Sunlight and Shadows


  • Climbing Mountains

    Climbing mountains – upward trail

    Step by step this height to scale

    Gurgling brook measuring time

    On a long and steadfast climb

    Climbing mountains – up so high

    Rolling peaks touch clear blue sky

    So far above our place and time

    The height, the power of the climb

    Climbing mountains – safe retreat

    The place where sky and mountains meet

    Towering rocks stand strong through time

    A shelter from the weary climb

    Climbing mountains – heart aglow

    Traveling back to earth below

    Hold this treasure for all time

    The hope, the victory of the climb

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  • Star Dust

    Shooting stars

    Twilight dusk

    Memories appear

    Twinkling lights

    Points in time

    Gather far and near

    Distant orbs

    Galaxies

    Now seen crystal clear

    Midnight tiptoes here

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  • Long Road

    How do I find the way from here

    Past this pain and the chain of fear?

    Why is the cliff edge taunting so near

    Rutted track as I try to steer

    Threatening all that I once saw clear?

    Sun turns to mist and stars to mist

    Shards of ice in a trembling fist

    Eyes that yet burn with frozen tear

    Search for answers in troubled past

    Hope to find a way home at last

    Here I wait for the light of dawn

    Fighting through til the fog is gone

    No matter what, I will hold on

    Through this painful ponderous load

    No matter what, I will go on

    No matter how long is the road

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  • Spring

    The warm wind blows through bare trees

    The sun shines brightly on new leaves

    And through the soil, green sprouts appear

    The bulbs arrive and spring is here!

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  • Open Road

    It was miles and miles of open road

    In a world so far away

    Whence I set out to find my own abode

    Where my soul could finally stay

    And I travelled so far with no other thought

    Than to never more go astray

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  • Dreams

    What dreams we have and how they fly

    Just beyond our reach

    They keep us looking at the sky

    Eyes off of our feet

    We trip and fall or hit a wall

    Give our hearts and lose it all

    End in hard defeat

    With nothing left but bravely try

    To stand within the breach

    What dreams we have and how they fade

    Just when we get near

    Drawn by the shine of gold and jade

    Feel success is sure

    They slip away and faith betray

    Into the dying of the day

    Slamming of a door

    But true hope though worn out and frayed

    Will never disappear

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