While Congress prances all around
Our troops lay dying on the ground
But little care do they eschew
That comforts any other view
There is a God we must believe
Who soon our honor will retrieve !
PLEASE PASS THIS ON.
A FATHER’S LOVE ( 2019 ) 2019/11/26
Once was a man that I had known
When I was young and not full grown
Long time ago and far away
Another life, another way.
He was a man of honest pride
Direct and sweet, sincere inside
I miss him still and ever will
He holds that place none else can fill.
And if I live one hundred years
Or have to face one thousand fears
There is no one I’ll ever meet
Who shall my father’s love unseat !
VICTORIOUS ( 2019 ) 2019/06/19
This man reviled by all the press
Who came on board to fix the mess
His name will live in history
He saved this nation for the free
And time alone shall tell the tale
So many stories to regale
Have faith that in the end we’ll see
His name will mark our victory !
PRINCIPLES ( 2019 ) 2019/05/06
How I’d like to think we’re all the same
That we all possess the selfsame aim
That our instincts tell us what’s correct
And the principles we must expect,
That we live our lives in manner strong
In a place in which respect belongs,
That we honor truth and liberty
In a world wherein all men are free !
HOMAGE ( 2019 ) 2019/03/17
The lonesome whistle of the train
Keeps singing to my tired brain
The trip is long and nears its end
I’m ever weary, oh my friend
And what if we should never die
How could we then embrace goodbye ?
TRUST IS A VIRTUE (2019) 2019/03/14
When I was but a little child
And life was newer, sweeter, mild
My mother taught me many things
About the joy that kindness brings
And why respect’s a two way street
When often strangers chance to meet
The earth is precious needing care
With trust the virtue all must share !
“IF I BE ALIVE” ( 2019 ) 2019/02/28
There was a man that I used to know
He was my gardener long ago
A man of honor and good intent
Who said exactly just what he meant.
True, I knew he was a man of God
And back in those days that was not odd
He went about his work with great ease
His goal in life was to help and please.
A kindly man full of deep respect
Not an inch of ground did he neglect
His parting words I can still recall
They never changed, no not once at all.
He taught me a lesson that does survive
” See you tomorrow, if I be alive ” !
THANK YOU, JOHN ATANASIO !
