songs of peace volume 2
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Songs of PeaceVolume 2
Copyright 2014 by Kings of Peace, written by Goss Lindsey
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Contents
may our words be prayers ............................................................................................... 3
and the more we offer ..................................................................................................... 4
eyes melt ............................................................................................................................. 5
reversing ............................................................................................................................. 6
may our strength always rest .......................................................................................... 8
little ones ............................................................................................................................ 9
we disperse from the center ......................................................................................... 10
and of water ..................................................................................................................... 11
blessed be the day ........................................................................................................... 15
forged in the pit of fire .................................................................................................. 16
when love overflows ...................................................................................................... 18
to overcome ..................................................................................................................... 20
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may our words be prayers
may our mind be still
to receive what you would have us say
in the tongue we speak andthe words we drum
let us not be concerned
with what who or how many
chose to hear what we say
may our eyes see past these pages
for these are not small poems
on a piece of paperbut these are our offerings
of thought
and God's thought heals
for it corrects error
and brings His peace
let us be your mouth that speak
let us be your fingers that writelet us be our legs that walk
to bring another way to see
for Your vision rests inside
may these prayers
crack the curtain of our brothers mind
may our words seep through the earth
no matter what difference we believewe do not do not make
for Your will is our Joy
and Your Song is our Peace
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and the more we offer
the more we are given
and the more we lovethe more we are loved
and the more we are willing
the more we are shown
and the more do we heal
the more we are healed
what we seek is the truthand that which cannot be changed
is both true and of God
Amen do these laws hold
our safety
Amen even we
were found
May God's blessing continue through us
and heal as deeply as we would be willing
to offer
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eyes melt
the sudden disguise
folded to ash
heavy did it weigh
and for so many miles
did I carry it
solid earth was the only thing
that kept me from sinking
for I knew no longer
what I walked within
hard and cold it was
yet it told me the truth
and did it love me for
it held me upright
in the cold grass did we sit
and breathing for the first time
and the very breath sparked
an old memory
we could not breath without
another
how had we done it alone
for so many miles
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reversing
from fear to love
from alone to welcomed
is our function
the truth cannot be added to
for what rests inside
lies untouchable and perfect
in peace and of love
but this place
cannot be taught of
and so we move to findthe layers of crust around
our own center
for a moment not asking why
not returning to anger
for a Son of God
is victim to nothing other than
their own illusions
once we were given a handand one by one we were
reversed
then hand gave us a sentence
and when we read it aloud we noticed
as we changed what we spoke
so too did we alter what
we saw
welcome to the corridorlong lost and long feared
where the words of the world
will be stripped and laid to rest
on this walkway to the opening
of eyes long closed
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welcome to your undoing
as we are joined by the Holy Spirit
nothing more and nothing less
do we gather together for as His children
if you are somewhere between your darkest
and lightest of moments
let me hold your hand and look in your eyes
as you have done for me
today you will not walk alone my beautiful friend
if you are standing and looking
at a journey you have yet to step upon
not knowing where to begin
may you remember only to ask
for another way to See
that would be enough
to let in the truth of what today
may not be seen
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may our strength always rest
may our strength always rest
in our gentleness
when the world breaks the frail image we walk withinagain and again
lead us to only remember what can be kept
and what has already been lost
in time
when we are not afraid
for the generation of the things we need are given to us
as everything we have ever seemed to have
was nor could ever be oursmay our blessing reach to those who have not yet remembered
they too are the blessed children
who would not be asked to tremble in fear seeking for food and shelter
our strength was not ours
but strongly do we stand in it
and gratefully do we extend it
our gentleness is ours
and we will see it even in thosewho remember it not today
Amen do we sing
Goss
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little onesI have a song for you little ones
Hear me sing. Hear my song
I see my own reflection singing in your eyes.
But this song will not be yoursNor could ever be.
