It’s New Year’s Eve
and memories fly~
Of youthful love
and days gone by.

A fading memory
from the past
brought back to light~
Such sorrow cast.

Where are you now?
Where did you go?
The one I loved
and wanted so~

I ne’er forgot
the burning fire.
You were the one~
My heart’s desire.

But you were one~
and I ~ another.
And I dare not displease
my earthly father.

So, alas, I sit
on New Year’s Eve~
A midnight kiss
remembered ~ I grieve.

Alone with thoughts~
my love, my friend~
Of something lost,
That might have been.

                               LA Kirby
                               1/1/2009

My heart breaks as I watch you question
whether you’ll see her again~
The woman you called “Honey”,
the woman you called “friend “.

The things that you’ve forgotten
in the Winter of your life~
Pierce into my saddened soul
as if they were a knife.

I know deep down, somewhere
in the hallows of your mind~
There still resides that strength and faith
that age has seemed to blind.

And our loving Lord takes care of this~
As if you were a child.
He wraps you in His strong, warm arms
and looks at you ~  and smiles.

                                          LA Kirby
                                           3/18/09

Hurting people hurt people
with words and actions they don’t mean.
Lashing out in fear and anger~
Afraid the truth will soon be seen.

They hide behind their cutting words
and hope no one will see~
The heart inside that’s ever bleeding
from pain they fear will always be.

                                            LA Kirby
                                            10/16/09

Our lives change in ways we can’t know.
What was last year is a fading memory of today.
So don’t be afraid that things will never change.
There’s a new life, if you want it, down the way.

You’re heartbroken and feeling all alone.
You talk of doom and gloom and being wronged.
Don’t be afraid that things will never change.
There’s a new life, if you speak it, down the way.

So you think happiness is just for someone else.
And that the wonders of life elude your path.
Don’t be afraid that things will never change.
There’s a new life, if you believe it, down the way.

                                        LA Kirby
                                         3/23/10

I sit and watch the seconds slipping around on the clock

And God....
                 I think of my life in relation to that time.

Here I am
                 almost twenty years of elapsed time here on your earth

Twenty years....
                       And what have I done?
               Have I touched mankind, my brother?

So many mistakes I've made....
             and God sometimes I wonder,
                                                      if
             you could ever except me back-

But then I realize the vast unendingness of your love
             and
                   I know-

Memories flood my lonely mind
of another day ~ another time.
The overwhelming, burning fire
that swept us up in live’s desires~
Your knowing touch that brought such bliss,
the passion born in every kiss~
Ignite my thoughts with young love’s flame~
Your burning memory ~ once again.

                                           LA Kirby
                                            11/6/09

Like a thief, he came and took her “life”~
As though he thought he had a right.

A little girl so strong and bold~
Was laid to rest, her joy gone cold.

It only took one evil choice
to destroy her innocence and leave her void.

A void that filled so much of her
with satan’s lies and destructive words.

But one night as the child cried out in shame
for some reason to live ~ He called her name.

A God so faithful, kind, and true~
Reached out His love, and made her new.
                           ~~~~
A young teen girl who’d saved that right
for her husband on their wedding night.

Was robbed of something she’d vowed to treasure
for a young man’s evil, selfish pleasure.

A selfish act that changed her path~
Created in her such hate and wrath.

But one night as the girl searched again
for some reason to live~ He called her name.  

A God so faithful, kind, and true~
Reached out His love, and made her new.

                              ~~~~
A battered woman, tired and weak
from empty promises he wouldn’t keep.

Stared in the mirror at empty eyes
that only saw his deceit and lies.

Her baby sleeping in the night~
Pills filled her hand to end her life.

But that night as the woman screamed in pain
for some reason to live~ He called her name.

A God so faithful, kind, and true~
Reached out His love~
And made her~
                            NEW.

                                           LA  Kirby
                                           3/27/09

Passion, like a wave, sweeps over us
and carries us into a sea of confusion~
not knowing which way to turn.

                                         LA Kirby
                                         11/6/09

I was there with her
the day she went to Glory
What a tender moment
What a beautiful love story.

Although she'd been in pain,
it ceased to mark her face
when she saw her savior coming
to take her to his place.

And though she could not speak
I watched her reach above
You could feel His warm, sweet presence
On her face, a glow of love.

And in that quiet passing
from this life to the next
there was comfort just in knowing
with him she'd get to rest.

There's no doubt about it
His presence there was known
He came to care for Mother
and welcome her back home.

He blessed me with my mother
compelled to share the story~
Of the peace that fell around her
the day she went to Glory.

If I’d known a year ago
you wouldn’t be here today~
I’d spent more time with you
instead of running off to play.

If I’d known a year ago
I wouldn’t see your face~
I’d thought to bring you roses
and slowed my hurried pace.

If I’d known a year ago
I’d cease to hear your voice~
I’d done things oh, so different,
and made a better choice.

But life does not afford us
the knowing in advance ~
So spend time with those you love
while you still have the chance.

                                         LA Kirby
                                         10/23/08

Where is he Lord ~this man~
that I’ve waited for so long?
It’s with passion I yearn for him
and look for him once more.

It’s been years since You first spoke of him
So long ~I’ve oft lost hope~
But then, through tears of longing,
my faith again will bolt.

And I dream of him...of how he’ll be
my friend and human love~
But never to replace the True love I’ve found above.

Still Lord, I long for him~
A desire YOU placed in me.
When will he come ~this man~
You created just for me?

                                       LA Kirby
                                        12/9/08