He’s Asleep

He’s Asleep

It doesn’t matter if the sun is up

He’s asleep

Let the air heat up as far as it will go

He’s asleep

Or let the Arctic send down its cold

He’s asleep

Let a burglar break into the house

He’s asleep

Or let a fire start in the bedroom

He’s asleep

But, open a bag of potato chips

He’s awake and running around the house

You got to love that dog of yours

Because God knows he loves you

When Are You Needed

When Are You Needed

I do not know you

But I have imagined you

Sometimes as a warrior

Fighting dragons and trolls

Saving those who needed saving

And never asking anything in return

All you were doing was making a life

In a story hundreds of years old

Or are you from today

A woman who fights wrongs

Stands up for others in need

And not needing a name to remember

As long as someone somewhere gets helped

Maybe you are from a future time

Where you will help the planet

Or a country which needs you

Or maybe just a baby who was left to die

Either way in any time you are needed

The Magic Of A Child’s Smile

The Magic Of A Child’s Smile

By R.e. Taylor

You love to see a child's smile

It is a very precious thing

Something you’ll remember

And it Only takes a few minutes

All it takes is a mommy or daddy

To tell the child a story

Play a game of peek-a-boo

Or maybe a raspberry on their tummy

But most of all it takes the love we have

A kiss or a hug or just an “I love you"

Well, that could be just the thing for a smile

But if you really cannot do that

If you cannot give the love they need

Do not harm them or take their life

It was never their fault they came to you

Let someone else raise them

Let someone else tell them a story

Or play peek-a-boo or give raspberries

Please, just give the child a chance to smile

And a chance to hear, “I love you"

The Edge

The Edge

She will go to the edge

It is a place she knows well

She never looks up

She never looks down

She knows there is no Heaven

And there is no Hell

That is how she believes

So, she stands there and just looks

Knowing there is no reward

And knowing there is no punishment

She does what she wants

But she enjoys the view from the edge

You will see her looking again

Because that is what she enjoys

And that is good for her

I Just Don’t Care

I Just Don’t Care

I used to care

Everything mattered to me

There was a lot that bothered me

Maybe that was just silly

Or maybe it was the demon of youth

A demon I killed off years ago

Now, in the years since then

I realized some things I didn’t know

There is nothing to be bothered by

Nothing really matters

And everything will just pass by

So, now I can say I really don’t care

And I can mean it

One Chance

One Chance

He spent years looking for love

Going to places he would never go

Meeting so many that he didn't love

So many he could never love

Finally, he saw a name which interested him

An older woman with a heart of gold

He knew he could never resist her

He tried and tried again to just say hello

But even though his heart wanted to

His mind would not allow it

He knew that she was too good for him

So, he just looked at her name

Wondering the whole time if he was right

He saw her and all of her beauty

She was truly a creature created in Heaven

So, he just walked away, never looking back

Later he died all alone

He never knew that she was thinking of him

Staring at his name hour after hour

All it would have taken was just one word

If either of them would have just said hello

They both would have found the love they wanted

But, as with so many “would have" controlled them

So, they both died alone

So, if you find a “would have” moment

Go for it and don’t look back

That way the best will happen from just one choice

It Didn’t Take Long

It Didn’t Take Long

It didn’t take too long

Only a couple hundred years

Long enough for the world to change

The world’s forests and fields

Once fed the entire world

Gave air for everyone to breathe

And just beauty for all to admire

But overnight man’s course changed

Factories replaced the forests and fields

People scampered into cities

Leaving the food in the farms to decay

The animals no longer have a place to live

And the trees can no longer give us air

But even now, after two hundred years

Factories have begun dying themselves

Rusting and decaying as they sit ignored

Their land is returning to the forest

So the world is being restored