My Boys: A Collection of Poems

© 2011 Melbourne Peat. All rights reserved.

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First published by AuthorHouse 7/19/2011

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Contents

PLAY GRANDPA, PLAY

WORDS

THE EARTH

BEAUTIFUL

A GIFT OF LOVE

THE HANDS OF JUSTICE

DEATH

MAN AND BOY

I SHALL BE WITH YOU

SWEET LOVE

BOAST NOT

SPEAK TO HIM

TRUE LOVE

A TRAVELLING SON

A SONG OF LOVE

GRANDSON POEM

DREAM ON

THE HIGHEST PRINCIPLES

ALLOW LOVE TO OVERCOME EVIL

COME AGAIN

I CANNOT REST

SENDING MY THOUGHTS

A LITTLE BOY

AS I PRAY

ALLOW MY EYES

BEFORE I WRITE

TIME WILL TELL

LET ME FIND YOUR HANDS

SWEET SLEEP

FIRE SET BY HATRED

PEACE AND LOVE

A FREE SPIRIT

IN THE NAME OF LOVE

ALL IS WELL

PURE LOVE

COME, MY BOY

I SHALL GIVE THANKS

PLAYING WITH WORDS

BIRTHDAYS

TO BE LOVED

THIS LAND

IF I

GO TO THE MOUNTAIN

COME, MY BOY

LEAN ON YOUR FAITH

DRIPPING TEARS

WHAT BEAUTY

THE NEWS

LET HIM RISE

THE FACE

THE DREAMER

TEACH HIM

LET HIM BE PROUD

DRIPPING TEARS

THE BOY AND HIS SONG

A COMMAND TO THE SOUL

TODAY

A LOOK AT GREED

THE EYES OF EVIL

MY BOY, LET ME SPEAK

THROUGH YOUR EYES

A POET SEEKING WORDS

A POEM OF LOVE

WORKING UPON A DREAM

THIS HEAD

ON MY JOURNEY

TIME WILL TELL

THIS LOVE

THE RHYTHM OF LOVE

AT THE ROCK

DANCE WITH ME

THE SPIRIT OF LOVE

HARD TIMES

FRAMING WORDS

WHEN I MET YOU

WHY DO YOU WRITE ABOUT LOVE?

READ ABOUT THIS MAN

THE BIRDS CAME

GOOD NIGHT MY BOY

CONTRIBUTION

MY CRAFT

LADY IN BLUE

A HEAD WITH WORDS

COME, MY LORD

BE NEAR ME

LOOKING AT MAN

A CHOICE

GOING HOME

A JOURNEY

KEEPING MY MUSIC

LET ME BE WHO I AM

I HAVE GIVEN MY LOVE

I PRAY FOR YOU

COME MY LOVE

BRING ME YOUR HANDS

THE ROAD I CHOOSE

WHAT PLEASURE

SWEET LOVE

BEFORE YOU

YOUR HANDS, MY LORD

WHAT RAGE

DREAM ON

STRANGE

FLIGHT

FORGIVE ME

I STAND BEFORE YOU

FEELINGS

BY THE MOUNTAIN

NO AMOUNT OF TEARS

RUNNING AFTER THEE

I COME WITH JUMPING LIPS

DUTY

FIGHTING WORDS

WHAT ABOUT LOVE?

