peace in love

I would like to share a thought or two as I haven’t done so for a while. Life sometimes takes us places we are not expecting even if the place is familiar or the people we are sharing with are ones we love. Many things in my life have been in what to many of my friends is chaos. To me it is change although it may seem disorderly and quite a bummer for most. For me it has been most beautiful and transformational in some aspects.

I suppose all is relative to ones perspective and what they choose to perceive in any particular situation. I have been given many gifts through the darker of clouds, in the past  I always wondered when the sun would again shine. I share with many and many share with me and have contributed to and shaped the process of knowing and loving who I am and who you are as well as all that exists. The depth and height of such is beyond what my mind could ever fathom the narrow and width, the smallness and vastness beyond my comprehension of love is what lets me know this?

We as humanity have contributed to who every one of us is has become or will become, we have been given the ultimate gift. Our minds in a way are what to many would say is our ultimate advantage and gift.  I had questioned that in the past as well as the ego, many of the great spiritual Gurus share different perspectives, as does the Mental Heath community. Through the gift of knowledge and wisdom shared by many and through the deepest lessons of love I can say this…

The sun is always there shining, the clouds of perception and my mind stopped me from seeing it. I think the greatest gift I have is knowing my mind with my soul. my mind perceives my soul knows. My soul knows as science knows the sun always shines, the rotation of the earth and our perspectives hides it. It is the same for love and hate peace and war our perspectives are either in darkness or or in the light. The tree with leaves or the bare tree in winter doesn’t have a perspective it just knows the sun is shining and today the leafs are green then they are gone. The sun still shines on them every day.

In the near future I would like to share a little more about the experience I am having as I learn with unconditional love. The lesson is deep yet as I walk through the black clouds of today I smile knowing the sun is shining.  As I talked with my son although not by blood I raised him as my son i asked him a question. If you were to die would you like your last minute to be filled with joy and a smile on your face?

Yes? If you choose to answer yes as I have ask yourself if you know when that minute will be?

My answer it doesn’t matter I know not nor do I worry about it I choose to know the sun shines, love unconditional is a gift divine. We were all created and our creations are changing the sands of time. The illusions of anything other than good are perceptions of our narrow minds. The pain in our world is created by fate a destiny we help create, when we fail to accept and appreciate the beauty of love and hate. Hate brings about change as in our souls it is a feeling thats strange to our souls with our minds deranged.

With love unconditional of who I am not my mind or the body you see. I live with the love of the moment every second I breath with the love of all creation and gratitude for all of creation and what it shares with me. Love is what I choose to contribute as it is what is shared with me. I love unconditional as my mind I see, from the soul that lives the one I call me.

I am grateful to share a thought or two. I have just traveled across the country to spend some time with my children and get organized with a quiet mind, my time online has been very limited and many things have happened. I will be getting back to this in the very near future. Just a thought as I ask for a smile… Sometimes I have chosen the path through hell to get to heaven, now as I walk that road the sun is always shining!  Please share a smile share your love and help make our world a better place for all we share it with. Better to help shape our destiny and share the fate of sharing love and begin to appreciate. Thank you for allowing me to share some thoughts and your time and the smile you bring by sharing that time with me.

Air, a poem

The breeze gently blowing

Softly moving air

Whispering gently

I will always be there

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Winds blowing fiercely

Objects flying everywhere

Screaming loudly

I will always be there

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Winds over the water

Hurricane consumes the air

Overpowering yelling

I will always be there

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Calm almost still

Flowing air

Silent without a care

I will always be there

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It surrounds us

Air

Love

I will always be there

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  A short thought shared as I breathe, life is quite amazing in so many ways and since we all breathe air I would take the time to share a thought about it. We all share many things and just view them from a different perspective. Yet there are things we all recognize and see the same effects of. Like a smile!

  Please share a smile and share some love making our world a better place for all we share it with. Change like a smile starts within, we can reach for the positive and shine with a smile for the love of the life we have and the gift of being who we are beautiful human beings. Thank you for being the positive change and making our world a better place for all we share it with.

 

The Park…

The young man I watch on the hill

Tumbling and rolling just for the thrill

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Smiling and laughing just because he can

Oh how I the world is different for a young man

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As his mother watched him with love

As he rolled to the bottom from above

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The sounds of the laughter reached deep in me

As I watched them while sitting under a tree

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Birds singing all around

Mixed with the laughter what a wonderful sound

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Grass overgrowing needing to be mowed

Dandelions seedlings blowing in the wind reminding me of snow

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The little girl running away from her aunt

Chocolate and pink stuff all over her pants

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I laugh as she runs her messy red hair

My heart happy, smiling breathing the air

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All taken in a moment shared on a day

Kids young and old in the park at play

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 As I watched and listened I heard them sing

A song of love to nature and our hearts it brings

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 Thank you for allowing me to share a thought or two, spending time outdoors and especially when there are young women and men present is always an adventure and quite fun. I had the afternoon free and chose to head to the park and share some love with nature and the community. I have to say it was a gorgeous afternoon.

