My Family of Women

  As I sit and smell the air It reminds me of summer The breeze past my nostrils and fills my heart with joy I can smell the green grass as it waves at my smile I can imagine the water pouring over my flesh and soul with refreshing glee I can see the heat vibrate off the pavement where men briefly fly with the grace of a eagle I hear the screams of intense joy come from flavored dairy eating munchkins running after a musical box with wheels As I close my eyes I can taste the sweetness of a delicious fruit that I spit out the seeds with great joy and delight as the water in this melon dribbles down my chin I hear the melodies of a school of people singing something old and the harmony of peace as I feel the grace of the gospel pour into my ears Yeeeesssss this is summer But summer isn't summer until I feel the symphony of laughing adults sitting at the table, the chatter of teenagers staring at each other doing what seems to be nothing, the screams of kids playing in th...

A friend Encourages you Pushes you Pulls you Jokes with you Gives to you Receives from you Hugs you Cares for you Protects you Honest with you Loyal to you Respects you Believes in you Listens to you Reminds you Converse with you Sacrifices for you Loves you Willing to die for you A friend will do all of this and more To all my friends  Thank you servantprince 3/31/11

Really! Really! One bread crumb That's all you have We are in a recession How am I suppose to feed my family Oh I see I'm just suppose to drag my bread crumb across this dirty floor Wow you must not care about me at all I can lift ten times my weight but how is that gonna help me feed my family ugh Do you know what I had to do to get here? I had to dodge big brother before he squished me into the pavement and big sister before she mopped me up All for a lousy bread crumb Man, I'm out! By servantprince 3/22/11

Bachelor parties as a married man can remind you of things.  In this case nothing naughty (smile).  So somewhere between the groom licking a kiwi and us men playing street fighter.  The elder statesmen of marriage spoke some wisdom to the young cats.  We talked about don't wait to teach your kids.  Why do parents teach their kid how to walk before they know how to.  Teach their kid how to share before they know how to.  Teach their kid how to be a 6 year old when the kid is 4.  Because they are excited to see their child grow.  Then the child hits 8-10 and all of the sudden the teacher is nowhere to be found.  Why do you seem to be surprised when the child wants you to teach them how to be a pre-teen or teen before they reach that age?  It's almost saying I was never a teacher why are you looking at me.  You know what gets parents, fear.  So here are some excuses parents have used.  Why would I tea...

bliss Mortal bliss A clean slate awaits A freckled face boy As he is freed from the terror Freed from the pain Freed from the loneliness Freed from the shame   Freed from the boredom A clandestine bliss awaits Outside of these walls and inside his mind while walking outside his home but inside his paradise By Servantprince

Broken plans Held back tears The slow jam plays A lonely dinner A good movie A wondering mind The slow jam plays The young lovers My wish to be him My wish for her to look at me that way The holding hands The soft touch The slow jam plays The lonely walk The bus ride home The empty home The slow jam plays my tears to sleep Another one for the singles  Keep the faith in Christ

It's pitch black with twinkling stars and flying suns It's quiet and peaceful with sleeping kids and sleeping hearts my eyes are steadily closing my heart losing it's fire I'm tired of looking and sick of failing I'm finished with "just a friend" I'm finished with fixing hearts I'm tired of knowing what to do but nobody to do it with I'm sick of "there are no good men" when I'm standing right there where is my love where is my passion well until then I'll sleep, dream and go my own way I wrote this 12/30/98 So for all you single folks out there I have been there.  Now I'm happily married.  Keep the faith in Christ.