Each time we pray to God each day
He chooses what to do
To answer all the times, we "call"
Since He has thought it through.
Sometimes He will say wait until
Some other things are done.
He always plans and understands
How life and sequence... – by Steve Cochrane | 1 View added 10 days ago
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Sometimes it's hard to "hear" my thoughts
Which like to come and go
And roam the world unless I've fought
To make them move quite slow.
So much can grab attention from
My current thought and drag
It here and there, quite burdensome.
With... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 10 days ago
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Sometimes I reassess the past
And wonder what went wrong
With how my parents weren't steadfast
In showing love lifelong?
It may be that both parents had
Some problems they did not
Discuss since they were Mom and Dad
With struggles some have... – by Steve Cochrane | 1 View added 10 days ago
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There is a country graveyard where
So many hopes and dreams
Are buried with much loving care
And pain that is extreme!
It has a broken gate that no
One will ever repair.
The only carpenter would go,
But gravely stays in... – by Steve Cochrane | 2 Views added 15 days ago
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As I grow old, I'm not as bold.
The youth in me is gone.
I've rearranged a life that's changed,
And seldom look upon
My teenage years and childhood fears
Are distant memories.
Each slowly fades as age invades
Insuring time will seize
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Amid the stormy clouds I see
A sunbeam breaking through,
Reminding me of life so true
In that my faith will be
Containing many cloudy days
With some that have strong wind,
And some will rain on me again;
For that I surely praise
The... – by Steve Cochrane | 2 Views added 16 days ago
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He only needs one chair when he
Is not at work, but home.
There are no friends who come to see
His loneliness syndrome.
He stares outside his window when
No TV show or book
Can help him not be lonely, then
He stares and stares to look
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Poor Walter Mitty has no friends;
His overbearing wife
Will nag each day until it ends
And fills his night with strife!
He's passive and he is quite meek;
His job is boring too.
He therefore then began to seek
Adventure he could do
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When Shiloh goes outside, he knows
Adventure waits for him.
Each sight and sound and smells abound;
Chance of regret is slim.
He's here and there without a care
As he investigates.
He is on guard in his backyard
And never hesitates
To... – by Steve Cochrane | 1 View added 20 days ago
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Like batters at a baseball game,
To step up to the plate,
You do your best because you came
To play and not with fate.
Your plan is just to hit away
And make it to the seats.
That ball will change zip codes today
With effort few can beat.
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I do not doubt I should throw out
My pessimistic ways.
I cannot win if I begin
To let my good thoughts stray!
My thoughts affect and soon collect
An attitude that shows
The way I feel and is so real
Because of what I chose!
I must try... – by Steve Cochrane | 4 Views added 21 days ago
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Your parents may be Christians, but
Please do not hesitate;
To know Christ died for you and what
You need to not be late
In pleasing God with faith in Christ
Who died for every sin
Of all whose faith will then suffice
With love for God... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 21 days ago
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There was a bird named Toucan
Who loved all sports as few can.
He went to baseball games that
Had seats near all the game bats.
One day he tried to get one,
Believing it would be fun
To hold and swing it so fast;
But dreams for some do not... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 22 days ago
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There are some people who think they
Should run a country just as they
Demand and punish those
Who disagree or speak against
Dictators who will take offense
At all that they expose!
They want a throne and guillotine
To deal with all... – by Steve Cochrane | 2 Views added 23 days ago
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I can't stay with the beach to long,
My backwash is pulled back.
Since gravity won't let my swash
Enjoy the brief attack!
My breakers will collapse and then
Return with flowing pride
And sometimes rush back to the sea;
An envious riptide.
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Don't hesitate. It's not too late
For prayers to our Lord!
He wants to hear about your fear
Through faith that you have stored!
He likes it when you praise again
His blessings as you live,
As well as saying as you're praying,
Thanks that... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 24 days ago
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At times my childhood seemed to be
In shards of fragments, I would see
As childhood years unwound.
My mirror image did not show
The jagged life I came to know
Because of love not found!
As I look through windows of time
Into my past, I... – by Steve Cochrane | 5 Views added 25 days ago
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The firefighters in the night
As California burned,
Worked long and hard in heated fights
With battle skills they've learned.
Their suits so heavy as they doused
The many flames that grew,
To save each building and each house
Despite strong... – by Steve Cochrane | 8 Views added 26 days ago
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My Kira is so beautiful.
She is a work of art,
That changes strife into a lull
Of love though we're apart!
I wish that I could hug and kiss
My Kira every day,
But living art I daily miss,
Since she lives far... – by Steve Cochrane | 1 View added 26 days ago
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I sometimes chase a shadow when
Frustration has its way,
As goals dissolve and it is then
I start to go astray.
Sometimes I will begin to chase
A shadow caused by fear,
When I forget and then embrace
The shadow of my tears.
No substance... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 28 days ago
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I am the banker of the bank
That is within my soul.
It has no tellers I can thank
Or curse for any role
Assigned to them to do each day.
There is no one but me.
The vault is mine to use and say
What contents there will be.
I am the one... – by Steve Cochrane | 1 View added 28 days ago
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There is a master puppeteer
Controlling many things
With his illusions that cause fear
By twisting puppet strings.
He loves the spotlight with his act;
Vindictive ways are clear
As he performs and won't retract
His lies both far and near.
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I do believe the dew is due
To fall two times and softly too.
Their water beads are there and they're
Reflecting for four hours fore
Warning heirs to air each error
Or he'll not heal the broken heel.
Bye to those by the grass who buy
A... – by Steve Cochrane | 7 Views added 1 month ago
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He quit high school, though not a fool.
His parents needed more
Of everything that he could bring
To home. They were so poor!
The years went by. He had to try
To make it on his own.
His parents said when they are dead,
To use the skills,... – by Steve Cochrane | 1 View added 1 month ago
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There was no one who cared enough
To feed the baby boy
And change his diapers sometimes rough,
With parents' love and joy!
There was no one who loved and dressed
Him with his daily clothes;
Nor empathy to clean his mess;
No patience to... – by Steve Cochrane | 10 Views added 1 month ago
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Some say they won't and therefore don't
Go near the ocean blue,
Because they care 'bout danger there
Believing rumors true.
They are the ones who don't have fun
At night upon the beach,
Though full moon light makes sand glow bright;
A... – by Steve Cochrane | 2 Views added 1 month ago
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Did you get lost, or was it me?
It seems we often do not see
Each other in the way that might
Begin a friendship not in sight.
If you want me to go away,
Please let me know sometime today.
I like you much but don't know how
To help you... – by Steve Cochrane | 4 Views added 1 month ago
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No mountains do you need to move
Or scripture that you have to prove
To show compassion where
A heart and dream are torn apart
With need for love and hope to start
To ease the sadness there!
Such suffering can lessen by
What seems mundane... – by Steve Cochrane | 5 Views added 1 month ago
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Poetic inspiration can
Be found on any day.
It can be found without a plan
When thoughts begin to play.
It might be due to nature when
The wind blows through the trees
Or as the clouds are pushed again,
Helped by a country breeze.
Poetic... – by Steve Cochrane | 4 Views added 1 month ago
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They mourned and cried as many died
Because of prejudice.
The millions who would not live through
Such hate back then, still missed!
For many years the silent tears
Still flow in nightmares while
Such tragedy will not set free,
Since some... – by Steve Cochrane | 1 View added 1 month ago
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