When I was down, You lifted me up.
When I errored , You forgave.
When I was sick, You received me in your arms.
When I was lonely, You reminded me, "I am always with you."
When my broken heart despaired, You healed me with your Love.
When I did all that I could and wanted to quit, You carried me.
Lifting me securely into your arms.
When I learned to see you
I found you in everyone's eyes.

Divine Love, I love you.
Within my heart of hearts,  
As one Love,  never ever will we part.
Oh my beautiful Divine Love
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

I met a man walking backwards,
head to toe in high viz.
He was happy to ask for directions
and overtook the crowd with ease.

I met a man walking backwards,
telling me what was to come.
'Keep both eyes on the past,' he said,
'for the future is just re-runs.'

Why I am here on earth?
What should I do?
What do I want in youth?
I know I am too young
But why do I feel so wrong?
Yeah, I'm being so careless
Guide me, Lord, guide me, please
God forgive me today this month!

O Lord, You know everything
I got misguided with something,
Yes, I'm misguided by darkness
God, let me out of here, please!
I feel now I have no self-worth.

I have sunk in the ocean of sins
where the fire is only weaving,
Yup, I'm young but wrong
Maybe I am wrong always
God, today I'm scared of death!

All Things Galore
by Michael R. Burch

(for my grandfathers George Edwin Hurt Sr. and Paul Ray Burch, Sr.)

Grandfather,
now in your gray presence
you are

somehow more near

and remind me that,
once, upon a star,
you taught me

wish

that ululate soft phrase,
that hopeful phrase!

and everywhere above, each hopeful star

gleamed down

and seemed to speak of times before
when you clasped my small glad hand
in your wise paw

and taught me heaven, omen, meteor ...

Keywords/Tags: family, grandfather, grandchild, grandson, teacher, mentor, example, guide, guidance, guru

she walks into an abyss.
the light slowly fades -
she barely notices.

she starts to run
as her breathing quickens.
she claws at the abyss,
hoping for a way out.

she hears a voice,
soft yet secure,
that guides her.
the light appears as
she takes small steps.

she keeps walking
until the light engulfs her.
she is free.

You're my guiding star
You're the driver of our car
You wash away all of my scar
And that's why I love everything you do

You're the every line
Everytime I get too far
You're just like my mother
Guides me to be better

You're my ice
On a hot summer day
That keep me at bay
You're making me your everything, so stay

I know life is hard
So we play like life
Dont pretend i know we're fine
And I find it so cute you play it hard
So here I am playing your game
Just to be your man
To change your last name
To mine

You make my heart sing
You changed my perspective to a new theme
I can't believe it, I thought it was a dream
Thank you, you increased my esteem

You're my everything
before that I thought life was joking,
You know exactly everything you do
And that's why I love everything about you.

There's a way and will to this world
No matter how twisted or slow or fast
There's a finite intelligence there
Guiding me to places known or unknown
Here or there it doesn't matter
The result is the same  
A journey some place else
We are here just now and future
We will be taken to new places
For further experiences in this life
They will be good or bad or indifferent

Your one stride, is full of pride,
We can see you are trying to guide.
But, we still get misplaced, and
You still come back to emplace.
Oh Swami Bapa, we can't thank you enough,
for helping us get through our guf...