LITTLE BELL

  

Little bell

The sounds of your songs

You ring out

The music we need to hear

 

You hang in church towers

And on trolley cars

You travel upon the rails

Because you own the day

 

You talk to our hearts

And you know our needs

Your rings are so proud

That takes our fears away

 

Ring on little bell

That rings in the darkness

And you bring dreams to life

For time is your friend

 

We’ll put you on the shelf

There you will sit in silence

And wait for directions

But you know your duty

 

Then when it’s time

We’ll pick you up with care

And then by choice

You will call out unhappiness,

 

And little bell in our hands

We’ll call all to dinner

Where joy will sing and dance

 

“Ring! Ring! Ring on!”

 

Thomas Theophilus© December 21, 2025

 

CAN YOU IMAGINE

 

Can you imagine sitting all alone?

Can you imagine the loneliness I feel?

Can you imagine being abandoned?

Can you imagine the pain that my heart feels?

Can you imagine someone giving you a bath?

Can you imagine someone dressing you?

 

I sit in silence every day!

I sit with my memories of yesterday!

I sit and stare out the window!

I sit and long for my family!

I sit and wonder if anyone cares!

 

I remember when you were conceived.

I remember when I first saw you.

I remember your first smile.

I remember your first toy.

I remember your first birthday.

I remember your first day of school.

 

Can you imagine the memories I hold of you?

Can you imagine all the hugs and kisses?

Can you imagine the sacrifice I have made?

Can you imagine if this happened to you?

Can you imagine being tossed away like trash?

Can you imagine the love I still have for you?

 

Thomas Theophilus© December 11, 2025

CRY ALL YOU WANT

“I want to be me,” said my heart!

    “Oh!” so that is unfair,

As though my world just fell apart

   I need a fresh breath of air!

 

“Through your dress I see your figure,”

   O that negligee you have on –

Causes something in me to trigger,

   And to your heart I am so fond!

 

“Loving you has become a habit,

   I want your body from head to toe!

So, don’t become a Lorena Bobbitt!

   That would have to hurt so!

 

So, cry all you want, I do understand,

But remember, I am still your man!

 

Thomas Theophilus© December 4, 2025

WHAT IS LIFE’S PLOT

 

Along the back streets,

   The buildings stand tall,

Dirty concrete with graffiti,

   And I have seen it all!

 

Pigeons are everywhere,

   They have no place to go,

Lost in the maze of time,

   And their sadness shows!

 

The clouds move on by

   You see time waits not –

As the days turn into years,

   But what is life’s plot?

 

There is no time to think!

   So, I just let it all be

I have troubles of my own,

   Through my eyes I see:

 

God watches from above,

   And to the world I recall –

Everything God has created

   For man, big and small!

 

Thomas Theophilus© December 3, 2025

 

PLANS I HAVE FOR YOU

Time is moving so fast,

And nothing will ever last –

So here I sit in church

On the oak pew I perch . . .

The preacher’s sermon I heard

Teaching of God’s precious word:

“So, what was the Lord saying,

Are you a sheep that is straying?”

The message was simple and plain

Nothing will ever remain the same!

A whisper, then I turned around,

And in the quietness came a sound –

The sweetest voice I’ve ever heard

(The spirit of God’s holy word)

“For I know the plans I have for you,”

declares the Lord, “plans to prosper

you and not harm you, plans to give

you hope and a future.”

 

Thomas Theophilus© December 1, 2025

SING EVERY DAY

 

I strolled down the walk,

And in my mind’s eye I saw:

“Life is what we think”

Then I heard the birds call:

 

“We worry for nothing!”

We wait upon the morning dew,

And God feeds us daily

So, tell me, what do you do?

 

We choose to sing every day,

And we depend upon Him –

What does worrying change?

So let your life’s troubles be!

Then I listened to them . . .

As they sang from the tree!

 

Thomas Theophilus© November 30, 2025

 

WORRIES PUT TO REST

 

It’s heaven on earth

When I’m in your arms –

Here I can find a safe place

To put my worries to rest,

And dry the tears on my face!

Life’s troubles I can erase,

And know your gentle charms

That only a woman can birth!

Yes, my life is a mess,

But with you I have no sorrow,

With my head upon your breast

I will wait for tomorrow

Knowing I’ve passed life’s test –

And put all my worries to rest!

 

Thomas Theophilus© November 29, 2025