My Muse

by Christopher J. A. Saint Germain

right now

  If we don’t change direction soon

  Then this ship will run aground

  The smallest grain of sand

  So difficult to see

  Holds all life’s little mysteries

  Like the grains of you and me

  And I know you said that you can

  Never fall in love again

  But I hope that isn’t true

  Because I’m standing here for you

  And all I ever want to be

  Is the exception to the rule

  We Can Move Mountains

  There’s a cross that we must bear

  That’s a lesson I have learned

  But we can bear that cross together

  Or so I’ve been told

  And we will travel this world

  Leaving no stone unturned

  And we will carry each other

  Down that long and winding road

  I’ve walked a mile in your shoes

  And you’ve been in mine

  And we’ve walked over beaches

  Crossed the sands of time

  But we step over dollars

  To pick up the dimes

  And we’ve taken the long way home

  But we’re finally back where we belong

  With just a mustard seed of faith

  We can move mountains

  If I had half the faith of Bernadette

  I could change the world

  We’ve got to have faith

  Faith in one another

  And we shall gather at the river

  With our flags unfurled

  Now you’ve got to go your own way

  And I’m going mine

  But our paths will cross again

  Time after time

  And I shall take you in my arms

  And sing you this song

  And it will be just like

  You were never gone

  A Brighter Day

  If the sun should rise tomorrow

  And you don’t know where to turn

  Be grateful for the sunlight

  And the images it’s burned

  If the night should fall tomorrow

  Before you fall asleep

  And you need someone to talk to

  Know that you can count on me

  Hear my testimony

  Hear my solemn vow

  God has never spoken to me

  But he’s singing through me now

  I needed someone to believe in

  But what I couldn’t see

  Was the someone that I needed

  Was lost inside of me

  Now I’ve found

  Another way

  I know I’m going to make it through

  Another day

  And I’ve found

  The most beautiful light

  All it took for me to see it

  Was to simply close my eyes

  So if the sun should rise tomorrow

  And you don’t know where you stand

  Come and stand beside me

  I will take your hand

  But if you need someone to guide you

  Because you think you’ve lost your way

  Then you need to look inside you

  I promise you will find a brighter day

  Columbus Day

  I am counting my blessings on this great day

  This nearly forgotten holiday

  This Founder’s Day

  As I travel this vast expanse of blacktop

  I see the faces of these fine people

  These citizens of the most charitable land on earth

  These proud people who are not afraid to help

  The other countries of the world who would not think to offer

  One minute of their time when our times are hard

  And we would not ask

  But will pull together as one

  I would not hesitate to help a brother in need

  As I know that he would do the same for me

  And as the majestic Douglass fir trees tower above

  On my left and on my right

  I am grateful for my family

  Who risked their lives to board the Mayflower

  So that I might have a better life

  And for the soldier who kept us free

  That I may work and provide

  Or take my chances and travel

  Hit the road or sail the seas

  And return the favor

  So that my children

  May have the same opportunities

  This Man

  I am but a man

  But this man was a God

  This man stood upright in all his undertakings

  And blazed a path for me to follow

  Will he return in my lifetime?

  I think not

  But when we meet face to face

  This man will greet me as a brother

  And defend my misgivings as though they were his own

  We all have our crosses to bear

  But this man would bear them all

  Yours and mine

  Just for you to have the opportunity

  To live in the light

  We all must sacrifice

  But this man made the greatest sacrifice of all

  This man taught us how to live

  And to love our neighbor

  This man opened his arms and embraced the world

  And his flesh was pierced

  So that I may be free

  Sins of the Child

  Nancy was a loner all her life

  She didn’t take no shit from anyone

  Paranoid, but she refused to hide

  She’d stand straight with her razor and her gun

  Now the sins of the mother

  Are visited on the child

  I don’t know who I can or cannot trust

  Will it take another

  Sacrifice to tame this wild

  Passion building, and pounding in my chest?

  My father died

  On the roadside all alone

  Struck down in his prime when I was eight

  He searched wide

  For comfort and a home

  Taken before his time, now it’s too late

  Because the sins of the father

  Are visited on his son

  I watch the sun go down across the sea

  I take a drink

  And face the world alone

  Because nothing left to lose, can set you free

  If I Was Your Man

  I’m not as drink as you thunk I am

  I just want you to come here and save me

  And I might let you see inside this man

  But I’m nobody’s baby

  And I know that you know how I feel

  Because you never let no one inside

  But if you relent and let me get inside you

  You’ll know you have nothing to hide

  I’m not as feel as you scared I am

  You have no reason to be afraid

  I just want for you to understand

  I know that you feel the same way

  Because there’s no one who’s seen my face

  Or lived this same life

  The way that I feel that you do

  And there’s no one who can take my place

  Or make this sacrifice

  As I’m standing here for you

  And I know you feel it too

  I know that you know that it’s true

  I’m not as know as you strong I am

  But if you’d take me by my hand

  Then I know I could show you how wrong I am

  I could stay if I was your man

  I would stay if I was your man

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