Believe In Yourself

Don't be disappointed in yourself .

You should believe .

You have to face each day

Or you will fade a way .

You should never quit

Because it becomes a habit .

You have to make the day begin

So get up and believe in what you do each day

And do it correctly .

One day at a time !

 

                   By Brock

Dad Knew

He knew the difference between

Right and wrong long before I came a long .

When I' done wrong

He could just look at me

And make me cry .

He had a saddle cinch

Hanging on the kitchen wall .

He would use it on my back side

To teach me from right and wrong .

There was always dying love in daddy's hands .

He knew how to set me on the straight and narrow .

He knew how to lift me up

When ever I needed to be .

He knew how to help me feel good to be me .

                                        By Brock

Dad , You Had Soft Hands

Dad , you had soft hands ,

When I cried and asked why .

It is not the way it is today .

You were always strong .

You told me I should be seen not heard ,

When I was young that was hard to understand .

You told me you would never be to far away

And that I could always talk to you

Morning noon and night right !

No man is rich enough to buy back the past .

I understand that but still I wish  you could hold me today .

My memories of you will be in my heart forever more .

Because of you , there is already something inside me

That makes me strong .

                                                  By Brock

Coach Knows

Practice practice practice !

You have to work at whatever you do .

It is not how you start

But how you finish .

You sacrifice sweat that is inside and outside you ,

When you practice right .

Trust yourself at practice and take chances .

Practice against perfection .

Coach Knows !

                By Brock

The Mirror

Did you look at the mirror down the hall

And look at yourself ?

This world is not a dress rehearsal

So make the best of what you got

And who you are.

Nobody who looks into a mirror

Is ever an idiot  .

When you look into a mirror ,

You will feel and see the faith

And courage and strength in you .

When you look into the mirror you

Are never alone  .

So smile when you leave home ,

Because someone is always looking at you .

Smile and say how lucky I am this day .

Inside you , you will feel it.

Just say it , loud and say it proudly

I am lucky today to be me  .

 

                           By Brock

 

The 72 Team

The big band played the beat of the horse

When the beautiful 72 stallions  ran

From  the fields onto the floors

Of many arenas through out the state .

They kept their heads held high

Even when they didn't have the ball .

They ran with total spirit .

Their spirit was never broken .

They were never totally road

But someone did hold back

On their reins 

Once and a while or they would have ran

With the wind but no matter what

They were totally free to play

The way that it was to be .

It was marvelous just to see them run

Out of only time but never their spirit

Or their freedom  .

The old and the new Rustlers

Could never even steal their special memories

Or the joy in their eyes

As they ran

As I finish this with no time to spare

The 72 stallions and their fans

Are still having fun after all these 40 years .

                                By Brock

A Dad Too

 

I know a mother's hug and kiss

Can sooth a child's aches and pains .

Dad worries too .

A mother knows many things

To keep her children happy .

A dad just wants to see

Smiles on his children's faces .

A mother is always her children's best friend .

A dad can  not and should not

Always be a friend to his children  .

He has to teach and push them

From time to time so they learn .

A dad should always give his wife her does

On how she raises  the children

And how she raises  or handle her husband

Even when he is sick. .

Dad might get a hug ,

But not a kiss

When he is sick .

 

                             By Brock

 

The Family Hunt

 

We come from all over for a few days of  hunting .

It does not matter how many pheasants

We shot and cleaned .

The thing is we are together as one .

We talk about last year's hunt

And who is not with us this year .

Oh the birds we can hear .

I will take snap shots when ever .

We all try to stay worm one day and cool the next .

We always talk about the birds that got away .

A hunter may loose his hat and his cool

And also the bird in the same field .

The hunting dog may not find  the bird ,

But she will stay cool even when her neck

And belly gets scratched up  .

Our little bird dogs had no luck.

We may get 10 birds in one day and 5 the next .

Nobody really counts .

 

One night we all eat lasagna

And we talk about who eats to much

And about who drinks to much of this and that

Even those who drink from a box !

We always talk about how much

Sleep we all miss ,

But we will all get up tomorrow .

As a family we will have fun .

We will shut and shut and even miss ,

But we will talk and laugh

And play in the fields .

Who  has the keys to the pick-up

At the end of the trees !!!

The birds are in the field

And in the air .

Who is missing the birds

And who is laughing ?

Who is counting what ,

Because we are family !!!!!!

 

                     By Brock

Between You And Me

I will always go to church on Sat. night .

I will always pray for you .

I will always protect you 

If you ever get into a fight  .

I will always love you .

I will always do what I can for you .

I will always try to teach you the right things .

I always feel like I am in school learning something .

I will always be coach Brock in my dreams .

I will always lessen to you .

You only give me what I can handle

But at that time I don't always believe it .

I will always have a picture of you in my house

And my house is always open to you .

My hands will always be open to reach and to hold you.

I will always be here for you ,

Until the end of time  .

The only person that can

Always use the word always

And always mean it is  God .

