Reflection – Death

I want to reflect on death for a moment. The fact is that although the body passes on there are certain things of individuals that will stay with us. These may be simple things like the way they open a can, or sat in a specific chair. Sometimes they leave with us methods that we use all of our lives, like recipes or how to bring the car in the garage. When a person dies simple but very important things live on.

 

Reflection   Remember me when I am gone Even though my body left my spirit lives on Forget the trivial, they can pass away Let the more precious memories we shared stay Encourage the thought that a part of me remained Carry on the models I casted and the methods I trained The steps where I cut paths to be followed I tried to build you foundations and never wallowed On my laurels because the examples I wanted to set Now that I’ve gone these parts of me you must never forget

Don’t Want Another Man

I read a post from one of the facebook friends and she was great. She expressed the worst beating ever. I was very impressed with it and moved to write the following acrostic.

 

Don’t Want Another Man   Domestic violence would take a back seat On the viciousness I experienced at his feet Never were there blows so fast and furious There is no reason why they do this to us   We always stepped aside to dodged their blows All their fury and gust and  who knows Not once having done a deserving deed To be so brutally battered like a herd in stampede   And then a blow that out my lights No blow like this even in the worse of fights One blow again and the water out The tears were flowing but that was the only water about He cut my communication, stopped my calls Even destroyed the buildings, their roofs and walls Ruins though not as bad as from Katrina, Ivan, David and Gilbert   More brutal siblings that wreaked havoc and cause greater hurt And so I hope Tomas was last of Mother Nature’s plan No more for me Barbados, I Don’t Want Another Man

 

The One The Leader Our Friend

Thanks to Kim from facebook I was moved to write again about our Prime Minister, The One, The leader, Our friend. I will be first to apologize if my writing becomes repetitious but I am feeling the same remorse and the tears do not change nor does he. My words flow like tear drops and wet the page to form the acrostic poems.

 

The One The Leader Our Friend   The country mourns I feel its pain Honorable David Thompson shall never smile again Every one in my home is sorrowful and cries   Openly, we never had chance to say our good-byes Never took the time to remind him that we feel Especially bless because he was at the wheel   This ship was sinking but he was plugging the holes He mended so much in two years when he assumed his roles Enjoyed serving the people and always he   Laughed away the trivial and focused on duty Encourage those around him to do the same Always he lead to help and not for glory and fame Didn’t stray from his promises but may practically delay Execution until he thought we had reached a more suitable day Remembering our Prime Minister I close my eyes and see   One special leader with astute ability Unique design and unmatched protocol Remembering our Prime Minister I admire his recall   Friend to all and would turn away none Rose to each challenge and worked until it was done I was privileged to call the Prime Minister my buddy Ever since our Alma Mater and we continued faithfully Nothing in life separated him from loyalty and although life may end   Death shall not separate us from The One, The Leader, Our Friend.

The Healing Has Begun

Thanks to a facebook friend we got to learn  what the service was like as the celebrated the life of our Prime Minister. The turn out was great but hat is most remarkable is that the well wishers are not daunted by the out come of their prayers but see that God is in charge.

 

The Healing Has Begun   Thousands perhaps came to the Hard Courts at Gall Hill Had planned to be well wishers, the PM was ill Except the radio played solemn music, the nation cried   Had declared a few days earlier the PM had died Ecumenical gathering to celebrate his life All his colleagues present, his family, children and wife Life although snatched away while still young In a short time he was great, so we celebrated as we sung Numerous hymns like “His Eye Is On The Sparrow” Got encouragement to walk the straight and narrow   How great to hear “It Is Well With My Soul” A hymn of great solace to give God His control Sung “Great Is Thy Faithfulness” and “How great Thou Art”   Bellowed “How Great Is Our God” from the very start Everyone was comforted as Sen. Rev. David Durant confirmed God Is In Charged and the PM’s salvation was reaffirmed Under a solemn occasion but angels seemed to be everywhere Now I know Joy was correct when she said “Real love will be there.”

For Wile E Coyote

On of thefriends on face book cast me back into my cartoon days with a thought ofwhether Wile E Coyote ever taste Road Runner. I think he is yet to but it mightsoon happen after the road runner got to be getting slow, he was running sinceI was very young

 

For Wile E Coyote   Finger licking good I hear One bird fried but you must prepare Road Runners are fast and can out think you   When yah ready to catch them here’s what to do In a tunnel with only one escape route Lower some seeds and be sure it can’t get out Ease up in the dark and grab it   Every one knows dah ‘aint nah Road Runner, dah is a bear dim-wit    Careful, too many explosives they splatter when they die One stick only of dynamite, can’t escape even if dey cud fly Yah must be careful it ‘aint a dud so check it carefully Oh no don’t light it.. KABOOM! You blundering Coyote  This ‘aint fah you, you better seriously child Eat veggies, fruits and berries from out in the wild

Love Medicine Miracles

There isno greater healer than our Lord and God and when the medical fraternityunderstands this their potential to heal is even greater. I was reassured whenmy doctor once suggested that I pray at a time when all else was in thebalance. I am happy to be here today to report that crisis is no longer animmediate threat. He is the physician who now has most of my trust of allearthly men. For the real serious stuff I consult the greatest of allphysicians. With His Love He direct all others with the Medicine to make hisMiracles our reality.

