Three Songs I Love by Lizz Wright ...incredible

The Dream Came True

The Dream Came True



Many years ago, I had a dream
And the dream came true yesterday
I stood where I am standing now
And I heard my sad heart say:

I never dreamed I'd see this day
Of this departure, I couldn't conceive
I thought this man would live forever
And I could not believe.

I saw him lying where he lays now
I saw his brown eyes closed
He's playing one of his pranks, I thought
That's what I then supposed.

But he never opened his eyes again
At least, not on this earthly plane
But in Heaven, he lifted up his eyes
And in wonder, smiled again.

He saw his parents waiting there
His son, sister and his brother
And Jesus holding out his arms to him
And my father and my mother.

They knew him and they welcomed him
Though in life here on this earth
That day never came, much to my shame
For in him, they saw no worth.

But for him, I gave up my whole life
And all I'd ever known
Gave up my family and friends
To make his heart my home.

And life was hard and I knew heartbreak
But there was a lot of joy
With that man who was old enough to be my dad
But in his heart, still just a boy.

He had his little sayings,
His eccentricities to boot
His eyes would light up when you walked in
And he'd yell, "Wahoot!"

He had his goofy stories, 
His ways that drove you mad
He told his kids that he was a "toad"
And they'd laugh and say, Oh, Dad!"

He had his faults and failings
Of those things, we're all aware
But we never thought the day would come
When that man would not be there.

I remember when I had the dream
Those long long years ago
I woke in tears, overcome by fears
And prayed to God in woe.

I called my friends and pastors
To tell me what it meant
For I knew that dream was prophetic
And from whom that dream was sent.

And days went by and still I cried
And held my fearful breath
Till I went to a church where a woman was praying
And she said, "I see a death."

"But it's not a normal death," said she
As in this world where death is rife
For I see that man come out of that coffin
And be raised up in new life!"

"When he comes up, he'll not be the same
Sister, try to understand
When his old nature is put to death
He'll be a brand new man!"

 And, oh, the joy that flooded me!
To this day, praise I still give
To the Lord who'd heard my every prayer
And gave him more time to live.

And I have no doubt, he worked it out
And laid down his pride somehow
Surrendered himself to the King of Kings
And that he is with Him now.

It's the end of an era, a friend told me
When he heard that Robert had passed
And I knew exactly what he meant
And that the time had come at last.

But this time, I am not afraid for him
But glad to know he's gone
From this place of pain, and fears and tears
Up to Paradise, his home.

I  want to remember him as he was
Not the victim of tragedy's knife
But a man who seemed to stand ten feet tall
And who was larger than life.

I know we'll miss him now he's gone
And count each day and hour and minute
Till we see him again,  but this world will never
Be the same without him in it.


©by Voo
June 15, 2019
2:42 p.m.

Give Me A Name

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Give Me A Name

It gets dark now at dawn

The old ones say the world has died

But just hasn't laid down to sleep yet

I don't know about that

But I know that everything just feels wrong.

I found me a diamond yesterday

Laying in the midnight sun

Down in the creek bed big as my fist

Fishes swimming all around it

Like they were protecting it for me.

My grandfather started singing a song

But got too choked up to finish

And he handed me his drum

And said "I'm giving you this song

I can't sing it anymore."

So I caught my pony

And we ran over thirty two miles of red dirt 

Dark clouds passing over our heads like birds

Laughing, trying to hold onto childhood

And singing my grandfather's song.

If I grow up, I want to be...I want to be a human

A being made of ground

And breath breathed by the Creator

Not one of the clay people who walk around

With hollow eyes and empty souls.

My brother's like that

He was human before he went away to war

But he came back hollow and soul-less

With broken eyes and no sound to his laughter

I don't think he's in there anymore.

My father hasn't spoken in thirteen years

Not since the day I was born

Not once has he smiled at me or touched my hair

My mother said he wanted a boy to replace my brother

But I came into the world in a feminine form.

I hear the old ones sometimes

They whisper to me in the woods

And down by the river when I'm fishing

Sometimes we sing together in the native tongue

And they make me forget that I'm a nameless child.

There are no children here, only me

And what I know, I've taught myself

We live so far away from civilization

I'm not sure what country we are in

Or what planet we live on.

When my grandmother lay dying

She gave me her beads and her wedding dress

Made of fine, soft skins made by her mother

And she said, "Daughter, don't let yourself die."

And I promised I wouldn't but I'm not sure, I'm not sure.

I wish I lived in the days of the warriors

And teepees and buffaloes and sharp arrowheads

Not this faded gray world and this tar papered shack

On this plot of dead earth

Where hope no longer grows.

If I grow up....if I become a woman

I think I might try to run away from here

I'll take my pony, for I can see the longing, too, in his eyes

And we'll walk until we can see the sun still shining in the morning

There among the humans.... if we find any.

 And I'll give my diamond

To the man who will give me a name.

                    

  ©By Voo

     Nov 10, 07

     6:45 p.m.

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Teach Me To Love

Teach Me To Love 

I know a lot about a lot of things

And a bit about a few

But all I really want to know 

Is how to find a love that's true.

I'm very highly educated

And most definitely well read

But all I want is to get in my heart

What's always been in my head.

They say I am a pretty girl

And intelligent and fun

So why can't I with all my gifts

Find my one and only one?

I don't think that I am all that shy

Nor am I all that bold

But I'd do anything to find

True love before I'm old.

'Cause life without the song of love

Is just not life at all

There is no reason to have a voice

If no one hears you call.

I see so many couples

Walking hand in hand

Happy women smiling at

Their happy smiling man.

But love just passes by my heart

Like I'm not even there

As lovers lie and make me cry

And prove that they don't care.

I do not know what I do wrong

Or what love wants of me

There's something there that I can't hear

And something I can't see.

Maybe love wants no part of me

And maybe love I'll never find

But  if I had a teacher to teach me to love

Maybe I could make it mine.

It's worth a shot, what have I got

To lose but a broken heart?

I've got to stop this giving up

Before I even start.

I've got so much inside of me

To give to someone else

I've saved up love all of my life

But lived loveless and bereft.

I know I could make someone happy

And I would treat them right

So I'm here to sign up for your course

Can you teach me tonight?

I'll be a willing student

For you know of love's sweet charms

 And I'm here to learn how to make love come

And hold it in my arms.

I've got a home here in my heart

For love to live and stay

And I'll gladly give it to the one

Who won't throw that love away.

I Wanna Know What Love Is

©By Voo

July 7, 2019

7:14 p.m.

Teach Me Tonight
by Dinah Washington