 

Please share a smile share some love and help make our world a better place for all we share it with. Thank you for being the positive change in our world with all the smiles you share.

 

“The moment we have”

In the moment is what we have

Have you lived it if you don’t grab

The joy of the moment has come to pass

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Joy is not fleeting when you see

The moment we have

 Is all there is for you and me

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Even when nothing is everything

Let the joy of the moment in you ring

The love of your heart with joy it sings

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                                                     Joy is not fleeting when you see

The moment we have

 Is all there is for you and me

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  Sometimes things happen and well big turns of events not all planed seem to happen to all of us. over the years of my life I have been through many things that inspired me to seek an end to the pain I felt and the love I so desired. I have been writing about such events in different ways as I learn and grow.

I have read many books by great writers and artists that have shared some treasured wisdom. Read and watched many Gurus works, as well as many gifted spiritual healers and counselors as they share love. I believe we all have our own way of finding inner peace a friend told me his way was to listen to and feel his heart beat. Another recommended concentrating on breathing. It is said Buddha told us to question everything that comes from outside ones self. Listen to it acknowledge it and question it.

That said what I am feeling is even if the walls fall down the sun will shine tomorrow. One may as well feel the joy of the moment and the opportunities it brings. For a brief period my posts may be somewhat limited leaning more on the poetic side. Comments will be limited as the phone app is good yet not that good!

Please share a smile share some love and help make our world a better place for all we share it with.

Happy Mothers Day Daughter poem… And a smile

A poem just to share one, maybe I can even get a job writing them… J

Once you were my baby girl

Bringing great joy into our little world

My beautiful daughter now you give it a whirl

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A mother you are and on this Mother’s Day

It is with great pleasure and pride I say

The gift of being a mother can never be taken away

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When you were a child a little girl to me

A little Princess in a dress for the world to see

The smile on your face, the hugs and kisses all free

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As you are now, a most beautiful lady

My daughter for eternity

Happy Mother’s Day with love

Me

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I thought I would share this as the past few days I have had more views from search engines than anywhere else. The searches have all been about mother’s day poems for daughter or something along those lines. The most searched posts of the past were also about poetry for a daughter.. An angry daughter. Thanks Google as well as Yahoo and any other search engines as well as the people that stopped by!

  I am in a way moved by these views on my pages as it shows a trend or need for expressing poetic expression with our daughters. Some of the young Ladies I know and those not so young either like poetry and artistic expression. My sons girlfriend reads at a local coffee shop where they live, the coffee shop features live poetry and short story readings on Saturday Nights. As these young ladies become mothers we know the heartfelt sentiment poetically expressed will be cherished forever.

Custom create and write a poem for your daughter or mother for Mother’s Day a great gift idea, only a few days left before the holiday. http://silverliningpoetryandinspiration.weebly.com

I thank you for allowing me to share a thought or two and a Poem for the many daughters that are going to be mothers the first time this year and the many daughters that are moms which is all of you moms! I hope that your shopping is all fun and from the heart. Please share a smile share some love and help make our world a better place for all we share it with. J

A quote, a phillosopher a poet a battle and a chase…

Poets are shameless with their experiences: they exploit them.

Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil

 

 

 

I wanted to share a thought in an artful way; I have always been intrigued, with the philosophies of philosophers. as I read a short few paragraphs of Friedrich Nietzsche I was inspired to compose a rebuttal in an artful way. Perhaps what he says in the above quote is true. I would ask philosophically however is it a bad thing?

The one I chose to chase

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A few days ago a day, I will never forget

A day when on a road two of the greats met

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I picked myself a ringside seat

In awe as I was witness to this amazing feat

Awesome words of wisdom the poet

And the philosopher did speak

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The poet deflected the glancing blow

With the grace of an Eagle

The philosopher undaunted continued

Feeling rather Regal

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The words they crackled and sang through the air

Both having great knowledge and wisdom to share

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The exchange lasted hours and darker it grew

The poet stopped for the winner they both knew

The poet said you win and I win too

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In your mind, logic rules the philosopher in you

In your heart your soul sings with poetry

 Expressing the love, you have

For all that shares with you

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The poet then smiled waiting,

 To hear what the philosopher would say

What happened next was incredible

I was happy that I had stayed

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The two took hands as if to shake

Pulled each other close

In a loving warm embrace

As they parted smiling

The poet I chose to chase

Just a thought I wanted to share as sometimes the thoughts of others and different perspectives give us insight into our own perspectives. The quote By Friedrich Nietzsche was one that for me personally inspired thought and feeling.

