A life that’s built on sand and lies
Will fail in stormy weather,
And in the end most will despise
A life that’s built on sand and lies,
And though love tries, in fresh disguise,
To sew two souls together,
A life that’s built on sand and lies
Will fail in stormy weather
~
A spited heart will often rail
In soulful vindication,
To recompense, or to assail,
A spited heart will often rail,
But till revenge completely fails
And one finds liberation,
A spited heart will often rail
In soulful vindication
~
Too many friends have died this year
Passed on from here to there
All kindred souls we loved so dear
Too many friends have died this year
And though we grieve both far and near
And fete their gifts and flair
Too many friends have died this year
Passed on from here to there
~
I’ll bid thee farewell in chill winter’s air
Where time spent was lessened in pure-white expanse
When all wishes spoken could never repair
I’ll bid thee farewell in chill winter’s air,
Affording those promises, most squandered unfair,
In all shifting shadows of hope and romance,
I’ll bid thee farewell in chill winter’s air
Where time spent was lessened in pure-white expanse

richard lloyd cederberg

           A Monumental Journey Novels