Heart of Whimsy !

Feeling like a silver ball Rail to Rail and off the wall Life is random, don't you think? What's that growling in the SQUIRREL!!!!! (Okay! I'm feeling MUCH BETTER NOW! 8-D )

How was your living today? How  was your first breath spent? Was it to pray? As your eyes strained to open, did you feel a great dare? How was your living today? How was your loving today? Did you offer a smile? Did you listen a while? Was forgiveness your gift? Did you ease a friend’s trouble? How was your loving today? Did you feel every beat of your heart? Are you certain that you will remember The roads you have travelled, the souls you have touched? Did you feel every beat of your heart? How will you rest this night? Will the history you’ve made be right? Is all that you’ve done true to the Son? How will you rest this night? How was your living today?

Light, warmth, sweet breezes, He whispers. Dawn’s favor majestically waits . A fine summer day has presented its promise I’m alive and His gift I’ll not waste. What plan do you sing my beneficent angel? How shall we avail this fine turn? Shall we laugh? Shall we dance? Shall we sing? Shall we pray? Does your mission beg urgent concern? Lead me through sunshine aloft on your wings. Embolden my spirit to soar. I must marshal my talents as He has demanded. I must live to the fullest, should there not be one more. Summer, oh summer! Your days are for living. I slept a long winter, then spring lead me to you. I’m ready to honor your plan. Imbue every breath and waste not one heartbeat. Summer! Oh Summer! How Grand!

You know that life's a little scary When your bills are getting hairy You just want to have a sob But you could keep your chin up And face the world and be tough If you only had a job! Imagine you - a CEO Sitting pretty - dontcha know You can do it! This I know. Cuz your your my baby - so don't feel lowwwwww! Your dreams will soon be hapnin' A paycheck you'll be cashin' No banks for you to rob Just keep on hangin' in there Be a Lion not a Pooh Bear And YOU'RE GONNA FIND A JOB!

I wake and rise and face the morn' It is my finest hour I stroll to fetch the daily word The East gleams with His power There is a beam, a golden crown It rises with His promise Another day to serve the Lord Another blessing on us. I turn and stop and drink it in Giving thanks for life's renewal The start of Spring's joy yet again Heart warms with love's accrual Spring's season is a brief quartern For those with bearish mettle But my return from nocturn's rest Prays daily hope to settle The days and weeks and years march on Still hush my final mile Till then each day is filled with hope To live, to love, to smile Copyright © 2010 by Marc Ernest Brodeur

Would you die for your country For your faith in your God Would you pledge allegiance That truth be not scarred Did you learn of these virtues As a youth duly schooled Trained to chant catechisms Expected of fools Will you forge craven mettle Do you cry from your fear Is your selfish moment More than all we hold dear In the depths of your being At the core of your heart Can you not find the courage Are your gifts all for nought Can you live as a servant, A brother to all Will you fight for the triumph of truth Lest we fall Are not heroes and martyrs Made saints for love’s sake Are not mansions in Heaven The glories at stake Don’t you yet know that freedom, Peace, eternal reward Mean allegiance to country And faith in your God How am I challenged? Cast away cheating wonder Save your own soul my brother Choose! Virtue or blunder? Pray, pledge ye a champion For all to applaud Won’t you die for your country For your faith in your God Copyright ...