This book is a collections of poems written from 1980-2009. A collection of poems that will have something for all types of folk in this life. It will also give you pause to think about your belief system and what it means to you. These poems look at life from a personal point of few from the author and will show how the author looks at life at certain points of his life while dealing with different types of folk and situations along his life's journey. It will show the angry, disappointment, happiness and love with life along the way. In the end poems are about life and the roads you take until your world has ended at a certain point.

POEMS FROM MY HEART AND SOUL

By Melvin Avery Edwards

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Copyright © 2010 Melvin Avery Edwards
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ISBN: 978-1-4490-2485-7

Contents

Forward..............................................................viiAcknowledgments......................................................ixFriends To The End...................................................1Thoughts From A Black Man............................................11Love.................................................................27Dedicated To My Sister Madeline Patricia Edwards.....................45For All The Women Who Make Life Great................................53Christmas............................................................63Different Thoughts About Life On This Earth..........................73Conclusion...........................................................89

Chapter One

FRIENDS TO THE END

A friend is someone you can trust with your life and know that they will not let you down when you need them the most. You hope they will be around on this earth for as long as you are.

FRIENDS NEVER END

When I first saw you, you were just another face in the crowd Someone not to be remembered right away Then I met you and begin to talk with you It was like when you turn on the light in the room Suddenly you can see the whole room so it was with you I began to see the real person you are Not just someone to be lusted after But someone real, to love, to hold, to be friends with Someone who would make a man happy to be alive Happy that he has you in his life Happy to share whatever he has with you To give you everything your heart desires To walk in the park, holding hands Not caring about what's going on in this world Knowing that as long as he has you by his side he can face anything In this world and win But I realize that this can never be For you belong to another We are like two ships passing in the night, never to touch I am in one ship, wishing to reach you, to touch you, to share you To love you as a man is supposed to love a woman But you're already sharing your ship with another, happy with life For even though I cannot have you the way I want Friendship is a life of beauty also For a friend can be someone to share life with Someone to hold you when you are down Someone to listen when you need to talk To be there when others have let you down For anyone can make love to another, but all cannot be friends So my friend, turn not your back on me Never let anything interrupt our friendships And I will be there when you need me And you when I need you To fight the battles of this world For a friend is like a life raft on a ship Like a glass of water to a thirsty man So let not our friendship end Because of the stupid people of this world For even though I cannot have you for my own I can always have you as a friend And you also will have a friend Till this world is no longer here A FRIEND THAT SAVES He is the one I look up to when I'm feeling down He is the only one that can always take away my frown He is the one who is always there when I am feeling blue He is the one who will always be there telling me the true He's there no matter what the time of day or night He's holding me when I am full of fright on a sleepless night He is my friend, He is my friend, and Jesus will have mercy on me He is the one who makes my world, Jesus have mercy on me He's there when people have gone away and left you all alone He is the one I can depend on when all other hope is gone He is the one who is there when family and friends turn their back on you He is the one who will always be there to help you make it through this life He is there when you seem to be going downhill and will love you no matter what you do He is the one that will pull you through and keep you from feeling blue He is my friend, He is my friend, and Jesus will have mercy on me He is the one who makes my world, Jesus have mercy on me He is my King, Life and Friend when everyone around is wearing a frown He will one day lead me to Heaven where I will turn in my frown for a crown He will fill my soul with joy and happiness for the rest of my days on earth He will be there when death has taken me away from this place He will finally let me see Him face to face because of His saving grace He will know that I have always wanted His saving grace while on this earth He is my friend, He is my friend, and Jesus will have mercy on me He is the one who makes my world, Jesus have mercy on me FRIEND

A friend is someone who inspires you and helps you to become a better person Someone who is there when you are down and there when things are good Someone who doesn't judge you or put you down when you make a mistake Someone who believes in you even when you don't believe in yourself Someone who is willing to help you in times of need and not say you own them for life Someone who doesn't have to put you down to feel good about themselves Someone who is patient with you, even when you make the same mistakes over and over again Someone who is willing to guide you in the right direction and teach you what they know Someone whose dream for you is to be as successful as you can be and more Yes, you are the kind of friend who makes people want to be a success You make people what to be better human beings and help others You inspire people to be better than they thought they were able to be Your friendship shows people what God wants us to be towards each other Your teachings make people want to be all that they can be in this life You help to make the world a better place each day that you are in it You inspire me to want to be the type of friend you are to me to everyone I come in contact with For you live God's words, do unto others as you would have them do unto you And as long as God grants me breath in my body I will always count you as my friend THAT SPECIAL LADY When I was just a little boy, I didn't know what to do But I always had this lady, who helped make my dreams come true And without this special lady, those little dreams would have been blue That's why I will always call her when I do not know what to do in this life That's why I will call her mama until the day I die and leave this earth to see the man upstairs And as I became older and looked back on my life, mama always knew what was best This lady was special in all the things she's done for me while I was a child She taught me how to live, how to save and to forgive others when they treated me wrong But most of all she taught me how to make this world a better place to live That's why I will call her mama until the day I die and leave this earth to see the man upstairs And now that I am grown I realize that she has always been my best friend Remember all those little things she used to do that no one seems to see or care about But I will have her memories for all the years of my life while on this earth And all those little things she did helping me to see the reality of life That's why I will call her mama until the day I die and leave this earth to see the man upstairs And now...