HE NEEDS….a break from the women,
His eyes and head are swimming…
Maybe some quatrain
Will help him be sane,
Or maybe just go in swimming
(Not on the clock!).
–
J.E.C.
HE NEEDS….a break from the women,
His eyes and head are swimming…
Maybe some quatrain
Will help him be sane,
Or maybe just go in swimming
(Not on the clock!).
–
J.E.C.
THAT TIME AGAIN
Time for the birds and bees
Becoming active again…
Amidst the flowers and trees
And pollen in the wind.
–
I understand the birds
But the bees are not direct….
A hive of female worker bees
Lugging pollen, I suspect.
–
The symbolism of honey
I’ll leave well enough alone…
Adults may think it rummy
If we expose it outside of the home!
–
Jelly and honey and candy
All have their uses…
To describe love-making,
But I’ll stay out of those nooses.
–
A roving eye is on alert high
As layers are gradually shed…
Although inside, a watchful eye
Is never really dead.
–Jonathan Caswell
WITH ARMS OPENED WIDE
With arms opened wide
You came to save me…
Love you did not hide
But freely gave to me.
–
Into this world you came
For a sinner such as I…
I was filled with sin’s stain
But for my sin you died.
–
You came into my night
Bringing love and mercy…
You made everything right
And gave new life to me!
–
With arms opened wide,
You came to save me…
Lord, you didn’t hide
But freely gave to me.
–
There is no way I can repay
What you did for me…
For all my sins’ price you paid,
Being nailed to that tree.
–Carl A. Gooch ~ 11 March 2014
TO WHOM I PRAY
He showed His love for me,
He took my place upon the tree…
From sin I’ve been set free,
Christ paid Sin’s price for me!
–
What wondrous love was shown
When He called me to be His own,
I will kneel before His throne…
Knowing my life is not my own!
–
He is the promise of God from of old
That I proclaim loud and bold…
The grip of death couldn’t hold,
He arose from that tomb so cold!
–
No fear can hold me back today
For my Lord leads the way,
His loving promises light my…
He is my Savior, to whom I pray!
Carl A. Gooch ~ 18 February 2014
(Transcribed…with a little editing…by Jonathan Caswell)