You Can Turn Your Life Around

I know you feel like you're sitting on top of the world,

Because you can have any girl.

You walk around like you're the one,

Never giving a thought to the crazy things you've done.

All you think about is doing what makes you feel good,

And hanging in the hood.

When are you going to get tired of slipping and sliding,

Ducking and dodging, peeping and hiding?

Your life isn't worth a dime,

And you keep doing time.

You're forever yearning,

Never learning.

You complain about the lack of opportunity,

But it’s you who allows them to pass you by.

You blame everyone and everything for what's wrong in your life,

But it's you who refuses to live right.

How long are you going to travel this road?

Don't you know you are carrying a heavy load?

God wants you to be free.

Not living in misery.

If you don't change your ways,

You are living numbered days.

It's time to turn your life around.

It's never too late for the lost to be found.

When you take a stand,

You will become your own man.

You can be whatever you want to be

It’s you who controls your destiny

  

It doesn’t matter that you live in the hood.

You can still live your life for the good.

If you keep killing, thieving and getting high,

Your life will pass you by,

And you will have nothing to show for your years

But a pocketful of tears.

copyright by P. Newman-Harris

You Can Fly (copyright by P. Newman-Harris

You can fly, you can fly

As far as the sky is wide,

You can fly.

No matter what you see,

Believe the impossible can be.

Come what may believe,

And the unimaginable will be yours to receive.

When you allow God to lead and direct your path,

Your dreams will someday come to pass.

Faith is the substance of things hoped for.

It is the key to miracles yet in store.

It is that unreachable dream.

No matter what you see,

Believe the impossible can be.

You can make it through the rain,

You can navigate the vast terrain.

You can move that mountain,

When you trust God,

You can do anything against all odds.
Stand on his word
Your prayers will be heard.

Just believe.

The unthinkable will be yours to receive.

No matter what you see,

Believe that the impossible can be.

People might say your dreams won’t come true

Don’t let them stop you

They will try to make you feel like you have no worth

Remember, they did not put you here on this earth

Nor can they formulate your life’s plan

Your future is in God’s hands

If your friends want to hold you back

Start walking and don’t look back

You can have a future that is bright

But you have to be willing to make the sacrifice

You can make all your dreams come true.

Never stop believing in you

God will be the wind beneath your wings

In him you can do all things.

You can fly, you can fly,

As far as the sky is wide
You can fly

Matters of the Heart

Just wanted you to know I have completed the book, "Matters of the Heart," and it is not available on Create Space and on Amazon.com.   Some of the poems I have posted on this site are contained in the book.  Others will be available in another book that is soon to be in progress.

Remembering 911

This is dedicated to the family of those lost on 9/11.  We still remember those lost, we remember the cost and we continue to strive for a safer, more peaceful world for our children and our children's children.

I pray peace will be more than a word, more than a dream for some.
It will one day be for everyone.

One Heart, One Mind

When I think of the years,
The unnecessary tears
The agony, the shame
The anger and pain
That comes from being hurt again and again,
I wonder if we will ever live together peacefully?
Must we always war needlessly?
It doesn't matter who we are or where we are from
Life is the same for everyone.
If we open our hearts we will find,
We have one spirit, one heart and one mind.
When time is no more
Our differences won't matter anymore.
Regardless of what language we speak,
There is a comonality in what we seek
No mattter where we live, our goals and our aims
Are the same
Everbody cries
When someone they love dies.
There is no diffence in our tears
We share the same fears
We have different faces and different names,
But inside we are the same
It's time we realized
We have common ties.
When we get down to the heart of the matter,
That's all that matters.
Not the color of our skin,
Not where we have been, whether we are a King or Queen
Or where we live in the world
If we continue to hate
This will be our shared fate
Wars on every hand
And the deterioration of man.
We brag about how far we have come,
But if we never learn to live as one,
Our accomplishments will be as dung.
They will have no significance for anyone
We must live as a people, undefined by station or place
Inseparable by color or race.
We can't rewrite history
But we can change what is to be
When we realize that we are not just kindred spirits,
But a perfect fit
On the tapestry of mankind
With one heart and one mind,
Peace will finally be ours to find.

Copyright by P. Newman-Harrs
From the book "Matters of the Heart"