COME BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE

THE WORKING OF A POET

THE EYES OF DEATH

GAIN YOUR WINGS

THE TRUTH

AWAIT MY SONG

MAN AND BOY

MY BOY NUMBER TWO

HELP ME

I ASK FOR LOVE

WORDS OF INSPIRATION

A HAPPY FACE

JUSTICE

TWO BOYS

HOW SWEET

MY PEOPLE

HOW SWEET IT WAS

MY FATHER

IN LOVE

FORGIVE ME

A FACE

THE LIFTING OF THE SPIRIT

BEFORE MY SPIRIT

LABOR

THOSE SWEET LIPS

PLANT YOUR SEEDS

THE MIND OF THE OLD MAN

THE YOUNG AT HEART

MY DEAR BOY TANNER

I PRAY FOR THIS DAY

WHAT SWEETNESS

PEACE

FERTILE GROUND

AN ACTIVE MIND

DRINK, MY DEAR

MY BOY, THE SECOND

IN THESE TROUBLED TIMES

AN EVIL MIND

A DREAM

THOSE EYES

DEATH

AWAY IN THE SUNSET

WHAT HAVE I SEEN

DREAMS

IF I CANNOT LOVE

TAKE ME

A MAN OF CONSCIENCE

PEACE AND PROSPERITY

COME, MY DEAR

JUSTICE

THE BOUNDARIES OF LOVE

PRAISE FOR THE SINGING BOY

A LONG ROAD

HATRED

ENVY NOT

THE FACE OF THE SUN

THE BEATING OF THE HEART

FROM THE HEART

HOLD ON

TIME IS SHORT

MY DEAR BOY TANNER

MY HANDS

MY BOYS

STRONG LOVE

GRANDPA SPEAKING

BETTER THAN FINE GOLD

INSPIRATION

MY LITTLE HANDS

FINGERING MY THOUGHTS

THE SHAPING OF THE MINDS

A WISH

SING YOUR SONG

HELP

I CANNOT PREDICT THE FUTURE

I STAND

GREAT STRIDES

I SHALL GO MY WAY

WHILE I LIVE

WITH BLIND FAITH

GO IN PEACE

FALLEN MEN

WHEN THE TIME IS RIGHT

NO REGRETS

DEEP THINKING

WHY DO I WRITE?

FORGIVENESS

WHY DO I SING?

TRUE AFFECTION

LET US GO IN PEACE

THE RISE AND FALL OF MAN

BOYS, BEAR WITH ME

BOYS, GO INTO THE WORLD

LIKE DUST

COMMUNICATION

WHEN WILL IT END?

TENDER VOICE

GREAT SUFFERINGS

THE POWER OF WORDS

IN GOD’S NAME

YOUR CHILDREN

AT THE MOUNTAIN

DO SOMETHING

MY BOY, BE GRATEFUL

INDULGENCE

TODAY

LET US REJOICE

WHY MUST I RUN?

IN SILENCE

LET US RISE UP

TIME WILL TELL / TRISTAN / TANNER

THE HEART OF A CHILD

IN MY SECRET PLACE

NAMES OF THE DEAD

THE BATTLE PLAN

MY FRIENDS

IF YOU SHOULD LEAVE

I CAME TO YOU

THE VOICE OF AN ANGEL

COME TO THESE HANDS

WHAT LIPS

TEACH US THY WAYS

I SHALL FIND TIME

A HUMBLE MAN

PRAISES

GAIN YOUR WINGS

WHERE ARE YOU?

VANITY

YOU ARE MY EYES

COMPASSION

WHERE ARE THE HUMAN EYES?

MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS

THY LIPS

FROM MY WEARY EYES

SLEEP NOT

I AM NOT THE SAME

LAUGHTER

OUR SWEETNESS

PEACE AND LOVE

THE WORK OF THE HANDS

THE SEEDS OF VIOLENCE

THE JOY OF LIVING

DAY BY DAY

INSTRUCTIONS

TANNER

ALL IS WELL WITH ME

HUMAN MISERY

MY BOYS, I SHALL SPEAK

AT THE BREAK OF DAWN

MY PRIDE AND DREAMS

OUT OF MYSELF – TRISTAN

LEAVE NOT MY HANDS UNTOUCHED

THE HUMAN SOUL

HOW PROUD I AM

GRANT UNTO US

IN THE NAME OF PEACE

I LOVE THEE

A PEACEFUL HEART

THE MOUNTAIN

SPEAK AND I SHALL LISTEN

LET US BE READY

OUR FATHER

LOOK, MY LOVE

A SONG OF PRAISE

WHO SHALL I SEND?

SLEEP

PEACE AND PROSPERITY

GREAT SUN

MOURNING THE DEAD

MORAL PRINCIPLES

OUR MINDS

THE ROARING LION

I CANNOT HOLD MY HANDS

POOR MAN

FACES I KNEW NOT

IF I CANNOT LIVE

THE BAG MAN

LET US SING AGAIN

A SIGN OF PEACE

YOUR LOVE

FREE

BEFORE I WRITE

THE HEART

FIX THY FACE

WELCOME

MY BOY TANNER

THE CAPTAIN

A BURNING LAMP

STAND AND SING

THE EYES OF MAN

WHEN WILL MAN LEARN?

COME, MY BOY

FIND THE WILL TO SERVE

WATCH AND PRAY

A TRUE TONGUE

FATHER OF ALL LOVE

DO YOU WONDER?

FROM MY PLACE

WHERE IS THY LOVE?

