Within your heart
Keep one still, secret spot
Where drams may go,
And sheltered so,
May thrive and grow-
Where doubt and fear are not.
Oh, they keep a place apart
Within your heart,
For little dreams to go.
Into a box of friendship
To insure that it is strong
First a layer of respect
On the bottom does belong.
Then to the side attach
In the corners where they meet
Several anchors full of trust
Devoid of all deceit.
The height of friendship can be
Measured by the sides of four
So make them all a larger cut
And the box will hold much more
Now fill it up with courtesy
Honor and esteem
Understanding, sympathy
And passion for a dream
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Laugh, and the world laughs with you;
Weep and you weep alone.
For the sad old earth must borrow its mirth,
But has trouble enough of its own.
Sing and the hills will answer;
Sight it is lost on the air.
The echoes bound to a joyful sound,
But shrink from voicing care.
Rejoice and men will seek you;
Grieve and they turn and go.
They want full measure of all your pleasure,
But they do not need your woe.
Be glad and your friends are many;
Be sad and you lose them all.
There are none to decline your nectar wine,
But alone you must drink life’s gall.
It was so hard to forgive
Those who hurt and did me wrong,
The one who lied and those who tries
To snuff out my victor’s song
I took the shame and sorrow
They heaped upon my soul,
I bent and broke in pieces
No longer strong and whole.
My self esteem was zero,
I felt worthless, stained with dirt,
I bowed beneath the burden
Unsure, defamed, and hurt.
But then I met the savior,
And saw the way he came
To man king meek and lowly,
Shaped of a different frame
