My hope receding as I'm bleeding
Happiness and more.
You wounded me, I guess to see
My bleeding as before!
Again, you turned so now I've learned
How deep your knife will go!
The bleeding won't stop; now I don't
Know how to stop the flow!
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If I should buy a hamster to
Replace our Shiloh dog,
A little furry creature who
Would never be a slog!
A little furry guy I could
Hold in a single hand,
And feel his furry heart that would
Be scared of what I planned!
Because I would... – by Steve Cochrane | 2 Views added 1 day ago
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When I was just a little boy,
My parents never said
They were concerned my lack of joy
Looked like a sense of dread.
When teenage years had come to be,
My parents never spoke
About why no one came to see
Their son who rarely spoke.
They... – by Steve Cochrane | 1 View added 3 days ago
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My focus is off.
Does that make you scoff?
My anger is red
At thoughts in my head!
They swirl all around,
But don't make a sound
That others can hear
Or ever be near!
Did anger create
My afternoon fate,
Or tell sadness go?
The... – by Steve Cochrane | 1 View added 3 days ago
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I wish I had the way right now
To tell you what I feel,
A way for me to show you how
My anguish is quite real!
The people who should know me well
Enough to sense my pain,
Continue pushing though I tell
Them things that seem in vain!
My... – by Steve Cochrane | 5 Views added 5 days ago
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Afraid to go. Afraid to stay.
Why does it always seem that way?
Afraid of here. Afraid of there.
It never seems to matter where!
I cannot run. I cannot hide!
I can't escape from endless tides!
They roll so fast. They come at me,
A... – by Steve Cochrane | 4 Views added 6 days ago
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Sometimes the beauty of the world
Does not come into view,
Except in images quite blurred
The kind I always knew!
Sometimes the fragrance nature brings,
Can't get into my nose
My stormy wind won't let such things
Bring pleasure like a... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 8 days ago
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On Pentecost, when all seemed lost,
Disciples went to where God sent
Them to an empty room.
They had to wait; not hesitate
For soon He would be where He should
To teach what future looms.
It was foretold and God controlled
Events that... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 9 days ago
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You are a special graduate,
With eighteen-years of charm!
I pray that God will never let
You come to any harm!
You have so many plans to fill;
Your journey has begun
To seek and find the kind of thrills
Where sadness will be "None"!
And... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 9 days ago
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I bought a funny hat one day
To do a magic trick.
I practiced what to do and say
And learned it all real quick.
I put a rabbit in the hat
To do a magic spell,
But I forgot I had a cat.
It did not go to... – by Steve Cochrane | 2 Views added 10 days ago
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She felt the moisture at her feet,
But hope is sometimes incomplete.
She did not truly notice it,
As water slowly filled the "pit".
Her lonely tears had risen too,
Above each worn-out leather shoe.
But still, she didn't notice all
Collected... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 10 days ago
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My soul feels tossed and sometimes lost
When someone says I need
To only trust their words and must
Not question where they lead.
My soul will cry whenever I
Feel no one cares about
The things I want and said upfront,
Their honesty in... – by Steve Cochrane | 8 Views added 11 days ago
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There's not much water in the tub
Not even when its full!
But that will never be "the rub"
For those whose life feels dull.
A pond is usually quite small
If you compare that pond
To any lake beneath a squall
As well when rain moves on.
... – by Steve Cochrane | 4 Views added 13 days ago
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When I am driving my surviving
Weighs upon my mind.
Since some don't care if someone's where
Such drivers in are unkind!
Some go as far when in their car,
Exploding in road rage
To change the fate of those they hate
When using Satin's... – by Steve Cochrane | 5 Views added 14 days ago
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I've come to be your armor!
I want to be your guide!
No longer just a farmer.
You do not have to hide!
I've come this day to fight for you,
While others run away!
I've come to see this battle... – by Steve Cochrane | 1 View added 14 days ago
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Hey Diddle, Diddle,
The cow sat on my fiddle!
He broke it in two!
What else could I do?
I had fresh steak with my... – by Steve Cochrane | 2 Views added 15 days ago
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If life should ever knock you down
And torrents soon appear,
You will get wet but do not fret
I'll hug away your tears!
All torrents like a river flow
And currents act like shears,
When shattered lives are cut like knives
And cause so many... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 19 days ago
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Whenever Shiloh hears someone
Begin to talk to me,
He quickly comes just like a son
Within our family!
He always gets in front of those
Who want some of my time
Apparently, it's what he chose,
So, in my lap he climbs.
I might be wrong,... – by Steve Cochrane | 2 Views added 19 days ago
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Dear God, I'm sorry for each time
I strayed away from You.
And as a Christian poet I'm
Delayed in all I do
In serving You through poems I
Write from my heart and soul
With hope that every time I try,
I'll reach my Christian goal
But... – by Steve Cochrane | 2 Views added 21 days ago
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What is it weighing on your mind?
Is there something that you must find?
If you will tell me what you lost,
Especially if there was much cost,
I'll help you anyway I can
Unless you have another plan.
Or did you lose the one you love
When... – by Steve Cochrane | 8 Views added 22 days ago
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God "speaks" to us through sunshine.
He "speaks" to us through rain.
His voice is soft and yet divine
With love that will remain!
God feeds us with the Bread of Life.
Our soul can't get enough,
And Living Water eases strife
So, it won't... – by Steve Cochrane | 1 View added 23 days ago
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There was a dog who owned by a frog
That ran and hopped each day.
He did not know which way to go,
Since he'd been raised that way.
He thought it wise to eat some flies
Just like his "Daddy" had,
But in his haste, he found the taste
Would... – by Steve Cochrane | 1 View added 23 days ago
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I need to jog out of the fog
That fills my mind today.
The exercise will be a prize
When thoughts won't go my way!
My foggy mind is of the kind
Distractions love to see,
Since I am sure there is no cure
Unless it's heavenly!
My cloudlike... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 23 days ago
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Dear God, I'm sorry for each sin!
I know it has to be.
The Bible says that it's within.
We can't live perfectly!
In time it will start up again
Though sometimes quietly.
It's guaranteed you'll find it in
Romans... – by Steve Cochrane | 2 Views added 25 days ago
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There was a dusty man who had
A home with dust on dust.
His neighbors thought it looked real bad
As windows broke with just
Vibrations from car radios
When they were turned up high
Enough to rattle rows and rows
Of houses they passed by.
... – by Steve Cochrane | 2 Views added 26 days ago
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What would we lose if we could choose,
With wishes that went up to three?
A question asked so easily!
You might just say why ask that way,
Instead of "What things are there to gain?
So wise and really very plain!"
I asked that when I... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 27 days ago
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He has a nose that nearly froze!
And have you heard about his toes?
If I say why, you might just cry
And ask me did it make him die!
To which I'd say, no not today.
I guess it was to be that way!
It might just be, that he could see
His... – by Steve Cochrane | 1 View added 27 days ago
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So many poor who weren't before
Finances disappeared.
Who was to blame when horror came
And poverty appeared?
So many cried and some had died;
The life they knew was gone!
Intense despair! Life was not fair!
Small hope to carry on!
... – by Steve Cochrane | 2 Views added 29 days ago
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I want to know. I want to find
If ever I do cross your mind,
Or don't you really care for me?
The days we had are far behind!
I think how happy we could be
And laughter came so easily
Or did we live a lie each day
With trails of all our... – by Steve Cochrane | 1 View added 29 days ago
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When drowning in fear
You might shed a tear
If oceans of strife
Bring sadness to life.
You might need to tread
With waves on your head
While you figure out
Suppressing all doubt
That you will prevail
With no boat to sail.
Exchange... – by Steve Cochrane | 1 View added 29 days ago
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Why don't you want to be yourself
And show what you can do?
Don't hide away upon a shelf
As if your life was through.
Don't worry if the others care
About your personal style.
It's not your job to please them where
They say is not your... – by Steve Cochrane | 1 View added 1 month ago
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I mostly like to be outside
When clouds are in the sky.
The wind can make them dance with pride
With Eagles way up high.
The trees join in and dance around
While swaying here and there.
If you try hard, you'll hear the sound
That wind makes... – by Steve Cochrane | 1 View added 1 month ago
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Dear Holy Spirit, please tell me
Why is it You're so hard to see?
I never see nor do I hear
You anywhere. Are You not near?
The Bible says You are inside
Of Christians where You will reside,
Until we can call Heaven home
When we no longer... – by Steve Cochrane | 2 Views added 1 month ago
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My peace of mind is hard to find;
Excitement when you're near!
Your beauty will attract me still
Each day of every year!
I hope to spend life till the end,
Within your love each day.
I truly doubt, I'd live without
Your loving, special... – by Steve Cochrane | 1 View added 1 month ago
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Somehow in my adult years I
Began to slouch without
Awareness that would help me try
To figure that thing out.
While in the Air Force I was told,
"Roll both your shoulders back."
But maybe I was much too bold
To change and I lost track
... – by Steve Cochrane | 2 Views added 1 month ago
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The obstacles ahead of us
Can seem like tiny rocks
Or boulders that cause us to fuss
And be like stumbling blocks!
The water from a heavy rain
Collecting in a yard,
Will cause some people to complain
Because they dropped their guard.
... – by Steve Cochrane | 1 View added 1 month ago
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Constantly
Overlooking
Many
Positive
Likeable
Available
Intentions
... – by Steve Cochrane | 5 Views added 1 month ago
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The many roads in life can lead
You almost anywhere
To see much beauty that will need
A lot of time while there!
A GPS and map can show
The way to any site.
You might find things you did not know
Were there with much delight!
But there's... – by Steve Cochrane | 1 View added 1 month ago
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A farmer's child who was so mild
Played Chicken with a hen.
They both ran for an egg before
The other one, but then,
A fox came by who thought he'd try
To grab the tasty egg.
He ran real hard across the yard,
But fell and hurt his leg!
... – by Steve Cochrane | 2 Views added 1 month ago
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The store of poetry is now
Beginning its first day.
Come anyone in love somehow
With rhymes and prose each day!
Come poets, parents, and teachers,
Where words and metaphors
Can come alive with help transferred
From what we sell and more!
... – by Steve Cochrane | 1 View added 1 month ago
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I wrote a book of poems back
In autumn of last year.
There never seemed to be a lack
Of rhymes and patterns here!
I wrote and wrote. They quickly came.
It almost seemed just like a game!
But when I tried to get the book
Out to the public... – by Steve Cochrane | 4 Views added 1 month ago
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There once was a cow who would moo
With nothing else better to do.
His giving of milk went away
And so, he was let go one day.
He traveled to each farm near by
With much hope to move there and try.
He stayed with a simple "handshake",
But... – by Steve Cochrane | 1 View added 1 month ago
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Sometimes I'm like a lowly sheep
Just going here and there,
To find my food and go to sleep
Although, I don't know where!
Sometimes I'm like a wolf in search
Of unsuspecting prey.
My speed and sense of smell won't smirch
My predetermined... – by Steve Cochrane | 2 Views added 1 month ago
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The Deaf Community can "talk"
With movement of their hands
And fingers like a perfect clock
That each can understand.
The movement can be fast or slow
Like graceful poetry,
Personified for them to show
Their souls in artistry!
The... – by Steve Cochrane | 2 Views added 1 month ago
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M aybe someday
E veryone will
T ake turns
A s
P eople
H elping
O thers
R... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 1 month ago
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I dug a hole to find a mole;
The dirt went everywhere!
My dog then took an angry look
As if to say, "Not... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 1 month ago
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I tried to fly into the eye
To learn all that I could,
But hurricanes can rattle brains
Just like I thought they would.
But no surprise what justifies
The search despite the cost.
When knowledge can do more than planned
To those who feel... – by Steve Cochrane | 8 Views added 1 month ago
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I touched a cloud. It made me proud;
My faith went past my reach.
All of my strength that fails at length
While faith has more to teach!
I touched the moon and sang a tune
To praise the Lord above.
I can achieve when I believe
His promises... – by Steve Cochrane | 6 Views added 1 month ago
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Among the trees I had to please
Myself and climb to see
Each branch up high as I went by
What youth had kept from me.
The wind was soft when high aloft,
I heard some birds bring songs
To creatures there and everywhere
While nature sang... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 1 month ago
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My trees are swaying as if playing
They seem to have much fun,
Besides their age, it's all a craze
In front of everyone!
But then I heard a nearby bird
Who sang for every tree.
The lovely song proved me quite wrong,
They danced so merrily!... – by Steve Cochrane | 2 Views added 1 month ago
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The Word of all words is found in a Book
That all may acquire and take a long look,
If you have one near you, go to it today
Start reading and learning and then start to pray!
If you begin to memorize
The verses you enjoy,
Someday you'll... – by Steve Cochrane | 2 Views added 1 month ago
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I can't decide if age-old pride
Reduces my success
Or am I filled with undistilled
Bad thoughts that leave a mess!
I know I must choose what won't rust
Through time inside my brain.
I must believe I will achieve
And not live life in... – by Steve Cochrane | 1 View added 1 month ago
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The village man does all he can
To pay his monthly bills,
But he has been so deep within
The poor life of no frills.
His daughter May spends every day
Where poverty can grow,
When bills get worse; a frequent curse
Too many come to know!
... – by Steve Cochrane | 1 View added 1 month ago
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What if I never wondered why
The nighttime moon gives light?
Or asked why clouds are not the same
With shapes and sizes delight!
What if each child did not go seek
The wonders nature shows,
Like ask a parent why birds speak
In ways we do... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 1 month ago
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When I was young, I learned to build
A wall though I was never skilled
At making something strong enough
To keep away the things too tough
So, I would then rebuild.
I hid my dreams and every fear
Behind the wall when life came near;
All... – by Steve Cochrane | 5 Views added 1 month ago
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I eat a cookie every day
To start things off for me.
At breakfast cookies pave the way
By giving energy.
I eat a cookie with my lunch.
I'm so much like a kid.
I sometimes try to eat a bunch,
The way I always did.
Despite all that, I... – by Steve Cochrane | 4 Views added 1 month ago
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My poet mood can happen fast.
I never know how long it'll last
I must write or I will forget.
The rest of life becomes a blur.
The way I always do prefer,
While finding words in my mind-set.
That's why my habits change so much.
My rhymes... – by Steve Cochrane | 72 Views added 1 month ago
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I wander through the universe
And see each shining star.
Sometimes I feel they are a curse
Because they are quite far.
The planets are much harder to
Locate since they don't shine.
But when I'm close enough to view
Them, I love each design!... – by Steve Cochrane | 64 Views added 1 month ago
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He plays a deadly game each day
And then again at night.
He never has a holiday
But looks for his next fight.
He has no prejudice or hate.
Nor bias guiding him.
He never minds if he must wait
Each choice is just a whim.
Compassion's not... – by Steve Cochrane | 2 Views added 1 month ago
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Some people look for many things
To find their happiness,
And yet surprised with what life brings
That won't ease their duress.
Sometimes they think that somewhere else
Is where their treasure is,
Till shiny things begin to melt
And music... – by Steve Cochrane | 7 Views added 1 month ago
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Consistently I feel as though
One hundred things confuse me so.
Not ever will they go away
For others they can haunt this day.
Unless I learn to live without
Some anger and my frequent doubt,
Each day will always seem to be
Designed to be a... – by Steve Cochrane | 6 Views added 1 month ago
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No need to ever fear to be
One soul that always tries to see
Real hope that goodness is inside
Most people, not controlled by pride.
Although they too would like to find
Life can be more than what's... – by Steve Cochrane | 4 Views added 1 month ago
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I saw you every day at school,
But never had the nerve
To introduce myself as cool
And so, I just observed.
It did not take too long for you
To see my silent plan
And yet I never saw you do
A mean thing to your fan.
You never told me go... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 1 month ago
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The day before tomorrow
Might turn out really well.
But then it might have sorrow.
I guess that "time will tell".
The day that's after yesterday,
Might have a nice surprise
Or maybe luck will go away
As early as sunrise.
Today will bring... – by Steve Cochrane | 2 Views added 2 months ago
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Please do not worry and don't hurry,
They won't help in the end.
Have faith and you will truly do
The things you won't amend!
Please do your best and you'll be blessed,
No matter what takes place.
Because you tried and did abide
With... – by Steve Cochrane | 2 Views added 2 months ago
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On Easter day most Christians pray
To thank our God for life.
And as they raise their hands to praise,
Some do so through their strife!
God loves to hear us through each year,
Not just on Easter or
When Christmas day comes back our way.
Our... – by Steve Cochrane | 2 Views added 2 months ago
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The fog was getting closer and
My mother knew that it
Brought darkness that kills memories
And life would slowly quit!
Of those who go into the fog,
Dementia will take all
Of life just like Alzheimer does
When fear and anger call!
Pray... – by Steve Cochrane | 7 Views added 2 months ago
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While being on a drifting boat
Upon the river wide,
I saw some leaves begin to float
From trees down to my side.
They made me think about a kite
That slowly loses wind
And sways below its former height
Back to the Earth again.
But then... – by Steve Cochrane | 5 Views added 2 months ago
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I never had a treehouse near
My house, but I don't care.
Imagination killed all fear
Of falling off from there.
My mind allowed my face to feel
The wind and nearby leaves.
Oh, how all nature felt so real
And what daydreams achieve!
With... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 2 months ago
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A cloud can be quite lonely as
It floats upon the wind
Without attachment each cloud has
When journeys start again.
It looks up high and wonders why
He never is above
All clouds below to watch them go
In search of crystal love!
To me all... – by Steve Cochrane | 5 Views added 2 months ago
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Sometimes my thoughts jump here and there
When poems seek a page.
My mind is eager when I share
Creative thoughts on "stage".
But sometimes they come very fast
And words get knocked around.
I then must try to see at last
Which words get off... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 2 months ago
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In nineteen sixty-two I went
To Franklin School each day.
The back side field is where I spent
Much time in recess play.
A regular first grade small kid,
I had a friend or two,
But only school friends since I hid
Anxiety so true.
The... – by Steve Cochrane | 74 Views added 2 months ago
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I heard a bird or two.
Each wing this spring just flew
Quite low although it seemed
Some fun with one who dreamed
And thought they brought dreams... – by Steve Cochrane | 10 Views added 2 months ago
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There are some things we never choose
In life and some we'd like to lose,
Since we are not to blame.
Our height as well as how we sound
When talking to a friend we found;
Like all who never chose their name.
The color of our skin was not
... – by Steve Cochrane | 2 Views added 2 months ago
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So many times, I have been told
"Please leave your comfort zone.
You do not have to be real bold,
When you fight wars alone!"
Sometimes we war against our self,
Ignoring danger signs.
As if somehow, we had a shelf
With maps of all our... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 2 months ago
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A Christian should love everyone;
The Bible says to all,
But not the humankind that's fun
When chances come or call.
We must be good and faithful too
According to our God.
Who watches everything we do
And say where people trod.
That God... – by Steve Cochrane | 8 Views added 2 months ago
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I do not want the spotlight on
Me as I go through life.
And even if it is soon gone,
It fills my mind with strife.
The center of attention will
Not ever be for me.
I'd rather go unnoticed 'till
The good Lord welcomes me!
A broken... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 2 months ago
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Are you afraid to let me "see"
The real you standing next to me?
Or do you find a private place
To hide your always lonely face?
