in days past
lived beneath the sun
Seventy, more or less
infinity, eternity... time
Smallness pronounced
beside a universe
Cold wind blows,
evaporating memories
Tasting but a miniscule morsel
of a promised future mystery
One place in space...
limits, dreams unknown
“Call me soon...
Don’t hesitate!”
Walkin’ ‘round in
a stormy night
Never saw an inkling
of hope in Light
Dripping personality
spirit pouring forth
Day by day, week by week
measured out
Messengers of miracles
softly calling
Tightly gagged,
hid from sight
Exiled in darkness
groping for light
Map in hand
lost its way
Greatness
yet unseen
Love is beauty
Love is dark
Discriminate
Guard the heart
Poison, venom,
in the shadows
Know not
when it strikes
Chasing the shallows,
lacking depth
Societies crime
a wasted mind
Soldiers mine truth
People hide their eyes...
• The best I could ever do is give
God’s love to you.
BROKEN
Burned and never healed
A closed heart they cannot steal
Without love, without friend
On her own until the end
Without trust, without pain
She rides that lonely train
Dressed so nice, looking fine
Her heart is dark, does not shine
Some bounce back and love again
She’s given up ‘til the end.
• Some things are better forgotten.
FILM ROLLS
The sound muffled
the picture faded
the film rolls on...
Multiple creatures
some friend, some foe
Walking, crawling, flying
Down
this
well
worn road...
PLAYING WITH FIRE
Doing our own dance around
the mud holes of life
Our media fed minds drenched
with dangerous images
portrayed without warning
Can we play with fire?
Invisible to the naked eye
misery can hide...
The grave jeopardy of the beauty
of love...
Innocence of dating extinct
Hazard hides in a harmless kiss
Perils of romance abound
Striving to believe in innocence
We turn our eye to the tragedy
of our time...
poisoned lives gone by...
We grieve the death of old times...
Innocence
has
died...
• Wouldn’t it be great to have never
known evil.
SIX FEET TALL
Standing six feet tall
Walking down the hall
Look into your eyes
Feel a million “Oh mys!”
Your beauty and your mind
look so fine
Words cannot describe
these feelings inside
If I could have been birthed
years later on this earth
what might have been mine
tears me up inside
Your eyes, your smile...
I’d walk many miles
to stand by your side
in another time
The fury of your fire,
your passion and desire,
wild anticipation,
excitement, imagination
Few who lived would know
what we would behold,
love drenched, life wrenched...
‘til it can give no more...
• I should have stayed young
and waited for you.
TO REALLY LIVE
To live!
To really live!
To experience life as brand new
day-in and day-out
Life to the full
the blood of the Eternal Creator
flowing through your veins
A pure power, peaceful, unending
confident, real
A cleansing energy, calmingly strong
Not a wishful existence but a hope
that is sure
Forever in the shadow of His wings,
more mighty than anything
Living water freely flows,
life like you’ve never known!
• To get more out of life than life wants to give.
• Love life, love God, love friends
Love until the end.
LISTEN
As you sit in your kitchen
and you stop to listen
can you hear the time go by?
Time we cannot borrow
here today
gone tomorrow...
ANOTHER PLAN
When God created heaven
when He formed the earth
when He fashioned man
from a pile of dirt
He could see our future
He could see us fall
He could see us listening
to the Tempter’s call
It must have broke His heart
It must have made Him cry
when he saw us trade His love
for the Devil’s lie
At that very instant
man and woman died...
gave away eternal life
sold it for a lie...
The Devil, he was laughing
how he tricked the man
Little did he know
God had another plan...
ON THAT DAY!
Did you hear the Devil shriek
did you hear him stomp his feet
when the stone was rolled away
on that Resurrection Day?!!
DEEP DESIRE
Darkness chases light away
weaving through the trees
across the flowing field
Splashing fire, deep desire
spills into the night
Romance blossoms
hid from sight
Two hearts
hold each other tight...
TO HOLD YOU
Let me hold you in my arms
Let me taste your lips
Let me love you for a while
‘Til moon
falls from
the sky...
HOW MUCH
How many miles in a lifetime
How many singers, how many songs
How many moments can be treasured
How many loved ones can we know
How much beauty can be seen
How much love can be shown?
• Seventy is so young to be old...
Can we live another life or so...