 Thank you for allowing me to share some thoughts and sharing a smile or two. I hope we can all share a smile and some love or loving thoughts and help make our world a better place for all we share it with.

Hailey Jean (A Poem)

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Hailey Jean

Pure, innocent when you were born

Love will light the way through life’s storms

The love of many will keep you warm

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Life will bring you many gifts

Through time, you will make many lists

With the love in my heart, I wish to share this

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I will watch in awe as you grow to year one

The toddler years are really lots of fun

After that, you will begin to learn,

 From everything under the sun

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People will come and people will go

The love you have in your heart will grow

The love of many you will know

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A Princess you are to me

Knowing only love and being free

Beautiful is the world your blue eyes see

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Beauty is not always pretty

Anger is not always petty

Knowing this will help make you ready

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I encourage you to follow your dreams

Even if others envision different things

Stay beautiful and love, many gifts life will bring

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Hailey Jean to your grandpa you are a Queen

A President an astronaut a homemaker

 Whatever you choose to be

Love for you unconditional is your gift from me

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I love you Hailey Jean

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I share a thought or two and a poem I wrote for my grand daughter as she was born this morning! Just wanted to share and start the month off with a poem and perhaps a few smiles…

Thank you for allowing me to share a thought or two and sharing your time with me. Please share a smile and some love making our world a better place for all we share it with! Joe

Wonderous Butterfly

As I flutter by I feel your wonder

Standing on the ground and all down under

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I share a thought with you

Beautiful places traveled through

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It seems like not so long ago

I crawled along on the ground below

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I started exploring branches and trees

Enjoyed the adventure and felt truly free

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Somehow surviving through all the storms

Then crawl into a shell to die and be reborn

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The chrysalis empty as wings fluttered to dry

Beauty and grace to every eye, everywhere you fly

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From the ground and below where I rest my feet

Flowers for pillows, a beautiful treat

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To the stars in the heavens, I hope to reach

I could only imagine while chewing on that leaf

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As I flutter by, this is the thought that I think

I wonder did you notice that I smiled and winked?

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Thank you for allowing me to share a thought or two. I sometimes feel the stories in nature reflect our own natures in many ways. As it is almost the end of National Poetry Month and I feel inspired by a beautiful thought i chose to share an artistic expression of inner realization of evolution. Change is good and sometimes we need to go in our shells and discover who we are. A trip worth taking for as we come out from the inside we get to share a smile and wink as we pass by. The beauty and the love we share as for the stars we reach with every passer by.

Please share a smile and share some love helping our planet and all we share it with. Thank you for being positive change and making our world a better place. Thank you for sharing your time and smiles with me. Joe

Mothers Day Poems and gifts

As mother’s day is approaching and I thought about the many gifts, I have given my mother over the years, one from my childhood really stands out in my mind. One that was perhaps a little sloppy, a poor choice of colors and well even cheesy. A poem written in school as a project was the first heart felt artistic expression I ever shared in written words. My mom still has that poem and colored outside the lines or not she treasures it like a Picasso.

Roses are Red

 Violets are Blue

Happy Mother’s Day to you

 In my life of adventure one of the things I find most beautiful and interesting are poems that have been turned into visual art. The combination is one that many enjoy and choose to display in their homes and even studios choose to exhibit and sell them. Many are family heirlooms passed down from generation to generation. Poetry books are also great creations of art and artistic additions to any coffee table.

I have been working on a few projects; this is one I started before Valentine’s Day. As the project begins to take shape I am at the stage I need some sample products and reviews or testimonials. I am in the process of building and creating a “Ghost Writer” Poetry site where anyone can create a poetic work of art. The concept is you the consumer provide names and details about the person you wish to share with in a poetic way. As well as the sentiment, you wish to express and a fellow poet or I will combine your details and sentiment into poetically expressed art for printing and framing.

I am currently exploring printers and custom frame shops in my local community to see what options they have to offer and for some sample materials or pictures of their samples. I hope to have them soon and perhaps find that beautiful graphic designer, writer/ companion, playmate to help pull this thing together. The site is going to be open for a few days even though it is under construction. I plan to offer a poem in digital format ready for self-printing at 50.00, which includes initial preparation and rough draft for review within three days and a final poem after review and edit in five days. Style of poem choice of 16 lines or 4 verses is included standard. I hope to offer deals and packages of canvas and oil over a scene or setting of your choice or calligraphy on parchment whatever you choose as a consumer to make this a truly memorable gift work of art and investment.