I know "it's easier said than done",
But please do not avoid all fun
Believing some will laugh at you,
And then... – by Steve Cochrane | 1 View added 2 months ago
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I'd rather not be rich if I
Became a greedy man.
And be like those who walk on by
Without a helping hand.
I'd rather not be with the ones
Who only are polite
And act like they are having fun
With me while in their sight.
And I would... – by Steve Cochrane | 7 Views added 2 months ago
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The surface of an ocean can
Be mesmerizing to
The ones who love its movement and
The hypnotizing view!
But if the surface won't let go
Of fascination then
You will not see what lies below
And may not see again.
There are so many kinds of... – by Steve Cochrane | 11 Views added 2 months ago
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Sometimes there are some people who
You see at school or work,
They often are real nice to you
But friendship they will shirk.
You aren't the kind of friend they seek
When you are home each day,
But they act friendly as the week
Goes on... – by Steve Cochrane | 73 Views added 2 months ago
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Sometimes we feel the need to say
A "half-truth" and it feels okay
If we can justify
A "white lie" just to help someone
From getting feelings hurt by one
Who will not make them cry!
We also "stretch the truth" to keep
Embarassment that... – by Steve Cochrane | 6 Views added 2 months ago
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I'm low on motivation and
I feel I've lost my way
To getting closer as I planned
With You God, every day.
Please pull me closer so I know
I'm near enough to feel
Your endless love You always show;
A love you won't conceal!
Invite me and... – by Steve Cochrane | 1 View added 2 months ago
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You shut the door and did no more.
What did I do to you?
Why won't you tell why all's not well
And why we are now through?
I have not changed, so it is strange
That you have walked away.
You did not share why you don't care
And what I did... – by Steve Cochrane | 5 Views added 2 months ago
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The particles of dust cannot
Be felt or heard when they
Are falling on what fate has brought
For them to land and stay.
They can't be seen while floating down
Unless there is a beam
Of sunlight somewhere here, around
Like from a magic... – by Steve Cochrane | 2 Views added 2 months ago
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Few memories will stay the same
When many years have passed.
Events that happened as they came
And some that did not last.
Unhappy memories are not
Allowed to dwell in me,
I do not need each painful thought
Or what life came to be.
The... – by Steve Cochrane | 83 Views added 2 months ago
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When angels cry it's not just when
Catastrophe has come.
They also shed tears now and then
And are now crying some.
They cry when people pray without
The faith that prayer needs.
Instead, they pray despite their doubt,
Surprised at where it... – by Steve Cochrane | 4 Views added 2 months ago
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Ask for the help you sometimes need
Unless, of course, it deals with greed.
God is not Santa Claus.
Seek how the Lord wants you to live,
Like helping others when you give
More than "Hi" as you pause!
Knock is the sound your heart will hear... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 2 months ago
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If friendship is in trouble, then
Decide if you should try
To fix whatever broke it when
You saw it start to die.
Repair the fence between you both
Give water for the garden's growth.
Begin to fix the bridge that was
Connecting both of you... – by Steve Cochrane | 4 Views added 2 months ago
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There are so many treasures here
On Earth for all to find,
But not the kind of treasures that
Are of the wealthy kind.
"All that glitters is not gold." *
At least that is what I've been told.
The Bible says we cannot keep
Our riches when... – by Steve Cochrane | 4 Views added 3 months ago
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When we just focus on our God,
It's hard to think about
The things in life both bad and odd
Which causes minds to doubt.
It does depend on time you spend
Your time in prayer with Christian care.
You must have faith and "stay the course"
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I know we are related yet
No commonality,
Except for parents. No regret!
You do not look the way I do
Nor do you talk like me;
A broken family tree so true!
Regardless, it would still be fine
To reacquaint our lives
With sibling ties... – by Steve Cochrane | 2 Views added 3 months ago
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Whether or not the weather is nice,
Please don't wear your slippers where
You're at because it's my advice
Your good name will lose its share
Of honor with people who meet
At restaurants near eight
Because of love for every meat
With every... – by Steve Cochrane | 4 Views added 3 months ago
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I heard the gale force wind last night,
It seemed to howl so loud.
While in my bed it gave me fright!
The moon behind a cloud.
The ghostly wind made Shiloh howl;
Who also was in bed.
But then, my dog began to growl
At what had caused him... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 3 months ago
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I throw some words together; in
The air they float around
Until I choose where to begin
With images and sound.
I throw some dreams above my head
To see just how I feel
About them since I'm out of bed,
When dreams aren't quite as real.
I... – by Steve Cochrane | 145 Views added 3 months ago
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To what do you attribute his
Enormous attributes?
When they conduct a test or quiz,
His conduct is acute!
With tests he always is content;
No content does he mind.
He never will contest or vent
At contest rules he finds!
He won't excuse... – by Steve Cochrane | 2 Views added 3 months ago
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Don't hesitate or be too late,
The devil hopes you will
Take time again; "Is this a sin?"
You don't have time to kill!
If you delay, he gets his way
At least most of the time
In getting you to think it's true;
Sins do not equal crimes.
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Her birthday gift was one large bow
So heavy it would make her bow!
Instructions which she never read;
Since glancing was her way to "read"!
She probably would have been content
If she had seen enclosed contents.
She would have seen that her... – by Steve Cochrane | 6 Views added 3 months ago
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The Bible says to pray and pray
When we have needs and when
We pray for others any day
For miracles to begin
With faith that God will start real soon
To make requests come true.
But sometimes He seems not attuned.
So, what are we to do?
... – by Steve Cochrane | 5 Views added 3 months ago
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When you were young did you once feel
Invisible and not quite real?
Did words you spoke fall to the ground
Or maybe they just bounced around
The walls and rooms that could not care,
Like people who wish you weren't there!
It's hard to ever... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 3 months ago
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For you and me, eternity
In heaven waits for those
Who will achieve when they believe
That faith is what they chose!
You cannot pay to go the way
Where Christians rest their souls.
Nor can you be someone sin free,
Despite your lofty goals!
... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 3 months ago
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Explaining my complaining
Is a habit I embrace,
While drowning in my frowning
With memories to face!
I do not feel their love was real
Through childhood and teen years!
That's why I don't and why I won't
Go back to dried up... – by Steve Cochrane | 6 Views added 3 months ago
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Aspiration with elation
Can make some dreams come true
If I do more than years before
With faith and all I do.
I must believe I can achieve
The goals I set for me
To have a chance I will advance
And be all I can be!
But if I doubt, I'll... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 3 months ago
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My Chloe is a sad, sad girl
Who tears are in and out;
Some from her heart that seem to twirl
While eyes drop tears about.
She can't escape her past nor can
She deal with her life now,
At least not with a happy plan
Because she can't see... – by Steve Cochrane | 1 View added 3 months ago
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I never have been homeless nor
Real close to being so,
But I have been so very poor
That poverty I know.
It never was a friend to me
And yet I knew it well.
It lived next door to bankruptcy
With stories sad to tell!
It took me years to... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 3 months ago
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Think of the ones who are in need
And how to help as you
Would like someone help you succeed
In what you need to do!
Say to that needy person that
You'll help if only they
Will just accept help where they're at
In life, at least today!
... – by Steve Cochrane | 4 Views added 3 months ago
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When David was the king of all
The Hebrews long ago,
The monarch thought he could not fall
In sin like others, though
He saw Bathsheba who was more
Than beautiful so he
Had someone who'd bring her before
He faced reality!
He told himself... – by Steve Cochrane | 2 Views added 3 months ago
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Sometimes our words are not enough.
Expressing meanings can be rough
If we don't understand
That tone of voice affects the way
We're understood in what we say,
And can in ways not planned.
Expressions on our face add to
Interpretations of... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 3 months ago
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While walking in a forest as
The snow was coming down,
I saw the sights a forest has
And even heard a sound.
It sounded like a whisper in
The trees at first, although
It was real hard to hear within
The crunching of the snow.
I stopped... – by Steve Cochrane | 2 Views added 3 months ago
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So many times the wind has blown
And pushed me left and right.
Sometimes it even knocks me down,
With force not in my sight.
I can't push back the bully in
The air that fate allows.
To change what might have been for me.
Instead, fears are... – by Steve Cochrane | 5 Views added 3 months ago
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Some people really think they can
Avoid God's ever present plan
To see and hear all things.
Our ceiling and our roof cannot
Prevent ourselves from being caught
In sin by God our King!
The darkness and the clouds all fail
To hide the truth... – by Steve Cochrane | 4 Views added 3 months ago
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There are somethings we cannot change
No matter what we do.
We must not try to rearrange
All life within our view.
We must accept what cannot be
Controlled or understood,
Instead, we must do all that we
Hope that God feels is good!... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 3 months ago
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If we are Christians, then we will
Have love for everyone until
The end of time for all.
We should not judge the ones who are
Much different from our ways by far
Or things we can't recall!
We never should be glad if they
Are suffering... – by Steve Cochrane | 5 Views added 3 months ago
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My poetry here
Shows in a few words that I
Have words that you... – by Steve Cochrane | 5 Views added 3 months ago
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You say that God won't answer all
The prayers that you send
To Him which causes hope to fall
When time with Him you spend.
That's why I have three questions for
Your mind to think upon.
You need to think of them before
The current day is... – by Steve Cochrane | 4 Views added 3 months ago
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What thoughts had filled her mind that day,
As she sat on the ground?
She stared at home in such a way,
As if a new place found.
Did memories invade her mind
Of many years ago,
Or something new that was the kind
That grabbed attention so?
... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 3 months ago
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The flavor of anxiety
Has changed so many times for me.
At times it has a sour taste
And often is so much a waste
Of time while I try hard to get it out;
Which only works if I've no doubt!
Anxiety can also fill
Me with a bitter taste until
I... – by Steve Cochrane | 4 Views added 3 months ago
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A love that only lasts awhile
Is not true love at all,
For it should not "go out of style"
Nor should it ever stall.
The kind of love I have for you
Will never, ever fail.
By now you know how very true;
True love is never... – by Steve Cochrane | 4 Views added 3 months ago
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I cannot say enough about
The beauty I have seen
When I see you, there is no doubt
Of love that's so serene!
I cannot say enough when I
Can hear your lovely voice.
My feelings show I can't deny
You are my only... – by Steve Cochrane | 2 Views added 3 months ago
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I do not understand just why
There are some folks who will not try
The Golden Rule at all!
How is it that they do not care
When peace is something all can share?
Perhaps they can't recall
When someone lent a helping hand
Despite the fact... – by Steve Cochrane | 4 Views added 3 months ago
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I've never been a preacher and
I've never been the Pope,
But maybe our God has a plan
For me to offer hope!
I love to spread the Gospel each
And every chance I get.
In poetry I like to teach
That Jesus paid our debt!
I find it easier to... – by Steve Cochrane | 2 Views added 3 months ago
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All things often surprise me when
My short attention deep within
Almost will always increase my
Zest for all nature I
Enjoy so much each night and day,
Despite what weather brings my... – by Steve Cochrane | 6 Views added 3 months ago
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I like Andrew Wyeth art
And Norman Rockwell too,
But you may think that it is smart
When Picasso is in view.
I've loved The Beatles 60 years;
A "long and winding road",
But you say Elvis brings you tears,
As memories unfold.
And also, I... – by Steve Cochrane | 7 Views added 3 months ago
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Some people think they must obey
God's rules to then be blessed,
Not knowing that is not God's way.
All sins must be confessed!
Some people think that discipline
Is punishment for those
Who do not care if they should sin
So, rules they... – by Steve Cochrane | 4 Views added 3 months ago
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I thought this was the way to go
Until I found it was not so
When fate preferred its way.
It took a while before I knew
That life which slowly came in view
Would choke my dreams some day!
Next time I'll choose a path that feels
More than... – by Steve Cochrane | 10 Views added 3 months ago
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He's chasing me where I can't see
His gray hands reaching out
To slow me down and cause a frown
Of this I have no doubt!
My long past prime was lost in time;
No longer do I run.
I read much more than years before;
A stationary fun.
I hid... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 3 months ago
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No one should always get their way;
It isn't fair to those
Who have some hope and plans each day,
Which is the way life goes.
Life always needs some give and take
Where all may have a turn
To push ahead and not forsake
The lessons all must... – by Steve Cochrane | 14 Views added 3 months ago
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If every hour my willpower,
Is used, it's not enough,
Since contemplation and temptation
Are in a fight quite rough.
My mindfulness will fight duress
If I use prayer too!
It comes all days in many ways
To see what I will do.
I must... – by Steve Cochrane | 6 Views added 3 months ago
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As you begin each morning, please
Do something you can do with ease.
Say prayers to our God above
With praise and thanks and endless love!
Know that His love is very true
And that He likes to hear from... – by Steve Cochrane | 14 Views added 3 months ago
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In case you didn't know it, each word of every poet;
(Well, most of them) will try
To pick the right word that they read or heard
Which they feel will apply.
The metaphor can give us more
As well as similes.
They help create and elevate
The... – by Steve Cochrane | 6 Views added 3 months ago
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There was a Rabbi long ago,
Much smarter than the rest.
With every chance He let them know
That scripture was the best
And only way that people could
Learn with authority
The ways of God all people should
Know leads to set them free.
The... – by Steve Cochrane | 5 Views added 3 months ago
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With friends and with loved ones we should
Not feel that we must say
Encouragement that sounds real good
Or chit chat for the day.
We do not need to fill the void
When silence is so loud.
Because our words make some annoyed
With spoken... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 3 months ago
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Sometimes the desert is my home,
That's where I often like to roam.
It's where I often go
In search of my oasis where
The beauty of the mind has air
That's warm and fresh although
The dry and heated, barren land
Does not give freely what... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 3 months ago
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I am aware you do not care
About me as I feel
The way I do concerning you,
Which causes pain so real!
How do I fail to be the male
You love to have nearby?
What do you see when it is me
Despite how hard I try?
I cannot say you walked... – by Steve Cochrane | 1 View added 3 months ago
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A turtle with arthritis
Was getting very old.
And due to laryngitis
He hoped to be consoled.
His closest friend would understand
Although he could not speak.
Since they did things that were not planned
On any given week.
It took the... – by Steve Cochrane | 6 Views added 3 months ago
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I do not need to travel to
A country far away
For nature's beauty here will do
On any given day.
No orchestra need I to hear
Some music fill my soul.
The songs of nature fill each ear
And makes the day seem whole.
I do not need to touch... – by Steve Cochrane | 5 Views added 3 months ago
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I pray that you stay healthy,
Avoiding each disease
And that a cold or allergy
Won't make you "ill at ease".
I pray that you stay safe each day
From every accident,
So you will never know the pain
From such an incident.
I also pray no... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 3 months ago
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Sometimes when I am very sad,
There is something that makes me glad!
A kind of hug from God above
Reminding me that I am loved.
It's more than someone can give me
Regardless of the love I see.
It comes though I don't ask for it
And warms my... – by Steve Cochrane | 5 Views added 4 months ago
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Sometimes we hear the knock of chance
That we're invited to the dance
Of opportunity.
Sometimes we do not hear the sound,
Instead, if we would turn around,
There's something we might see.
The windows of chance can open for
The ones who... – by Steve Cochrane | 4 Views added 4 months ago
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The poker chips of life show how
Much we will risk in life.
The white ones are the lowest
And do not cause much strife
When they used for common things,
And like low self-esteem
Will keep us from much happiness,
At least that's how it... – by Steve Cochrane | 2 Views added 4 months ago
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I know you heard my every word.
Your ears are working fine.
You seem quite late to concentrate
On every word of mine.
You act as though you need to go
Somewhere more quiet and
No need to care 'bout who is there
To mess up daily plans.
... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 4 months ago
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My labyrinth has obstacles
Life spread throughout the maze.
I wish that some of them were culls
And hadn't set ablaze
The hope I've had to someday be
Much better than before,
In things that would bring peace to me
And yet, I'm wanting more!... – by Steve Cochrane | 2 Views added 4 months ago
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When God invented time, He got
A golden watch that would
Commemorate when time began
Though angels understood
The gift from them would never be
A thing that God would use.
But still they made it out of gold,
Which He did not... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 4 months ago
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The mirror image that I see
Is opposite two ways.
The guy that is in front of me,
Is me in senior days.
Its view reverses what I see,
Much like the way inside
That sometimes feels I will not be
With good thoughts I have tried.
Mirror,... – by Steve Cochrane | 2 Views added 4 months ago
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When problems find their way to you
And everyone has those,
There is something you should think through.
Whose help was it you chose?
When you have any small concerns
About which way to go
In life you really need to learn
That God's the One... – by Steve Cochrane | 4 Views added 4 months ago
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Sometimes I feel the movement when
Ideas form into
Poetic thoughts that yearn to be
Somewhere from me to you.
Sometimes those thoughts will hit a wall
And I will try to fix
The structure if it can be saved
With tools made out of sticks.
... – by Steve Cochrane | 9 Views added 4 months ago
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A place where daydreams flourish
In shadows looking for
The exit of subconscious
With an ever-moving door.
There are no paths to follow.
Our mind's eye must adjust
To match the dim reflection
Of things that seek our trust.
We travel... – by Steve Cochrane | 2 Views added 4 months ago
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Please motivate me if you can
In doing chores that are my plan,
Procrastination lives!
Anxiety gets in my way
In doing simple things each day,
Confusion it still gives.
Encouragement I surely need
To have a chance I will succeed.
Feel... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 4 months ago
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We must do more than pray each day.
The Lord wants action too.
Sometimes the things for which we pray
Involve a fact so true.
Sometimes we must show we believe
That God will help when we
Act on or faith and thus achieve
The answer to our... – by Steve Cochrane | 9 Views added 4 months ago
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The more I learn, the more I see
What I don't know today,
Including what's in front of me.
It always seems that way.
I learn about the things that will
Help creativity,
That leads to learning more things 'till
I grow with poetry.
I've... – by Steve Cochrane | 2 Views added 4 months ago
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Because of childhood issues I
Will notice tone of voice
Of those who speak although I'll try
To not make that a choice.
I also watch expressions on
Their face as if to find
Some disapproval there upon
The faces that seem kind.
I must try... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 4 months ago
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When Jesus is your savior then
Please do not be afraid
Of death which comes to Christians in
Earth's journey that will fade.
A human death we all will see,
But not with God above
Who says in scripture we will be
In heaven with His love!
... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 4 months ago
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My time moves fast and it moves slow.
Depending on how well things go.
While teaching children at the school,
I taught them all each helpful rule.
And they were taught the lessons that
Would help them stand when they're knocked flat.
But now... – by Steve Cochrane | 4 Views added 4 months ago
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Our God can never be surprised
In what we say or do,
Because no matter how disguised,
He knows what's false and true!
Our God is never late to be
On time in perfect ways,
Because as God He'll always see
The need for each who prays!
And... – by Steve Cochrane | 4 Views added 4 months ago
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I really like the forest due
To many, many things,
Including all the beauty viewed
Of nature that it brings.
The orchestra of sounds I hear;
The beauty that I see,
Sometimes will cause my heart to fear
When lost I seem to be.
I need to... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 4 months ago
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I don't belong in Heaven, NO!
I am not good enough.
The dirty rags of sin still show
I'm filled with sinful stuff!
I don't deserve to see my God
Except for punishment.
And so I would be very awed
If hell I was not sent.
