SOMETIMES

SOMETIMES

 Sometimes you have to close your eyes so see what’s up ahead.

You might have to sleep in the jungle before you find a bed.

Sometimes you have to hear the voices before you understand.

You might have to sail many oceans before you find your own land.

Sometimes you have to walk through the dark before you see the light.

Before you can find peace, you might have to stand and fight.

Sometimes you have to bathe in muddy water before you can smell like a rose.

There are times that you may have to spit to see which way the wind blows.

Sometimes to know what’s real you might have to feel a little pain.

If you want to cleanse your soul, you might have to walk in the rain.

Sometimes you have to walk through the valley before you can go to the mountain top.

There are times that you have to go fast just to learn how to stop.

Sometimes you have to eat a little cheese before you can have some honey from the bees.

You might have to endure a little Hell before you can enjoy a heavenly breeze.

Sometimes you have to drink a little Kool-Aid before you can taste the wine.

You might have to take a step back before you can toe the line.

Sometimes you have to find what’s wrong before you can know what’s right.

There are times that you have to look away to see what’s in sight.

Sometimes to know what you have, you have to lose it all.

Before you can know your place at the top, you may have to fall.

Sometimes you hear a song and the words fit you to a tee.

You might think that these words were meant to set you free.

Sometime you have to see the forest without seeing all the trees.

If you want to taste the honey, you may get stung by some bees.

Sometimes you have to come in the back door if you really want to come in.

There are times you may have to sin if it’s important that you win.

Sometimes you have to take life head on so you can be what you need to be.

Then you can come in through the front door but first you have to find the key.

Sometimes your heart has to be broken before your soul can be complete.

You may have to lose at love before you find someone to keep.

Sometimes to find your way you have to start a new.

There are times a man just gets lucky and finds someone like you.

STANLEY HENDRIX

 7/29/15

IN THIS TIME

IN THIS TIME

(LILLIE’S POEM)

In this time when I’m all alone,

I try to find time to call my own.

Sitting under a tree or lying in bed,

It’s fun to find a book that I haven’t read.

Page after page there are new adventures to find,

Word after word I keep feeding my mind.

I learn of new places, some far and some near.

I find new characters to love and some to fear.

I can soar into the future or travel back in time.

I can live in outer space or buy candy for a dime.

I can solve a mystery that will puzzle the mind.

I can do all this in this time that’s all mine.

STANLEY HENDRIX

7/27/15

ANOTHER DAY ANOTHER NIGHT

ANOTHER DAY ANOTHER NIGHT

Now here’s the story or at least the way I’ve heard it said.

You live your life and then you’re dead.

You try to do good, you try to do what’s right.

You try your best just to make it through the night.

I’ve been going through life trying to do what’s expected.

I’ve been trying to do what’s right to be well respected.

Do what you want, say what you say.

I’ll do what it takes to get through another day.

You struggle and fight trying to make it to the top.

You know you will surly die if you ever stop.

The climb gets harder and harder as you try to reach the sky.

Then one day you realize you’re just getting by.

This story has no tussles and there won’t be a fray.

I’m just trying to make it through another day.

I’m not going to argue, I’m not going to fight.

I’m just trying to make it through another night.

I struggle to hold on as things slip away.

I lose my grip and there goes another day.

Another page is turned but there’s no end in sight.

Hopefully when the sun comes up, I will have made it through another night.

So I’ve been thinking about how things have been.

I haven’t really lost, but I never seem to win.

I’ve had some loves to pass my way,

But they were just passing through and couldn’t stay.

Now here you are and I hear what you say.

You take my hand, I feel your love, and I make it through another day.

You whisper in my ear that you will never take flight.

Lying next to you I feel special and I make it through another night.

The story continues as I make it through another day and another night.

In the end you may come to your senses, but this feels so right.

Don’t worry about me or how this story ends.

                          This is the last page of this story but it’s where it really begins?

STANLEY HENDRIX

7/23/15