Someday after the world has closed your eyes
You shall awaken and your eyes will blossom
And you will hear a song
That is not mine to sing
But yours.
Shine on beautiful child
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we disperse from the centerinto the angles of the worldsthe tangents, the merging, and the game of life.
some have been gone for so longthe center is all but forgottenthe quiet placethat has no place other than the rememberance.the whirlwinds of my dreamsthe storms of of my emotionsboth beat me and carry melet me return
if the ticking days counting downto the end are what we fear
we have only forgottonwhere the center is
may we return again unto peacestillness and that home
where we are loved and lovefreely
knowing not the count of days or dollarsit cares not for these thingsthe center only smiles immune to all factorsshine beautiful child shine on
and what would i giveand what would we givefearless and unafraid for it is not our place to judgeour worthfor that is of the light from which we are drivenstanding beyond judgement
It who calls for us to shineonly what it would have us giveall we areall we have ever knownin the center when the world was tired and afraidshine beautiful child, shine on
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and of water
may no man return from a walk
and an offer another anything lessthan what they would seek
if the cup returns of something sweet
of something that can be used
and then be gone
it would be of the world
and for this drink a man would charge
for his physical efforts of securing and returning
what he found were required
so must be the case he would offer
a drink for the body
lonely and thirsting
not knowing for what
as only eventual certain death does it
attempt to prevent
while secretly the mind begs death
for it is both the accuser and accused
and hiding safely does it hope to cower from
what it would truly thirst
and so a man comes
offering water with outrageous claims
and most strangely he asks nothing
in return for what he would offer
many men would mock
they would not inspect the water
but laugh at the man
"who would assume such a role above me"
would they say
"I have traveled far and wide upon the earth,
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and no man has found water I have not discovered"
the man does not mock
for he too was once mocked
the man too has learned not to inspect a waterby the face of a man who carries it
but by the cleanliess
of the water
as in his learning so many times
did he seek upon the shore of the river
of his heart within the body of Christ
where all are faceless and minds joined
into the brotherhood of one
he scooped the Holy Water into his cup
but upon his return was not able to keep
the water entirely pure
and even in his attempt
of tiny misguidances would he speak
as the slightest fear remained withheld
and bled into what he carried
as men would judge the body
the body cannot make nor carry, nor even see
Holy water that would fill our hearts
only the mind could join unto peace
and what it would say is so simple
yet the human mind is split
and that which dwells in illusion despises
such a drink
and only the most willing
and only the most brave
and only the most broken from the game of the world
would kneel to seek this water
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if one million men searched for God's peace
and only one returned
this would be enough
for the Word is alive
and truth cannot be alteredonly shared and rejoiced within
and while most men hate those returning
with drink for all
that would be meaningless for one who has thirsted
upon the water of love
we would not know them by their face
we would not know them by their claims
we would not know them by the banners and titles
from which they stood under
we would know them only in our hearts
as they represent our own release from fear
to love
and when we drink they are the ones
smiling so big the earth and all God's children
could seemingly be held within their lips
Amen Christ has brought us the way to thirst
and if we would seek we would find
what can not be removed or replaced
only shared and prospered
may we drink heartily today
from the well of our Father
shared and multiplied by all
who partake
not one wall of difference
not one wall of judgement
would we hold once we recognize its stand
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in the mind of Christ
Amen
these walls
built to hide from truth
and stand apart
would fall
this willingness
as fences tear projecting
falsities for so long
extending from thread
of belief
all things would be given
let us look at our brother
as our greatest gift
for what we want to see in him
will be what we find in ourselves
and one day may we tear the fence down
one link at a timeand choose to bless
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blessed be the day
blessed be the day
we have survived the storm
shelter calling our ancient nameto dwell in safety leaving
the wind and rain behind
leaving our old self
step by step until we again
were renewed in the soft sun
blessed be the day
after so many passingsof storm and seeking shelter
did we become shelter itself
our steps were of kindness
even to those who did not see it
and our walk into the world
made no difference what weather
appeared overhead
blessed be the day
after so many days of healing
did we slowly become one too
who did not just receive
but offer it
for just one day the difficult work
of growth to spirit is resided
and we are used by Christas a vessel shining and attesting
to the innocence of God's children
Amen and in the mind of Christ
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forged in the pit of fire
i dreamed hateful dreams and hid
I saw death too early
I felt abandonment too earlyI drank rivers just to numb the calling
And had too many tears to even cry
In youth I rose like a shelled warrior
to be my savior
strong, insensitive, and alone
one who could be better
than my brother and earn
my own respect
this is my story yet we all have one similar
in this way..