The Bible says,... – by Steve Cochrane | 6 Views added 4 months ago
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Sometimes I stumble with my thoughts,
Forgetting is the worst!
My mental words get tied in knots
As if I have been cursed!
I hate it when I see someone
That I knew long ago
And play a game that is not fun;
Their name I do not know!
For... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 4 months ago
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I'm glad that Alex is my friend.
True friends are hard to find.
It led to Lucy and Suzanne;
Much better than a plan!
Their talent does inspire me
To be more than I hoped to be.
And friendship with them brings delight
For me on every day and... – by Steve Cochrane | 1 View added 4 months ago
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My walls are up and made of bricks,
They help protect my mind
From all imagined ways that trick
My thoughts that are unkind.
For years I did not like myself
Because of childhood years
When feelings went upon a shelf
Escaping lonely tears.
... – by Steve Cochrane | 4 Views added 4 months ago
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In Special Ed, I taught for years
With children learning slow.
Some were depressed with silent tears
While some let anger go.
Much patience and encouragement
Was needed every day.
I gave them both with love I sent.
Attention all the... – by Steve Cochrane | 2 Views added 4 months ago
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Sometimes I do not follow-through
With chores I have begun.
For some of them I hate to do
Like raking leaves, for one.
Sometimes I do not start a chore;
So many other things
Are waiting from the day before
With happiness each brings!
... – by Steve Cochrane | 5 Views added 4 months ago
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I chase the past or it seeks me,
At times it seems both ways.
The bad parts always seem to be
More frequent and ablaze!
The good parts have to fight the rest.
They need more help to "live".
I must try hard with thoughts that blessed
Before... – by Steve Cochrane | 4 Views added 4 months ago
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When twisters hit a neighborhood
Destruction is their way.
A few homes are not hit; that's good!
The rest have "gone away"!
Reactions to destruction there
Are in two diff'rent ways.
Most are so shocked they cry and cry,
Asking "Why, oh God,... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 4 months ago
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You may not be the same as me,
But that is quite alright
Because we are not once bizarre
In daytime or at night!
I may not play the game today
The same as you or him,
But that does not mean that I've got
The chances that are slim.
... – by Steve Cochrane | 4 Views added 4 months ago
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I never will agree with those
Who say that Jesus never rose
On that first Easter day!
The Bible says He died for all
Because each one of us did fall
From grace along the way!
Who else could pay the penalty
For sins of everyone and me,
... – by Steve Cochrane | 1 View added 4 months ago
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Please fortify your hope each day
With scripture in your mind,
It helps to deal with thoughts that stray
To what it hopes to find.
The devil will tempt you with vice
He knows appeals to you.
Temptation from him seems so nice
In what you say... – by Steve Cochrane | 4 Views added 4 months ago
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Majestic birds the eagles are
With feathers black and white.
You sometimes must go very far
To have the birds in sight.
They seem to own the sky as they
Are floating in the air,
In search of what will be their prey
Each day, 'most... – by Steve Cochrane | 5 Views added 4 months ago
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I'll do those chores tomorrow
Or maybe by next week.
It will not cause me sorrow
Since peace of mind, I seek.
I find my peace in nature,
When Summer wind blows through
The trees that help me later
With every window view.
I'll get to my... – by Steve Cochrane | 2 Views added 4 months ago
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Your passion should not be just for
The love you have for those
Who mean more than your life before
The challenges you chose.
The artist and composer know
That passion fuels the fire
Which burns within their heart and so,
Creation grows... – by Steve Cochrane | 2 Views added 4 months ago
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At sixty-eight I hesitate
What will tomorrow bring?
I'm not that man who said, " I can!"
With what was happening.
At sixty-eight I sometimes wait
To choose the path for me,
Like should I go not fast, but slow
In all that waits for me?
At... – by Steve Cochrane | 4 Views added 4 months ago
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My father never knew what I
Became since death had closed each eye.
He did not know of my six years
In Air Force clothes, would he have cheered?
He never knew that I became
A teacher who did not seek fame,
Nor did he know I met a girl
With... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 4 months ago
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I was nineteen and oh so green
About the ways of death.
It was the year I felt the fear
When Dad took his last breath!
My mother cried the day he died
And I became the one
To help her through the pain she knew,
With all That could be done.
... – by Steve Cochrane | 1 View added 4 months ago
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I want to stoke the fire that
Will warm your heart again,
But all attempts have fallen flat
Because of where you've been.
Your flames of hope are embers now,
And they are fading fast!
Please let me stoke the logs somehow
So warmth is yours... – by Steve Cochrane | 1 View added 4 months ago
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Sometimes I think my two left feet
Might walk in step before
The next time when someone I meet
Won't see me on the floor!
Sometimes I get cold feet when I
Attempt to walk barefoot;
Afraid that even though I try
To stand where feet are put.
... – by Steve Cochrane | 4 Views added 4 months ago
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You really should not be resigned
To blame all things on fate,
Especially if you feel maligned
Which won't help you think straight!
Do not believe "The fallacy
Of well laid plans" and please
Don't think if "Murphy's Law" will ease
The bad... – by Steve Cochrane | 1 View added 4 months ago
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You really should not be resigned
To blame all things on fate,
Especially if you feel maligned
Which won't help you think straight!
Do not believe "The fallacy
Of well laid plans" and please
Don't think if "Murphy's Law" will ease
The bad... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 4 months ago
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Sometimes I fear that Chloe's near
The end of hope in her,
I've felt that way so I can say
It makes life seem a blur.
She needs to fight both day and night
The thoughts that Satin gives
To her so she will always be
Depressed each day she... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 4 months ago
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I need to say I love you.
I have to show I care.
I want to show it's quite true;
I love you... – by Steve Cochrane | 1 View added 4 months ago
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If I could live forever and
See every friend who tried
To give to me a helping hand,
I don't believe my pride
Would ever keep me quiet due
To gratitude so strong,
That it would find a way so true
And be just like a song
That I would sing... – by Steve Cochrane | 2 Views added 4 months ago
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I dip my toe in the water
Before I ever jump in.
It's what my mother said I oughta
To know just how, where and when;
Like should I jump or dive into
The lake or ocean waves
Because if safety's not for you,
Someone might dig your grave!
I... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 4 months ago
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I prayed and prayed and prayed again
For God to help me look within
My heart and soul and mind until
I found out why I can't fulfill
My goal for peace and happiness
Instead of all my daily stress.
I asked Him does He hesitate
To help me... – by Steve Cochrane | 2 Views added 4 months ago
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My early thoughts of you each day
Pour love into my heart.
They grow with memories and they
Will never ever part!
The afternoon brings thoughts of you.
They ease the stress I feel
When things go wrong as things will do
And bad times seem so... – by Steve Cochrane | 4 Views added 4 months ago
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I have to write some words tonight,
Unsure of what to say.
Yet still I feel I can't conceal
The feelings of this day.
My thoughts will spin and jump again
Into a frenzied state
Of what might be some clarity
And so, I must not wait
To... – by Steve Cochrane | 10 Views added 4 months ago
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Last Night When we were on our date
She said that we must talk,
Because she had a lot to say
As we began to walk.
While moving slowly to the car
I listened patiently,
When she looked in my eyes and said,
She was in love with me!
Somehow,... – by Steve Cochrane | 5 Views added 4 months ago
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Hi everyone. After a few glitches, my first poetry book is available at Amazon Use the link:
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The paperback version comes out later this month. I will announce its availability. If you like poetry, consider buying a copy and... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 4 months ago
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Embark on a profound journey through the pages of 'The Life of a Christ,' a compelling narrative that illuminates the timeless story of compassion, sacrifice, and redemption. This meticulously crafted exploration delves into the multifaceted facets... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 5 months ago
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When I was three years old I had
Some Spinal Meningitis; bad.
It hurt a lot. I sometimes cried,
And doctors said I almost died.
When I was six, I rode until
The brakes failed while upon a hill.
An intersection approached me fast;
I swerved... – by Steve Cochrane | 2 Views added 5 months ago
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It started snowing, wind was blowing.
The Christmas clouds are here.
Each snowflake falls and gently calls
That Christmas day is near.
My hope is mild unlike a child
For snow on Christmas day.
I know it's rare, but I don't care.
I've always... – by Steve Cochrane | 5 Views added 5 months ago
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I know that I did not once move
My rhymes elsewhere because I love
The way they sound when I'm at home
Although at times they will not come.
I do not understand just how
They even left without the flow
Of thoughts or tempo saying "Hey,
... – by Steve Cochrane | 2 Views added 5 months ago
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The prison of anxiety
Does not have bars that you can see,
Nor can you see the walls that keep
The one whose hope is now asleep.
This prison only has parole
That never lasts to be a goal
And pardons do not come to those
Afflicted by its... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 5 months ago
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Sometimes a silence falls upon
The radio airwaves
When music and all talk is gone;
No sound the public craves.
Sometimes that dead air hangs around
While I am listening for
God's answer that has not been found,
And so, I wait some more!
... – by Steve Cochrane | 4 Views added 5 months ago
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I pray and hope that Chloe will
Wake up on Christmas morn
And find that faith and love installed
The gifts for all forlorn.
All faith and love are gifts from God
For those who do believe
That gifts you cannot touch aren't odd
And help the... – by Steve Cochrane | 8 Views added 5 months ago
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What if young Emily Linge
Decided she would bring me
A copy of her song?
I hope that she would sit
As I listened to it
And maybe sing... – by Steve Cochrane | 1 View added 5 months ago
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On Christmas Eve, while snow fell down,
My Chloe walked through her small town
And loved the falling snow.
While in the park before the dark,
Sweet Chloe made where she had strayed
A happy snowman near a hill
Which gave sweet Chloe such a... – by Steve Cochrane | 4 Views added 5 months ago
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My Chloe friend may have to spend
Her Christmas day alone.
The country where she lives is there
By England on her own.
I try to be a friend she'll see
As one who cares a lot
About the way she spends each day
Believing she is not
Of value... – by Steve Cochrane | 5 Views added 5 months ago
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Give all the gift of time this year
To lonely old and young.
Please help them smile and dry a tear
With carols you have sung.
Invest concern for their welfare.
Give help to satisfy
Their need to know that someone cares
If they should live... – by Steve Cochrane | 4 Views added 5 months ago
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For many years I felt alone
When Christmas morning came,
Despite my childhood family,
They always seemed the same.
When I moved out to start my life,
I often spent the day
Of Christmas with no one around
Which seemed to be okay.
I've... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 5 months ago
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Anxiety that came to me
Affected Christmas too.
I often would not be real good
In showing feelings true.
I've never been quite happy when
Receiving Christmas gifts.
I rarely feel a Christmas zeal,
Which effort will not lift.
It might be... – by Steve Cochrane | 5 Views added 5 months ago
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For years of Christmas trees and lights,
Entanglement for sure
Would be a task that always bites
Which I had to endure!
It's strange how beauty sometimes can
Become a twisted mess,
Despite my best intended plan
Of hanging lights; no... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 5 months ago
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I cannot sing enough to show
How much your love has meant
Through all the years I've come to know
That love You freely sent!
I cannot praise You deep enough
To show the way I feel
Through good days and the ones quite rough.
At times they... – by Steve Cochrane | 2 Views added 5 months ago
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There is no other other holiday
Like Christmas, I am sure.
With kids it's magic all the way
Including snow so pure!
For grownups it's the memories
Of childhood years no more
With parents who would try to please
With gifts unlike before.
... – by Steve Cochrane | 6 Views added 5 months ago
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Some Christmas gifts cannot be found
Beneath a Christmas tree,
Because they are not square or round,
Or any shape to see.
Some Christmas gifts cannot be felt,
Except within the heart.
The shepherds had love as they knelt
And praise they did... – by Steve Cochrane | 5 Views added 5 months ago
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He left behind all glory due
To God the living Son
And took on human form, a view
To show what had begun.
Our Lord became a human so
We would not be afraid
When miracles would start to show
Fulfilling vows, He made.
The sacrifice He came... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 5 months ago
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When Jesus came the day of birth,
God's incarnation was on Earth!
Emmanual means God with us,
And Jesus means God saves.
He came to save our souls and thus
Defeating death and graves!
That Silent and most Holy Night
Began the end to human... – by Steve Cochrane | 4 Views added 5 months ago
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It was a cold and dreary night.
A couple came within my sight.
New Life was on the way.
Although the couple seemed quite tired.
Their peaceful ways left me inspired
As he looked for some hay.
The hay was put inside of me,
Where soon a... – by Steve Cochrane | 6 Views added 5 months ago
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You often look into the lake;
Reflections in your mind
Although the view is kind of fake,
And will leave hope behind.
Yet still you seek another view,
To see if you still see
The negative that will not do
The things to set you free.
You... – by Steve Cochrane | 8 Views added 5 months ago
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Do not complain if it should rain
Nor be upset if you get wet.
You can't control a hiding mole
And you can't be all things to me.
Please do not try to learn just why
The world won't turn the way you yearn,
Because life will confuse until
... – by Steve Cochrane | 8 Views added 5 months ago
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The fragments from my Christmases
Of childhood memories,
Are rare and weak which to me says
They weren't the kind that please!
Somehow, I pushed away most thoughts
Of what my parents did
Or didn't do through years with lots
Of love they... – by Steve Cochrane | 2 Views added 5 months ago
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My new friend Chloe Taylor needs
Some special Christmas gifts.
The kind to help her to proceed
To self-love and no rifts.
She needs acceptance from each friend;
A gift that won't grow old!
And she needs hope that will not end;
A gift that... – by Steve Cochrane | 5 Views added 5 months ago
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You do not know me, my new friend Chloe
And yet I say to you
We met today, but I still say
Your life has much value!
Please talk about what makes you shout
Through sadness that you feel
To those who pray for you each day
Like me who won't... – by Steve Cochrane | 7 Views added 5 months ago
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If you are fired where you work
Because they just downsized,
It's not your fault; you did not shirk
The job that you once prized.
When you drive home to tell your spouse
About the job you lost,
And learn the mortgage on your house
Was not... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 6 months ago
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If you are low in self-esteem
You sometimes see within your dreams
You're lost and no one cares.
You also sometimes dream about
The loneliness caused by self-doubt,
Where no one truly shares.
In dreams like that a darkness fills
Your view... – by Steve Cochrane | 5 Views added 6 months ago
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The shepherds were a rugged lot
With strength and patience too.
A job well done was all they got
Since sheep was all they knew.
Some education must have been
A part of childhood years,
Because when angels entered in
Their presence all their... – by Steve Cochrane | 4 Views added 6 months ago
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The Autumn days had seen a fire
In Crowley's Ridge State Park.
There were heroics that inspire
When fire came from a spark.
A small group of some large black bears
Heard crying from the west.
When they arrived, they saw two pairs
Of baby... – by Steve Cochrane | 8 Views added 6 months ago
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I feel like I am on a train
Whose station can't be found.
The engineer tells me in vain
The tracks ahead abound
For those who do not know just how
To get him to slow down,
Since He will never stop it now
And never will in town.
The old... – by Steve Cochrane | 5 Views added 6 months ago
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The Bible never says that we
Will never feel a pain.
The ones our bodies feel can be
With us as they remain
An obvious reminder of
Unpleasant things in life
That God, with all His Holy love
Says He'll guide us through strife!
A lesson... – by Steve Cochrane | 9 Views added 6 months ago
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God gladly helps us to improve
Especially when we ask.
Sincerity will show that you've
Got faith He'll do the task.
His nature must also coincide
With what He does for you.
So, don't request something in pride.
Such things He will not do!
... – by Steve Cochrane | 4 Views added 6 months ago
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Sometimes I think of Cindy who
I saw in high school when
We both were teens; I could not do
A thing with shyness then.
Sometimes I think of Joe Ann too,
We worked at West Side School.
I could not help how feelings grew,
But I was not a... – by Steve Cochrane | 4 Views added 6 months ago
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Much higher than and stronger than
Mount Everest ever was.
Much wider than and deeper than
All oceans are because
He created everything there is;
And help He did not need.
He spoke and it became quite real
With His unequalled... – by Steve Cochrane | 5 Views added 6 months ago
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On Christmas Eve a farmer said,
"I don't believe Christ came
To Earth, then put into a "bed"
To later end our shame.
He then refused to go with his
Dear wife which made her sad,
Although his reason always is
The same with doubt he had.
... – by Steve Cochrane | 11 Views added 6 months ago
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I always smile a long, long while
Each time I think of you!
I wonder Dear if you can hear
The smiling that I do?
It is okay if you should say
You never hear me smile,
But please do try to sense when I
Begin my loving... – by Steve Cochrane | 2 Views added 6 months ago
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I am amazed at countless ways
That God has blessed my life,
Good health for me will always be
"Up There" with son and wife!
I have a home where I can roam
With family or pet
A furry friend who in the end
I've loved since we first met.
I... – by Steve Cochrane | 4 Views added 6 months ago
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I tried to cry, but neither eye
Would shed a single tear
The funeral was people full
Emotions were quite clear.
Alzheimer's took my mom away,
And yet I felt no grief.
The love I should have had that day
Was stolen by a thief.
Her ways... – by Steve Cochrane | 6 Views added 6 months ago
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The Christmas tree is beautiful,
Just like it is each year.
But Bible words so very full,
Describe when Christ came here!
He came to us in poverty
And lived His life that way.
His only hope is that we'd be
Disciples every day.
When... – by Steve Cochrane | 2 Views added 6 months ago
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Some say that life's a highway and
I also think it's true
Because some signs show life is planned
With patches old and new.
Some signs will warn me what's ahead
And when I must slow down.
If I ignore the signs I've read,
I will do more than... – by Steve Cochrane | 4 Views added 6 months ago
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The Christmas wind is blowing now,
It carries hopes and dreams
To all who show the world just how
It's magic lives, it seems!
You do not need to be a child
To feel the magic in
Your heart with memories compiled;
Where young at heart begin. ... – by Steve Cochrane | 4 Views added 6 months ago
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Beyond the things we need to live,
Religious needs are so
Important that we all must give
Our soul the things to "grow".
Our souls are longing for the day
When they will be with God,
As well as Jesus and His love
For which it will applaud.
... – by Steve Cochrane | 1 View added 6 months ago
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Some say that I am silly.
Some say that I am sad.
A few say I'm chilly,
While some say I'm mad.
I guess it all depends upon
The way I am when you
See if my ways will make you yawn
Or you like the things I do.
I guess it would be fair to... – by Steve Cochrane | 6 Views added 6 months ago
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There was a lonely Christmas tree
Who had no friends at all.
You might just ask how could that be
With many here this Fall?
Each year before this Autumn day,
This little tree had seen
The trees cut down and dragged away
With fullness oh so... – by Steve Cochrane | 10 Views added 6 months ago
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A Christmas wish I never got
Because nobody ever bought
Me what I hinted at for fun.
Apparently, I reached no one.
A Christmas wish I rarely get;
The past few years I haven't yet
Received the books I'm hoping for
But maybe if I ask once... – by Steve Cochrane | 4 Views added 6 months ago
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Don't wish for things you really need,
Instead, please pray about
Important things and to succeed,
Do not have any doubt.
Please do not pray for snow to fall,
You're not the only one
Who would get snow and that's not all,
Some don't think... – by Steve Cochrane | 6 Views added 6 months ago
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I used to feel the magic as
My heart and mind transformed,
Because I knew that Christmas has
The strength to make hearts warmed!
