POEATREEMAN'S POETRY
GOD'S GIFT TO ME
If you believe?
God gives us each a Gift
Then you will know mine is from Him
I did not go to School as others did
I did not go to High School
To reach the grades I should
I heard the call and answered Faith
My Life was not My own
When I was Young
I had to take the Path That was given Me
No Parents but an Orphans Home
For seventeen years I walked the way
Then the Army came to Me
It was a way to set me free
Little did I know the cost it would take
It led Me to Nam where I was out of place
Through the War I tried My best
Faith was shaken by the test
Then I came upon a Mine
I Kept My Legs and My Mind
When I found I could not walk
I cried out to My God
I called upon His Name to help
My Faith was not with me
The walk would not be easy
Though I have wheels today
Now through My writings
I found He is at My Door
For When I reach Heaven
All the sorrows will be gone
I am finding He has given Me His Heart
And Blessed Me with a purpose
That I may reach Your Heart.
Dedicated To Scotty G
A Soul Who Hopes To Be A Poet
A Poetryman
I hope I Have helped You To Understand
It Takes All Your Heart And Faith To Stand
Walk The Way That Will Lead To Him
The Path Will Not Be Easy
The Efforts Will Win The Way
Your Efforts Will Not Go Unrewarded
Yet Look Not For Them Today
They Will Come Upon You
In Many Different Ways
Look Not To Man To Reap The Harvest
For Truth Is Only Held By One
Keep Faith It Will All Take Place One Day
Edgar Allan Prieto
10/25/97
THE BIRTH OF A POET
Born from pain and feelings of hurt
of a life that was not worth living
and a love that was not given
born of suffering of peoples hearts
and agonies of children's tears
of a world that did not seem to care
and hope that was not there
born from a tear and a heart
as feelings gave birth to tears
and tears awoke the soul to see
the heart it had felt for thee
born of a time that God had planned
to let me see the right of way
that I may know not all is bad
and share the love that I may have
born of a need to know myself
and share what I've have come to know
that I may see your heart aglow
and with it all the things you feel
even if its pain and tears
for this is what a Poet does
awakes your heart and soul to see
that you are here indeed
to feel all the pain and love
is to awaken the heart in you
and maybe The Birth of a Poet too.
Dedicated to Jeannett Lynn
Edgar Allan Prieto
June 3,1985
A POETRY MAN
My Tear Was My Pen
My Words I Spoke To God
My Feelings Was My Life
My Love Only Beginning
My Heart I Give You All
A Poetry Man Who Found Himself
And Gave The World His Tears
You Have My Heart Carry it Gentle
Tend My Words
For My Tears Are Inside
Share My Love
By Giving Meaning To Heart
Love Each One
And My Words Will Have Heart.
A THOUGHT!
If I Could Write Your Wish
it Would Be Peace
But I Can Say The Words
I Wish You Love
Dedicated To God
For He Found Me My Heart
And His Love To Grow In it
And A Tear To Weep
And Care To Know When Pain is Hurt
And Joy To Know When Sadness Comes
And Sorrows When Feelings Cry
EDGAR ALLAN PRIETO
2/11/89
WHY DO POETS WRITE?
To Keep in Touch with God and Soul
To Keep The Heart From Growing Old
To Nourish Love with Pain and Sorrow
To Keep The Cares From Losing Ground
To Keep The Faith When Days are Long
To Let The Spirit Speak in Rhymes
To Say a Prayer in Words I Knew
To Give Thanks I am Here with You.
Dedicated To Rosepin7
A Poetryman
The Lines I Write Let it Speak of Love
The Lines I use
Let it Not Be Just Words I Write
Let it Say I Spoke of Life
Let it Show How I Lived My Life
Let it Be Known I am Human
Know I am Judged By One
Not By any Human
Less They Judged Themselves
They Will See Their Self
A Poet's Note
Why Do Poets Write
To Keep Despair From Breaking Ground
To Keep Hope From Dwindling Down
To Keep Cares From Feeling Not
To Keep Tears From Drying Up
To Keep Happiness From Sorrows Hurt
To Keep Pain From Getting Worse
To Keep Faith From Breaking Down
To Keep Love From Losing Heart
To Keep Myself From Cracking Up
To Keep It All From Falling Apart
Edgar Allan Prieto
12/16/97
MY COMPANION
To God!
For He is My Companion, For Life
He Carries Me, When I Am in Pain
He Speaks To Me, When No One Listens
He Hears My Cries, and Dries My Eyes
He Makes My Life Bearable, When I Could Not
He Gave Me Hope, When I Saw Only Darkness
He Shared His Heart, and Gave Me Love
He Gave Me Heart, and Filled My Life
He Walked with Me, Even When I Left Him
He Found Me, When I Was at My Worst
and All I Had was Sorrows
And Still, He Gave Me His Hand
and Said Friend
I Will Walk The Rest of The Way, With You
Just Hold On, The End is Near
And I Am, Remember Me
I Will Hold A Place, For You.
