Grow old with me The best is yet to be The last of life for which the first was made Our times are in His hands Who saith “A whole I planned youth shows but half” Trust God: see all, nor be afraid Robert Browning [Link to the book]
Author: Jastej Singh Matharu
Indian Army Veteran
Never mind what they say
Let’s get going Start the festivities Never mind what they say Drink wine With your loved ones Never mind what they say What do I care If people approve or disapprove God bless my friends And my loved ones Never mind what they say [Link to the book]
I hear leaves drinking rain
I hear leaves drinking rain I hear rich leaves on top Giving the poor beneath Drop after drop ‘t is a sweet noise to hear The green leaves drinking near And when the rain shall stop A wonderful light will fill Each mark, round drop I hope the sun shines bright It will be lovely…
The point of journey is not to arrive
The point of journey is not to arrive But to return home Laden with pollen you shall work up Into honey the mind feeds on R.S. Thomas [Link to the book]
When I am all alone
When I am all alone Then my thoughts flutter around me In glimmering host Some dressed in silver Some dressed in white Each like a taper blossoming light Most of them merry Some of them grave Each of them lithe As willows that wave Some bearing violets Some bearing bay One with a burning rose…
Loving life for its own sake
That I loved with all my strength To my soul’s full depth and length Careless if my heart may break That I sang as children sing Fitting tune to everything Loving life for its own sake Sara Teasdale [Link to the book]
Everything, every single thing matters
Some will tell you It doesn’t matter That is a lie Everything, every single thing matters And Nothing good happens fast Howard Schrager [Link to the book]
Evening of content
Grateful enough How can our minds and bodies be Grateful enough that we have spent Here in this generous house This evening of content? Each one of us has walked through storm And fled the wolves along the road But here the hearth is wide and warm And for this shelter and this light Accept,…
What if the bridge men built goes down
What if the bridge men built goes down What if the torrent sweeps the town The hills are safe, the hills remain And hills are happy in the rain; If I can climb the hills and find A small cottage to my mind A lonely but a cleanly house With shelves too bare to tempt…
Into my heart’s treasury
Into my heart’s treasury I slipped a coin That time cannot take Nor a thief purloin Oh, better than the minting Of a gold crowned king Is the safe kept memory Of a lovely thing Sara Teasdale [Link to the book]