there was a day we saw our brother
as different
and if we kept looking we see that too
meant he must be an enemy
and if we look even more we see
our dream he wished us harmour justification of his death
was not from him but
our own misidentifcation of ourself
there are those of us who have been broken
you may never have known it when you see our faces
but we were broken by what we believed
were the cruel hands of life
and broken again by our mad dreamsof how to be reborn
our blessing was that we were cracked
we wish not this upon any brother
for so many of our kind
did not surrender and survive
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some of the dearest we have ever known
and most gentle among us were the called
who fell to addiction and self hate
but we can speak for thembecause we hold them inside
and we remain another day
as just barely did we become
one who answered
so when you ask why we share
may our small blessing be upon you
it is because we can
blessed to every child released
from fear unto Love
In Christ
Amen
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when love overflows
like an electric current of love
would it travel through this small body
between breath and tearshealing and respite do I try
the seed was planted years ago
and slowly does it bloom until it covers
what once I knew to be my eyes
Christ has come
to set the captives free
and so too have we joined
long ago we sat thirsting only for peace
as our own spirit was in turmoil
finally did we see our brother as ourselves
and peace arrived in deepening degree
yet we knew not of what was next
our own peace was not enough
and we would be used in wayswe never dreamed
but we brace as best we can for the ride
having been taught not to judge
what the Holy Spirit may do through us
only to be joyous in our song within the sea
and when love overflows
we only wish we could hold moreit is like trying to capture the ocean
with a thimble
to offer only a few drops
of what is possible
through the earth does it travel
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unto every child crying alone
our minds are shown their pain even
when we do not want to see anymore
thus we continue onuntil not one brother is left
not one captive wishing freedom
remains in a prison of the mind
in a world of illusions and falsities
when love overflows
do we bow in gratitude
and tears melt the earth
in our gentleness
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to overcome
Amen that what did not break us
made us stronger
yet let us look with our eyes and see
we did not charge out alone into the world
as we once dreamed
to earn a victory
that dream died long ago
for it was exclusive and could not
be shared by our brother thus died
when we realized its futility
Amen that what did not take our last breath
made us remember
we did not charge but huddled
close to the earth did we kneel
and called in the Holy Spirit
we refused no being of love who would surround us
and surround us they didand this we know because we stand before you today
still here
knowing if we stood alone
we would not have survived
to overcome
does not require playing god and attempt control over
what we cannot
for that is a short fuse that somedaystopped working
it is the release and acceptance of the choice
birthing freedom and love,
and the rejection of fear and mad dreams
that we could walk alone and prosper
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when we were at our lowest we saw darkness
others who wish for our demise and a cruel world
that would churn us into nothing other than dust
our brother came like a thief in the night
yet one not coming to take
but give
our brother reminded us the most simple of things
that we somehow had forgotten
and in his face brought the memory
our Father did not forget us
and sent our brother to carry us Home
when we were finally ready to return
one day we will remember the cold walls
as we climbed the stairs in our minds returning
to Christ
we saw a helpless man
who overcame but not alone
and the face of the thief who carried light in a world of darkness
became our tomorrow
with that we seek you
with that we hold you
we both are you and were you
and until you are one of us
we shall never leave you
Amen and in Christ
Goss