FEELING UNLOVED

I saw you walk away one day
It seemed so subtle at the start
But I could see that in your eyes
A phantom dream tugged at your heart!

While spring was young and innocent
We danced together in the rain
Time had so little meaning then
Did not that phantom call in vain?

But love built castles in the sand
No wave could wipe its memory clean
Except that through the setting sun
The phantom’s shadow could be seen.

The winter’s breeze began to blow
Its blazing embers once so bright
Refused the warmth of its embrace
And chose the phantom’s foolish flight.

But dreams are never true to life
And phantoms only follow dreams
So lets wake up to life’s new day
And drink from Love’s eternal springs.
B.Pent

ONE LIFE TO LIVE

As we reflect on how our lives are spent

How golden years like mist soon disappear

The talents given us as gifts to serve

Were meant to lift man’s burdens and give cheer.

The footprints left along the shores of time

With youthful hopes like castles in the sand

If unfulfilled – are only empty dreams

Without true purpose placed within our hand.

So transient is our pilgrimage below

And God has given limits to our days

A second chance is not within our grasp

Since deeds of love are ours to bring Him praise.

Review your life before the Reaper calls

Don't let regrets enslave you to the past

Live daily with eternity in view

For faithful service done for Christ will last.

--B. Pent