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

 

ONLY I KNOW

I heard you, little broken heart,

Like shattered glass against a wall!

From the darkest corridors you call –

Sadness lingers in my soul, so sad!

And there is nowhere to start . . .

Remembering the love you once had.

 

The room is still just before dawn

These memories are tearing me apart,

I heard you, little broken heart –

(As I lie here all alone)

Never another love like hers, dear soul,

And now this pain only I know!

 

Thomas Theophilus© November 29, 2025

WINTER, O WINTER

 

Winter, O winter,

   Sing me a song, please!

A song of wind, and time,

   Of empty fields, and Barron trees,

I will sit and not complain,

And feel the coldness of your pain!

Of animals curled in their caves,

And mountains of white maze.

 

Winter, O winter,

Sing of things that stir my heart,

Like frozen lakes of perfect art –

And upon your lyrics I will write:

“I lie in the darkness of night

where moonbeams give me light,

and only here my world seems right!”

 

Thomas Theophilus© November 28, 2025