"Songs of My Heart" ( from the collection 'Graceland, my graceland' )

SONGS OF MY HEART

Softly,

            My heart beats a rhythm of love.

Slowly,

            My heart sings a virgin song of hope.

Steadily,

            My heart paints a beautiful image of you.

And gently,

            A beautiful poem of love flows out of me.

"Wax of Faith" -from the collection 'Graceland, my graceland.'

WAX OF FAITH

Lord I pray

Tame my wandering heart

Lest I go astray

Preserve me

Let not this scorching sun of tribulation

Melts my heart of faith

This world is a market of pain

But always I say

Your heavenly treasure is enough gain

The faithless

Mock my faith

They say I am deranged

Lord I pray

Preserve me

Preserve my wax of faith

Lest I melt away

Under this scorching sun of mockery.

"Far But Close" -from the collection 'Graceland, my graceland.'

FAR BUT CLOSE

Can’t deny I have a heart

‘Cause always I hear its beat

Can’t say I have no God

‘Cause always I hear Him speak

Through His work

Through the mountain’s peak

That’s too great for man to make

Can’t deny I have a God

‘Cause always I touch the sands of the sea

Its quantity is too much for man to create

Can’t deny my uncreated creator is alive

‘Cause always I breathe

The air-

The breath of God.

"GENTLE DOVE OF PEACE" - from the collection 'Graceland, my graceland'

GENTLE DOVE OF PEACE

Gentle dove of peace

Hovering far above

Fly low and near

Dry our flowing sweats.

Gentle dove of peace

Fly low and near

Mend our broken trust

End our ragging war.

We have one heart

And a single death to claim it,

Why must we fight

When we can give truce a chance?

Gentle dove of peace

Hovering far above

Fly low and near

Dry our flowing sweats

With breeze of your wings.

Gentle dove of peace,

No more floras-

No more roses in the garden of our love.

No more harmony-

No more the uniform beauty of trust.

Gentle dove of peace

Hovering far above

Fly low and near

Patch in the nest of our hearts

Mend our broken trust

Tame our wandering love.

Gentle dove of peace

Fly low and near

We shouldn’t be far apart

Like sun and sand.

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I AM NOT AFRAID (from the collection Graceland, my graceland).

  I AM NOT AFRAID

Even though foggy images

Blur my eyes

And tomorrowland seems uncertain

Even though a mighty wall of limitation

Is blocking my road to a brighter future

I am not afraid.

With dusty foot

I have labored under scorching sun

With ragged clothes

I have toiled under heavy rain

I’ve shed tears, my sweats and my blood

I’ve had moment of gain

And I’ve also known enough pain.

I am not afraid…

I’ve seen the mountain’s peak

I’ve seen the valley low

I’ve risen

I’ve fallen

Now,

I am like a man

Who has reached the bottom of the ladder

I fear no fall

I have fallen too much to fear falling again

I’ve known too much pain

I’ve enjoyed too little gain

But I am not afraid.

Even though foggy images blur my eyes

Even though mighty walls of limitation

Stands in my road

I am not afraid

I am

Not afraid

Because

I can reach the paradise of my heart

I can see my graceland

I can see my dream world;

My graceland

It is far

But it is near

It is within

It is inside

Inside my heart

I am

Not afraid.