The music and our tree enlarged
The feeling fast and strong.
Sometimes it was so deep and large
And lasted... – by Steve Cochrane | 4 Views added 6 months ago
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If you should find a pebble on
A lonely, sandy beach,
And even during dusk or dawn
With friends beyond your reach,
It will not bother you to walk
Past it with no concern,
Because you know it cannot talk
Or offer things to learn.
If you... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 6 months ago
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If I saw Shaylee one time daily,
I would then celebrate,
Because it would be very good;
Her charm will not abate!
Her silliness can ease duress
And surely make me smile.
Her serious concerns address
The things that are worthwhile!
I pray... – by Steve Cochrane | 7 Views added 6 months ago
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So many do not realize
Christ's earthly trek began
When He came with his baby eyes
To start God's rescue plan.
The thing that most don't understand
Is that the manger would
Lead to a nail put through each hand
Into a cross of wood!
Some... – by Steve Cochrane | 6 Views added 6 months ago
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When Mary learned that she would be
The mother of God's Son
Because the Holy Spirit would see
To that it would be done!
Despite confusion since she was
A virgin who had not
Known any man that way because
Her love for God had brought
Her... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 6 months ago
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There's nothing in His stocking now.
So many have not hung
His stocking up to show just how
He's loved by old and young.
So many do not think of Christ,
The Day He came to Earth.
Instead, they think of gifts high priced
And not the Virgin... – by Steve Cochrane | 1 View added 6 months ago
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Please do not be lonely although you are only
The new guy all on his own.
It's hard to adjust to new jobs and must
Be hard at Christmas alone.
Please do not believe you cannot achieve
A friendship so soon as this.
Therefore, I invite you... – by Steve Cochrane | 2 Views added 6 months ago
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The Baby Christ did not come for
Rich people or the ones quite poor.
He did not come for kings and queens
Or those who live within their means.
He did not come for Pharisees
Nor even for the Sadducees.
Instead, Christ came for everyone
To... – by Steve Cochrane | 11 Views added 6 months ago
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When Christ was born, God's angels gave
The Shepherds songs of praise
For God who sent His Son to save.
The first gift as sheep grazed.
The second gift was given by
The shepherds who were first
To show Christ reverence and nigh
Tell all to... – by Steve Cochrane | 4 Views added 6 months ago
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Christmas eyes of children wish
For toys and much, much more;
The things of magic Santa brings
Just like the year before.
Christmas eyes of young adults;
The ones with kids and wife,
Wish that their family will enjoy
The Christmas part of... – by Steve Cochrane | 2 Views added 6 months ago
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The day that's after yesterday,
I spoke to God in prayer.
I said, "I think I lost my way.
Please show me that you care."
The day before tomorrow I
Was sure I felt God tell
My heart and mind I could rely
That love from Him would dwell
... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 6 months ago
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The more I see and hear and learn,
The more I realize
That though it's not of great concern,
I wish I was more wise!
I also need to help me see
The ways to understand
The levels of complexity
In some of what I've planned.
I also need to... – by Steve Cochrane | 5 Views added 6 months ago
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It's true that there are some who won't
Believe that God is real and don't
Pray to the Lord above.
And there are those who truly feel
God's interventions are not real
And that God is not love!
But I have felt the Lord with me
Each day in... – by Steve Cochrane | 2 Views added 6 months ago
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Your willingness to "speak" your mind
And tell the world just how
The Deaf Community is kind
With love and talent; WOW!
Your wisdom and devotion will
Inspire many who
Feel ostracized by words that fill
Their minds with thoughts untrue.
... – by Steve Cochrane | 6 Views added 6 months ago
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There are some gifts that you won't see
Beneath the yearly Christmas tree,
Because some Christmas gifts are those
That can't be bought like toys or clothes.
There are some gifts like time we share
With those who can't go anywhere
Especially... – by Steve Cochrane | 7 Views added 6 months ago
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There is no one who's good enough
To be accepted in
God's heaven though you may be tough,
You still are clothed with sin.
The Bible says that everyone
Still sins though they accept
By faith what Jesus Christ has done
And promises He's kept!... – by Steve Cochrane | 2 Views added 6 months ago
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Some memories go back and back
And hover for awhile.
Some do feel good while some attack.
And leave hope in a pile.
Some memories can make me glad;
I wish that I had more,
While some depress or make me mad
Just like they did before!
The... – by Steve Cochrane | 5 Views added 6 months ago
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I used to ride my bike a lot.
It took me everywhere;
The city park each day but not
On days real cold or those real hot.
For safety I did care!
Since then, I only drive.
So much has changed when but a boy
I read and read some more.
Much... – by Steve Cochrane | 6 Views added 6 months ago
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He was aloof about the truth
So, lies came easily.
He would embellish and then relish
What "his" truth came to be.
Exaggeration caused elation,
At least inside his head.
The truth he stretched would often fetch
The rumors he had fed.
He... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 6 months ago
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My poetry means much to me
Regardless of response.
I feel the magic, never tragic
Or even nonchalance.
Each word and thought are what I've got
To share with kindred souls,
I share my pain and hope to gain
The filling of all holes!
I also... – by Steve Cochrane | 5 Views added 6 months ago
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Sometimes my Christian ways are weak
And sometimes Christian hope is bleak.
I must recharge each day!
The Bible helps restore my soul
Which also is a daily goal
And helps in every way.
My heartfelt prayers will help me grow
Much more than... – by Steve Cochrane | 4 Views added 6 months ago
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A little nudge so I will budge
To not stay where I am
Is what I hope so I won't mope
And live a life of sham.
Please be a friend who in the end
Will see the help I need
By showing me what I can be
With help so I'll... – by Steve Cochrane | 2 Views added 6 months ago
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Around two million stood outside
The RFK death train
In 1968 beside
The tracks with hope in vain.
They stood on both sides of the track
Saluting, waving, tears,
Hands on their hearts; there was no lack
Of sadness and some fears.
Both... – by Steve Cochrane | 4 Views added 6 months ago
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She still resides within the walls
Where childhood years took place.
Her mom still makes her nightly calls;
But Dad still leaves no trace.
Mom lives in a retirement home
Her daughter got the house.
It has two floors she used to roam;
Alone... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 6 months ago
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It used to be so hard for me
To socialize at all.
Not much to say throughout each day
In classrooms or the hall.
And often when I'd try again
To talk with those I liked,
I'd be afraid as if I made
The school start to dislike
My shyness... – by Steve Cochrane | 8 Views added 6 months ago
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God's mercy is when He won't give
The punishment we deserve,
Despite our sins in how we live;
All things God does observe.
God's grace includes the blessings we
Do not deserve at all,
Because of all the love that He
Gives us despite man's... – by Steve Cochrane | 5 Views added 6 months ago
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The Doctor used the "C" word in
A conference parents dread.
Leukemia is where it's been
For months, now tests ahead.
He'll need blood samples and x-rays
To learn what's best to do.
Your child will miss the time he plays
With friends and... – by Steve Cochrane | 6 Views added 6 months ago
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When I am very sad, I get
Two different kinds of tears;
The kind that is so very wet
And mental ones with fears.
The liquid tears can blur my view
Based on the circumstance,
While mental tears can blur things too,
More often than one... – by Steve Cochrane | 5 Views added 6 months ago
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When you become a new Christian,
Your seeking is not through.
Because before the day is done,
There's work for you to do.
You must begin to build faith on
The solid, holy ground,
Of Jesus' life before the dawn
Of journeys so profound!
In... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 6 months ago
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Katelyn is a silly girl
Who often follows me.
She says my poems make her hurl
And yet she still likes... – by Steve Cochrane | 4 Views added 6 months ago
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The Christmas Child of long ago;
God's gift to all is not
Still in his manger bed although,
It's where He's sometimes sought.
The Christmas Boy cannot be found
In temples where He learned
And taught to those who were around
Who showed they... – by Steve Cochrane | 6 Views added 6 months ago
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A lowly feeding trough was where
Our Savior, Lord was laid.
His Mother Mary put Him there
And for her Child she prayed.
She prayed that she and Joseph would
Be parents who would raise
God's only Son as best they could
For all the world to... – by Steve Cochrane | 4 Views added 6 months ago
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Our God is never lazy nor
Does He take breaks from work.
His blessings are worth waiting for.
His "duties" He won't shirk.
He's not a spare when dreams go flat
He's not a backup plan!
Don't ask in doubt for this or that;
Try hard to... – by Steve Cochrane | 1 View added 6 months ago
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If I went deaf, I would adjust
To life without each sound.
I still would do the things I must
And I would get around.
I also would try hard to learn
To sign with A.S.L.*
I know it's letters and I yearn
To know the words as well!
The Deaf... – by Steve Cochrane | 4 Views added 6 months ago
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Dear God, please help real often so
I will not feel alone.
Please hold my hand and help me grow
In faith that I can own.
Dear God, please help so deeply my
Bone marrow feels it too.
I need your love to help me try
In all I say and do!
... – by Steve Cochrane | 1 View added 7 months ago
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For many smokers, the first time
They smoked a cigarette,
There was a burning in their throat
And coughing with regret.
Most of them, did not quit then
And soon they smoked yet again.
The more they smoked, it then became
Quite easy to... – by Steve Cochrane | 9 Views added 7 months ago
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Sometimes poetic thoughts will come
To me both day and night.
They will persist 'till they exist
In poems that I write.
Such thoughts will try and try to be
Preserved in written form.
If I ignore, they'll try some more
To get me to perform.... – by Steve Cochrane | 4 Views added 7 months ago
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Your husband died, I almost cried
To think of all your pain.
You meant so much, but I lost touch.
All effort was in vain.
The years went by. I had to try
To find out how you were!
Ancestry gave help to me
With info I preferred.
I was so... – by Steve Cochrane | 4 Views added 7 months ago
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I stay away from every crowd;
The movement and the noise
Attack my senses fast and loud
More so with girls and boys.
I also don't have much to say
And even if I did,
Anxiety would keep at bay
What fear will soon forbid.
I've learned to... – by Steve Cochrane | 8 Views added 7 months ago
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Each obstacle that's in our way
Can be a steppingstone
Or we could stumble and delay
Due to a broken bone.
We must approach each barrier
As though a pebble that
Is not an Air Force carrier,
In search of some... – by Steve Cochrane | 4 Views added 7 months ago
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I named my frisbee Caution and
Threw it into the wind.
Soon after it had left my hand,
The wind blew harder, then
My Caution was not strong enough
To get back to the ground.
I guess my caution was not tough;
With many trees... – by Steve Cochrane | 5 Views added 7 months ago
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I do not need to have my way;
I'd rather pray for you.
I hope that you will have a day
Of love that is so true!
I do not pray that I'll be rich,
That's not the wealth I seek.
My wealth is happiness in which
You smile each day and week!
... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 7 months ago
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I'm sorry but I can't help now,
There's someone at the door.
I'll try to get to you somehow
To help you like before.
Oh, sorry but I did forget
To talk with you again.
You've probably have much regret
With most of that in sin.
I'm sure... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 7 months ago
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I went to a fair and when I got there
The animals were clearly in charge.
They wanted to show they could make a go
With humans no longer... – by Steve Cochrane | 1 View added 7 months ago
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The lessons of God are quite frequent.
They come whenever they come.
So, try to be real diligent
And wait for lessons to come!
God usually teaches quite slowly
To give us the time to learn.
All things He teaches are holy
And things that all... – by Steve Cochrane | 4 Views added 7 months ago
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Your worries won't help anything
So, do your best to stop.
Enjoy what should make all hearts sing;
A bucket with a drop.
Your worries won't help you at all.
They aren't a magic potion.
Despite how many times you fall,
They're just drops in... – by Steve Cochrane | 2 Views added 7 months ago
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My thing-a-ma-bob is my new tool
I really think it is so cool
Especially when that doodad
Does more than every tool I've had.
A whose-it and a doohickey
Are not as good since they can't be
A tool that's like my thing-a-ma-jig
Which helps me... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 7 months ago
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There is a kind of shadow in
My mind that tries to block
The light of Jesus deep within.
What happened to the flock?
The flock and I were grazing when
The cloud began to form.
It seemed to darken in the glen
Preparing for a storm.
My... – by Steve Cochrane | 5 Views added 7 months ago
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Despite when they are feeling bad
With sickness or with pain,
A few say they will not be glad
To see the Doc again.
Some people think the Doc will find
A mess somewhere inside
And though the Doctor will be kind,
The patient wants to hide.
... – by Steve Cochrane | 2 Views added 7 months ago
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Isabella met a fella
On the internet.
His name was Steve
Who did believe
She was the best one... – by Steve Cochrane | 8 Views added 7 months ago
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When Satan brings temptation and
He does so every day,
We must be quick to understand
That faith will win the day!
If we do not resist him fast,
Temptation might just last and last!
Please pray about what you should do
Before temptation... – by Steve Cochrane | 1 View added 7 months ago
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I wonder do I fear success
From my low self-esteem,
Which I can't prove but I do guess
Is part of my life scheme.
Low self-esteem can make me feel
I don't deserve success.
How to proceed does not seem real
When life is such a mess.
I... – by Steve Cochrane | 4 Views added 7 months ago
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It's normal when we worry, though
It won't do any good.
Since worry will not help us go
And do the things we should.
Some people still confuse concern
With worry though they're not
The same so everyone should learn
Concern is useful... – by Steve Cochrane | 5 Views added 7 months ago
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When we praise God, we show we care
About our Lord and King.
It really helps to know just where
Our thoughts should go with love and care
To deal with everything.
Our praise will also help us show
That problems aren't as bad
As we first... – by Steve Cochrane | 2 Views added 7 months ago
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When I was just a small, young boy
My momma said "Believe
The Bible or you won't enjoy
Life God meant for you Steve!"
When I was just a teenage guy
My daddy said to me,
"Son learn to pray so you'll know why
Yor faith can set you free!"
... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 7 months ago
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What does it mean to be normal?
One view says it's when you are formal
In all you do and say.
Another view is be the same
As those whose team is in the game
No matter what they play.
I understand just what they mean
Since... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 7 months ago
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I need to see serenity
Begin to dominate
The way I feel and not conceal
How fear affects my fate.
I need to change and rearrange
How I react to things
That seem to be affecting me
Until my courage sings.
My wisdom lacks when fear... – by Steve Cochrane | 2 Views added 7 months ago
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Don't fill your mind with thoughts unkind;
Such thoughts will stay and have their way
Until you push them out.
Don't let them in, instead begin
To fight each thought or you will not
Prevent them causing... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 7 months ago
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For many years I guarded time
When not at home since I
First had anxiety that climbed
Into my life so sly.
Free time for me was hard to find
To do what I felt like.
The same was true and by design
When chores at home did spike.
My... – by Steve Cochrane | 4 Views added 7 months ago
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Some things in life are beautiful;
A thought so many share.
Those things help life become less dull
With magic sometimes rare!
One source is art where thoughts and dreams
Are shown with colors and
Can help us see just what life seems
To be... – by Steve Cochrane | 2 Views added 7 months ago
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Please help me Lord to truly see
Your nature's shapes in front of me.
And help me to appreciate
The colors You alone did make.
Please Help me notice nature's songs
That soothe my soul where I belong
With music only You compose
In varied... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 7 months ago
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Sometimes I feel my life's adrift
On oceans of my thoughts.
No matter how the wind will shift,
My stomach fills with knots.
Sometimes I'm like hot-air balloons
Adrift with clouds of hope.
As wind plays on some lonely tunes
And I try hard to... – by Steve Cochrane | 2 Views added 7 months ago
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I used to feel bad luck was real
In all I did or say.
It often seemed to be that way
No matter what the deal.
Each day I felt that life had delt
Worst-case scenarios,
While walking on my aching toes
As dreams began to melt.
I hesitate;... – by Steve Cochrane | 4 Views added 7 months ago
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Why did anxiety increase
Its strength when it returned
And when it grows, I have no peace;
My hope and plans are burned!
Was I the one who flipped the switch
Or pushed the button in,
That caused my armor to unhitch
And let the bully in?
... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 7 months ago
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I know that I do not do well
In making friends inside my shell
Which I can't leave behind.
But does the world fulfill a need
In making sure I don't succeed
With what won't leave my mind.
How could I when the phone won't ring
Nor when the... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 7 months ago
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Tribes surviving, once were thriving;
Buffalos the same.
So high in numbers, expert hunters,
But then the Pilgrims came.
At first good friends, each group would lend
And give what others need.
But time went by and they did try
To stay away... – by Steve Cochrane | 7 Views added 7 months ago
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It's called conducive loneliness.
Sometimes it follows mild duress
When no one else is 'round.
It's what you sense, the days you feel
Rejection that life won't conceal
And tears fall to the ground.
Reclusiveness is not a choice,
It's when... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 7 months ago
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This week has not been very good
At least inside my mind,
I did not write the way I could;
The words so hard to find.
Anxiety attacks my soul
And hurts poetic thoughts.
This week has taken such a toll.
My soul is tied in knots!
Please... – by Steve Cochrane | 2 Views added 7 months ago
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At first, I thought that I was shy,
But soon I knew there's more
Than shyness getting into my
School social needs encore.
Psychology helped me to learn
Much deeper truths about
The real me that caused much concern
And lots of more... – by Steve Cochrane | 9 Views added 7 months ago
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When there's a need, I plant a seed
Of hope so they won't quit.
I help them see that they can be
A "gardener" bit by bit,
But not the kind that you would find
With tools to work the earth.
I mean the place behind your face
Where plans and... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 7 months ago
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My little Billy was so silly
On one October day.
He climbed a tree so he could see
An object far away.
I asked him why the big blue sky
Was interesting to
His little eyes; to my surprise
He said that he could view
A tall giraffe and so I... – by Steve Cochrane | 4 Views added 7 months ago
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Please don't compare yourself at all
To anyone you know.
You just don't know how big or small
Things changed their life and so
Please also do not wish that you
Could have a better life.
Instead ask God to help you through
Whatever causes... – by Steve Cochrane | 5 Views added 7 months ago
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You can feel the rhythm through
Each poem that I write,
If you will only let your mind
Begin poetic flight!
Imagination shows you how
Reality can change
Inside the minds of those who dream
Of life that's rearranged.
The metaphors and... – by Steve Cochrane | 5 Views added 7 months ago
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I saw a bee who then saw me
Climb up an apple tree.
As if to see and hope that he
Would leave so I could pee.
He... – by Steve Cochrane | 2 Views added 7 months ago
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There was a dude who was so crude
In everything he did;
And yet just now he learned somehow
A song heard in childhood.
It took him years and sometimes tears
With thoughts that would intrude
His many days of practice ways;
The Beatles' song,... – by Steve Cochrane | 1 View added 7 months ago
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My life seems like a river that
Flows quickly to the south.
I cannot yell for help or chat
Since water fills my mouth.
I sometimes will move "with the flow"
The way most people do,
Yet there are times that I must go
Upstream to see the... – by Steve Cochrane | 2 Views added 7 months ago
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N ot really is my style.
O ften, it's worthwhile.
R eviewing past events
M ight help to reinvent
A ll images of me,
L ike how I want to... – by Steve Cochrane | 9 Views added 7 months ago
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It's "one of those days" again
Just like the ones before.
I've noticed how they all begin
And this is just one more.
On some days I have two left feet,
If I find them at all,
Which makes it hard to stop and greet
Someone before I "fall".
... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 7 months ago
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Were you in the wilderness,
Like Hebrews long ago?
If so, then you should go confess
The sins that you now know
Convinced the Lord that what He taught
Has been ignored by you,
So that is why He says you've got
More practicing to do!
... – by Steve Cochrane | 5 Views added 7 months ago
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Two sisters that are different
And yet so much the same.
In videos they do present
Their love is not a game!
They laugh and smile and "talk" a lot,
Because they do enjoy
Each other's silliness that's not
Deception to employ.
The Deaf... – by Steve Cochrane | 1 View added 7 months ago
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I do not drink some alcohol
To celebrate for fun.
Nor do I have beliefs at all
About it being done.
I do not smoke some cigarettes.
The way my lungs would be,
Because the smoke won't ever let
Good health be there for me.
I do not take... – by Steve Cochrane | 5 Views added 7 months ago
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I really like esprit de corps.
For sports, for jobs, for school and more.
It's when we try to get along
Regardless if we're right or wrong.
It doesn't matter win or lose,
But on behavior that you choose
That shows if you are rich or poor
In... – by Steve Cochrane | 2 Views added 7 months ago
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I don't agree as you can see
In giving you your way.
I worked real hard in my backyard
For most of yesterday.
So why would I agree to try
The lawnmower you bought,
When I can sit to benefit
My back with time I've got?
Perhaps next week... – by Steve Cochrane | 1 View added 7 months ago
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I seem to be distracted now,
But why is that the way?
A mystery that I somehow
Must figure out today.
I wonder did I sleep enough
Last night which can cause me
To have a day that seems quite rough
In my activity?
Or maybe I'm beginning... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 7 months ago
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Imaginations can be stretched;
Creativeness alive,
But hopefully it will not fetch
A lie that we connived.
When truth is stretched, it can snap back
And hurt the lying one.
The one whose truth was stretched too thin
With honor down to... – by Steve Cochrane | 5 Views added 7 months ago
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I lost my train of thought today.
I don't know where it went.
At first, my train was on its way
Expressing what I meant.
I thought I saw it hug the tracks
When going 'round the curve.
That's why I never could relax
From what I did observe!
... – by Steve Cochrane | 1 View added 7 months ago
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The next time you don't like yourself
Remember past success.
Sometimes a memory helps you
To slowly reassess.
Rethink the way you view the past;
Review the good and bad
And reexamine what you thought
Especially when glad.
Revisit every... – by Steve Cochrane | 4 Views added 7 months ago
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Dear Lord, I need serenity
To face all my adversity.
The walls are closing in.
I must accept that life has frowns
And sometimes quickly knocks me down.
Self-image hurts within.
Please grant me courage in each fight
So I may stand through... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 7 months ago
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There was a girl named Leslie
Whose poems are so expressly
Begun with hope and smiles
And travel many... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 7 months ago
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Sometimes worst-case scenarios
Are born inside my head
A mental Boogie Man who shows
The kind of life I've led.
The kind of life where fear stops by
And even in my dreams
Wreaks havoc even though I try
To think of things like streams.
My... – by Steve Cochrane | 2 Views added 7 months ago
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"The objects in the mirror
Are closer than they appear"
Another way for me to say
Mirages disappear.
Believe not all you hear.
"There's more than meets the eye"
And certainly that's why
Before you leap into the deep
Lake you must really... – by Steve Cochrane | 4 Views added 7 months ago
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My heart, my soul, my inner self
Connect with poetry.
When they align, their strength combines
In creativity!
The poetry finds abstract ways
Through metaphors and drive.
They make a spark within the dark
And make words come alive!
The... – by Steve Cochrane | 5 Views added 7 months ago
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I love to have simplicity
In all I do and see
Because the complicated ways
Can leave me in a daze.
A simple sunset in the sky
With lovely cloud shapes for each eye
Along with flowers in the yard
And wind through trees make it quite hard
... – by Steve Cochrane | 4 Views added 8 months ago
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No matter what your friends might say
About the things you do,
You must begin to see that they
Can't live your life for you.
To stand apart from them must be
A choice you make alone
Or else if you should disagree,
Your thoughts may not be... – by Steve Cochrane | 2 Views added 8 months ago
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Sometimes the truth is hidden in
A poem camouflaged
With metaphors and similes
That wait to be dislodged.
And there is poetry that will
Express opinions through
The story poems that reveal
What life has brought to view.
But don't get... – by Steve Cochrane | 2 Views added 8 months ago
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Miss Emily wrote carefully
Her poems in the night.
And many were conceived by her
In rooms without much light.
When poems said words in her head,
She sometimes would then choose
Such words like I and me and my;
Not trying to confuse.
... – by Steve Cochrane | 4 Views added 8 months ago
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The call I made to you last night
Was made by accident
Because I got the number wrong
Without the slightest hint
A girl that I had never met
Would soon pick up her phone
And say hello in such a way,
I would not feel alone.
Your angel... – by Steve Cochrane | 2 Views added 8 months ago
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Sometimes I feel like life's a blur
Because sometimes I'm insecure.
I often try to rearrange
Conditions I can never change.
I cannot reinvent the wheel
Nor build mousetraps with more appeal.
But when I fear embarrassment
Like those that fate... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 8 months ago
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I thought I knew the answer but
It fell short of the goal.
So though I gave you bad advice,
At least I did console
My tearful friend so you would know
That you are not alone.
I'll stay until you start to show
The faith you need to own.
... – by Steve Cochrane | 7 Views added 8 months ago
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I knew it had to end but still
It came too soon for me,
Since hours seemed like seconds 'till
The ending came to be.
I loved that final day with you
Which made it hard to say
Goodbye to one I loved so true.
You did not feel that way.
But... – by Steve Cochrane | 2 Views added 8 months ago
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Apparently, it seems to me,
My silliness is not
As recognized to other eyes
Who read my stuff and thought
"Why did he say his stuff that way?
Did he try to offend
The readers of his plastic love
And when will it all end?"
That never was... – by Steve Cochrane | 2 Views added 8 months ago
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A British winter in the night
Can have such icy gales,
Like when the NAO's pattern has
Its bitter winter "tales".
The Polar Vortex will add to
The northern wind factors
And colder, drier, snowy days
Can be a cold detractor.
So, if you... – by Steve Cochrane | 5 Views added 8 months ago
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The house was empty, dark, and bare;
So much neglect since folks lived there.
It used to be a family home
Where parents watched their children roam
As well as see them play and grow
Through years of life, they came to know.
Now windows barred... – by Steve Cochrane | 2 Views added 8 months ago
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When you were young, a parent taught
You what to never touch;
But if you didn't learn what not
To grasp, then pain as such
Was what took place when fingers burn
Or they got cut because you played
Instead of showing you had learned
What to... – by Steve Cochrane | 2 Views added 8 months ago
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I know that Jesus is my Friend
My Teacher and my Guide.
He will be these from start to end;
His love can't be denied!
He teaches me what I should know
In ways that I can learn.
His lessons can be on the go
Or slow if I'm concerned.
He... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 8 months ago
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There's evidence of reticence
Quite deep within my soul
I do not care when it got there,
But best ways for control.
I've never been a Howard Hughs
Or Emily Dickinson,
And yet I know how to avoid
The public because I'm one
Afraid of their... – by Steve Cochrane | 2 Views added 8 months ago
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The Devil seldom will attempt
To motivate a sin
Directly since it's obvious
And does not often win.
Instead, he often will deceive
Us with a reason that
Will not appear to be sinful
But seems the right format.
Sometimes he tries to get... – by Steve Cochrane | 7 Views added 8 months ago
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Somedays I will begin a chore
And work until I'm through.
But there are times when I need more
Incentive, oh so true!
Sometimes it's just my silly mood
That causes my delay;
A reason that is oh so crude
And slowly goes away.
Sometimes I... – by Steve Cochrane | 4 Views added 8 months ago
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Beside my feet there was a sound
Of dancing leaves upon the ground
That never once began to slow
Their pace and rhythm on the go.
Some danced in circles with the wind
As though excited with a friend
Because they were at last so free
From what... – by Steve Cochrane | 2 Views added 8 months ago
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It "heals all wounds" and "marches on"
And even "flies" before it's gone
Sometimes it's money all have spent
Performing work to pay the rent;
But keep your secrets hidden well
Because they say that it will... – by Steve Cochrane | 2 Views added 8 months ago
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It's not enough to fight each thought
That Satan tries brings along
With all temptations he has brought
To those with faith not strong.
We must replace each negative
Idea when it starts
With ones that are quite positive
Protecting mind and... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 8 months ago
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I cannot reach like those who preach
But I do have a way,
Because I choose to spread Good News
Through poetry each day.
I am too meek to ever speak
To any size of crowd.
But I can write both day and night
And never be too loud.
I do... – by Steve Cochrane | 2 Views added 8 months ago
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I have a need that won't succeed
Without my precious Lord.
I've tried before but needed more;
A loss I can't afford.
I need to pray to God each day
Or weakness will ensue;
It helps my walk with God to talk
With praise that is so true.
If... – by Steve Cochrane | 2 Views added 8 months ago
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Moods on each sleeve like when I grieve;
Some things I cannot hide
Like when I'm lonely and I'm only
Starting to backslide.
Sometimes I'll say it is that way
Because that's how I feel
And yet I've found that those around
Wish I did not... – by Steve Cochrane | 7 Views added 8 months ago
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A matter of concern can fill
My mind "in no time flat",
And there it stays at least until
I find just where it's at.
A matter of opinion can
Grab my attention too,
It sometimes seems more friendly than
The things that I should do.
A... – by Steve Cochrane | 4 Views added 8 months ago
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In childhood, it did not seem odd
With parents who would seem so flawed.
Even then with many clues.
I think I understand just how
They failed in what they did allow.
Even so, the best they tried to choose.
It will take time to separate
... – by Steve Cochrane | 6 Views added 8 months ago
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My Siya is a special kind
Of Woman, so beautiful and more!
I never thought I'd ever find
Someone I so easily... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 8 months ago
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God's promises are found throughout
His Holy Word to see,
And yet, I've had infrequent doubt
That they applied to me.
The Bible says we are to care
About ourselves each day,
And that we never should compare
With those along the way.
Yet... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 8 months ago
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The Boy Scouts say to be prepared
In all you plan to do.
When I was one, they often shared
Advice that was so true!
To be prepared does not mean wait
Until you see the need,
Because for those who hesitate,
They probably won't succeed.
... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 8 months ago
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Sometimes my thoughts will go astray.
It happens every single day,
Especially when I am tired.
The Devil seems to know just when
I start to daydream once again
And tempts me when they have expired.
I need the Shepherd guiding me
When... – by Steve Cochrane | 4 Views added 8 months ago
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In New York there is history
Of immigrants who sought
Their freedom from the misery
Of homelands filled with fraught.
Some left behind the home and friends,
They had for many years.
Not knowing where their search would end,
While drowning... – by Steve Cochrane | 6 Views added 8 months ago
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You do not need to thank me now,
Although I did help you.
I serve the Lord some way, somehow
For awe that He is due!
You do not need to pay me back,
I try to see the need
Of life gone wrong or things they lack;
The help that God decreed!
... – by Steve Cochrane | 5 Views added 8 months ago
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For centuries, the Indians
Did not share land with anyone,
Because no other group was there
'Till sixteen hundred twenty-one.
That year, the Pilgrims thought they'd share
The land with natives unaware
If peace would be agreed upon
By... – by Steve Cochrane | 6 Views added 8 months ago
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When horses pulled a plow back then,
Before the tractors did,
Sometimes they were distracted when
They saw something amid
Surrounding lands with bushes that
Might have something among
Their branches, leaves worth looking at
Like critters... – by Steve Cochrane | 9 Views added 8 months ago
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The bear is old and yet behold,
There's strength beneath his fur.
He may be slow, but please don't go
Too close as you just were!
His eyes grow dim, but you see him.
Don't let old age be why
You risk so much so you can touch
A bear no... – by Steve Cochrane | 5 Views added 8 months ago
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Regardless of how many say
That beauty is one thing, on way,
It's really just subjective due
To it cannot be proven true.
The same is said for poetry
And art and all photography,
As well as music that we love
Like hymns that come from God... – by Steve Cochrane | 2 Views added 8 months ago
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I do not have a schedule nor
A boss who judges me.
I do not have a lunch time or
A place I need to be.
I get up when I choose to rise
And no one can complain,
At least it would not be too wise;
Objections are in vain.
These are the facts... – by Steve Cochrane | 2 Views added 8 months ago
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I really do look forward to
A visit to Vermont.
It's also true I've ordered new
Strong hiking shoes I want.
The kind of shoees thay t hikers use
You seldom hear about.
The sturdy kind that you can find
Near camping gear, no doubt.
I... – by Steve Cochrane | 2 Views added 8 months ago
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One boy went up who was named Jimmy.
One boy went down named Dave.
They both were tall and skinny,
And usually behaved.
Each chose another way to find
The treasure kids hope for,
But neither cared they left behind
Their friend next to a... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 8 months ago
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I hope you stay safe through each day
And have no fearful pout
Tomorrow and what comes your way.
Please throw away all doubt!
Please call me anytime you are
Real lonely; we can talk,
And if if you want I'll come by car
So we can take a... – by Steve Cochrane | 2 Views added 8 months ago
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The "Self-fulfilling Prophesy"
Is very real for you!
I hear it in the things you say
And in the things you do!
You show no faith or hope each day,
Just go through motions and
You seem to wander everywhere;
No hint of any plan!
Please... – by Steve Cochrane | 2 Views added 8 months ago
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To what did you aspire
The day you chose the fire?
You chose when you said, "No"!
Did you not know you chose
To not believe He rose,
So none to hell would go?
You must believe you won't
Be with God if you don't
Receive forgiveness and
... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 8 months ago
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When I was young at Sunday School
I didn't think of it as cool.
My parents wanted me to learn
Of good and bad so I'd discern
What matched the Golden Rule.
In my teen years, I also went
To Sunday School and then I spent
My time with fewer... – by Steve Cochrane | 4 Views added 8 months ago
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If you are low in self-esteem
And don't like what you "see"
Each time the view of "Mirror You"
Is not what it should be,
Or if you're angry all the time
And lack some self-control,
Ask God to come and give you some
While strengthening your... – by Steve Cochrane | 2 Views added 8 months ago
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To seek the Lord, a Treasure hunt
Beyond all earthly gold,
Is worth more than you'll ever want
Or ever will behold!
To find the Lord is lasting peace,
More than you've ever had.
It's something you cannot increase
Alone, to make God glad.
... – by Steve Cochrane | 5 Views added 8 months ago
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Please ponder all eternity
In heaven with your God!
Please think of endless happiness,
As easy as a nod.
Please say and please believe it's true;
You cannot save your soul.
Please know your faith will get you in,
If heaven is your... – by Steve Cochrane | 5 Views added 8 months ago
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The spark became a fire
Just because of sad neglect,
Which animals could smell and see
Because of its effect.
The clouds will surely gather
And the tears will surely fall,
When slowly every blaze moves on
Destroying homes of all!
How... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 8 months ago
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Outside at night I saw a sight
With Shiloh in the yard.
I tried to see above the tree,
But clouds made it quite hard
As I was thinking, clouds were blinking;
Moving through the sky.
To my surprise I realized
What just had "caught my eye".
... – by Steve Cochrane | 4 Views added 8 months ago
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The Bible says that Christians are
The branches on God's Vine,
That should produce the fruit, by far
The very holy kind.
The love for all that Jesus had
Applies to everyone,
Including those considered bad
Regardless of their "fun".
We... – by Steve Cochrane | 2 Views added 8 months ago
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Even though I try to smile
It only lasts for just awhile
Because anxiety is real
It often is the way I feel.
Even if I'm with someone
Who I think is so much fun,
At times it's hard to push away
The darker thoughts that come my way.
Even... – by Steve Cochrane | 2 Views added 8 months ago
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If you have never worn my shoes
Then tell me why it is you choose
To criticize the path I take
Or destinations that I make
A part of life you do not know
Or reasons why I to live it so.
Don't tell me how to tie each shoe,
Since you don't... – by Steve Cochrane | 5 Views added 8 months ago
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I feel the magic in my mind
And sometimes in my heart,
When rhymes and meter help me find
The way words play a part
In putting pictures in my head
Of things that I have sought
To do or want to, so instead
Tell of the dreams I've got.
... – by Steve Cochrane | 5 Views added 8 months ago
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For me, it's never been a choice.
I listened to my inner voice
And fell in love with you!
I could not help myself back then.
I only know it happened when
You came into my view.
Although I never have believed
That love by sight can be... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 8 months ago
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My idiosyncrasies
Is what some people think of me,
Because they can't explain my ways
And probable think I'm in a haze.
I'm sure that I confuse
The ones who often choose
To judge those not the same
And do not play their game!
I'm glad... – by Steve Cochrane | 2 Views added 8 months ago
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A portal to your heart;
Is what I need to start
To show just how I feel
And that my love is real.
More than a glance, I need a chance
So I can show, my heart's aglow!
Please tell me what to do,
To have all love from you?
I know I've just... – by Steve Cochrane | 1 View added 8 months ago
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I should have sought adult advice
So many years ago
When shyness made me pay the price
That lonely people know.
But I did not!
I could have talked to teachers who
Showed some concern for me
And asked them just what I should do
For courage... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 8 months ago
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Unraveling and traveling
In time without a name.
The tattered thread is mine to dread;
Anxiety not tame.
The ragged space between each place
Where I have stood and fought,
Against my foe; a worn out show
Of tattered dreams still sought.
... – by Steve Cochrane | 1 View added 8 months ago
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I cannot take my words from you;
They went inside your mind.
I don't know why you'd want me to;
True love is hard to find.
I can't put toothpaste back inside
The tube it just escaped,
Nor with a horse can I unride
As if time was reshaped.
... – by Steve Cochrane | 2 Views added 8 months ago
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Sometimes I feel so lonely.
Sometimes I am so blue.
It always seems I'm only
In search of friends like you!
Somehow, it's never easy and
Somehow new friends aren't near.
It always seems as if I'm banned,
Which livens up my fear.
... – by Steve Cochrane | 4 Views added 8 months ago
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Weather or not you noticed,
Your tone is an afront to me.
Your occluded ways I can see
Because you do not focus.
On boundaries you do not cross.
Yes, you afront each day and night
Both hot and cold in lightning bright.
So many friends... – by Steve Cochrane | 2 Views added 8 months ago
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I need my Jesus everywhere,
Because I know He'll always care.
I want to sense Him everyday
Through all my work and all my play.
That means I need Him every time
Because I'm human therefore I'm
In need of Him in everything,
Because of all the... – by Steve Cochrane | 4 Views added 8 months ago
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She had a faded curtain in
Her tiny living room,
But never seemed to notice it
Within her lonely gloom.
She never opened up the drapes,
Preferring not to see
The world outside with people shapes
That live so happily.
It would not do her... – by Steve Cochrane | 2 Views added 8 months ago
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I must believe a way for me
Is just ahead though I can't see
The path that will allow me to
Do what will make my plans come true.
I keep on praying and I'm saying,
"Please God show me the way.
I've been around but have not found
The answer... – by Steve Cochrane | 4 Views added 8 months ago
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My love for her flowed on and on
With currents strong and wide.