Between you and me God ,

Thank you for lessening to me

This sunny Sunday morning

While I had a nice run

Oh God  thank you for always being with me .

 

                                       By Brock

Sunshine On My Shoulder

You are so beautiful to me .

Speaking of gems , nor do I liken any

Priceless gems to you ,

Because all gold or silver

In view of you is just a little sand .

She has the splendor of her never

Yields to sleep  .

All good things come to me

In her company

And all those countless riches

In her small hands .

I love my sunshine on my shoulder .

 

                               By Brock

Be Like You

You start simple and start right .

You are a hero to me .

You can handle any situation

Day or night .

You are a man of few words

But you know how to make them count .

When there is something worth saying

You say it .

Heroes always achieve a stunning feat .

I wish , I could be a hero to someone one day  .

You are a hero to me every day .

 

                                      By Brock

Grandma's Rocking Chair

I feel old when I sit in

Grandma's old rocking chair .

My feet rub the floor

When I rock back and forth .

I worry as I watch as the world turns .

I know worrying is like sitting

In this rocking chair ,

I go up and down up and down for hours

But never go any place .

I have my rosary in one pocket ,

My snoot rag in the other .

As I sit in this rocking chair ,

I look out this window

And see the pheasants and I can

Hear them talk .

In a way and after all these years ,

I feel like I am sitting on grandma's lap

And together everything will be fine in time .

We all have to get up and not rock

The day away .

                                By Brock

As Your Father

I will pray for you until I die ,

You are always on the go .

It is a tragedy that you are

Not with me today  .

We are a reflection of the people

Who came before us that is true  .

You are like a windsock

At the airport .

I hate to fly  ,

Because the first word you see

At any airport is the word terminal ,

And that is not all

But that is just me .

I will stay within one zip code of home

And go fish or hunt or run and pray for you

Every night and day

I will do whatever I can for you smiley.

Don't push any more manure in front of me

Because I will not step into it but

I will clean it from our path.

I will always love you .

Because I am proud to be your father ,

I will always pray for you  ,

Where ever you go

Where ever you end up

Because you are a reflection of me  .

                          By Brock

You're Hunting With Us

You left us beautiful memories

Your love is still our guide

You guys will always  be

By our side all the time

Not just during hunting season

Our family chain and our family hunts

And hearts are broken

And nothing will seem the same

But as God calls us home one by one

The chain will link again

And then we will have the greatest

Family hunt and none of us

Will miss that hunt

And no one will miss a shot

and God will say it is ok

To lie just one more time

One of you can then go way ahead of us

and see the pheasants that the rest of us

Can not see

One of you can then shut from inside a van

Because we know you can

We all love you guys

                                      By Brock

At Age 60

When I turn 60 , I went out for a run ,

I will not retain water like a bath tub ,

At age 60 , but because of the love to run .

I still do not run like a Grandfather clock

But with a little luck

I may be in the autumn of my life,

But when I ran this morning ,

I saw the blush of autumn .

It is beautiful this time of year .

I will stop when I get home

And let things sink in

When I run I know I am never alone .

                          By Brock

High Jacked

You high jacked my dreams .

You say , I can not have everything .

I resent the limitations

That some people put on my own imagination .

I like to create my own vacation

Destination if only it is 50 miles from home ,

Sometimes I like to go there on my own .

Once in a while when I do get to go

To where I want to go by myself

Or with a friend

I still feel like I have been

High jacked back home

Because my heart and mind

Got high jacked by you .

Some may say it is love  that may be true

But at some point I will feel like

Being high jacked all over again

And it never matters how old I am .

                             By Brock

In October

 In October the sunflower are sleeping

And pheasant hunting is coming .

Summer's sun no longer to shine .

Maybe the flowers are crying ?

Maybe I know why ?

I think , it's the end of many things

Our days of fishing long days ,

Our long days in the sun ,

Our days lean toward a grayer end .

The snow may come

Not the long slow rain .

I have a friend who will share my sadness

And who will wait for me

No matter how long it will take

And together we will wait

For softer winds and brighter skies .

I know and he knows

I get older in October .

                      By Brock

Our 40th Reunion

After 40 years of being out of school ,

We where all to meet up on the same street

Where we all once started school .

We did not get lost coming back to our old home town

And  the same old street to see each other .

We recognized almost everyone .

Everyone looked almost the same

Everyone 's voice was just like yesterday .

Our eye sight was lacking .

Our body WT. in 40 years did not change !

We once gave slaps on the back  to one another

But know we give hugs .

We talked about the good old days ,

Not about the pain in our legs .

40 years ago we did not need to sleep !

Today we all need our beauty sleep.

Before 10 o'clock even if coach did not  gave us his orders tonight !

We have to watch the local news .

We all have to watch what we drink  and eat

Because of all the pills we have to take  .

We went to a dance before it got to late

And only one couple fell down on the dance floor,

Before I had to tell everyone

I had fun at our reunion

Before I went out the door .

I needed my sleep

Because II am getting old  !

                    By Brock