Who is Your God?

You speak of God,
You praise Him, always.
But who is your God?
When you show no charity towards others?

I am but a poor sinner,
But God's been kind to me
Making me strong and confident
To be indifferent towards any holier-than-thou.

ltbs

Counting other people’s sins does not make you a saint.
Author Unknown

Whatever I Was, I’m Not Now

I used to be touchy, aggressive and rather choleric,

Woe betided anyone who crossed me.

You wouldn’t like me then

I wouldn’t like myself, either

I was rather obnoxious – a real ogre  -

As I had so many demons in my head, then.

I’m delighted that

Whatever I was, I’m not now

I don’t take offences easily

Neither do I react to offensive people

I’d remain totally calm and indifferent

As I’ve cleared rather a few demons from my head.

ltbs

The most memorable people in life will be the friends who loved you when you weren’t very lovable.

Author Unknown

The Naivety of It All

It is such a wretched feeling  -
Gnawing into the innermost of one's soul
To discover that one's been taken in.
One feels like wringing the culprit's neck
And telling everything to the whole world
But a sudden feeling of calm fills one's soul
When one decides not to do so
As one deems one's fortunate enough
To have stumbled on the on-going treachery
And not to naively trust that culprit ever again.

One will have the satisfaction
Of preventing it ever happening again
And the Judas of a friend will soon realize
That the Sherlock Holmes in one
Has finally detected the let-down
Should the culprit, in simmering excitement,
Try to commit that selfish act again
But won't be able to do so
And so go away greatly disappointed
Making one feeling satisfied and elated.
.
ltbs

Never lie to someone who trusts you.

Never trust someone who lies to you.

Author Unknown

Starting the Day Right

It's 3.00 am
And I've woken up
To the stillness of the morning
But I'm quite delighted
As I can start up the computer
And do some writing.

Pouring out my soul into Cyberspace
On happy thoughts
Awakening my heart,
To the love of my loved ones
And the camaraderie of my friends
Uplifting my soul to start the day right

ltbs

What to give to those who have everything?
Give the gift of words.
Author Unknown

No Music Teacher

Listening to music, I'm reliving the days of my youth,
Training to be a music teacher in the UK
Travelling to London to attend concerts, as part of the course,
And all over Europe during the summer holidays.

I didn't teach music after my training except at a school,
As music, at the other schools, was not part of the curriculum.
I only played 'The National Anthem' on the piano at school assemblies
I was totally lost to sports, instead.

I could play the piano and trumpet fairly well then

But I can't even play a tune on the piano now,
Or toot a note on the trumpet, either
But listening to music,

Always evokes happy memories of my music training in the UK.

ltbs

Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything.

Author Unknown