Poetry in Variety. Margie Murrell

not so far out of our way

      To help those in need, and pray each day

      That our world will come together

      And find a way to over come

      This thing called hunger

      In our twenty-first century

      Let us start anew

      For the sake of the children

      We must make sure, they have a good future

      Join forces, and make it happen

      So it will be, something of the past

      No one needs to know

      The suffering of this thing, we call hunger.

      Seeing the Galaxies

      As I stand on the rings of Saturn

      Oh! What a sight to see!

      The wonders of the galaxies

      Make me weak at the knees

      Seeing the many moons, twenty-one indeed

      I often wonder about other beings

      Hopefully, one day to meet them

      And treat them as part of my family

      I want to travel to other worlds

      And see the beauty of universal pearls

      Watching the Milky Way as it passes

      In the early part of the day

      How beautiful it is in every which way

      As I travel, hopefully, to many different worlds

      Let me take with me, the hope of peace and harmony

      That all beings from earth to the end of all

      Other galaxies, are indeed created equally

      So, as I make my travels, hopefully, to all other galaxies

      I must remember though, we’re all God’s creatures

      And he created us, just so.

      I’ve Seen the Heavenly Light

      One night, as I laid me down

      I gently closed my eyes to sleep

      Faraway it seemed to be

      And then I saw the heavenly light

      Slowly it did approach me

      So bright it hurt my eyes

      Then suddenly, I saw a figure

      Dressed in all white

      A wonderful glow from his head to his toes

      I saw my father whom I’d loved

      With all my might

      His face was cancer-free

      From the disease that had taken him from me

      Thrilled to see him just one more time

      My heart was full of glee

      As I laid my head upon his shoulder

      I cried and told him of all my pains and woe

      He put his left arm around me

      And lifted up his right hand

      Suddenly we turned to the right

      And what a sight I did see

      A river of still water

      Not a ripple nor wave it had

      Its color of blue I’ve never seen before

      Most often I’d heard it foretold, though

      Such peace came over me

      Something I’ve never felt before

      The sun so bright and trees so green

      Unlike anything on planet earth

      I then asked my father if I could stay, forever

      He said, “My child, you must return

      “And everything will be all right

      “Your work on earth is not yet finished

      “For I know I’ve been chosen

      “For something that man cannot diminish

      “For there is a heaven with a light so bright

      “It will forever outshine the sun

      “All we have to do is just believe

      “And he will help us make it through

      “One day, if we can all be faithful

      “We will enjoy having that everlasting life

      “I know, because I’ve seen the heavenly light.”