So Much Love
There is so much love
in this heart of mine
This much love
can make a dull day shine
So much love
and so much to share
It can chase the darkness
out of anywhere
I was dreaming of dad
he said "Hello son"
I said "I've walked a million steps
with out my laces coming undone
He said "How many?"
in his special way
I said "I passed twenty million
just the other day."
I visited my mom
she was one her knees
She said "Edward
will you help me say my rosary, please
I said "I've got the time mom
we can get it done."
She started with
the Joyful Mystery number one
My sisters they will call me up
just any day
They'll ask if I have
something new to say
I'll tell them I love them
but they know that
I can hear them smile
when we begin to chat
My brothers are my heroes
they may not know
I don't brag about them
so it doesn't show
When we get together
it is so much fun
I have so much love
for each and every one.
That is the complete poem which includes the verse about mom I posted earlier. I have a tune for it so I sing it on my days off. I'm unable to put down the music because I can't play a musical instrument. I guess I could at one time though. Short story.
I used to play the flutophone. When I was in grade four some teachers were looking for an eleventh to complete the Pipers Piping for the Sacred Heart stage production of the Twelve Days of Christmas. It may not have been because of my ability to play, it may have been more likely due to the other little nose pickers in my class being somewhat more clever than I and blowing (pun intended) their auditions on purpose. Somebody decided I would fill out the troop. Little did they know, that, when the eleven pipers marched out on the stage to pipe, only ten would be playing. The eleventh froze when he noticed there was an audience with actual people in it. Didn't even get the pipe to my lips. Worst day of my life... except for maybe the three times I broke my nose in grade one. Jesus! Maybe I should have checked out back then, I was still pretty innocent, I might have made it through the Gates, after a few days in Purgatory of course.
I'm still around
Loved
