My Darkness

 

I am running in the dark tonight.

The wind is coming from the north.

I will run into it one way or the other.

A huge dark black blanket of clouds do I see .

There are no bright lights up in the sky .

When I do turn toward home ,

I will look for the city lights .

I will do my crying and praying in the darkness .

My crying will not wash away my memories .

I feel tired in the true darkness .

The blanket of clouds have just tore apart

And here comes the true hard rain .

Let me not forget the wicked wind from the north .

I will cry and pray harder and try to get

Out of the way of progress .

There should be some kind of progress

In any kind of weather.

Sometimes it will take awhile to find true progress

after a hard rain .

Even in the strong wind and hard rain of this night,

I can run mighty strong on this wicked dark night .

I can cry if I need to ,

And be a fighter for what I believe in

Any day or night .

 

                           By Brock

My Children

             

I have many things to say to you

But you can not bear them now .

It is but not always frustrating

Because my desire is to guide .

When I tell you or show you something ,

It is often misinterpreted

Or poorly received by you .

Sometimes you are to be seen not heard .

I know I can not program my children .

I can only teach , lead and trust

And guide with love .

People say sometimes that experience

Does not cost anything .

I don’t believe that .

I know affliction produces endurance .

Today you do not know what I just said .

Everything has a learning curve .

I hope , it does not take to long

To straighten out the curves .

We all need to achieve something good

To get our lives going right.

I do not want to waste time .

When we have fun together that’s not wasting time .

I want to help and love my children always ,

For my children are my future .

 

                                   By Brock

My Uncles And 72 dads

My uncles and 72 dads .

Today I only have one 72 dad left

So Vernon go set the hook !

They all worked  so hard,

They would only take a break

Between this and that !

When my uncles got angry

At each other they would destroy

Each other’s heart  .

When they got hurt

They felt each other’s pain .

If ever one got hurt the other ones would bleed.

I wish , they were here for me today .

 

They had the magic of touch

I learned from them all,

It is all ways nice to be important 

But more important to be nice .

All my uncles and all of my 72 dads

Served the USA with honor .

One knew it all !

One had rules made even at 31 !

We use them today  after we go hunting in the fall !

One made up his own rules !

They all laughed  !

Everyone of them found time to have fun .

One was always strong for me

and one is strong for me today .

One is quieter than all the others

Even to this day .

I learned from them all to find time to have fun ,

That faith is being sure of what I hope for

And to be certain of what I do

And to work hard at it everyday ,

And our kids are our future.

I learned how to love from them

Yes from them all .

God bless the USA

And God bless all my uncles and all my 72 dads.

I hope to go fish and set my red hooks

and bring some fish home !!

 

                                             By Brock

 

A Game

Basketball is a game .

To play the game

You need to have confidence  to win .

The team has to be all in .

We need  someone in the post

To be the center to hold

Everything together .

We need family and friends

To play forwards

To keep us going forward .

We need special guards

To guard us .

To keep us running in the right direction .

Basketball is just a little game

In the big game of life .

I hope the team is all ways

With me especially ,

If I don’t have confidence  some day .

Our coaches are up above watching us everyday .

 

                                               By Brock

My Grandma

When I was little ,

Grandma would sit in her rocker .

When I sat with her in that special chair

There was always room for me ,

She had to watch As The World Turns .

She could always rock away my sadness .

We would rock awhile and grandma would rock joy into me .

She would have her rosary in her right hand wrapped around

Her fingers in her special way to help her count the beads .

She could say the rosary

With her mouth closed all most !

I can almost do that !

I always wanted to know

What grandma was thinking with her eyes closed ?

She seemed to have a set of eyes behind her head .

She always said to take one day at a time .

When I was with grandma ,

She always had cookies to eat,

If I could not do something that most kids did ,

She would say don’t cry and don’t try so hard .

God and I will help you .

She always made me feel special .

Grandma could straighten me out

Any time of day or night

Like only grandma could .

I wish, grandma was here now

To talk to me like grandma always knew how .

 

                                          By Brock

Handicapped

You may not be able to use your hands

The way the normal people do ?

What is normal ?

You may not be able

To use your legs , eyes or mouth or ears

The way normal people use theirs ,

But no matter how normal

We all are and feel

We all have a heart .

Everyone is handicapped

In their own way .

No matter the handicap ,

We are all handicapped

By unexpected uncertainty  one day .

We will all handle

A handicap differently,

But we will handle it the best way we can .

