A lovely young woman with a child at her feet
Opened her door and began to weep
The commander and the chaplain delivered the news
She was now a widow,a family of two
Twenty-one bullets explode into the sky
Fighting for freedom a soldier has died
He leaves behind his wife and his son
A soldier laid to rest at the age of twenty-one
A hero remembered as courageous and strong
Lost his life in a land that he did not belong
He served his country from an ocean away
Earning a medal of honor for his actions that day
And twenty-one bullets explode into the sky
Fighting for freedom a soldier has died
He leaves behind his wife and his son
A soldier laid to rest at the age
of twenty-one
Twenty-One
With tears in their eyes the ceremony begins
As the colors are folded by soldiers and friends
He now rests in peace in a land of his own
In a pine wooden box the young soldier came home
Now twenty-one bullets explode into the sky
Fighting for freedom a soldier has died
He leaves behind his wife and his son
A soldier laid to rest at the age
Yeah twenty-one bullets explode into the sky
Fighting for freedom a soldier has died
He leaves behind his wife and his son
A soldier laid to rest at the age
of twenty-one twenty-one
©
Mar 3, 2014
Mar 3, 2014 at 11:27 AM UTC
Lord,I've been down too long,on weakened knees
I'm calling upon you, to give me strength
Lord ,will you help me
Help me to my feet
When I look around ..I see
So many people,struggling
I know Lord,it was not your plan
The cause comes from,sins of man
Yeah I know,when the time is right
You'll reach down,with your love and light
You'll sort the evil from the good
All things ,will be understood
I know the time,is drawing near
Pictures are becoming clear
It is I,that needs to stand strong
Believing you,will right all wrong
Lord,I've been down too long,on weakened knees
I'm calling upon you ,to give me strength
Lord will you help me
Help me to my feet
Lord,I've been down too long,on weakened knees
I'm calling upon you ,to give me strength
Lord will you help me
Help me to my feet
Lord will you help me
Help me to my feet
©
Mar 3, 2014
Mar 3, 2014 at 11:24 AM UTC
Saw a man with a cardboard sign
Wrinkled skin and bloodshot eyes
An untrimmed beard and matted hair
Thin legs strapped to a wheel chair
I sat with him and he told his tale
Of his senior trip to the gates of hell
He said ,when you were just a thought
I was sent to Vietnam and there I fought
Cause I made a promise to defend
Our constitution to the end
I vowed to serve and to protect
I took that oath without regret
I fought for freedom fought for rights
I fought for peace both day and night
For this country the home of the free
Fought for you I fought for me
I took a bullet to my spine
Still carry remnants they left behind
I came home to no parade
I guess you all were too just afraid
And from his pocket with a weathered hand
He pulled the flag for which he stands
I watched his body fill with pride
And felt the pain that he kept inside
You know he.. made a promise to defend
Our constitution to the end
A vow to serve and to protect
He took that oath without regret
Fought for freedom fought for rights
He fought for peace both day and night
For this country the home of the free
He fought for you he fought for me
oh oh oh..Forgotten Hero~
©
Mar 3, 2014
Mar 3, 2014 at 11:21 AM UTC
I want to live,in a world
Where
People live in harmony
building homes filled with dreams
With no broken hearts
crying in the dark
And there is no poverty
With Children playing on a swing
In a garden colored pretty green
With no broken hearts
crying in the dark
And there are no tragedies
And people are living peacefully
There is no war causing misery
With no broken hearts
crying in the dark
And everyone is free
I want to live in a world
Where
No hearts are breakin'
No lives are taken
No poverty or tragedies
No bullets flying
No people dying
And everyone is free
yeah
everyone is free
I want to live in a world
where
no hearts are breaking
No lives are taken
No poverty or tragedies
No bullets flying
No people dying
And everyone is free
Yeah everyone is free
mmm..mmm..mmm
©
Mar 3, 2014
Mar 3, 2014 at 11:19 AM UTC
Among the glitter and the glamour there's a lonely girl
A little diamond in the desert, lost in this world
In the shadows of the city there must be light somewhere
And so we search for answers, keeping faith in prayer
Melanie's whispers float flawless on the wind
So very faint but I can hear you my friend
Your silhouette dances across the desert land
Are you dancing with God
Is He holding your hand
The path of the missing is a long and frightening road
Sadly there are thousands my friend you're not alone
As I watched the news I never ever thought I'd see
Someone I love disappear into a mystery
Your picture is on fliers and in your daughters' hearts
Someone please come forward; we are stumbling in the dark
One lone footprint leads to destination unknown
We will keep on searching 'til you are finally home
Melanie's whispers float flawless on the wind
So very faint but I can hear you my friend
Your silhouette dances across the desert land
Are you dancing with God
Is He holding your hand
Where are yoooooooou Melanie...