 

Love Medicine Miracles   Lord our God you are to us Our strength and salvation and thus Vulnerable times we turn even more to you Earnestly pray and know our prayers will come through   My God, my savior, my Father and friend Every day I’ll pray to you and on you I’ll depend Disease may trouble the body but need never touch the soul If in you I trust and have faith and give you control Caring God you gave us the freedom of choice In times you hear us even before we can voice Needs, desires, wants, wishes and prayers Every choice we made you’ve been there over the years   My friend chose a path from a very young boy In front to lead and our dragons destroy Raised his hand for justice and served your will And now his steps are slowed his body is ill Come to his rescue Lord his choice was a difficult one Lord he understood what was required and as his office begun Ecumenical services he held that you could direct his way So Lord be his strength and salvation, heal him today

 

Dear Loving People of St John

Never a “t”uncrossed nor an “i” not dotted. Our Prime Minister has always kept a watchfuleye on things that will affect those in his care. When he said close friend andconfidant I am very clear what he means. His is a true friend and has alwaysbeen a confidant.

 

Dear Loving People of St John   Did you read his letter, did you feel like me Engrossed in his manner, wrapped in his sincerity And did you fall to your knees to pray Right away asking the Lord to cleanse him, today   Looking back it was since ’87 that he represented St John Over 23 years shared drinks, jokes, visit homes, churches and took on   Very many roles and still had time to relax In the parish with his constituents who he enjoyed the max Not enough to just speak through his addresses to the country Got too strong a bond from face to face visits in his constituency   Personalize letter he hoped would better suffice Even though page limitations forced him to be concise On hard courts at Gall Hill, on the streets of Cherry Grove Places like Society, Venture, Edgehill and where he drove Like Massiah Street, Mount Tabor and Wilson Hill Eagerly he hope to do it all over again and pray it’s God’s will   Our PM promised St John “I am yours and you are mine” Faithfully selecting deputies to continue his design   St John “Be comforted in the knowledge that” in his difficulty This experience has brought him much closer to the Almighty Join together and continue your prayers for God has smiled One day He will “bless …every family of St John; each and every child” He remains not just our caring Prime Minister to the very end No, he is our dedicated representative, confidant and true friend.

The LORD Is Our Shepherd

Psalms 23
is a very familiar one to most. We all learned it at school or at church
reciting it regularly until we committed it to memory. I was careful not to say
knew it by heart because I am one of those kids that never really understood
what I was saying.

 

The LORD Is Our Shepherd   That means He watches over me and you He watches over everyone, our Prime Minister too Everything can be ours, we lack for naught   Lays His abundance before us as the Word has thought On righteous paths He leads us for His name sake Restores our souls from what stress and illness make Danger lurks in the shadows that we may walk   In these valleys we fear no evil, no rumor talk Staff and rod are there LORD to comfort us all   On you LORD we wait because you come when we call Under weakened times as he lays his head Rumors of the Prime Minister take root and start to spread   Such dangerous words devised to impede those who pray Has no effect because such weapons forged will wither away Enemies abound but in their presence you Lord faithfully Prepare a place of solace for those who live righteously His head you have anointed Father and his cup runs over Every day you’ll bless our PM until clearing the cancer Rid of its threat and benefiting from God’s goodness and mercy Dwelling in the house of the LORD for all eternity

One Set Of Footprints In The Sands

Today I amassured that my old school friend and Prime Minister is comforted know that theLord is there by his side to guide him through this very dark time.  We do not know how the Lord does the things hedoes, it is beyond our understanding but we can have faith that what ever Hedoes is best done. 

 

One Set Of Footprints In The Sands   Our Father my friend promised faithfully Not to stray from your path and you would loyally Escort him through life’s troubles and fears   So he can lead his people for many years Every turn he took I can see in the sands That you walked side by side and guided with your hands   On this path he walks it’s the most difficult he has been For this time the troubles are personal and deep within   Father you had promised to always stay On the path with him and never walk away Only it is disturbing what I see There is only one set of footprints behind my old school buddy Prime Minister of Barbados now wants you more Return to him Father where you were before I feel you walk with me everyday Now walk too with my Prime Minister, all the way This is the time he needs you the most So Father please go to my friend and draw close   I don’t understand why you left him when he needs you near Not when you promised him to always be there   Tell me Father what would make you go away He is a generous, unselfish leader who prays every day Even when he was most busy he followed you   Shared his revelations with close friends he knew And so Father why, why are you not by his side too   No, no my child, you don’t understand the thing I do Don’t be troubled my child, the Prime Minister understands See now I carry him there’s only One Set Of Footprints In The Sands

Ask Any Thing In My Name I Will Do It

They werenot mere fleeting words but words of reassurance to His most faithful, to hisstrongest believers. Yet even as He spoke with them there were still questions thatshowed their uncertainties. We understand why you then are uncertain, you didn’twitness the miracle they did and still hd doubts. But friend some choices areclear, do nothing and get nothing or do something and open the possibility thatthe Father can help.

John141:14

If yeshall ask any thing in my name, I will do it

 

 

Ask Any Thing In My Name I Will Do It   And Let not your heart be troubled: ye Should believe in God and believe also in me Kingdom of my Father has many mansions, one will be thine   And when I go and prepare it for you, I’ll return that you’ll find No place you go I wouldn’t be there You can call on me any time, any where   Then He said He is “the way, the truth, and the life” He is God’s mediator to man or woman even as husband and wife If those that were with Him were filled with doubt Notice Thomas and Philip questioned Him  to check things out Got ye no faith after this time we had spent   In such close togetherness and all the places we went Nothing He had done wasn’t done in the Father’s name   Me and the Father are as good as one and the same Yet mankind has remained troubled in their work today   Notice how many doubt yet kneel to pray Ask any thing in my name I will do it Make your requests to the Lord and then fully commit Every trouble you take to Him you can feel   It will be made right just give Jesus the wheel   When you prayer have faith that something will be done If you will trust in the Father then you have already won Let not your heart be troubled believe in He Live in faith, obedience and live righteously   Did you pray that the Father heal our Prime Minister Once you had done your part sat back and encouraged no other   If you want to help friends then to others admit That Jesus said “Ask any thing in my name, I will do it