A simple smile was what I have seen, A glance across a crowded room. A swelling of hope in a young mind. A walk that took forever, Brought you into my arms the first time. A dance was shared that in the fall moonlight.
A touch of the hand as we part. A look of awkward youth. A nervous journey to my chair. A thought of holding you again. All together it seemed like years. A time of innocence of long ago.
A small kiss on the lips, An awkward grin. A hand-in-hand escort to your chair. The remembrance of the smell of your hair. My stomach was full of butterflies.
A long drive to find your house. I met you at the door. You sat next to me on the first date. Held my hand in yours. You kissed me first and I kissed you again. The passion was in the air.
Many months went by and spring bloomed in our life. You took my shirt and said to me the words so soft and sweet. And you lay me down in the field of grass. Where we made love that beautiful summer night. And there we laid watching the stars no a care in the world. Not so far away from home.
Far away on distant shores, I would remember you again. The night you gave me your heart. I look to the sky and the stars are gone. I look to find you and you are not here. I reach out to touch you and only the cold steel reaches my hand.
The sounds I hear are foreign to me. The gunshots and screams in my ears. I was sent here away from home to a land of war and fear.
Should I return will you meet me there or will my heart be alone? If I am the same as I was then will you love me still? There is no hope for our love to grow. I told you goodbye and broke your heart. And now I know in fear this night that I am the one alone. No, I do not understand what things we do For the love of each other, the pain will last forever.
The longing to live that night again haunts me day and night. To feel you in my arms again beneath the summer sky. To smell your hair of golden brown. To feel your soft tan skin in the star-lit night. To look into the deep brown eyes and hear your voice again.
I wait for you to call but the phone never rings. I wait for you to come to my door but the doorbell never chimes. I wait for you to say my name, the sound never comes. I wait for you to write me a letter, the mail has stopped coming. I wait for you to send me flowers, the florist closed the shop. I wait for you to say I love you but I broke your heart years ago. I wait for you to hold me, I told you goodbye. I wait for you, I found you, I lost you, I found you, You left. I waited too long to say this because you are no longer here to hear me. I waited and so it is much to late, to say to you I am sorry. I waited for you. I was the cause of you leaving. I was the cause of it all.
Lay me down in a Field of Clover Where the sweet smell of spring fills air. Lay me down where the Flower blooms Where the Children run.
Lay me down in a Field of Clover Where the warm rain of spring runs over me. Lay me down where the Flower blooms Where love blooms as the heart grow.
Lay me down in a Field of Clover Where the sun warms my soul Lay me down where the Flower blooms Where the sweet, sweet purple colors flow.
Lay me down in a Field of Clover Where silence is golden and time stands still Lay me down where the Flower blooms Where the God of Time lifts me up.
Lay me down in a Field of Clover Where the soul meets its maker Lay me down where the Flower blooms Where in my final days I will raise up and praise the day
Lay me down in a Field of Clover Where the soft gentle touch of your lips kiss my heart Lay me down where the Flower blooms Where we first met and fell in love.
Lay me down in a Field of Clover Where seasons will pass me by Lay me down where the Flower blooms Where I was born in a field of dreams.
Lay me down in a Field of Clover Where the Flower blooms The sun shines, the rain comes down The seasons come and go. In the land that I love, In the place I fell in Love. Take me home and give me a bed of Green. Give me the flower of Purple who smells so sweet in spring.
Lay me down in a Field of Clover. Lay me down where the Flower Blooms. Lay me down where God will find me. And take me away.
Drops fall and wash my face. The smell brings me home again. The fresh plowed earth, The tall grass in the warmth of the sun.
I look up into a clear blue sky. For here is where you laid me down. Here is where I weep. Here is where you were.
As a tear drop falls on the ground. I know not if it is mine or the Rain in my Eyes. I long to touch the deep where you lay. As a tear drop falls on the ground. I know not if it is you or me Or Rain in My Eyes.
Call me and I will come. Reach for me as I reach for you. In days gone by, I look for you there. But the Rain gets in My Eyes. And you are gone.
When the earth is over me When the sun no longer shines When the flowers cease to bloom. I feel the heat of a tear in my eye. I know not if it is mine or Rain in My Eyes.
I walk this road alone.
I will never be able to go home.
Everything is far away.
Gone and lost in dreams of yesteryears.
I seek those things of yesterday.
Yet they have disappeared in time.
Gone along with the dreams.
Slipped through time like water through fingers.
I sleep to dream of you and the dreams of what we had then.
I awake and see the things that are the reality of time past.
A place which cannot be changed.
An awaking of how we waste the time we once had.
I walk alone in this road of loneliness.
Knowing that only I and I alone took those dreams away.
In darkness I cry feeling sorry for myself.
I destroyed the time of dreams for that I walk this road alone.
I’ve never shook the hand of a King or bowed to a Queen.
I watched a wall built to separate east and west .
And I watched the wall come down.
I have never been rich, nor have I ever been poor.
I have seen the mighty carvings of the Presidents in a mountain.
I flown almost all the way around the world.
I do not know how many people I have met.
I know that it is more that I could ever count.
Each one has touched me in some way for that I thank them.
I joined the Army. Not sure it meant much at the time.
They gave me a lot places to go and things to see.
It’s just something in the past now.
I have been married twice. And the second time took.
I have a beautiful daughter and three wonderful grandsons.
Those are in the present.
I suppose you could say I have had a full life.
If seems short to me when I look at it.
But when I look at all I have done, I wonder when I had the time to do it all.
,I have Thanked God for the many days he has given me to discover just how wonderful this world is.
I pray that when he takes me home that I may live in his house with many rooms.
I have never stood on the shore of Galilee but someday I will.
I have never prayed in the Garden of Gethsemane but I will.
I have never been to heaven , but I will.
It says the sun is out and warm today.
The day is perfect day for getting out to play.
The grass is green and have bloomed.
The laughter is in the air.
In all the joy, in all the laughter the happiness blooms
We lay in the grass with the warmth of the sun on our face.
We invite our friends and family to share in this grand day.
We sit and snack on the food drinking lemonade.
Playing childhood games the whole day.
Everyone around seems to be doing the same.
No sadness, or crying, the perfect day of peace.
The cool air of evening creeps in the valley.
And people pack to go home.
Daily lives start over again with TV’s and radios.
Giving the days breaking stories.
No one seems to listens or care.
Life is back as were the day before.
As lights go out and covers pulled up.
Kisses exchanged, and adjustments in bed made.
Eyes close for the night is still young and work will come early.
Suddenly eyes open and in the darkness,
The white ceiling seems to speak.
The voice so clear. Never has it ever said something so profound.
The First Step in Lifes Journey 