I’d Like to Give …

Poems, Personal Stories, and Observations

August 19, 2016

I’d like to give you

All I have,
But I don’t know how.

I’d like to give you
Ocean waves
And restful days,
The sea-salt winds
Against your skin.

Sweet memories
Of childhood days;
Through endless summers
We could laze.

I’d like to give you
Jesus’ peace —
Forgiveness deep.

I’d like to give you
Fragrant flowers,
To while away
The happy hours.

I’d like to give you
Children’s laughter —
No sadness after.

I’d like to give you
Healing balm
And peaceful calm.

I’d like to give you
Sunset rays,
And purple skies
With waving grain.

I’d like to give you
All my tears,
Without the fears.

I’d like to give you
Clothes to wear,
A living wage,
A home, a lair,
In which you feel
Much comfort there.

I’d like to give
The world these things —
Somehow, in dreams.

Can only God
These things provide?
Each does his part;
That is the start.

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