NO ROOM FOR HATRED

THE WATER OF LIFE

THE HEART OF MAN

WHAT AM I

THE BOY AND I

THE MUSIC

WORK WITH THESE HANDS

MAY HE RISE

WORDS

THE WILL TO SERVE

MY SANITY

REACHING FOR YOU

PROBLEMS

AWAKE AT SUNRISE

HATERS

A WEEPING HEART

FINDING PEACE

ALLOW ME

SICKNESS

THIRST

TAP INTO IT

WHEN I WRITE

THE VOICE OF A MOTHER

LEAVE ME NOT

MY HEART CANNOT ESCAPE

AT YOUR MERCY

MY BOY, YOUR VOICE

THE DARKEST OF TIMES

LIFE

A POET FINDING HIS SOUL

POETIC JUSTICE

GRANDPA’S LOVE

HEALING HANDS

THE STORM WILL PASS

I AM MYSELF

THE HUMAN MIND

YOUR LITTLE EYES, TANNER

MORAL PRINCIPLES OF TRUE LOVE

TANNER

I SHALL WRITE TO THEE

THE CONDITION OF THE MIND

THE VOICE OF THE SUFFERING MAN

BOYS, GO INTO THE WORLD

AT HOME

TIME TO EXPRESS LOVE

I CANNOT TURN BACK

THE NEWS

CULTIVATE LOVE

LOOKING AT MAN

NO TEARS SHALL BE SAVED

A JOYFUL SOUL

A DAY OF REST

IN THIS MOMENT

THE SPIRIT OF TRUE LOVE

A MIND WITH HATRED

PRIDE

I AM MYSELF

WASTE NOT YOUR MIND

WHERE DO YOU WANT ME?

THE CURSE OF HATRED

THE BOYS

NOTHING BUT PEACE

PEACE

WEST BOUND

SHAKE UP THIS PLACE

A LOVE MADE IN HEAVEN

WATCH YOUR HANDS

SEASON

SPEAK TO ME

THE TASK MASTER

I WILL

DEEP THINKING

GIVE LOVE A CHANCE

HOW FRAIL I AM

A LOOK AT HUMANITY

SET HIM FREE

A WITNESS

QUEENIE

A TIME TO LOVE

WE SHALL MEET

THE HEART OF A MAN

I SHALL WEEP NO MORE

FRIENDS OF MINE

TIME WILL TELL

DEEP PEACE

THE CONSCIENCE OF A MAN

DEEP WITHIN MY HEART

DRESSED IN HATRED

WHEN A MAN IS DOWN

WORKING FINGERS

THE HOUSE OF KNOWLEDGE

THIS IS MY HAND

SOMETHING MUST BE DONE

LISTEN TO YOUR CONSCIENCE

THE WORDS OF A GRANDFATHER

PURSUIT OF PEACE

IN PRAYERS

MY BOY, COME TO ME

CHRISTMAS

MERRY CHRISTMAS TRISTAN

ONE LOVE

WORDS TO FEED UPON

YOUNG EYES

IF I COULD ONLY SEE YOU NOW

A DIFFERENT PATH

A COLD NIGHT

THE RIGHT TIME

WHO AM I TO ASK OF THEE?

A YEAR OF PEACE

I KNOW THEE

MY BOYS

WISH NO HARM

THE WORDS

WHEN YOU SING

A TRUE MAN

GIVING

FOR YOU AND I

THE VOICE OF A POET

THE WEATHER

THE BREAK OF DAWN

DEEP MEDITATION

ALL MY POEMS

LOOK FOR MY HANDS

WHO AM I?

BY FAITH

WAIT FOR ME

WALK BY FAITH

WHO AM I NOT TO FOLLOW?

A SONG FOR THE SOUL

HIDE NOT THY FACE

ALL EYES

TURNING MY THOUGHTS

PEACE AND LOVE

YOU ARE THE WAY

BOUND BY LOVE

WORDS, MY BOY

FACE TO FACE

A HARDENED HEART

A TROUBLED MIND

A LIFE WITH OTHERS IN MIND

HEALING WORDS

BY DESIGN

FORMING MY THOUGHTS

RACING THOUGHTS

I WILL SEEK AFTER THEE

LITTLE BIRDS

MAY PEACE BE UPON THEE

A CHILD IS BORN

I AM NOT SURE

A DAY OF TRUE LOVE

MY NIGHTS

THE HOUSE OF TRUE LOVE

HOW I REMEMBER

ONE LOVE

I AM WHO I AM

THE SPIRIT OF WISDOM

I SHALL WATCH OVER THEE

YOUR EYES

MY INNER WORLD

WHAT SHALL I DO?

