you decide today
is going to be the day
in how you do
in what you say
to make your move
the way you choose
let go the old
grab hold the new
with further thoughts
in attitude
just when you think
couldn't possibly
you take a breath
then dive in deep
moving past
what you once had
straight to the point
of beyond all that
into the new
with gratitude
in what you say
and how you do
feeling good
at letting loose
today's the day
that you choose
a new course
set up for you
grounded in
the word of truth

In this house there is still room
For both me and for you
What used to be considered one
Has become a separate two

What thoughts we had about our future
Now is no more than the past
Would it be weird to still call you dear
Or would you rather that not be said

I find it hard to break old habits
Especially when it comes to us
Sad to say but you won't let it
Turn back to a case of love

Just in case you haven't noticed
I struggle deeply in my sleep
This bed we shared now feels so empty
Without you curled next to me

While we share the same tin roof
Of this house minus a home
Separate individuals
Little wonder it feels so alone

I thought together we could make it
There and past the ends of time
We still might with added heartache
Now that you're no longer mine

In this house where all I do
Is consider me, without you
What used to be thought of as one
Has now become a separate two

This years resolution
With much considered thought
After all this time find that I
Will give it all to God

Because this world to me means nothing
And holds onto even less
Than what I see I could ever need
Or even care to have

With the aging of this eyesight
The more I tend to see
What is important to my walk
And this tender heart in me

This year I'll get more exercise
But this time of the spiritual kind
Learn to love the Lord much more
With all my heart, my soul, and mind

To wake up each new morning
Feeding on the Bread of Life
Share the cleansing blood of the chosen one
To other souls in kind

I will learn to love my fellow man
Unconditionally
That what will shine will be Jesus' light
When they see or think of me

I will pray to God without ceasing
In every circumstance
And take each day along the way
For the blessing that it is

This years resolution
With much considered thought
After all this time find that I
Will this time, give it all to God

I came across an old graveyard
Using sticks and stones as their final mark
To keep account as to who they were
Buried souls in red clay dirt

Fathers, Mothers, Sisters, Brothers
Full time friends, part time lovers
Without a name they're just a number
Making it hard to tell, one from another

Life might hold a soul that remembers
But when truth be told we're all but embers
That lose their glow in the dead of Winter
Along with the hope that we've been here

Without a name to mark the grave
And a few kind words as a going away
Of course, a tombstone does not a person make
But how do you know, without a name

don't do as I do
but do as I say
my daddy
used to tell me
most every day
the older I get
the more that I see
the don't do as I do
daddy in me
when you've got kids
that watch like a hawk
they'll do as you do
like it or not
you do your best
to have them behave
but still
do as you do
and not as you say

1 Speak honestly
2.  Act graciously
3.  Accept gratefully
4.  Give generously
5.  Help readily
6.  Befriend selectively
7.  Carry out your work dutifully
8.  Co-operate unfailingly
9  Listen attentively
10.  Observe mindfully
11  Think broadly
12.  Contemplate calmly
13.   Deal justly
14.  Win fairly
15.  Negotiate magnanimously
16.   Aim realistically
17.   Forgive unequivocally
18.   Respect reverently
19   Avoid acting recklessly
20. Pray devoutly

Hold on there, just one sec
Now that I think about it
I can with all confidence
Say yes, we're all hypocrites

The things we say not to do
We turn around and do them too
That my friend is nothing new
All the trails lead back to you

We may hold out hunks of hope
But there is not a single soul
Who against their will, eventually won't
Cave to their own does and don'ts  

We try and try to do our best
Hard as that is we just can't
Pointing fingers, shaking heads
What about this don't we get

I've stopped long enough to think about it
To side on the side of a matter of fact
The last time that I checked
Yes, we are all hypocrites