DEDICATED TO MY COMPANION GOD
"A Poetryman Wishes"
(MY HEAD STONE)I WOULD LIKE IT TO BE
"TO MY COMPANION"
"I'D Shed My Tears"
"My Life, My Love"
"To Have A Friend As You"
"My Heart, You Have"
"For It's in Your Hand"
"My Soul!"
"I Pray, You Take Me In."
Edgar Allan Prieto
1/24/89
A POET'S NOTE
THE BEST SITE IN THE WORLD IS LIFE
IT'S THERE TO VIEW, DAY OR NIGHT
NO TIME IS TOO SHORT, TO TAKE A LOOK
IT FILLS BOTH DAY AND NIGHT
IT'S BEST VIEWED!
WHEN YOU OPEN YOUR MIND
SO TAKE A LOOK, BEYOND THE TREES
YOU WILL SEE THERE'S MORE
THAN JUST THE LEAVES
A POETRYMAN
8/30/98
A Poetryman
It is not with Computer or Pen I Write
It is Heart and Tears, that Write the Words
The Ink is My Soul The Scroll My Life
For the Words Written, is each Day of Life
Open Your Heart and All Can Come in
You Have One Time To Take it All in.
Edgar Allan Prieto
12/23/97
A Poetryman's Thanks
I speak with my words For I have not much time to say them
I speak from the heart For this is where my words come from
I Thank God for He allowed me to say them
I Thank You for listening
My words may not find a place in you Yet my thoughts have entered in
If you find one little care My heart will have come in
If you feel a tear you will know God is near
If I touched your heart You will know love was there
If you read my words you will know I am there
Peace come's not by war, but a heart Close to God
It is not easy going the right way
I have tried the other, found I was going no where
The day is longer when you have no direction
It is not any shorter When you are trying to find the right way
I know where I am today and hope to be tomorrow
I cannot prove God I am not even sure I am good
Yet this is no reason not to try
It is better to try let God decide whose good
Those who believe He is not There is a chance you will believe
For if He is not Here believe you are not too.
Edgar Allan Prieto
Copyright ©2003 Edgar Allan Prieto
MY WORDS
Let no one speak for me but my words
For they say all that is
My Life My Aims My Heart
All My hopes I pray to see
My faith God gave me
My vision of what will be
My Dreams a World of Love
When Life has no more Pain.
Edgar Allan Prieto
12/27/88
A COFFIN
A Golden Coffin
Will not bring me to Heaven
A Golden Heart
Will do this for me
It took a Wooden Cross
For Jesus to be there
A Wooden Coffin
Has room for me
Enough for my Soul
To be carried there
Blessed the ground I entered in
For it will be my way to Him.
A Poetryman
Edgar Allan Prieto
2/19/99
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If you believe?
God gives us each a Gift
Then you will know mine is from Him
I did not go to School as others did
I did not go to High School
To reach the grades I should
I heard the call and answered Faith
My Life was not My own
When I was Young
I had to take the Path That was given Me
No Parents but an Orphans Home
For seventeen years I walked the way
Then the Army came to Me
It was a way to set me free
Little did I know the cost it would take
It led Me to Nam where I was out of place
Through the War I tried My best
Faith was shaken by the test
Then I came upon a Mine
I Kept My Legs and My Mind
When I found I could not walk
I cried out to My God
I called upon His Name to help
My Faith was not with me
The walk would not be easy
Though I have wheels today
Now through My writings
I found He is at My Door
For When I reach Heaven
All the sorrows will be gone
I am finding He has given Me His Heart
And Blessed Me with a purpose
That I may reach Your Heart.
Dedicated To Scotty G
A Soul Who Hopes To Be A Poet
A Poetryman
I hope I Have helped You To Understand
It Takes All Your Heart And Faith To Stand
Walk The Way That Will Lead To Him
The Path Will Not Be Easy
The Efforts Will Win The Way
Your Efforts Will Not Go Unrewarded
Yet Look Not For Them Today
They Will Come Upon You
In Many Different Ways
Look Not To Man To Reap The Harvest
For Truth Is Only Held By One
Keep Faith It Will All Take Place One Day
Edgar Allan Prieto
10/25/97
THE BIRTH OF A POET
Born from pain and feelings of hurt
of a life that was not worth living
and a love that was not given
born of suffering of peoples hearts
and agonies of children's tears
of a world that did not seem to care
and hope that was not there
born from a tear and a heart
as feelings gave birth to tears
and tears awoke the soul to see
the heart it had felt for thee
born of a time that God had planned
to let me see the right of way
that I may know not all is bad
and share the love that I may have
born of a need to know myself
and share what I've have come to know
that I may see your heart aglow
and with it all the things you feel
even if its pain and tears
for this is what a Poet does
awakes your heart and soul to see
that you are here indeed
to feel all the pain and love
is to awaken the heart in you
and maybe The Birth of a Poet too.
Dedicated to Jeannett Lynn
Edgar Allan Prieto
June 3,1985
A POETRY MAN
My Tear Was My Pen
My Words I Spoke To God
My Feelings Was My Life
My Love Only Beginning
My Heart I Give You All
A Poetry Man Who Found Himself
And Gave The World His Tears
You Have My Heart Carry it Gentle
Tend My Words
For My Tears Are Inside
Share My Love
By Giving Meaning To Heart
Love Each One
And My Words Will Have Heart.
