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THE SHAPE OF MY HEART
I have loved many times during my life,
And found the joy of having a wife.
I helped to conceive two daughters... so
very beautiful to behold, And found out that a father's
children are more precious than gold.
I seem to have lost the friends I have
made,
And the years spent alone... cause the
memories to fade.
I find myself in a prison cell facing death...
my life all torn apart,
And it seems I'll never love or laugh
again... but that's not the shape of my heart
MYSELF WHEN I AM REAL
The sun is shining in my backdoor
right now.
I picture myself through jewels -- The
outer brittleness gone as I fold within. Melting
Love of life is love of God sustaining
all life, sustaining me
when wrong or un-self-righteous
in drunkenness and in peace.
He who loves me is me.I shall
return to him always,my heart is rain, my brain is earth, but there
is only one sun and forever it shines forth one endless poem,
of which my ranting,
my whole life,
is but a breath.
I long to fade back into this door
of sun
FOREVER.
LAST NIGHT I PRAYED
Last night I prayed... I prayed that
I would be forgiven,
of any sin.
I prayed that someday, some way, my soul
could mend.
Last night I prayed...
I prayed for someone to help me, get out
of the trouble I'm in.
I prayed for the day, when I could see
my kin.
Tonight...
I'll pray again.
James Heard
July 1997
BITTERSWEET MOMENTS OF LIFE
I cry within,
Loudly.
Trying to learn, trying to change,
Trying to love, trying not to die.
dying.
In retrospect;
I always search for fulfillment,
But why ? ?
I never had a clue . . .it was there already,
But how ? ?
Maybe I will be reborn,
But when ? ?
James Heard
1999
TAKE TIME
Take time to think;
it is the source of power.
Take time to read;
it is the foundation of wisdom.
Take time to play;
it is the secret of staying young.
Take time to be quiet;
it is the oportunity to seek GOD.
Take time to dream;
it is what the future is made of.
Take time to pray,
it is the greatest power on earth.
Take time to laugh,
it is the music of the soul.
Take time to be friendly,
it is the road to happiness.
Take time to talk,
it is the opportunity to help others.
Take time to love and be loved;
it is GOD's greatest gift.
TAKE TIME !
PLEASE WRITE TO . . .
James M. Heard
P.O. BOX H-96500
San Ouentin State Prison
San Quentin, California
94974 U.S.A.
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