GRATITUDE VS RESENTMENT

 “Resentful people lift their noses high, self-righteousness misleads 'em all, ya know. The Spirit part inside began ta die, when selfishness and spite began ta grow. Let's everybody practice gratitude; let's practice peace and kindness every day. I can't afford a bitter, sour mood; Lord, make my disposition Sweet, I pray!”

Copyright 2016 Stephen Cromwell Gifford

LET ALL OF US FORGIVE OUR FOES

 “May all our hearts Deep Peace, with Justice, Love, and all our selfishness, now rise above. May all of us appreciate what's true, have Mercy on our planet, green and blue. May We all value Kindness, most of all, responding when we hear each sufferer call. Let all of us our gratitude now show; in all, may sweet tranquility now grow. May everyone on Earth be richly blessed, and love lay Every person's fears to rest. For tolerance and patience, Thank You, Lord, let every victim's health now be restored! And lest this prayer-poem last too long, let every heart now sing its Own sweet song!”

Copyright 2016 Stephen Cromwell Gifford

WHY NOT GROW UP & TURN TO THE LORD?

 “When vanity, or pride, controls a heart, confusion's gonna reign within that mind. So, selfishness, ya see, ain't never smart, ta Truth that person's gonna be part-blind. A heart that's pure can better understand; we need ta purify our hearts each day. Or evil, friend, will get quite out o' hand, and sane is something we're not gonna stay. So let's devote ourselves ta truth, and thrive; be kind and helpful, very patient, too. A grown-up 's gonna Give up all the jive, and, probably, dear Lord, will turn ta You!”

Copyright 2016 Stephen Cromwell Gifford

ANGELS AND EMPIRE

It's apathy and blood-lust, not just greed, that make Some minds and hearts so mean and cold. It's beauty, love, and Truth they Really need, not more indulgent pleasures, cash, and gold. Oh, Lovers, please have Mercy on us all: attackers, victims, women, kids, and men. Let's Love a Lot, and let the Empire Fall! If not Us, Who, dear Ones, if not Now, When?