PARALLEL DIMENSION
Peering through the vastness of time
stretching the human mind
Whether I wake or sleep through night
something simply doesn’t seem right
Inside my soul I listen
to a parallel dimension
Bold imagination
longing for re-creation
Climbing... reaching... then I pause...
quietness a picture draws
/>
Masses clamor for moments of rapture
mere mortals have longed to capture!
COLORS
The colors of the sun
burst across the morning scene
painted on a canvas sky...
Tears of rain fall down
on me...
• New thoughts like highways
connect the cities and towns
of the mind.
• They say tomorrow never comes
but I think it came and went...
NATURE STRAINS
Like plucking a gold leaf from a
scraggly tree on a dusty deserted road
in the middle of a long hot summer...
Such a rare find... she shines
from head to toe, excitement untold,
a beautiful diamond glistening
in the midst of utter ruin...
A bright, gleaming star set against
the backdrop of a cold, dark world
once bright with light
long since gone mad...
The contrast inquisitive...
From where was the beauty drawn
and why was it placed
in such an ugly time and space?
Made so well... then set inside
a destructive hell...?
The beauty in the beast?
The art a question mark
of paths chosen by all
for the good, the bad and the ugly...
Nature strains amidst a pouring rain...
THINKIN’ ‘BOUT YOU
Sittin’ here rockin’ this chair
thinkin’ ‘bout you, you thinkin’ ‘bout me
Dancin’ in the kitchen Sunday morning alone
thinkin’ ‘bout Paris and I’m thinkin’ ‘bout Rome
Rockin’ down the road in a pickup truck
thinkin’ ‘bout fate and I’m thinkin’ ‘bout luck
Walkin’ down the street in the summer heat
walkin’ to the music not skippin’ a beat
Layin in the grass lookin’ at the big sky
moon and stars up there so high
Walkin’ down the road singin’ a song
lookin’ for love, hope it won’t be long
Come on down, come on down
Come on down, bring your love to me
GRANDDAD (2)
How many animals did Granddad feed,
How many gardens did he hoe,
How many miles did he walk,
How many horses has he rode?
• Uncle Jim said, “It’s too wet to plow.”
• Billy Joe said, “The show must go on!”
‘OLE KENTUCKY
Carry me back to ‘ole Kentucky
Carry me back where I was born
Carry me back to ‘ole Kentucky
Lately my heart’s been so forlorn
Draw me a drink of Kentucky water
Drop the pail down in the well
Draw me a drink of Kentucky water
I’ve got a thrist I need to quell
When I think about Kentucky
and the times we had of old
It’s a very precious moment
Tears well up inside my soul
Won’t you tell my dear Grandmother
I’ll be there to see her soon
Before the bluegrass starts to green
and the redbuds start to bloom
She cooked beans, and she cooked some greens
She made a pone of cornbread too
She poured a tall glass of sweet milk
She said a prayer for me and you
I wanna go to the head of the holler
Won’t you take me there right now
I wanna see my friends and family
Living there in ‘ole McDowell
Where the creek runs right through town
And the gardens grow so well
Where the trees grow as thick as weeds
And old timers weave tall tales
Carry me back to ‘ole Kentucky
Carry me back where I was born
Carry me back to ‘ole Kentucky
Lately my heart’s been so forlorn.
MEMORIES
Outhouses, swinging bridges
coal miners eyes
Houses hang from hillsides
that reach into the sky...
RATTLE TATTLE AT MY DOOR
A rap tap tappin’, a knock knock
knockin, a rattle tattle tattle
at my door
It’s just the wind I said with
a grin but then I heard
the sound again
Maybe a ghost, or a friend who
passed, It’ll go away soon
It surely won’t last
A rap tap tappin’, a knock knock
knockin’, a rattle tattle tattle
at my door
The front door I faced, I
perked up my ears, my heart
beat raced... as I strained to hear
Not making a move, I sat with
a smile, the room grew cold
my thoughts went wild
An apparition long lost, A
wandering ghost... from way back
when... my door to host
A rap tap tappin’, a knock knock
knockin’, a rattle tattle tattle
at my door
Who’s there at my door? Speak up
right now! I’m a mean old man!
I’ll get you somehow!!
Not a sound did I hear, Not
even a peep, Not the slightest
whisper from the door did seep
Get away this instant! Get away
from my door! You’re making me angry!
I’ll have it no more!
A rap tap tappin’, a knock knock
knockin’, a rattle tattle tattle
at my door
I stood up slowly... walked across
the floor... I heard a creaking
as I neared the door
I opened it up!
And there they were!
Black as night
with
long dark
fur...