A LOOK AT MY LIFE

WHY SHOULD I START?

PLOT YOUR COURSE

A JOYFUL HEART

TAKING THE WORDS

THE EARTH

THE WORDS

I CANNOT BE SILENT

GIVE ME A CHANCE

THE SCORN OF HUMAN SUFFERING

I ENTER MY HEART

PARTING WORDS ONE LOVE

A PLACE TO COOL OFF

GRANDPA, GRANDSONS’ POEM

STANDING FIRM

A HOPE OF LOVE

THE JOY WITHIN

WHAT AM I LIVING FOR?

THE WORK OF YOUR HANDS

A JUST PATH

MY BELOVED

OUR STEPS

STRIKE ME

GREAT DREAMS

LET ME FIND MY STAR

THE SPIRIT OF TRUE LOVE

LET ME PRAY

OLD HANDS

IS DEATH THE ANSWER?

A SOUL ON FIRE

YOUNG BLOOD

I PRAY FOR PEACE AND LOVE

I AM AFRAID

THE JOURNEY

THE EAST

YOU CAN MOVE ANY EYES

THE LIGHT OF THE SUN

AWAKE, MY LOVE

WASTE NO TEARS

IN THE NAME OF POETRY

THIS LOVE

WHY WORRY?

SWEET TONGUE

THIS WORLD

A MIND ON FIRE

GO AND STUDY THE WORDS

WONDERS

GREAT THINKING

BOASTED AMONG FRIENDS

LET ME BE GOOD

GO TO THE HOUSE OF GOD

LOOKING AT MAN

THE GRATITUDE OF THIS HEART

A MIND IN SHAPE

THE LIGHT

NO PAIN

REAPERS OF WORDS

MY DEAR, FOLLOW ME

LAND OF MY BIRTH

MY BOYS, I SPEAK TODAY

THE QUEEN

TODAY I CRY TO THEE

LEND ME YOUR HANDS

A POET’S CRY

A MOTHER’S LOVE

FORGET NOT YOUR DESCENDANTS

HOLD YOUR HEADS HIGH

SO BE IT

A MOMENT IN THE SUN

THE SHARING OF LOVE

GO IN PEACE

TENDER LOVE

LEAD THE WAY

WHAT SWEETNESS DO I TASTE?

IF I SHOULD CRY

COME, MY BOYS

MY BOYS, GO TELL IT

A TRAIL OF LOVE

COME, MY LOVE

THE RETURN OF MAN

MOTHER’S DAY POEM

SWEET THOUGHTS

VICTORY WEAPON

A WORKING MIND

IN SILENCE

THE FACE OF HUMAN DIGNITY

IF ONLY EYES COULD TALK

A MIND GOING TO WASTE

WHEN LOVE FINDS ITS PATH

SPIRITS AT PEACE

A CHANGING FACE

LITTLE BONFIRE

FRIENDSHIP

THE LIGHTS

MY THIRST

AN OPEN HEART

WHEN I AM ALONE

A TIME TO LEAVE

DREAMING

MY WORK

LEAVE SOMETHING GOOD

IN LINE OF DUTY

LOVE SPEAKS

PLAY GRANDPA, PLAY

Play Grandpa. Play Grandpa.

Nice Grandpa. Nice grandpa.

Dancing feet took a hold of me.

My God,

Joy took a hold of me.

My Boy,

Those words will take me to the grave.

How could I not love my blood?

The young and old find a bundle of joy.

True love, my boy, will never die.

I beg of you,

Spread the legacy.

Take my hands to the heart of man.

My Boy,

Use your mind to focus on that which is good.

Love always,

Grandpa Melbourne Peat

WORDS

My Boy,

They don’t know what words mean to me.

Words set my soul on fire.

I said fire to lift my spirit.

Without words, I would be dead to reasoning.

How could I poke fun in the face of suffering?

My Boy,

If I had not committed my hands for the good of man,

The burden of man would escape mine eyes.

My Boy,

Without words, how could I share?

The time spent alone would be a waste.

Sweet words, my boy, are like music to the heart.

THE EARTH

My God,

When the earth burst,

Man was no match for its belly.

Faces that were once filled with hatred,

Now dripping tears like raindrops.

My God, My God,

How long could the hands of hatred last?

Yes, man, confront the hands of the Great Ruler.

The hoarding of fine gold lines the frames of the dead.