 

                                       By Brock

Show Your Faith

When is the best time to show your faith ?

When you squeeze me , I will cry is a good time  .

When you learn to sacrifice ,

With the silence of your heart  .

Every day in your life is a risk .

You may have to fight for your faith .

Sometime you lose yet you win ,

Life is a jungle .

The Lord will give you a boost

When you need it .

The Lord’s love for you is more clear than crystal

All the time .

So don’t be afraid to show your faith .

 

                                                   By Brock

Coach Brock

The everyday coach

I watch and observe the games .

I know a coach or two that just watches .

I know when you hold the ball to high .

I can tell you to catch the ball with 2 hands and why .

I can also show you how to cast for a bass on a Wed. !

I can tell you when you are too low

Or when you are to high above the clouds .

I can tell you when to take a shot !

A coach can not always

Say what he thinks and knows .

Someone may think the coach is full of BS !

A coach does not try to be slick !

He just wants to help to show

The right way to play the games

And along the way a trick  or two .

A true coach has courage and compassion

To care and the strength to help .

All a coach wants is respect .

Coach Brock  knows the true games

Of life that is it .

I’m Coach Brock !

 

                                By Brock

 

                                    

Mom Or Grandma’s Day

Mom then Grandma is a unique mixture

Of love , understanding , kindness

Patience , dedication and also hard work .

She made us all go to church .

She always wanted us to work play and pray together.

When asked which child she loves more ,

The answer is the one that is ill

Until he or she gets well

Or the one that is away from home

Until he or she gets home

Or any particular time the one she loves

The most is the one who needs

Her love the most .

When she is with her children

It is mother’s day or  grandma’s day all  day long .

 

                                          By Brock

 

Get Your Work Done

Don’t tell me you are going to do it .

Show me how you are going to do it .

You have to have optimism .

It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one .

Your time is ticking .

Your body has to get into motion !

In yourself you need to have confidence .

You have to live with what you have done

In life and what you have not done yet

So now do your work and get it done .

                                      By Brock

The Guy At The End Of The Bar

How many doors did he try

Before he opened the door to this bar ?

After a few hours ,

The old guy did not get to far.

He said he was here to unwind .

He seemed to be grinding his own gears

With tears in his beer .

He always has a door nob confession

At the end of the night

And after all his talking ,

The guy at the end of the bar

Who is the last to go home

Ends up his night talking

To his visiting angels .

 

                  By Brock

Mother

                            

You loved me before I came into your world .

You loved me more when I cried

And even more when I smiled .

You took care of me when I was up

And brought me more love when ever I was down .

I could not begin to count

The times you tolerated my moods .

In a way we grew up together .

A mother is special, fantastic , exceptional

And she is all mine .

 

When you get to old to know

From right and wrong ,

I will be old enough to take care of your crying

And all of your mood changes daily .

Oh your ups and downs !

I will bring you more love

Than you brought me at the beginning

Because I am here because of your love.

We will love each other

And we will cry together until the end of time .

 

 

                                           By Brock

 

Suffer In Silence

    

When you hurt and you do not

Want anyone to know how much,

It is better to suffer in silence

In the long run .

To miss someone is part of moving on

Even when you suffer in silence

From time to time

When you think of someone special

Silence is golden .

When people make you feel along ,

Sometimes you put a smile on your face

And laugh and yet suffer in silence  .

You can go to sleep and not wake up

From your nightmare .

Suffer in silence  at night

Is nor fare .

In the morning you might just tie

Your shoes real tight

And go for a run for an hour

Maybe you will

Get your suffering in silence out

When you run hard

And give your body a work out

Even more when you sweat

Pray even cry .

The suffering in silence is gone

For a while.

 

                        By Brock

A Fishing Chronicle

I want to get the catch of the day .

I may use a spin doctor or the pumpkin

Seed color to get the big fish that got away yesterday .

I will need a big net and a small hook

Oh what the heck .

I will fish all day

To even get the random fish

Just to escape from the everyday rat race .

I will even take a pan fish

And put them in my bowl I use each morning at home

And cook them that way !

The best time to go fishing is yesterday

That’s when they are biting .

My fishing chronicle was yesterday !!

I did at the end of the day

Get more much more than the catch of the day .

 

                                                    By Brock

Love

Love makes the world go around .

Love holds the family together .

The meaning of life is to be found

In the giving and receiving of love ,

The love for one another .

People know we are Christians

By our love .

Love makes everything new each day,

So show your love and hope for more .

 

                                        By Brock