LITTLE EYES SO BIG
Move the trees
Move the trees
I wanna see
I wanna see
I can do it!
I can do it!
Let me do it!
I WANT YOU
If you go on before I do
when I get to heaven
I want to see you
If I go on before you do
I want you
to come there too
We’ll walk on down
the streets of gold
We’ll praise the Lord
and never grow old!
A PIECE OF TRUTH FORGOTTEN
About a King who traveled
through space and time
Arriving on the scene
as a little bitty child
His life He gave
for you and me
That eyes so blind
yet may believe...
TRUTH NEVER LIES
Call me in the morning
Look into my eyes
Pleasure or danger
The truth never lies
Call it on the carpet
Blow it in the wind
Truth will never lie
Even in the end
Truth never tires
Never grows ill
It takes you through the valley
And up the highest hill
Dance by the starlight
in the morning dew
Call me when you see the way
Let me know it’s true
BACK AGAIN
Here we are
back again
/> where we once
were before
Much time passed
since we last
walked through
this open door...
APPEARANCE
A fresh coat of paint,
a bright, shining light
appearing as good
yet dark as night
Lies are abundant
deception flows free
many fall daily
into this stream
The battle is raging
each minute, each hour
good versus evil
the clashing of power!
A LONG WAYS
I study moon and stars,
read the map every day
I’m a long ways from anywhere,
I need a place to lay
When the road grows long
and light escapes the day
I’ll slow this spaceship down
and find a place to stay
There’s a home I’m looking for
It must be on the way
I’ll ride until I find it
Then I’ll stop and play...
SOME LIKE
Some like to flirt, some don’t
Some like to talk, some won’t
Some like to joke and laugh
Some take another path
Some like to look their best
Some have simply lost their zest...
TOMORROW
Can we see tomorrow
Can we see another day
Can we see what we will do
The path that we will take?
Will it bring us happiness
Will it bring us peace
Will it bring us everything
that we will ever need?
Will we walk together
Will we laugh out loud
in sunshine there forever
without a single cloud?
NO FROST
The autumn sun is shining low
North wind soon will blow
I must be on the road
before the nights grow cold
Before the last bright light is shone
I’ll be looking for a home
Where the wind is soft
the winter brings no frost
and the sun shines oft...
WANTING MORE
The cool wind blows
across the desert of my soul
such a relaxing flow
A sweet lady reclines close by
pondering exposure
yet choosing to hide
As we sat together
in the midnight hour
she touched my arm
I felt her power
I’ve been by her side before
She always keeps me wanting more
I sigh... as I dream of a time
I may warm by her fire,
feel the depths of her desire
while the cool wind blows
across the desert of my soul...
• Love is a diamond... hiding
in the shadows of the night
Love’s richness bears gifts of delight.
• Do we use time? Or does
time use us?
HOME
There’s an old box frame shack
That’s where I want to go back
My friend can you take me there now
Where my Dad and my Grandpa once plowed
In the hills they took their stand
Grandpa Grover hoed and sowed the land
He was Mommy Minnie’s only man
Together they raised the Stumbo clan
Where a simpler way of life once was led
Twelve children everyday once was fed
Where sparrows and robins they chirp and sing
By rocks and streams and hills and dreams
Heart, mind and soul their sound surrounds
Good memories linger all around
GRANDMA
I can hear my homeplace calling
in the deepest, darkest night
I can see my Grandma standing
warming by the firelight
I can hear her sweet, soft voice
saying, “Son, you need to know...
There’ll be good and there’ll be bad
where’er you ever go.
Don’t treat anyone unkindly,
but be careful choosing friends
for if you fall into bad comp’ny
it can lead unto your end.”
Her words ring true, it does not matter
where I go or where I’ve been
Don’t treat anyone unkindly
but be careful choosing friends.
GRANDDAD
Granddad ate mutton, and bacon and ham
He came from the hills where they live off the land
Look out in the garden, what do you see
Turnip greens, white half runner beans
Look out in the chicken pen
White leghorn fryers and red dommer hens
For some it is, for some it has been
I’ll try to record it right here with my pen
Granddad went out to get something to eat
Out in the smokehouse hung the cured meat
He took a piece of cornbread, an onion and a knife
Back in the country this was the life
They raised a garden and killed wild game
They knew how to hoe and they knew how to aim
One lady once said she wouldn’t try at all
to raise up a family without a fat hog
Granddad ate mutton and bacon and ham
He came from the hills where they live off the land.
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