A THOUGHT!
If I Could Write Your Wish
it Would Be Peace
But I Can Say The Words
I Wish You Love
Dedicated To God
For He Found Me My Heart
And His Love To Grow In it
And A Tear To Weep
And Care To Know When Pain is Hurt
And Joy To Know When Sadness Comes
And Sorrows When Feelings Cry
EDGAR ALLAN PRIETO
2/11/89
WHY DO POETS WRITE?
To Keep in Touch with God and Soul
To Keep The Heart From Growing Old
To Nourish Love with Pain and Sorrow
To Keep The Cares From Losing Ground
To Keep The Faith When Days are Long
To Let The Spirit Speak in Rhymes
To Say a Prayer in Words I Knew
To Give Thanks I am Here with You.
Dedicated To Rosepin7
A Poetryman
The Lines I Write Let it Speak of Love
The Lines I use
Let it Not Be Just Words I Write
Let it Say I Spoke of Life
Let it Show How I Lived My Life
Let it Be Known I am Human
Know I am Judged By One
Not By any Human
Less They Judged Themselves
They Will See Their Self
A Poet's Note
Why Do Poets Write
To Keep Despair From Breaking Ground
To Keep Hope From Dwindling Down
To Keep Cares From Feeling Not
To Keep Tears From Drying Up
To Keep Happiness From Sorrows Hurt
To Keep Pain From Getting Worse
To Keep Faith From Breaking Down
To Keep Love From Losing Heart
To Keep Myself From Cracking Up
To Keep It All From Falling Apart
Edgar Allan Prieto
12/16/97
MY COMPANION
To God!
For He is My Companion, For Life
He Carries Me, When I Am in Pain
He Speaks To Me, When No One Listens
He Hears My Cries, and Dries My Eyes
He Makes My Life Bearable, When I Could Not
He Gave Me Hope, When I Saw Only Darkness
He Shared His Heart, and Gave Me Love
He Gave Me Heart, and Filled My Life
He Walked with Me, Even When I Left Him
He Found Me, When I Was at My Worst
and All I Had was Sorrows
And Still, He Gave Me His Hand
and Said Friend
I Will Walk The Rest of The Way, With You
Just Hold On, The End is Near
And I Am, Remember Me
I Will Hold A Place, For You.
DEDICATED TO MY COMPANION GOD
"A Poetryman Wishes"
(MY HEAD STONE)I WOULD LIKE IT TO BE
"TO MY COMPANION"
"I'D Shed My Tears"
"My Life, My Love"
"To Have A Friend As You"
"My Heart, You Have"
"For It's in Your Hand"
"My Soul!"
"I Pray, You Take Me In."
Edgar Allan Prieto
1/24/89
A POET'S NOTE
THE BEST SITE IN THE WORLD IS LIFE
IT'S THERE TO VIEW, DAY OR NIGHT
NO TIME IS TOO SHORT, TO TAKE A LOOK
IT FILLS BOTH DAY AND NIGHT
IT'S BEST VIEWED!
WHEN YOU OPEN YOUR MIND
SO TAKE A LOOK, BEYOND THE TREES
YOU WILL SEE THERE'S MORE
THAN JUST THE LEAVES
A POETRYMAN
8/30/98
A Poetryman
It is not with Computer or Pen I Write
It is Heart and Tears, that Write the Words
The Ink is My Soul The Scroll My Life
For the Words Written, is each Day of Life
Open Your Heart and All Can Come in
You Have One Time To Take it All in.
Edgar Allan Prieto
12/23/97
A Poetryman's Thanks
I speak with my words For I have not much time to say them
I speak from the heart For this is where my words come from
I Thank God for He allowed me to say them
I Thank You for listening
My words may not find a place in you Yet my thoughts have entered in
If you find one little care My heart will have come in
If you feel a tear you will know God is near
If I touched your heart You will know love was there
If you read my words you will know I am there
Peace come's not by war, but a heart Close to God
It is not easy going the right way
I have tried the other, found I was going no where
The day is longer when you have no direction
It is not any shorter When you are trying to find the right way
I know where I am today and hope to be tomorrow
I cannot prove God I am not even sure I am good
Yet this is no reason not to try
It is better to try let God decide whose good
Those who believe He is not There is a chance you will believe
For if He is not Here believe you are not too.
Edgar Allan Prieto
Copyright ©2003 Edgar Allan Prieto
MY WORDS
Let no one speak for me but my words
For they say all that is
My Life My Aims My Heart
All My hopes I pray to see
My faith God gave me
My vision of what will be
My Dreams a World of Love
When Life has no more Pain.
Edgar Allan Prieto
12/27/88
A COFFIN
A Golden Coffin
Will not bring me to Heaven
A Golden Heart
Will do this for me
It took a Wooden Cross
For Jesus to be there
A Wooden Coffin
Has room for me
Enough for my Soul
To be carried there
Blessed the ground I entered in
For it will be my way to Him.
A Poetryman
Edgar Allan Prieto
2/19/99
http://www.angelfire.com/ga/POETRYMAN/page1troapindex.html
