'Color Them Black'

'Color Them Black'

Who can help you

When the dawn comes?

Who can

ever know your pain?

Sins of silence

Ever onward...

Passage on

The Devil's train

Kesti©1990

'Life's Whisper'

'Life's Whisper'

Oh Joyful heart

Beat fast and know

That this is the day

That love will grow

Inside the tunnel

You saw the light

Coming out of

Darkest night..

Now all in bloom

Blue skies, Blue eyes

That smile all day

and never sighs

For we are made

Of solid steel

No matter blows

We always feel

The Spirit strong

Will tag along

Silently whispering

Life's sweet song.

Kesti©2010

'Keith"

'Keith'

He was born so tiny

This sweet little guy

He fit in a shoe box

It made me cry

He tumbled

down stairs

Hit his head on a jack

But God stepped in

We got him back.

He went to school early

He got on the bus

Carrying pampers

But never a fuss

Special schools

It seemed like forever

But Keith hung in

He kept it together

When he was six

He began to rebel

For a little while

He surely "raised hell"

Gramma was called

And she came to his aid

She hugged him and held him

Said, "don't be afraid"

She took him and taught him

Stunned teachers did mention

He had totally changed

Given love and attention

Three times each week

At Gramma's place

Keith did his lessons

With fervor and grace

She bought him a TV

Just for his room

Soon his brother and cousin

Were jealous, Oh gloom

They phoned their Gramma

And called her a name

Disguising their voices

The idea was lame

Gramma came over

With eyes of fire

The two boys learned

Not to raise her ire.

She made them see

How cruel they had been

While Keith struggled

Each day, just to fit in.

Things settled down

He began to thrive

He learned new things

He came "alive"

Keith graduated

We were so proud

Then he joined

The working crowd.

He loves his computer

And now he's online

Gramma's teaching again

And that is just fine

For Keith is a treasure

Be kind, you may see,

God bringing many

Blessings to thee.

Kesti©2010

'Letting Go"

'Letting Go"

They are gone now

And the silence

Is deafening

My heart is

beating slow

Realization

is painful

Yet cleansing.

The birds are singing

and it's spring.

No more troubles

do they bring.

No more lies

No sad eyes

It's kinda like

a dream.

A dream filled

with strife

And labeled

"Life"

Kesti16©

2010

Give and Take

'Give and Take'

Just for your sake

Before the ache

It goes like this

You give

They take.

Kesti16©

2010

'Comrades in Lifes Grove'

'Comrades in Life's Grove'

Hate prefers to walk alone

But vengeance likes to follow

Down and down and down and down

Into the forest's hollow

I am sure tho you may look

That you will never find

Jealousy along the path

Without fear close behind....

Greed holds hands with malice

As they strip the forest bare...

Love will chase them all away

And Faith will keep love there.

Kesti16©

1999

'Second Glance'

'Second Glance'

If I should wake

Before I die

I may look you

In the eye

To see if what

You said to me

Was somehow

Said

To set me free.

Kesti©

2002