Penny wise and pound foolish
Pinching out the cents
While coins clatter down behind in
Spiraling descents
From holes in your own pockets
Couldn’t bear the weight
They roll and spin in figure eights
Now that’s a pricey cheapskate
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Acoustic Guitar
A tapestry of silky strands
Pulled from brass strings in my hands
Chords fanned out in harmony
Woven around the melody
In rippling vibrant satin bands
The melody thread weaves and winds
Riding on the changing lines
Through peaks and valleys strong it floats
Bridging chords of tingling notes
The filaments of tune it finds
The rhythm marches sure and strong
The background warp that holds the song
As the lyrics weave and bend
In and out until the end
It rolls the tapestry along
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Daily Strength
I’ve had my share of grief and care
So weighed down with woe
I’ve worked and fought and prayed a lot
From places dark and low
With anguished cry I’ve asked but why?
And here is what I know
He gives the grace and strength to face
Each trial as we go
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Love the Light
Turn your face to the sky
Like an opening flower
Away from the dirt below
And its filthy power
Away from the self-centered
Greedy earthly fight
Look above to the love
And be filled with light
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Truth
I sense your lies
I smell them like a rotten fish
That clouds the whole fresh sun-washed shore
I hear the clanging siren noise
Above the routine traffic roar
I taste their tang of rancid fare
Disguised by gaudy sugar sweet
I see the cracks you cannot hide
Where broken bits of glued glass meet
I feel the pricks of talon claws
You are already sinking in
And I can sense beyond a doubt
That this is where the traps begin
But you don’t know that now I know
You cannot lead me down that road
I sense your lies
