Insignificant

Disappointment I hide

Behind a brave smile

I understand

I say

As I feel my heart cry

Layers of patches

Over gaping wounds

Almost healed

As a fresh one blooms

Concealed in a box

I put on a shelf

Decades of pain

I’ve been dealt

The box is full

Ready to burst

Emotions overflow

But what is

Worse

Is dreaming that

To you

I’m someone

Very important

When

In reality

I’m just

Above

Insignificant

©Leatherman 2012

Unborn

What happens to the child
Carelessly conceived
Product of an act of passion
Unplanned little seed
What happens to the unborn
Some call a choice
A mistake that was made
Who has not yet a voice
Heart beat in a tiny chest
Nerves no doubt can feel 
The pain of a hard object
Agonizing silent scream 
Though blind minds can't see
The horror of the deed 
Slaughter of defenseless innocents
Without a second thought
Hide behind laws of man
Politicians that are bought
Country of hypocrites 
Shout save the whale
Save the seal, save the tree
But it's ok to kill
The human babies 
America's own legal holocaust 
Simply a procedure 
With nothing lost
Plucked from a mother's womb
Like a dentist pulls a tooth

(c)Leatherman 2012

The Redeemer

He’s the ray of sunshine warming a face

The air that surrounds us in a gentle embrace

He’s the salt in tears cried in the dark

The flicker of a flame, a candles’ spark

He’s the innocence of children

Who haven’t learned hate

The Redeemer of mankind patiently waits

He’s the roaring ocean and the howling winds

The mover of mountains, disdainer of sins

He’s a newborn’s breath at the beginning of life

A dying man’s Savoir from a world full of strife

He knows all we say, think and do

Even if you don’t believe in Him

He believes in you

Leatherman © 2012

How Sad

How sad not to believe in anyone but self

Too intelligent to fathom

The possibility of Heaven or a Hell

Believe in only what is seen or touched

To believe in a higher power is simply

Just too much

Mock, laugh and smugly ridicule the fools

For believing God’s promise of salvation

Don’t they know, religion is man made by

Lunatics with fanatical imaginations

Death is final, end of story

No gold paved streets, no songs of glory

How sad to think no one really loves you

More than you

Descendants of evolution who follow

Darwin’s rule

Believers pray the lost will find their way

Through the lonely dark road they’re on

No matter what one thinks, does or says

God loves each and every one of us

The only thing He asks

Is complete obedience and trust

© Leatherman 2012

Follow Me

We are spiritual beings anchored

By human flesh

Waiting to reconnect with

The Creator

Souls weaved and stitched

Together with an

Imperceptible thread

Attached to the hand of

God

Ever so gently He tugs

Be still and in your

Absolute silence

You will hear

Him whisper

“Follow me”

"(C)" Leatherman 2012

I Choose to Follow the Son

V1:

We don’t choose to be born

Into this hard and sinful world

That choice is His alone

But it’s up to us which way we go

At the fork in the middle of the road

V2 & Chorus:

Follow the Son, follow the Son

I choose to follow the Son

Thru the trials of life

From a world full of strife

To His kingdom come

Let His will be done

I choose to follow the Son

V2:

We all have faults,

And foolish thoughts

Done things we know are wrong

Never think you’re not good enough

He loves us one and all

His love will make us strong

Won’t you choose to follow the Son

Repeat Chorus

Follow the Son, follow the Son

I choose to follow the Son

Thru the trials of life

From a world full of strife

To His kingdom come

Let His will be done

I choose to follow the Son

Lyrics by Brenda Lee Leatherman

©Leatherman 2012

Parallel Universe

Imagine a world of beauty

Different from your own

A reflective magical place

You once called home

Skies the color of burnt orange

With two fuchsia moons

Waterfalls spill platinum liquid

Fields of dusty teal petals bloom

You soar over crystal buildings

Without the use of wings

Feeling of nirvana

Your soul flies fast and free

Parallel universe

Long since destroyed

Your dreams take you back

At night and fill a gaping void

The mind is a wonderful tool

It can take you anywhere

Close your eyes and hold on tight

How do you know

You’ve never been there

© Leatherman 2012