How could I know they'd flow upon
A sandbar on the side.
I did my best to tenderly
Pull her away from all
That kept her far away from me
And then a waterfall
Enticed her to... – by Steve Cochrane | 5 Views added 8 months ago
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I really like most poetry
With metaphors and similes.
They fill my mind so full!
It's hard for me to think or say
Poetic thoughts without a way
Of thoughts that don't seem dull.
And yet, I would feel out of place
If somehow by God's... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 8 months ago
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She said, "I do not understand
And probably never will,
That you object to what I've planned;
My hope you often kill!"
Before today, all things seemed right
Between my friend and me.
But slowly she began to fight
The ways I hoped would be
... – by Steve Cochrane | 5 Views added 8 months ago
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Poetry means much to me,
Especially when it rhymes.
I have a need to often read
Some poems many times.
Art also is a way to show
Poetic thoughts with paint.
Each picture can quite long withstand
The test of time's restraint.
And Music is... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 8 months ago
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Please, Jesus would you choose the day
And then please choose the time,
As I go on about my way,
That You have planned while I'm
Here waiting for your miracle
That always comes right where
And how you chose Your perfect will,
Because of how... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 8 months ago
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If I had a wish
That would in fact come true,
I'd not ask for fish!
You might think I'm nuts
To waste a wish that way,
But I love peanuts!
When I am in a nice store,
I always buy some... – by Steve Cochrane | 2 Views added 8 months ago
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When I was just a little boy,
My Momma said to me,
"Why don't you spend time with a toy
Instead of poetry?"
I looked at her and I replied,
"My poetry can't be denied.
If I don't put my words in verse,
I'll fade in a poetic curse!"
My... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 8 months ago
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When I was 12, I wasn't cool
The final year at Franklin School.
I was just one more student who
Knew not where life would lead him to.
I felt I was another guy
With few friends since I was quite shy.
No one expressed much hope for me,
Until... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 8 months ago
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It seems I've had anxiety
Forever and a day.
The only "real" reality
That never goes away.
The Bible helps and praying too,
But something else helps me.
My silliness and humor do
A lot to set me free.
From some of my less serious
... – by Steve Cochrane | 2 Views added 8 months ago
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Some people will just talk and talk
With no one else around.
They sometimes stand and sometimes walk
Outside in their hometown.
Some have been heard in arguments,
Perhaps with Shadow Self.
No telling how much time was spent;
The subjects... – by Steve Cochrane | 1 View added 8 months ago
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Please do not love the things you see
Or pictures in your mind.
All lust and envy may be free,
But will cost you, in time!
Don't let pride cause a mental cloud,
That image can mislead.
Our Lord once said do not be proud.
My words you must... – by Steve Cochrane | 4 Views added 8 months ago
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You're not my brother nor my son.
You're not my father; I've only one.
You're not my uncle and you're not
A grandfather that death had bought.
No, you are not a kin of mine,
But as a friend, you do just... – by Steve Cochrane | 4 Views added 8 months ago
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I do not know the life you've had;
We met not long ago.
Don't know if it was good or bad,
Just things you chose to show.
I did not have your parents or
Events that shaped each day.
I cannot guess 'bout life before,
Or analyze your way.
I... – by Steve Cochrane | 2 Views added 8 months ago
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There is a reason in this season,
And in the other three,
Why God allows bad things somehow
Preparing you and me.
We need to know it helps us grow
As Christian who must learn
The lessons God will never prod
But teach what we should yearn.
... – by Steve Cochrane | 4 Views added 8 months ago
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I seldom have a lot to say.
It always seems to be that way,
Including when I'm with my friends.
My silent way is much, much worse
And sometimes feels just like a curse;
The kind that never ends.
It's better than it was before,
But I still... – by Steve Cochrane | 7 Views added 8 months ago
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Please do not burn your bridges since
They might help you succeed
When you decide you went too far
And friends are what you need.
Beware of how you treat those who
Might be the ones that can help you!
It's not some water 'neath a bridge
... – by Steve Cochrane | 6 Views added 9 months ago
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I know you are afraid to show
The world your poetry,
But I believe they ought to know
Your poet imagery!
I know you share poetic words
Through internet pathways,
But there are some who've never heard
Your poems can amaze!
I know you are... – by Steve Cochrane | 4 Views added 9 months ago
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I am the only Light who shows
When Darkness is around.
There is nobody else who knows
Since I am not earthbound!
I am the only Way for you
To have the afterlife.
You must have faith because it's true,
Regardless of your strife.
I... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 9 months ago
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My Nia is so beautiful,
I have to stare and stare.
Although she plays the field I still
Want all her love and care!
She is a sexy beauty who
I've never met, but I
Have chatted with on Messenger
And time goes quickly by.
I love My Nia;... – by Steve Cochrane | 4 Views added 9 months ago
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God did not send the pain we feel,
Nor mental health we can't conceal.
Discomfort comes to all.
We can't avoid the suffering
Obeying God in everything;
Said the Apostle Paul.
Instead, God will not waste our pain
By teaching values, we can... – by Steve Cochrane | 2 Views added 9 months ago
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Good manners help to pave the way
To help produce a happy day.
Without good manners we would not
Have any of the friends we've got.
Please try to find how to be kind.
Pray in God's name, they do the... – by Steve Cochrane | 4 Views added 9 months ago
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Before there ever was an Earth,
There was no time at all,
The universe did not give birth
To planets big and small,
Until the Lord decided to
Add stars to galaxies.
You might say that His dreams came true
And that He was quite pleased.
... – by Steve Cochrane | 2 Views added 9 months ago
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The new golf course was so much fun,
I didn't want to leave,
But then I overheard someone
Tell rumors to friend, Steve
That he had heard the Bogey Man
Was near, of course, the club;
To find a slice of pumpkin and
Some human flesh as grub.
... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 9 months ago
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I knew a man named Luke
Who thought he might rebuke
The wind for knocking off
His hat right when he coughed,
Before he could complain,
The sky was filled with rain,
So he began to swear
At clouds that didn't care.
Luke started walking... – by Steve Cochrane | 7 Views added 9 months ago
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Please let the words now resonate
Inside your mind. Don't hesitate,
Because your problems won't abate,
Especially if you just sit and wait!
Don't be a victim of the fate
That comes to those who act too late;
Instead look up to Heavens' gate... – by Steve Cochrane | 4 Views added 9 months ago
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I see the rhythm on the page
When I read poetry.
Releasing thoughts once in a cage
Called creativity.
I hear the rhythm in my ears,
When they are read out loud,
Reverberating mental cheers,
Much louder than a crowd.
I feel the rhythm in... – by Steve Cochrane | 7 Views added 9 months ago
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I wish I could write something good;
Each day and every night.
And then create what will not wait
To be my poem's light.
I've written more than years before
And I am learning how
Variety has helped me be
The poet I am now.
I also choose... – by Steve Cochrane | 5 Views added 9 months ago
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I do have nervous energy.
That's what my teacher said of me
In Junior High School class one day.
I never knew I was that way.
I guess it was my way to cope;
The walk across my life's tightrope,
Which happened every day at school
So, it... – by Steve Cochrane | 5 Views added 9 months ago
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Be careful in all things you do,
Like when you buy a car.
Please have it checked by one that you
Can trust, so it goes far.
The same is true when you look for
A house to call your own.
Don't just rely on honesty,
Because of things unknown.
... – by Steve Cochrane | 4 Views added 9 months ago
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A poet needs to have three ears;
The first two for all sounds.
The third one is the one he needs
For words that float around.
Those are the stand-out words he hears
That grab attention tight,
And shake him 'till he finds a pen
So, he can... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 9 months ago
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He did believe that Jesus died
To save us all from sin.
In fact, he said all day he cried
When Jesus came within!
But soon the glow of faith began
To slowly disappear,
Despite believing in the Man
Who taught to all, "Don't fear!"
He gave... – by Steve Cochrane | 2 Views added 9 months ago
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When you walk with me in the park
The time dissolves too fast.
It never seems to last,
Because it soon gets very dark.
I want to stay right here with you
And hold you till the night is through.!
I feel that I can handle life
When I am by... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 9 months ago
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There is much peace in gardens where
You can escape in style
And leave behind anxiety,
If only for awhile.
There are so many kinds of plants
That you can grow alone,
But know that you will fight the ants
Until the plants are grown.
The... – by Steve Cochrane | 8 Views added 9 months ago
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Please help me bless You, Lord my God,
I owe You that and more.
With thoughts of You, I am quite awed.
On me Your blessings pour!
Please help me bless You with a song;
That makes all people sing,
While all musicians play along
To honor our... – by Steve Cochrane | 8 Views added 9 months ago
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I am a sentimental Steve;
A tear or two will flow
Whenever I see someone grieve
Or Christians on the go.
The way I felt when students learned
And then began to thrive
At school where they were never spurned;
Their confidence revived!
And... – by Steve Cochrane | 4 Views added 9 months ago
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I am a sentimental Steve,
A tear or two will flow
Whenever I see someone grieve
Or Christians on the go.
The way I felt when students learned
And then began to thrive
At school where they were never spurned,
Their confidence revived.
And... – by Steve Cochrane | 14 Views added 9 months ago
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Please prayerize and realize
What praying means to God.
He wants to hear about your fear.
To Him you are not odd.
Then picturize and be real wise
With faith that you will see
Your God create results so great;
More than your heartfelt plea!
... – by Steve Cochrane | 4 Views added 9 months ago
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I cannot prove there is a God;
No scientific proof,
But all those flowers in the sod
And birds above my roof?
Where did all colors come from then,
As well as wind in trees?
And what caused rivers to begin
Along with salty seas?
I find it... – by Steve Cochrane | 5 Views added 9 months ago
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He prowls around the Earth to find
A victim to devour.
He's always looking for the kind
Of prey quite weak in power.
He seldom looks within the flock;
He knows the Shepherd's there,
Instead, he finds ones with sweet talk
And promises... – by Steve Cochrane | 4 Views added 9 months ago
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I knew a man named Paul
Who thought he knew it all.
He felt it was his job to say
At least a dozen times each day,
"You're doing that wrong!"
He made the workers feel uptight
Each time he said to, "Do it right".
They cheered each time he... – by Steve Cochrane | 5 Views added 9 months ago
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No sorrow for yourself yet I
Do shed my tears for you
Each time you feel life's pain and sigh,
Unsure of what to do.
I know I've said all this before
Which might turn you away,
To hear those words from me once more
Of how I feel today.
... – by Steve Cochrane | 19 Views added 9 months ago
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The lonely trail will never know
What it feels like to have weeds grow
Upon it now an endless way
To go through life with tears that stay.
The trail that once was narrow and
A place you'd think would not expand,
And yet, it's now a crowed... – by Steve Cochrane | 4 Views added 9 months ago
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Too many things to count are now
A part of me today,
Each having changed my life somehow
Though when I cannot say.
Despite the ways they came to be,
They changed at least a part of me;
Intensity as well as strength,
The frequency as well as... – by Steve Cochrane | 9 Views added 9 months ago
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More lessons can be learned when we
Ask God to help us know
Whatever He wants us to "see"
That good times do not show.
Much deeper lessons help us learn,
When God decides to teach
The skills that help us to discern
Where God wants us to... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 9 months ago
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I hear the song of night and it
Is such a lovely tune,
Which calls me out until I sit
Beneath the lighted moon.
The symphony of sounds go on
And through each melody
The notes caress me on the lawn
And hold me tenderly!
I wish the songs... – by Steve Cochrane | 5 Views added 9 months ago
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There was a selfish man who had
A very selfish boy,
And everyone thought it was sad
That they did not enjoy
The giving and the sharing which
So many others do,
Because such kindness helps enrich
Their lives and others too.
The neighbors... – by Steve Cochrane | 6 Views added 9 months ago
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The hardest burdens you may find
In life will always stay behind,
Like shadows when you face the bright
And warming glow of Jesus'... – by Steve Cochrane | 4 Views added 9 months ago
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You once were like an ocean that
Had wind tossed waves so strong.
You lacked direction; a long term fact,
With nowhere to belong.
It took awhile, but when you read
The twenty-third Psalm,
A peace just like a small pond led
Like those that... – by Steve Cochrane | 5 Views added 9 months ago
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Anxiety is mean to me;
I'm socially impaired.
It's hard to make without a mistake
A friend who truly cared
Enough to try and accept me shy
Through lonely, hopeful days.
Some people don't and some just won't
Accept me in my ways!
At least... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 9 months ago
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The Fire ran fast from tree to tree,
Engulfing all there was to see,
And nothing could escape the wrath
It had for all within its path!
The Wind was sad because it knew
How it had helped the flames renew
And spread so fast without a care
... – by Steve Cochrane | 6 Views added 9 months ago
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She cried and cried and cried some more
Until she could not hear
Her sound of tears she'd heard before
The Wind muted her tears.
She walked and walked and walked some more
'Till Gray Cloud was above,
But low enough so she could talk
About... – by Steve Cochrane | 2 Views added 9 months ago
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The farmer's hands were dark with dirt
Because he was so long at work.
They both looked rough and calloused too
From all the work he had to do.
He raised one hand as if to shield
The sun which shined upon his field
So he could look about his... – by Steve Cochrane | 6 Views added 9 months ago
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For years an empty meadow was
A way I thought of me.
The emptiness was there because
I did not often see
The innate beauty all around,
For those who really care.
All nature's gifts that can be found
Like flowers everywhere.
So many... – by Steve Cochrane | 4 Views added 9 months ago
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If I could make a dream come true,
I know what it would be;
To spend each day with only you
Throughout eternity!
If I could choose the perfect mate,
I'd choose you VERY fast.
There's no chance I would hesitate.
My love will always last!
... – by Steve Cochrane | 8 Views added 9 months ago
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The sunlight came without a sound
And made the morning cheer,
Because the darkness was now gone
To start the new day here!
The morning air that came with it,
Seemed cleaner than before.
It made the trees and bushes too
Feel blessed to have... – by Steve Cochrane | 4 Views added 9 months ago
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You used to make each day of mine
Seem better than before,
Because when I saw you, I thought
That life could give no more!
Each night when I was home and could
Not see you I was sad,
For in me were the thoughts of you
And all the love I... – by Steve Cochrane | 4 Views added 9 months ago
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He built a fence around his yard
As if he felt a need to guard
His privacy, a dog or child
From life's events that can be wild.
Or maybe it was meant to be
A way to ask for privacy
By keeping out all dogs and men
Who might walk through his... – by Steve Cochrane | 2 Views added 9 months ago
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Our ship was travelling through the sea
While it remained quite tame,
But we could not keep up the speed
When it began to rain.
The waves built up real strong and then
Threw us from left to right.
In order to return home safe,
We'd have to... – by Steve Cochrane | 10 Views added 9 months ago
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I will not try to hurry as
If running in a race,
Because I soon get tired and
Cannot keep up the pace.
I do forget at times and run
So rapidly to be
The winner of my mental race;
A race against just... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 9 months ago
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She waits beside a busy road
And all the time she's there,
The people only pass her by
Because they do not care
How long she's had to wait with hope
That someone will be kind
Enough to help her leave this place
Of loneliness behind.
What... – by Steve Cochrane | 4 Views added 9 months ago
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She cried and cried and cried some more
Until she could not hear
The sounds of tears she heard before
'Till Wind drowned noise of tears.
She walked and walked and walked away,
'Till Gray Cloud was above
Her low enough to hear her say
She's... – by Steve Cochrane | 5 Views added 9 months ago
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Behavior I don't understand,
Especially when hate
Propels uncivil action and
Mean words do not abate.
They don't believe the Golden Rule,
Instead they seem to say,
"Be mean to everyone so you'll
Have victory each day".
Not all are... – by Steve Cochrane | 7 Views added 9 months ago
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A whisper here, a whisper there.
The secrets people tell.
All rumors spread without a care
And in half-truths they dwell.
A whisper here, a whisper there.
You need to have a sleuth
To learn why many do not care,
As lies become a truth.
A... – by Steve Cochrane | 5 Views added 9 months ago
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When Shiloh Goes around the yard,
He always tries to smell
The ground that will soon be scarred
By holes he digs so well.
He looks for moles and anything
That he thinks he can find.
I'm glad he never tries to bring
The stuff he leaves... – by Steve Cochrane | 4 Views added 9 months ago
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I tried to tell the French girl Jen,
My name in French is Etienne,
But I believe she did not care
Because she saw my... – by Steve Cochrane | 8 Views added 9 months ago
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Some live in poverty all day;
The kind that can be seen
For some it's always been that way
But they aren't sad or mean.
They have their faith and family
To see them through all things,
And praise the Lord each day they see
More blessings... – by Steve Cochrane | 6 Views added 9 months ago
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You heard my words, but that does not
Show listening took place.
Please pay attention to each thought.
Blank stares are on your face!
You act as if it is okay
To see but not observe.
What if I treated you that way?
Would you know it... – by Steve Cochrane | 10 Views added 9 months ago
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There was a man named Pete
Who felt he must repeat
The words in his head or he might drop dead
And leave his thoughts incomplete.
He learned to speak real fast.
His thoughts were deep and vast.
He began to skip meals, as thoughts were... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 9 months ago
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I do digress and make a mess
Of plans that I have made.
Procrastination and stagnation
Are creeds that need to fade.
You'd think I'd yearn and try to learn
To do my best each day.
But old-time fears of bygone years
Will still get in my way.... – by Steve Cochrane | 4 Views added 9 months ago
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With broken heart, I'll do my part
To help the kids in pain;
Those who confide and those who hide
The sorrow not so plain.
The mental kind is hard to find,
But when I do, I'll try
To put to rest what has depressed
Enough for them to cry.
... – by Steve Cochrane | 4 Views added 9 months ago
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I've known two kinds of journeys through
My many years of life.
The kind that kids are taken to
And those I took my wife.
I think that I enjoyed each one,
At least when I remember fun.
The rest were those of childhood years
That time erodes... – by Steve Cochrane | 4 Views added 9 months ago
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It does no good to worry.
It does no good to try
To make things go in a hurry
And wave as they go bye.
If you believe you can't achieve
The goals inside your mind,
Try hard to wait; God is not late
And see the love you find!
God has his... – by Steve Cochrane | 2 Views added 9 months ago
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If I should never feel the kind
Of love I had for her
With any other girl I find,
I hope that won't deter
My hope that God will help me know
Her love was life's reward
Because I trusted Him to show
The love of God, my... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 9 months ago
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I lie in bed each night to sleep,
But hours are so few
In which my mind will let me keep
My thoughts away from you.
I hope to have some pleasant dreams
Throughout each lonely night,
Yet, hope is all I have it seems
Until we can unite,
... – by Steve Cochrane | 5 Views added 9 months ago
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I threw some words together,
Spontaneous for sure.
With hope that I'd see whether
They were a poet's cure
To find a hidden feeling
Or thoughts I've had before,
That might just help my healing
Bring comfort and much more.
So far, this... – by Steve Cochrane | 2 Views added 9 months ago
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I must try not to grumble,
It shows that faith is weak
And causes one to stumble
When stronger faith I seek.
I must stop all complaining,
Which never helps at all.
It only causes draining
And makes my progress stall.
Instead, I must be... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 9 months ago
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If I should need you, please be there.
Good friends are hard to find!
When I'm with you, I know you care.
My hope begins to shine.
