MONKS OF PEACE

 

Monks of peace, saffron robed

March with quiet dignity

Arm in arm with their countrymen

Marching for democracy

Joy written on every face

As they march to free Burma

From military dictatorship

 

Monks of peace, saffron robed

March to end the tyranny

Cheered loudly by the people

In the face of western hypocrisy

As they march to free Burma

From Than Shwe’s vicious regime

 

Monks of peace, saffron robed

March with quiet dignity

Marching for Aung Aan Suu Kyi

Hope in every heart

As they march to free Burma

From an unjust government

 

Then the peace is violently shattered

Tear gas grenades explode

And laughter turns to screams

Joy to terror

Hope to despair

Shots ring out

Volley fire over head

Then soldiers approach 

Rattan batons in hand

Monks of peace, saffron robed

Stagger with bloodied skulls

Saffron stained with blood

Fear etched on every face

Screams ring out

As people run for safety

Before the Army’s advance

 

Monks of peace, saffron robed

March on with determination

Until the peace is shattered again

By rifles crack

And in the echoing percussion

Monks of peace lay dead

The peaceful to rest in peace

While tyrants live to kill again

And the west looks on in shame

HEAVENS GATE

 

Teardrops stain my cheeks

Now my love you’ve gone

Gone to join the angel’s throng

As sad and lonely I live on

 

I am comforted to know

In my sadness and despair

I’m alone but you are with me

As I feel you everywhere

 

With my faith for strength

I wipe my teary eyes

Safe in the knowledge

That no one really dies

 

We will be together again

If my beloved, you will wait

Beyond the golden portal

Just through heavens gate

AS A BOY I ASKED GOD FOR A BIKE ONE DAY

 

As a boy I asked God for a bike one day,

But I knew God didn’t work that way

So I decided to steal a bike and then

I asked God for forgiveness instead

COME WITH ME NOW

 

At his bedside

The gentle angel stood

Watching as he slept

Listening to his quiet shallow breath

Then the angel softly spoke

And reached out a hand

“Your time has come to see the lord”

“Come with me now”

Then he slept no more

And he left his empty body

Taking the offered hand

The angel smiled and they began to ascend

To a better place and time

Traveling upward through a tunnel
Toward a light becoming ever brighter

Its brightness became almost blinding

Until with the angel he emerged

Into the land of light and love

The angel left him with a smile

With those who had passed before

Familiar faces greeted him

Loved ones from years past

Who showed him round heavens paradise

Where milk and honey flowed

Scenes of unimagined beauty met his eye

And the sweetest perfumes filled the air

Music was everywhere invading every pore

From simple refrains to grand symphonies

Musicians played on instruments of gold

While choirs of angels sang

But the most overpowering feeling

That assailed his senses

Was of everlasting love

THE FATHER IS WITH US EVERY MOMENT

 

The father is with us every moment 

Of every hour both day and night

Over every continent and island

He keeps us in His wondrous light

WE GIVE OUR PRAISE WITHOUT CONDITION

 

We give our praise without condition

Given freely to the Lord on high

We sing it to the highest heaven

Our hands held reaching to the sky

THE FEAST OF EPIPHANY

 

Epiphany is a Christian festival in honour of

The coming of the Three Kings to the infant Lord,

The first manifestation of Christ to the Gentiles

That celebrates the revelation of God in his Son

Known as the Day of the Lights or Three King’s Day