don't look back

[Jo Smith]

Don’t look back

By: Jo Smith ~~~ April 22. 2021

Don’t look back
Stay on track.
If you turn to salt
It is your own fault.

You can’t go forward
You can’t be altered.
You can’t go up or down
You are stuck in this town.

Don’t look to the past
Hold onto something that will last.
Give the world a smile
And walk that last mile.

You are put here to run a race
So don’t be flopping all over the place.
You can be shut up in a pin
But then you will think again.

Think, you say, just what is that?
I am too lean with not enough fat.
I can’t blow up and float
For you did not loan me your boat.

You are stuck in the NOW.
You will survive this somehow.
To Mars you cannot go
Stick around and I will show
You the way; But you must stay.

God did not give you wings
So stop imagining such things.
You cannot fly.
If you try you will die.

Don’t look behind you.
Those things are not true.
Don’t look ahead
It will fill you with dread.

You are here and cannot be there.
Your dreams you must spare.
Do not think they will happen.
Twill only make you sadden.

Keep your eyes on the goal.
Don’t change it for silver or gold.
Your memories are yours to hold.
So go out and be bold.

Don’t twist and turn and fret.
This is something you will regret.
Don’t murmur and complain.
Twill make you insane.

I will come to you and be your guide.
Only you must let go of your pride.
When I open for you a door
Take one step and then no more.

Let it not be said
That you refuse to be led.
There will come a time
And then you will be mine.

Wait on the Lord
And He will be your reward.
If you rebel you will find a sword
You will no longer be adored.

Do not turn to the left or the right.
Trust in the Lord with all your might.
Stay on the right road
And God will lift your load.

There is a way that seems right to man
But the end of this way is not the plan.
This way leads to a downward path
And will bring upon you God’s wrath.

[Jo Smith]

I walk alone
I walk alone
By: Jo Smith ~~~ May 15, 2021

Today I walked all alone
My memories are like a song
Being played over and over, both sad and joy.
The sadness that I can no longer see that little boy.

The joy of the fun we once shared in this place.
Nothing can ever from my mind erase
The bitter-sweet memories of you running and hiding.
And sometimes even sliding
Down into a little creek
As we played hide and seek.

We climbed hills and mountains
We jumped up into fountains.
We flew to the stars and then the moon.
You said, we will do Mars soon.

You climbed trees and waved to me in the breeze.
We played in the snow when there was a freeze.
I taught you how to drive
And then you taught me how to dive.

We had little picnics out in the field.
We chased butterflies as you laughed and squealed.
But we always returned to the special place
Where we played hide and seek and ran a race.

You gave me more joy than tongue can tell.
As we walked together in woods and vale.
Now I am old and you are gone
But an everlasting love was sown.

You live in my heart as no other
You were given to me by your sweet Mother.
She laid you in my arms when you were born
And now life has from me torn
The joy that you brought to me.
But I know you must be free.

Free as a young deer to soar to your height.
And live your new life with all your might.
I wish for you great joy and peace as you now are a man
And I am left to walk alone and do the best that I can
To find new paths of treasure and cheer.
But I will never stop wishing that you were here.