping you.
When I was in first grade,
I got a Valentine
From one sweet little boy.
Inside it said, “Be mine.”
I couldn’t be his own
And never knew the bliss,
Because upon that card,
There oozed a melted kiss…
As many years went by,
I married and divorced,
My biggest pride and joy,
Our precious son, of course.
When he was small I kept
Each Valentine of his,
And as a mommy does,
I melted with his kiss.
Now after several years,
Romance and friendship shine.
As only Freddy could,
He asked me, “Please be mine.”
My one and true reply,
A tearful, happy YES!
And I am sure he knows,
I melt with every kiss.
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