Fire moves everything in its path.

A nation is under the spell of disaster.

Now its people are crying out to God.

BEAUTIFUL

My Boy,

Love can be beautiful.

Sweet sleep will allow dreams their course.

A rested man will find his spirit on a high note.

It’s better to find the joy of true love than carry the pain of hatred.

A loving man will be free with his hands.

In this time of great hardship,

What the world needs is some free hands.

Only true love will free up the hands.

A GIFT OF LOVE

My Boy,

You have given the best gift a man could ask for,

A bundle of love that will outlive me.

What joy I have found.

My Boy,

I am a new man now.

It’s my duty to spread the love.

For the good of man,

I shall coin words to heal the troubled souls.

THE HANDS OF JUSTICE

My God,

Her little body was no match for the hands of evil.

A father filled with rage cast her to the mercy of the river.

My God,

A nation witnessed evil at its core.

A father could not find time to have mercy.

My God,

At this hour tears find my wrath.

May her young soul find favor with thee.

Awake, my spirit.

Awake, my spirit.

I have seen man gone mad.

Lord,

The working of the mind I cannot understand.

What kind of heart is he fitted with?

A young child could not get the time to bloom.

Blessed Father,

Today I come before you a broken man.

My spirit cannot rest.

Let the hands of justice take its course.

DEATH

How could I not weep for my beloved,

When death came for her in a hurry?

Now that she is on her journey,

May the angels await her.

My Lord,

Heaven-bound I pray.

My Dear,

You have lived a pleasing life.

May the living take heed.

May your work speak for you.

MAN AND BOY

My Friends,

Come look at our eyes.

Man and boy bonding for the first time.

He is my blood.

How could I not love him?

My Friends,

Hide not your eyes.

The meeting of the minds is on display.

How I had longed for this day.

Look at my hands.

If only eyes could talk.

Man and boy find love at first sight.

My God,

You have seen our paths.

May your hands be our guides.

Today I have seen my heart’s desire.

Let no man take away what is mine.

Let me live to give of myself.

Fine gold have I none.

Yet I come with a song of love.

I SHALL BE WITH YOU

My Boy,

I shall be with you in spirit.

Your young mind shall wonder who I am.

Do not be afraid.

It’s me, not a stranger.

It’s me, your Grandpa,

A man from a far away land,

A man who came to this land for a purpose.

SWEET LOVE

Sweet Love,

Come to me that I may taste of thee.

Let no man take away what is yours.

When a man is called to rejoice with his clapping hands,

The good God must have sanctioned his move.

Sweet Love,

To the watching eyes, let them be fixed.

Come to me that I may taste of thee.

BOAST NOT

My Friends,

Boast not of your standing.

I have seen the fall of man.

That shame took a hold of him.

In his lowest form,

Madness took over his head.

It is better to humble thyself.

My Friends,

Watch and pray.

Be thankful to see another day.

Along life’s journey,

May peace be upon you.

Remember: A good deed is expected of you.

SPEAK TO HIM

My Dear,

What sorrows can we share?

The suffering man cannot escape.

Well, then, fold not your hands.

Use them to wash away the dirt.

Man in a state of madness crying out.

My Dear,

Let us lend a helping hand.

Speak to him from your heart.

Lend him a mother’s heart.

TRUE LOVE

My Dear,

I lift my hands to love.

Strong love, my dear, is like music to the soul.

A happy heart is better than fine gold.

Only death can stop its rhythm.

My Dear,

Don’t forget the lover’s wings.

My Dear,

If all the tears drip and you cannot find this hand,

Let the wings be fitted.

A TRAVELLING SON

My people, if I do not return to the land of my birth,

Forget not your son.

Even though the womb from which I came now returns to the land,

My spirit cannot rest.

From my adopted home I shall share my tears.

This land has been good to me.

When I was hungry for knowledge,

They prepared a place for me.

I am who I am because of so many good hands.

My people, for the love of humanity,

I pray you spread the wealth.

Out of many, let us be thankful.

We are all God’s children.

My people, waste not the hands of your traveling son.

A SONG OF LOVE

My Boy,

When I remember how David played upon his harp to please his Lord,

Who am I not to play for you?

A joyful heart is upon me.

My Boy,

You are the first.

You came, you looked and you smiled.

From the lips of others came a song of victory.

Who could it be but the working of the Lord?

Before their very eyes,

Man and boy seal their love.

My Boy,

Today I am with the mountain.

With this hand I shall honor thee.