Enrich your life and that of the ones you love through art and heartfelt expression. Anyhow I am including the link and as a way to say thank you as well as invite you to get a free mother’s day poem for you your mom daughter, grandmother the lady next door if you choose. I would like you to share the poem with them, and as your friend some practice. Stop at the page e fill out the contact me section and either include some details and the thought you wish to express or hit the e mail button and e mail me. The only stipulation is I may choose to use it as an example and I would appreciate any feedback as far as the poetry or the site,… Added bonus if you are a graphic designer with a heartfelt desire to assist a guy like me!

http://silverliningpoetryandinspiration.weebly.com/

I opened it for a test run to get some samples and comments on said samples as well as perhaps some feedback on the site or concept. I hope to finish it soon and thank you in advance for your shared thoughts. J

Thank you for allowing me to share a thought or this time perhaps too many! I hope we can all share a smile share some love and make our world a better place for all we share it with.

Thank You WordPress… :)

I wish to say thank you to WordPress, the Owners, Employees and the gift they share with me and all of us. It is my Three Year Anniversary  on WordPress and they sent me a nice note and Emblem. I am truly Honored for the gift of having a place to share on with so many gifted and talented writers and the support of such a great Company in all of its Structure from top to bottom. It is indeed an Honor and thank you for sharing with me the gift of your creative space.

That said I had forgotten yet knew it was getting close, and the reminder as well as the accomplishment is cause for me to Celebrate! I am off for a Sam Adams and chat with some old friends. Thank you all for sharing with me here and the gift of sharing with you!

 

♥ Joe

“Happy Mother’s Day Sierra” A poem for my daughter?

 

The first and only I will share with you

As I first cut the cord making one from two

Your tiny body almost blue in my hands

Tear in my eye as I became a man

You would love and understand

♥

On this day as you celebrate your first

Unconditional love at its best and worst

With a daughter of your own

Like you were to me

 The greatest treasure ever known

♥

I watched you dream and so many you had

I wished them for you and never wanted to see you sad

From my little Princess you grew

Little squeaky I used to call you

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In to the beautiful Woman to be treated like a Queen

My beautiful daughter Sierra Jean

I won’t call you mom except on this day

Although my favorite for you, Blossom I very well may

♥

My gift for you my daughter on this your first day

Happy Mother’s day in my own artistic way

I love you Sierra

That’s what your dad would say

♥

By: Joe Bradshaw 2013

 

I wanted to share something as I have been spending much of my time with an awards page here as well as working on several other projects soon to be shared. I did have my daughter on my mind and up coming mothers day. I wrote a poem for her I am going to send framed and I wondered before I did so what you thought of the poem? If your dad wrote this for you would it touch your heart?

 

I thank you for allowing me to share some thoughts and perhaps a smile or two. I also hope we can all look inside and find that smile sharing some love and making our world a better place for all we share it with. Please be the change positive and make our world a better place.

What broken promises hide

Promises broken often perceived as lies

Anguish, painfully battering our selfish pride

Ripped open is the heart to reveal a gift inside

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A twist of fate a chance we take

To grow with love or fail with hate

As we dwell in thoughts that resonate

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Pride crushed and battered

Fleeting feelings that all is shattered

The promises broken taking all that mattered

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The wound so wide nowhere to hide

Gaping hole large and deep exposing all inside

Emotions overwhelming feeling something died

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Deep within the flowing sea

A chance to be truly set free

The chance to find who you are to be

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At the point of give and take

The time to pick the choice you make

You deal the cards and draw your fate

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The golden gift is inside you see

Choose love not hate and be free

Put away the pride find dignity

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Promises broken perceived as lies

Revealing what within hides

Love with your soul and rise

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If inside your thoughts you find

Love and being kind resides in your mind

You  have tranquility, love and sublimity divine

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JB 2013

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I thank you for allowing me to share a thought or two in an artful form of self expression. We have all been hurt by another’s promise broken, sometimes both side share words that perhaps should not have been spoken. I have found as I have been hurt that forgiveness is the way to heal, the path to love and the gift if you look deep is ones dignity as given a gift divine. Pride is a product of ego, perhaps not a bad thing yet with pride you place yourself above others and with dignity you stand side by side. If you embrace pride you embrace shame, if you embrace dignity there is no shame for in dignity we are all the same.

I hope we can all share a smile and some love and make our world a better place for all we share it with, please choose love and not hate. Share your love and change our planets fate. I appreciate the love and thoughts as well as the smile we share thank you for sharing them.

A tribute of Gratitude to one of my Teachers.

Under this sky so blue

Scarlet, pink and purple hues

A day of celebration life a new

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I often ponder every step

Loving the people who scarcely wept

Knowing the world would never forget

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Breeze blowing soft gently flowing

In the darkest of times knowing

Your love and comfort is glowing

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On this day I honor you, your love true

For our God in Heaven, the oceans blue

And all including this simple man that love you

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Under the sky this night in honor I kneel

Neither shame nor despair do I feel

Your love shows us how to heal

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As I end the day in my heart and soul I say

Thank you my Lord for showing the way

Through love of all to have peace one day

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I kneel and bow my head to you

I love you Lord

Thank you