where are yoooooou Melanie..
where are yoooooou Melanie
Can you hear uuuuuss
Silence overwhelming what once was filled with song
We miss you Mel..so much that were trying to be strong
As I listen to the quiet, wishing I could hear
You saaaaay, "I am right heeere"
Melanie's whispers float flawless on the wind
So very faint but I can hear you my friend
Your silhouette dances across the desert land
Are you dancing with God
Is He holding your hand
Melanie's whispers float flawless on the wind
So very faint but I can hear you my friend
Your silhouette dances across the desert land
Are you dancing with God
Is He holding your hand
Where are yoooooooou Melanie...
where are yooou Melanie..
where are yooooou Melanie
Can you hear uuuuussss
©
Mar 3, 2014
Mar 3, 2014 at 10:31 AM UTC
A moonlit room
fills with dreams
Dancing shadows
and shiny things
Colored clouds
finding shape
Truth and fantasy
sharing space
Flowers dance
with honey bees
Songs are heard
In willow trees
Candy wrappers
and lollipops
Telling jokes
to pink gumdrops
Golden ponies
run wild and free
as a little girl
sleeps peacefully
Conversations with
porcelain dolls
Simple thoughts
bounce off walls
Memories of
childhood yesterdays
Playing with minds
of molding clay
Sweet dreams fill
a pillow case
As smiles appear
on a sleeping face
Mar 3, 2014
Mar 3, 2014 at 10:25 AM UTC
Watching you dance in the Arizona breeze
Through the forest above tall pine trees
Your spirit is free
While carving your name into sandstone
You fly from the edge of Mongollon Rim
I watch you go
Your ashes blow
Beyond the cool high country
Above the burning desert below
A million miles high further than I can see
Leaving a part of you here with me
While carving your name into sandstone
You fly from the edge of the Mongollon Rim
I watch you go
Your ashes blow
Beyond the cool high country
Above the burning desert below
I'll hold you forever in my memory
While you mix with the mystery
Your spirit is free
Mar 3, 2014
Mar 3, 2014 at 10:23 AM UTC
As tears fall upon my pillow
They stain my broken heart
No one lying next to me
All alone I fall apart
But that's okay
For I am strong
I need no sympathy
I'll move on
I'll find my way
Through natures destiny
I won't look back
But I'll .....remember
As the tears become a blur
And the stains become a memory
Of the way we were
But that's okay
For I am strong
I need no sympathy
I'll move on
I'll find my way
Through natures destiny
Mar 3, 2014
Mar 3, 2014 at 10:21 AM UTC
Holding me gently
with calloused hands
On blades of grass
I'm too weak to stand
In the autumn rain
beneath the colored leaves
Oh sweet honey
you bring me to my knees
Like wings of a butterfly
And pollen shared with a bee
Scent from a flower
You're my sweet honey
As flowers bloom
wings take flight
Making sweet honey
In the rain tonight
Like wings of a butterfly
And pollen shared with a bee
Scent from a flower
you're my sweet honey
Oh sweet honey
you bring me to my knees
In the autumn rain
beneath the colored leaves
Making sweet honey
With my baby tonight
Oh sweet honey
you bring me to my knees
In the autumn rain
beneath the colored leaves
©Erin K. Perkins
Mar 3, 2014
Mar 3, 2014 at 10:19 AM UTC
Sometimes I sit and listen
to the quiet of the night
feel the cool breeze blowing
watch the stars shining bright
Then my imagination
gets caught up in the wind
and takes me on a journey
to a place I've never been
holding on to an eagles wing
while he soars way up high
dropping me off in heaven
far beyond the deep blue sky
Listen'n to the angels sing
as I dance on an unlit moon
voices coming from the clouds
are of those who I once knew
Then my imagination
gets caught up in the wind
and takes me on a journey
to a place I've never been
I hear the angels singing
they sing perfect harmony
I could only imagine
there's no place I'd rather be
Then my imagination
gets caught up in the wind
and takes me on a journey
to a place I've never been
©
Mar 3, 2014
Mar 3, 2014 at 10:15 AM UTC