Please do not leave me here too long,
I need your loving smile.
The bad events don't seem so wrong
When you... – by Steve Cochrane | 4 Views added 9 months ago
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If Love was gold, then man's wealth would
Be more than any king,
Because you could not buy or sell
It like a diamond ring.
The wealth it gives would grow for those
Who had it every year,
Since interest would enlarge the love
That made the... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 9 months ago
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All nature is like poetry;
Poetic beauty seen.
It moves like choreography
With bushes in between.
It plays symphonic forest tunes;
Melodic poetry.
Its best times in the afternoon;
A symphony for me.
The poetry of nature will
Combine... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 9 months ago
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I want to be a Barnabus;
"Son of encouragement".
He helped Apostle Paul discuss
Why they from God were sent.
Evangelism was their goal,
So, all could know the Lord;
Eternal life for Christian souls
With God, their faith's reward.
At... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 9 months ago
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If I could have a magic wish
I would not ask for more
Of things that might make me selfish;
I'd think a lot before
I made that wish to really do
The most and best I could,
And so, I'd give my wish to you
To do something quite... – by Steve Cochrane | 7 Views added 9 months ago
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If ever you feel sad, please let
Me help you smile again;
Or if you ever feel upset,
I'll come to you and then
Each moment will be used to find
The happiness you need,
To push sad feelings far behind
Where they will soon recede.
For you... – by Steve Cochrane | 8 Views added 9 months ago
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Can you see me between the lines
Or do you just see ink
In shapes of letters so designed
To take you to the brink?
There's more inside that you can find
To learn what I'm about.
The images are of the kind
That fight creative doubt.
My... – by Steve Cochrane | 12 Views added 9 months ago
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We took a walk into the park;
A lot of talk 'till it was dark.
We laughed at much and gazed at stars
And tried to touch the planet Mars.
The child in us is gone for most.
Adults who fuss and are engrossed
In what they lost or never felt;... – by Steve Cochrane | 4 Views added 9 months ago
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I do not use a canvas or
A palette made of wood,
Instead, I have a pencil for
The words I hope are good.
I do not use a brush or paint
To capture thoughts and dreams.
I use my led and ink so quaint
For my poetic schemes.
I do admire the... – by Steve Cochrane | 4 Views added 9 months ago
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I play the game called poetry,
It means so very much to me
And does some magic to my mind,
Exposing thoughts once left behind.
I feel the meter in my heart
In patterns of poetic art
Where rhyming thoughts electrify
My soul in words I can't... – by Steve Cochrane | 6 Views added 9 months ago
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I straddle fences everyday;
Fate's wind will pull and shove
Me back and forth and so I pray
"Please help me, God above!"
Each fence is strong and stretches through
So many silent fears.
They sway no matter what I do,
Beneath my heavy tears.... – by Steve Cochrane | 4 Views added 9 months ago
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The sheep are in the glen once more
To eat another meal.
They've done it many times before
As someone tries to steal
Their lives to end dependance on
The Shepherd and His Love,
Not realizing He's not gone,
Nor is the Father above.
The... – by Steve Cochrane | 4 Views added 9 months ago
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I am the Me of long ago;
So many things I did not know.
Much planning and much hoping for
Some knowledge of how to explore,
In search of where my place might be
In life that seemed just right for me.
I am the Me of here and now.
From all... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 9 months ago
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My friend is sad and lonely now,
So many broken parts
That seem to grow in her somehow
When she gets up and starts.
Another day of worry. Another day of fear.
Although she tries to hurry, she has no cause to cheer.
I think I'll try to... – by Steve Cochrane | 9 Views added 9 months ago
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My Chita rarely talks to me,
She seems to be quite shy.
But since we don't talk face-to-face,
I wish that she would try!
I know from experience
That texting and e-mails
Does make a lot of useful sense
With privacy it... – by Steve Cochrane | 4 Views added 9 months ago
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Their house was shaking, hearts were breaking.
So much had been destroyed.
They can rebuild with faith instilled
God's love felt in the void.
Some injuries including knees
Were causing them much pain.
They made their way for help that day,
... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 9 months ago
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I've searched right here. I've searched right there.
It feels like I've searched everywhere
To find new friends that I can trust
Who don't want me for cash or lust.
I do not want transparent praise
Or claims expressed in many ways
Of how they... – by Steve Cochrane | 4 Views added 9 months ago
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Some metaphors and similes
Are added now and then,
Creating image that please
The ink within my pen.
I count the syllables each line
And choose what will be stressed
To help words flow when thoughts align
As well as when compressed.
... – by Steve Cochrane | 4 Views added 10 months ago
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My first thought was that you are nice
So many weeks ago.
You even gave me good advice
That helped this poet grow.
I then thought I could count on you
And those who read about
My past and all that I went through,
But now I'm filled with... – by Steve Cochrane | 4 Views added 10 months ago
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When problems seemed to fill my life
I had a sense of fear,
That causes of my frequent strife
Would constantly be here.
Then one day I began to see
How God might make each day
More happy and secure for me
With Jesus as the Way!
So, I... – by Steve Cochrane | 5 Views added 10 months ago
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The Christian faith inside of me
Can give me strength each day
To live the way, I need to be
As doubt is pushed away.
It gives me hope when things go wrong
Or when the worst seems near,
Because with God I can be strong
Unless I'm insincere
... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 10 months ago
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Why let the days of discontent
Destroy the time you might have spent
Enjoying life with happy thoughts
Which feeling bad has never brought?
Why feel each day must be endured
And that your sadness can't be cured
When happiness is yours to... – by Steve Cochrane | 2 Views added 10 months ago
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I opened up the first door,
Not knowing I would see
My long lifetime of before,
Both good and bad for me.
I opened up the large third door
Mysterious it seemed,
Since it showed things that might be or
What I have often dreamed.
I then... – by Steve Cochrane | 4 Views added 10 months ago
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The darkest burdens you may find
In life will always stay behind,
Like shadows when you face the bright
And warming glow that's in God's... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 10 months ago
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Give thanks to God though you lack wealth,
Because of family, friends, and health!
Say thanks you have legs to walk,
As well as a voice to talk.
These are the kinds of things that we
Will take for granted easily,
When we should daily thank... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 10 months ago
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No voice is sent to us in speech
By Him when He decides to reach
And touch the lives of those in need,
Nor do we often see the deed
Which He performs in ways unclear
To simple human minds down here.
Instead, our faith must help us "see"
That... – by Steve Cochrane | 8 Views added 10 months ago
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He is my Savior and my Lord;
My ever-present shield and sword.,
Especially against the foe
That every Christian comes to know.
He loves me every night and day
And always helps me know the Way
With gentle, humble, tender care,
Which I know... – by Steve Cochrane | 10 Views added 10 months ago
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Hey, can you see the music,
Invisible like wind,
And yet my mind can see it move.
It's starting once again.
I see it move my soul around
And stir my happiness.
It flows through time and takes me where
My mem'ries can not rest.
The music... – by Steve Cochrane | 10 Views added 10 months ago
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Throughout my life I have known strife
And did the best I could.
I never knew just what to do
Or if such things were good.
My teenage years had many fears.
I thought that I was shy.
Psychology helped me to see
The truth that will not die.
... – by Steve Cochrane | 4 Views added 10 months ago
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"You did that on porpoise!"
Said Gus to his friend.
"A whale of a tale, Gus.
I never did offend.
You shore-ly do jest."
But Gus was current-ly
Coast-ing with duress.
"I now quite unhappily
See how easily you cave!
So, if 'island' on... – by Steve Cochrane | 2 Views added 10 months ago
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I know this does sound funny,
But would you "bee" my honey?
Most other girls were bitter
All spicy with much glitter.
For now I can't give more
Of me because before,
Those women always sought
The things they hoped I've got
Like money, money,... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 10 months ago
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I climbed a mountain way up high,
With hope I just might touch the sky.
When I got there, the cold thin air
Was bad, but still I did not care;
The big blue sky was... – by Steve Cochrane | 4 Views added 10 months ago
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Someday I'm sure that I will find
Someway to learn just how
Someone like me might help mankind
Somewhere and maybe now.
Sometime real soon you might just see
Somebody ask me for
Something that soon will only be
Someplace quite near the... – by Steve Cochrane | 2 Views added 10 months ago
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The mountains aren't tall.
They seem rather small,
Compare to heaven above.
The oceans aren't wide
Nor quite deep inside,
Compared to God's holy love.
All deeds of mankind
Will never quite shine
Compared to Glory... – by Steve Cochrane | 6 Views added 10 months ago
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I'm not enough; it's much too rough
For me to deal with strife,
If selfish pride becomes my guide
In dealing with my life.
The devil wants and often haunts
My thoughts to tempt and harm
My Christian ways throughout the days
With stealthily,... – by Steve Cochrane | 6 Views added 10 months ago
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The Scottish wind is calling me
As it blows hard across the sea.
And calls my name quite loud.
It says to me, inside my mind,
"There is no greater place to find
Where ancestors were proud
Of Scotland beauty to behold
Including sunsets... – by Steve Cochrane | 4 Views added 10 months ago
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It recently occurred to me
That you might not be glad to see
The things I post online.
You never say a thing to show
You ever look or care, although
You do say, "Thanks" sometimes.
I've cared about you many years;
My favorite one of all... – by Steve Cochrane | 5 Views added 10 months ago
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Do not ignore unwanted thoughts
To make them go away.
Instead, you will need lots and lots
Of prayers every day!
You also need to soon replace
Unwanted thoughts with those
That aren't temptations you must face,
But are the ones you chose.
... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 10 months ago
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For many, many, many years
Death was our strongest foe.
It caused so many, many fears,
Not knowing where we'd go!
But God in His sweet, loving Way
Had miracles to give
When Jesus came to Earth one day
To show God's Way to live.
He taught... – by Steve Cochrane | 5 Views added 10 months ago
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God never is surprised to see
The choices that we make,
Though disappointed He will be,
When rules of His we break.
He never is distracted or
Comes help when it's too late;
Nor does He do too little for
The times of tearful fate.
He... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 10 months ago
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It does not take too long to break
The spirit of a child.
There's only so much he can take
When on him fear is piled.
The damages begin the day
That love is never seen.
Some parents see kids in their way.
Such apathy is mean.
Pray for... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 10 months ago
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When children's books were read to me,
Imagination flew,
Including when I watched TV
With Captain Kangaroo.
He read to all of us each day
And showed the pictures so
We'd learn to love the books that way,
With words that helped us grow.
... – by Steve Cochrane | 2 Views added 10 months ago
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I tried to cross the ocean 'til
A thunderstorm hit me.
My swaying boat began to fill
With water from the sea!
I left when I felt ill.
A river crossing then became
My goal without a bridge.
The end result was much the same.
I guess I am... – by Steve Cochrane | 7 Views added 10 months ago
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I once was seeking, often speaking
Of my need for God above.
Yet, plans were dying, I was trying.
With pride and not His Dove.
So much straining and complaining,
What was I doing wrong?
Much loss of hope, and end of rope.
I guess I was... – by Steve Cochrane | 5 Views added 10 months ago
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I am off center, must reenter
The road to somewhere else.
I don't know why, but I must try
To find where dreams don't melt.
Generic phrases always amazes
Me with "One size fits all".
Mentality which easily
Will cause my goals to stall.
... – by Steve Cochrane | 13 Views added 10 months ago
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I feel the rhyming in my mind.
The words just seem to be
From in my soul that try to find
Poetic life through me.
I sometimes lose myself when I
Am in my poetry,
Where thoughts take flight each time I try
For electricity.
I feel... – by Steve Cochrane | 2 Views added 10 months ago
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My desert is a barren space
With sand quite hot and dry.
It often is a lonely place
Where clouds so rarely cry.
It has a small oasis where
A potpourri is found
With plants that thrive with daily care
And water underground.
I try to stay... – by Steve Cochrane | 7 Views added 10 months ago
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If you can see it, then it's not
The faith God talked about
In scripture from the Lord we got
To help those still in doubt.
If you believe when you can' touch
The things like love and peace,
Then you rely on you too much
And pride you... – by Steve Cochrane | 5 Views added 10 months ago
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1.
Please do not hesitate
To help someone participate
In things that will alleviate
The pain of all their sad-like fate.
2.
I hope that you are never late
Or they might just investigate
Why every day you have a plate
With food that never... – by Steve Cochrane | 2 Views added 10 months ago
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I don't believe a word you say
Each time you compliment
The many things I do and say,
Though they are all well-meant.
My mind has built a wall to be
Protection from all words.
My thoughts of inferiority
Reflect the cold observed.
Whoever... – by Steve Cochrane | 6 Views added 10 months ago
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People
Experience
Aplomb
Christ
... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 10 months ago
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I "hear" your words in what you do;
Much louder than a voice.
Your light shines warmth and brightly through
In all you do by choice.
You give so many hope each day
With courage, smiles, and truth!
Your grace will never fade away;
Much love... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 10 months ago
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Some say that I am quirky.
Some say I am bizarre.
They think my thoughts are murky
And weird the way they are.
They act as if "different"
Is just like "deviant".
They don't care how my childhood went.
Compassion they won't grant.
They do... – by Steve Cochrane | 4 Views added 10 months ago
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The wind was blowing and was showing
A strength I seldom see.
I thought each cloud was very loud
When lightning hit near me!
I was just eight, but I did wait
And watched the angry sky,
As clouds would blast the thunder fast
And leaves did... – by Steve Cochrane | 5 Views added 10 months ago
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A prayer for Yvonne;
Don't let your hope be gone.
You're loved a whole lot more
Than you have felt before!
Please pray and pray and pray.
Believe and hope will... – by Steve Cochrane | 9 Views added 10 months ago
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I have felt broken now and then
Within my weary mind.
What will I feel when once again
My brokenness I find?
I never cried when Mother died.
I did not cry for Dad.
I had no tears for all those years
In pain I had been clad.
I often... – by Steve Cochrane | 7 Views added 10 months ago
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I need to have tenacious hope;
Belief beyond all human scope.
In God I must have trust!
I can't defeat demonic plans.
My daily life he often scans.
To him, I 'm only dust.
My Lord has just the plan for me,
Which He will partly let me see.... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 10 months ago
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I will not be your back-up plan.
You need to seek me first.
Do not pray, "Just in case" and don't
Pray 'cause "It can not hurt".
Do not wait 'till you've tried all else.
That is not faith in Me.
I must be first and last with you.
No more... – by Steve Cochrane | 4 Views added 10 months ago
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I sometimes wish arthritis pain
Would just leave me alone,
But that thought was a wish in vain;
No magic do I own.
I also sometimes wish I had
Much less anxiety,
But even though it can get bad,
A wish won't set me free.
I need to do the... – by Steve Cochrane | 9 Views added 10 months ago
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I have a dog named Shiloh,
A furry, loveable guy;
Eleven years old and a tail to be told.
You'll soon know the reason why.
We noticed him limping around.
His face just seemed to say,
"Howl did it all start? Let's do not depart
By seeing the... – by Steve Cochrane | 4 Views added 10 months ago
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The guidance of your Word
Gives light enough to see
The way in front of me
And truth to set me free.
The lessons of your Word
Give hope to weary souls
And strength to Christian goals
As well as humble roles.
The love found in... – by Steve Cochrane | 5 Views added 10 months ago
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In recent years when times were bad,
I thought about the life I had
And asked the Lord to please slowly
Reveal what He is teaching me.
To make it clear and very plain
So, I won't live my life in vain.
I thought I heard a whisper say,
"Believe... – by Steve Cochrane | 5 Views added 10 months ago
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Sometimes old memories are gone,
At least it feels that way
When I begin to think upon
The tears of yesterday.
My mind protects me as it should
By putting up a wall
That blocks my hindsight of childhood
I did not love at all.
I don't... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 10 months ago
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Dear Nature, you can mesmerize
Imagination fast,
When dark clouds start to fill my eyes
In patterns not downcast.
It's magical when clouds race by
Pushed by the covert wind,
And pull my soul into the sky
In ways I hope won't end.
Some... – by Steve Cochrane | 6 Views added 10 months ago
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Sometimes my temper is so bad,
I want to break and tear
Whatever thing has made me mad
And greatly needs a prayer!
Sometimes it's thoughts about my past
With much anxiety,
Led by depressive thoughts that last
And still jump hard on me!
I... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 10 months ago
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The way I go to help my faith
Improve is hard for me.
I think that I would fail the test
Of growth despite my very best
To be all I can be.
My road of life is very long
With potholes and off-ramps.
I do not have an extra spare.
I travel... – by Steve Cochrane | 8 Views added 10 months ago
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They don't make time the way they did
When I was just a little kid.
Back then, time was invisible
And seldom was it ever dull.
It moved so slow, I learned to feel
The hands that made the time so real.
At school, the clock was friend and foe
... – by Steve Cochrane | 6 Views added 10 months ago
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When I was down and looked around
At those who just walked by.
Did they not see or was it me,
Because they did not try
To understand and lend a hand,
As if I was not there.
What would they do if it was true
They needed help... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 10 months ago
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You walk around with that big frown,
Though sometimes you will stare
At nothing at all, well maybe the wall.
So please be very aware
Unhappiness caused by duress
Will slowly get worse and worse,
Unless you begin to let others in
Before... – by Steve Cochrane | 7 Views added 10 months ago
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Please don't tell me to smile because
It's not the way I feel;
And please do not tell me to pause
As though my tears aren't real.
To tell someone, "It's not that bad."
Are words you speak in vain.
Because it's like a man who's mad
And yells... – by Steve Cochrane | 13 Views added 10 months ago
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A picture I can paint for you
Without a canvas near.
No tint or color come to view,
Yet magic will appear.
For those who let their minds take flight
And travel night and day,
A poet helps their second sight
In fascinating ways.
Come make... – by Steve Cochrane | 8 Views added 10 months ago
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Good Poetry Suggestions
Are rather hard to find.
That's why I'm filled with questions
On those I left behind.
Should I have given them more thought
Or maybe ask someone,
Like fellow poets who have brought
Me magic and much fun?
Perhaps... – by Steve Cochrane | 4 Views added 10 months ago
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What would we do if God forgot
To make the flowers grow?
We'd have less beauty and would not
Enjoy things Spring can show!
What would we do if God forgot
The sounds of nature near?
We'd miss the songs that mean a lot,
Like birds and wind we... – by Steve Cochrane | 10 Views added 10 months ago
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I tried and tried but could not climb;
My energy was gone.
I felt discouragement each time,
Since I first tried at dawn.
As I went to the mountain base,
A plateau came in sight.
I quickly saw there was no trace
Of venturesome delight!
I... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 10 months ago
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My mind is like a feather field
Unable to withstand
The mildest breeze to which it yields;
No strength at its command.
My thoughts are Gypsies on the move
In search of rainbow gold.
Each time I calm them I still prove
My concentration... – by Steve Cochrane | 7 Views added 10 months ago
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Some people are like restless seas
That have a hurricane.
They never seem to be at ease
And storm about in vain.
Some people are like lakes so small
When winter throws a fit;
And those within the angry squall
Wish wind and rain would quit.
... – by Steve Cochrane | 10 Views added 10 months ago
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I always wait; procrastinate.
It happens all the time.
I seldom do and follow through
My plans, an uphill climb.
When will concern help me to learn
That timeliness is good?
I must try hard to be on guard
And do the things I should.
