Training

To win a physical contest, you must train vigilantly 
This will make your body perform with great agility. 

Spiritual training is much the same,
training with our mind, soul and heart. 
To bring us across the finish line, with great speed, from the very start

The finish line of our life often seems so sad at times.
The Spirit of God being in our lives, 
We will hear those glorious chimes. 

October 7, 2022
Mark Waldrop 

Audie Leon Murphy

Audie Murphy a young farm boy from Texas 
Joined the army, many calling him reckless 

Growing up in poverty gave him many skills.
Determination and will to conquer many hills.

Through hellish war and lavish life,
Murph plodded on, plagued with much strife

Some saw him as a special being protected by God.
Murph saw himself on a lonely path he was given to trod.

He conquered because of perseverance and hope.
Due to his dear mother who taught him to cope

Life is never easy, the difficult decisions we have to make,
Leading us to our eternal destiny, wherewith God we will awake.

November 8, 2022
Mark waldrop

Sharing or Caring

Sharing or Caring which is the most important you might ask
They are both righteous tributes
It's up to us to perform the correct task

Sharing and Caring should be lovingly discussed
Then transferred to those in need gaining their trust

Trust is the most important I would say
Having the gift of trust almost anything you can convey

October 6, 2022
Mark Waldrop

Brokenhearted

Here I sit all brokenhearted
20 years, I'm back when I started

Nobody cares, work my fingers to the bone
No one cares enough to call on the phone

Sittin here crying old crocodile tears in my soup. 
Just jumping through the same old mindless hoops

Will this horrendous loop never ever end?
Getting off my butt, I might make some friends. 

Well, maybe someday I will muster up the courage.
Finding friends that care for me, surely I will be less discouraged.

October 5, 2022
Mark Waldrop

Fall Leaves

As the beautiful fall leaves drift to the ground
The beauty of comforting silence is all around 

The aroma in the cool crisp air has an earthly sense 
Helping to calm us and keep us much  less tense 

Fall is the forerunner of the future to come
Bringing us close to where the snow flys from

Anxiously awaiting the fresh breath of Spring
All is well, this will happen again and again

October 4, 2022
Mark Waldrop