... – by Steve Cochrane | 5 Views added 10 months ago
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No pushing, pulling did I do,
Yet flames are in each arm.
I wish the fire would retire
With truth of pain in view.
No reason for alarm.
I did not lift or lay things down
That cause unwelcomed pain
That is so real: I can't conceal
With... – by Steve Cochrane | 2 Views added 10 months ago
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Anxiety, a mighty storm
Still rages down on me.
Its pressure drops on me until
Depression churns my sea.
The dark gray clouds that float above,
Meander through my mind
While throwing fits of bolts at each
Tsunami that I find.
Oh,... – by Steve Cochrane | 4 Views added 10 months ago
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Resist temptations if you've got
The silent enemy
Within your mind which is a lot
And is quite unfriendly.
Resist that inner critic who
Destroys your hope and then
Will put down all the things you do
And step on you again.
Repel the... – by Steve Cochrane | 11 Views added 10 months ago
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I have no hope without You in
My heart and in my mind.
I am too weak to fight off sin;
No other hope to find.
I have no chance to figure out
A way to get ahead
Of Satin who is all about
Deception in my head,
Each time I live my life for... – by Steve Cochrane | 7 Views added 10 months ago
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God never is surprised to see
The choices that we make,
Though disappointed He will be
When rules of His we break.
He never is distracted or
Comes help when it's too late.
Nor does He do too little for
The times of tearful fate.
He never... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 10 months ago
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So many nights are foggy.
It's hard to find my way,
Especially when groggy
When I have tried all day.
To get through fog so dreary,
My ship may run aground.
It's easy when life's weary
And help cannot be found.
I finally did notice
... – by Steve Cochrane | 4 Views added 10 months ago
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I know it's hard but don't be sad,
God's strength will see you through
These days that seem so very bad,
But know that He loves you!
You will be tempted to have doubt
And ask the Lord, "Why me?"
But please try hard to think about
His peace... – by Steve Cochrane | 5 Views added 10 months ago
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Please help me listen to what I'm missin'.
Your scripture I see well,
But speak to my heart before it departs
As life blocks what it tells.
Please help me to learn. I pray it's my turn
In having you gaze at me,
And show me the way I need... – by Steve Cochrane | 4 Views added 10 months ago
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I read some verses just last night.
The Psalms are never stale!
They help me "see" with Heaven's Light
And love that will not... – by Steve Cochrane | 5 Views added 10 months ago
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Selective Christian faith is for
The ones who rarely read
The Bible which they fast explore
For peace of mind they need.
They seem to think the "Bread of Life"
Comes from a nice buffet,
Until some unexpected strife
Begins to come their way.... – by Steve Cochrane | 2 Views added 10 months ago
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I have a harbor in my mind
That should help every boat.
The kind of harbor you can't find,
Because they will not float.
The waves are stronger out at sea
Where fate does not console.
And anxious sails will never be
A way to have control.
... – by Steve Cochrane | 9 Views added 10 months ago
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My mind has blocked the cause of tears
Related to my childhood years;
The dad I hardly knew.
He saw me kind of, sort of and
His interaction seldom planned
In all the years I grew.
I do not know just what he thought
When he saw me, but... – by Steve Cochrane | 10 Views added 10 months ago
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I slowly tried, then verified
What I thought might be true.
Anxiety grows and sometimes flows
And stains social things I do.
Then slower I went and tried to invent
A different way to respond
To how I react, much more than a fact
Of faith... – by Steve Cochrane | 10 Views added 11 months ago
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It's easy to just drift away
When daydreams do abound.
They come and go on any day;
No value to be found,
Most float on through my consciousness
And rarely stay for long,
But some will cause me much duress
With images quite strong,
... – by Steve Cochrane | 6 Views added 11 months ago
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Nervous Nelly had a belly
With butterflies inside.
She did not know why it was so.
Was fear alive inside?
She rubbed her tummy and said, "Yummy!
I know what to do.
I'll find some food to help my mood.
I'll eat and chew and chew."
When... – by Steve Cochrane | 2 Views added 11 months ago
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Patience, Patience I must find some.
Hurry, worry only leaves me numb.
Running, running fun outside,
But I need slowness deep inside.
Please tell me how to get some soon.
Do not delay. Please hurry too.
I need to quickly hear from... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 11 months ago
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God gives us little children who
Can help us learn from them;
That all the things they say and do
Is how we seem to... – by Steve Cochrane | 4 Views added 11 months ago
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I really have no choice.
My poems are my voice.
Each feeling starts to flow
In rhymes that help me show
The secrets of my soul,
Whose poems make me... – by Steve Cochrane | 4 Views added 11 months ago
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Shaylee, Shaylee where are you?
It's hard to find you in
A video or show again.
Please find more things to... – by Steve Cochrane | 6 Views added 11 months ago
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My Nia walked away from me
Which proves what now is plain to see.
Despite repeated claims of love,
I'm not the one she's thinking... – by Steve Cochrane | 6 Views added 11 months ago
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I see your face without a trace
Of happiness at all.
Please try to smile, at least awhile,
So, I don't have to... – by Steve Cochrane | 6 Views added 11 months ago
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There was a man who saw a rose.
He plucked and put it to his nose,
Then slowly smelled its fragrance, so
He hated that he had to go!
A second man saw roses too.
He bent over to pick a few,
But cut his finger on a thorn,
Which filled his... – by Steve Cochrane | 7 Views added 11 months ago
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If I saw you and you saw me,
They'd say we're looney as can be
And take us to the hospital
Saying, "You're lucky that the teeth were... – by Steve Cochrane | 7 Views added 11 months ago
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When I was down and looked around
At those who just walked by
Did they not see or was it me,
Because they did not try
To understand or lend a hand,
As if I wasn't there.
What would they do if it was true,
They needed help... – by Steve Cochrane | 4 Views added 11 months ago
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As everyone knows, it's just how it goes.
Life's changes occur, they say.
Compliance I tried, but then fate denied
Success to win the day.
What can I achieve if starting to grieve?
Mistakes should never define
My hopes or my dreams though... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 11 months ago
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The harbor is a shelter where
All boats and ships are safe,
Except when hurricanes go there
And they begin to chafe.
Yes, relatively safe they are,
The boats and ships, but then
Like people they will not go far
If moored and moored... – by Steve Cochrane | 10 Views added 11 months ago
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You say I should know better
And send to you a letter
Since we are siblings true.
I do rarely send a word
Or two, but have you not heard
I rarely hear from you!
Communication should not mean
That only words from me are seen.
Don't be a... – by Steve Cochrane | 6 Views added 11 months ago
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I slowly work my way to bed,
To end the day just right.
When I go fast, some thoughts won't last
Till I can pray each night.
I like to thank the Lord for all
The blessings now behind,
Inside the day that goes away
But won't soon leave my... – by Steve Cochrane | 5 Views added 11 months ago
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The mem'ries of my father
Are few and far between.
I don't know why I bother,
Since he was seldom seen.
My mother on the other hand,
Was home through every day.
I don't know if her days were planned
Or just turned out that way?
Those... – by Steve Cochrane | 9 Views added 11 months ago
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Four windows in a corner room
With views both far and near,
Were used to "see" a life attuned
To self-views so austere.
She knew so much and felt much more.
The words she would not say
Were written down for her to pour
Out thoughts both... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 11 months ago
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When thoughts begin to wander
And I don't quickly fill
My mind with things to ponder,
The devil most certainly will!
An invitation he won't need
To sneak into your life
To tempt you till he does succeed
And cause so much strife.
The best... – by Steve Cochrane | 5 Views added 11 months ago
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Select the ways of Christ so true.
Untie the knots now binding you.
Be strong in faith that does not end.
Make those you meet your newest friends.
In time such things will guide the way
To do your part for Christ each... – by Steve Cochrane | 6 Views added 11 months ago
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My Nia is my newest friend.
I hope she feels the same.
If feelings grow, it will not end
And warm hearts with love's flame!
I hope that Nia knows I care
And starts to go beyond
The mask that she has on everywhere
And feels she must leave... – by Steve Cochrane | 8 Views added 11 months ago
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I fall back into yesterday
Reliving past mistakes
And second guess what might have been,
Although it is too late.
I also jump to future days
And think of what might be
Although tomorrow is not here,
My choices hard to see.
Why does... – by Steve Cochrane | 7 Views added 11 months ago
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I feel like staying with my praying
As deep as my own soul
And so I pray each night and day,
That I achieve my goal
Of helping you believe it's true
That Christ went to the cross
To pay the price just once, not twice
So life with God's not... – by Steve Cochrane | 10 Views added 11 months ago
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It does no good to wonder what
You might have done if doors weren't shut
Or what if you had grabbed
The doorknob and then opened it
To see if you were truly fit
With choices no one flagged.
The "what if" thoughts that second guess
... – by Steve Cochrane | 9 Views added 11 months ago
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There was a gray and lonely cloud.
No other clouds in sight.
He was depressed and never loud.
He felt so lost at night.
The other clouds were not as plain
And gathered for a storm.
He tried to be like them in vain,
But was not in the norm.
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You often see me smile a lot
But seldom does it mean
I'm happy with the life I got;
I seldom am serene.
I know I'm often silly when
We talk on our cell phone
It's just an act to hide again
The fear I've always known.
Anxiety will not... – by Steve Cochrane | 9 Views added 11 months ago
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You never really do see me,
Which sounds so very odd
And yet the walls that came to be
The jail of my facade.
I've labored through so many years
To add each brick just right.
Within the walls and bars are fears.
No key is in my sight.
... – by Steve Cochrane | 10 Views added 11 months ago
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A mental fog is in my brain.
It clouds the way I see
My life because anxiety
Makes all things seem in vain.
Anxiety can be a wall
That I cannot break through.
Or if I want a mountain view,
It is so very tall.
It also is a lightning bolt,... – by Steve Cochrane | 9 Views added 11 months ago
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I tried to do it my way for
So many years and years.
Concerns and problems and much more
Were fueling restless fears.
I thought and prayed and thought and prayed
Why I did not have gains,
But losses and success delayed
Because of what... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 11 months ago
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It is your fate to pray and wait
For God to answer you.
So, please don't ever hesitate,
With faith that is so true!
You can't afford to lose rewards
That God has in His plan
For those with faith are so adored
When faith does all it can.
... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 11 months ago
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I ran and ran to leave behind
My shadow of regret to find
A place of comfort and of peace,
Where all embarrassment would cease.
No matter how fast I could run
Or help I got from everyone,
My shadow past kept pace with me
And did so very... – by Steve Cochrane | 8 Views added 11 months ago
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So many nights are foggy.
It's Hard to find my way,
Especially when groggy
When I have tried all day.
To get through fog so dreary,
My ship may run aground:
It's easy when life's dreary
And help cannot be found.
I finally did notice
... – by Steve Cochrane | 4 Views added 11 months ago
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Do not worry. Do not hurry.
God will see you through
Your daily fears and frequent tears.
Just pray with faith so... – by Steve Cochrane | 7 Views added 11 months ago
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I've learned to be contented here
Where relatives avoid
A guy who seems to be devoid
Of all that they hold dear.
When I was young, I used to care
If they were mean to me
With hateful words that came to be
The cause of much despair.
So,... – by Steve Cochrane | 2 Views added 11 months ago
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My ship came in, where had I been?
It seems I was confused.
My plan fell short at the airport
And left my ego bruised.
I then did try to climb real high
In search of my success.
The ladder made for me did fade
With termites in excess.
I... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 11 months ago
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I judge no one, except myself
And I can be quite mean
In thoughts that are so very stealth.
The light of day not seen.
Some say that I am grumpy when
I start to criticize
The little things in life, but then
They do not realize
My... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 11 months ago
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Three years of Earthly ministry
Sent Jesus here and there/
He sought the lost like you and me.
For such are everywhere.
The cross he bore for you and I
Because He never said,
"When you deserve my grace, I'll die".
Ans so, His blood was... – by Steve Cochrane | 10 Views added 11 months ago
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What should I do
If I am blue,
I'm asking you.
Don't have the flue
And did not chew
My wife's beef stew
So now I'm through
No thanks to Drew
Or Sue or... – by Steve Cochrane | 4 Views added 11 months ago
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My silence doesn't mean that I
Ignore the words you say,
But often I cannot reply.
My thoughts just float away.
My silence doesn't mean I'm not
Concerned for how you feel.
In fact, my feelings show I've got
A love that is so real!
My... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 11 months ago
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The devil prompts and then he stomps
On those most insecure,
In all their ways throughout the days
Some fall for his allure.
The devil knows when in the throes
Of life we try to find
The fastest way to bless each day
With his lies in our... – by Steve Cochrane | 12 Views added 11 months ago
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For years I followed any crowd
That gathered anywhere.
And every time I was allowed
To join them as a spare.
I used to walk each lonely trail,
Not knowing where it went.
Afraid of judgement if I failed
In times that weren't well spent
... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 11 months ago
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Before I wrote my poetry,
My thoughts remained my thoughts,
Believing no one cared for me.
That's just how far I got.
Then poetry with meter and
The rhymes changed words for me.
Before, I could not understand
Their creativity.
With... – by Steve Cochrane | 7 Views added 11 months ago
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Some years ago, a pebble was
Unhappy for its size.
He had no hope to change because
Of teasing and the lies.
The rocks nearby were mean to him
Because of all his dirt.
The pebble knew, with chances slim,
Their words would cease to hurt.
... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 11 months ago
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The rumor rose to heights I chose.
Destruction was my goal.
I pushed the boulder with my shoulder
And it began to roll.
In time I thought that I had brought
A lie that buried it.
And so, I tried with words I lied,
But lies don't always... – by Steve Cochrane | 5 Views added 11 months ago
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I lost a friend, it had to end.
A thought of mine today.
Her love for me was not to be
And went another way.
The pain within comes back again
When memories are strong
Enough to change and rearrange
The plans that don't belong.
Am I to... – by Steve Cochrane | 8 Views added 11 months ago
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So many children not at home,
Instead along the streets they roam
In search of happiness few find,
Yet better than what's left behind.
They are the hungry, hurt and lost
Too young to pay what life has cost.
A price no one should have to bear... – by Steve Cochrane | 4 Views added 11 months ago
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It's easier to turn away
Than look at anyone who may
Be handicapped because we feel
It makes the pain of life too real.
A simple movement of the head
Can change the view we see instead
Of letting them see us react
To those whose lives are... – by Steve Cochrane | 7 Views added 11 months ago
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I'm not predisposed to read some nice prose.
I did enjoy what I've seen
But I've recently found I can't write it down
And express just what I mean.
My images will trip and probably flip
The feelings deep inside,
And never see day in spite of... – by Steve Cochrane | 9 Views added 11 months ago
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There once was a man named Finley
Who folks thought quite unfriendly.
They never did try
But only walked by
And never befriended Finley.
He was so confused, he wondered
Did he socially blunder?
The words never said
From each quiet head,
... – by Steve Cochrane | 11 Views added 11 months ago
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If I had known you'd never care
When I saw you that day,
I would have found the strength right there
To look the other way.
I'd never let my feelings grow
Into a love so true
If I had known you'd never show
The love I have for you!
... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 11 months ago
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I never knew how good it felt
To feel the sun's warm rays,
Because until you came my life
Was always in a haze.
I never saw the flowers bloom
With color and design,
Since life was always plain until
Your love and strength were mine.
No... – by Steve Cochrane | 6 Views added 11 months ago
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They say I am a quiet Steve
Since others say much more,
And that they never hear me leave
Or even close the door.
They've never really understood
Why poems that I write
Fulfill a need that feels so good
To capture words at night.
So, I... – by Steve Cochrane | 14 Views added 11 months ago
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I throw some words together
To see what thought they make.
It's like a game that never
Gets boring as I take
The time to be creative
In ways not tried before.
Like speed chess with words related
I form new thoughts and more.
I sometimes... – by Steve Cochrane | 7 Views added 11 months ago
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When I was young, I hurt my back
But not enough to pay
Someone to make it go away
Or lessen each attack.
The doctor said I needed to
Learn how to manage it,
Since otherwise I was quite fit
And exercise will do.
That's what I've done... – by Steve Cochrane | 9 Views added 11 months ago
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I've journeyed here, I've journeyed there.
Sometimes for work that followed prayer,
Not knowing what I'd find.
I've also seen the places I
Had hope that I would soon rely
And not leave it behind.
Some things were gained in restless years.
... – by Steve Cochrane | 5 Views added 11 months ago
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I have a scar that goes back far
Into my childhood past.
It is the kind that you can find
Since it will always last.
I also feel a pain so real,
Though it is deep inside
My mind and yet, I get upset
If I should "look" inside.
Each scar... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 11 months ago
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Please push me, pull me, pick me up.
I need your help, my God!
Please motivate and elevate
Me as you gently prod.
Please do not stop or I will flop
Into my fears once more.
Please show the way and I will pray,
To serve You as... – by Steve Cochrane | 1 View added 11 months ago
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Don't hesitate; please renovate
The way you feel today.
Anxiety will always be
A cause of joy delayed.
You have to fight into the night
Until you fall asleep.
It is a war; there will be more
Because its strength is deep.
So, stay the... – by Steve Cochrane | 2 Views added 11 months ago
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Your friendship meant so much to him
That he would always do
All things you asked as best he could
Without rewards from you,
Because to him your friendship was
Reward enough each day,
Which was the only thing he hoped
To have a long life's... – by Steve Cochrane | 8 Views added 11 months ago
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It has so many holes in it
That no one ever tries to sit
Upon the cushion once brand new
Above the legs now worn out too.
The chair inside the attic stays
With other things of past lived days.
And though its use has long since gone,
The... – by SteveCochrane | 5 Views added 11 months ago
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Don't jump the gun, it might go off
And scare away the crowd,
But not before they glare and scoff
At you for being loud.
How dare you interrupt their day.
It wasn't what they planned!
It doesn't matter what you say,
For they won't... – by Steve Cochrane | 10 Views added 11 months ago
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I tried to teach, but could not reach
The place where I found you.
Or could it be it's only me
And lost on what to... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 11 months ago
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Sometimes my soul feels like it's frayed;
Anxiety at war,
Despite the many times I've prayed,
I lose the fight once more.
Anxiety attacks the views
Of how I look at me.
It's not the way of life I'd choose.
For peace of mind, I... – by Steve Cochrane | 3 Views added 11 months ago
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There was a rabbit who was scared
No matter where he went.
He never had a friend who cared.
No time with him was spent.
Although his social skills were poor,
He sought to teach the small,
Who hopped with needs not met before
Near forest... – by Steve Cochrane | 6 Views added 11 months ago
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Sometimes I will procrastinate.
Avoidance at all cost.
It helps me to alleviate
Self-Doubt when hope is lost.
Sometimes I am engulfed by fear
Of failure and that you
Will turn away when I am near
Rejecting all I do.
Sometimes I guard my... – by Steve Cochrane | 9 Views added 11 months ago
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I learned to be quiet
When I was a child
At home with my mother
Whose words were not mild.
The sting of her comments
With harshness of tone,
Destroyed my self-image.
No love ever shown!
My father was "absent"
Though often nearby
With... – by Steve Cochrane | 5 Views added 11 months ago
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Poetic mood, my floating food; I jump from cloud to cloud
Sometimes I find within my mind A rainbow fate allowed.
My... – by Steve Cochrane | 11 Views added 1 year ago
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