Random Thoughts is a collection of thoughts and poems, expressing various experiences, ideas, or interactions, during my journey about this "mass of confusion" we call Earth. My hope is to show personal enlightenment, disenchantment, frustration, happiness, bitterness, and many other such irrelevant feelings as life is expected to go on! Some helpful insight for you would be nice or a laugh, or just to ponder things from a different perspective.
Random Thoughts
By Tom GeigerAuthorHouse
Copyright © 2016 Tom Geiger
All rights reserved.
ISBN: 978-1-5246-0306-9Contents
For All My Children, 1,
Life / Learns, 2,
The Relationship, 3,
Long Ago, 4,
Illusions, 6,
Awe, 7,
Endurance, 8,
Values, 9,
Confessions, 10,
Misunderstood, 11,
Principles, 12,
God's Plan, 14,
Stand Firm, 15,
Lost, 16,
Destiny, 18,
Ripples, 20,
Times Have Changed From Long Ago, 22,
It Was Never Meant to Be, 24,
Rewind, 25,
The Fault Lies With Me, 26,
It Was the Love, Never Meant to Be, 27,
Onward, 28,
Over, 29,
God's Gift, 30,
Closing In, 32,
Meeting, 33,
My Son, 34,
Valley Forge, 35,
Beach, 36,
Revering Age, 38,
Culturlarity, 39,
Delaware Bay, 40,
See Others, 42,
A Way to Awakening, 43,
Family Trip, 44,
Random Thoughts, 45,
More, 46,
Who, 47,
Change, 48,
Symphonize, 49,
Eluding Happiness, 50,
Random Thoughts, 51,
Reveal, 52,
Too Many, 53,
Love Blossoms, 54,
Acceptance, 55,
The Seas Bond, 56,
Chastise, 57,
How is it Possible?, 58,
Internal, 59,
Higher Ground, 60,
Path of Peace, 61,
Random Thought, 62,
Let It Go, 63,
A Blinded Friend, 64,
My City, 65,
Random Thoughts, 67,
Drained, 68,
It Begins, 69,
Random Thoughts, 71,
Push, 72,
To Dream, 73,
Reluctant Friend, 74,
Shed It All, 75,
Expecting, 76,
What, 77,
Coupling, 78,
Acceptance, 79,
Wedding, 80,
Sounds, 81,
Goals, 82,
Random Thought, 83,
Greed, 84,
A Leader, 85,
Guarded, 86,
Step Up, 87,
Crossroads, 88,
Work on the Bay, 89,
An Adventure for sure!, 91,
A Tribute, 93,
Illness, 96,
Moving Forward, 97,
At First, 98,
To Conquer, 100,
Day of Many, 102,
The Sky, 103,
Awkward, 104,
Our Ride, 105,
Focus, 106,
Complaints, 107,
For my Daughter, 108,
A Gift, 110,
CHAPTER 1
FOR ALL MY CHILDREN
Excerpts
'Remember to always look ahead!
That's where dreams come from!"
"Feelings satisfy our hunger,
But our heart is what feeds us!"
"Dreams keep us from reality.
Reality keeps us from dreaming.
Yet all reality was once dreamt!"
"To hide is to seek in darkness"
"Failure is the most disappointing help you'll ever receive."
"No matter what you try to succeed in, your failures will push
you closest!"
"If your dreams are in perspective then they're just safe
thoughts!"
Secrets
Sorrow is the keeper of secrets.
LIFE / LEARNS
Determination will get you through
Shear willpower will also do
Remember every storm blows over
Calm, Peace, and Sunshine remain
Knowledge of this is what keeps us sane
A time will come for you to shine
Your abilities then, will open your mind
You will offer your knowledge to solve a task.
Large or Small, success is yours to grasp!
Revel in the power of your gifts
This will help your spirits to lift
Your mental well being is always a concern.
Be wise though as it's time to learn.
You will survive by the credits you earn.
Tomorrow will come, just as today
But the difference is, you'll have a say
No longer too burdened to hear yourself think.
You will rise to the top with thoughts on your mind.
To share your ideas what a concept to find!!!
THE RELATIONSHIP
Mindsets are a definite conflict
Life experience is only perception
Thoughts of excellence are relative
Motivation is not one-sided.
We are posturing for perfection
Watching for neglection
While moving towards a connection
which will keep us in reflection.
Physical closeness is realism
Passion is to experience each other
Without any fear of rejection, pure love
Love that anticipates the other's needs.
As one we no longer stand alone
We erase our past longings
Moving with knowledge of our dreams
Dreaming farther and faster than we can move.
Future involves pain, suffering, the unknown
Traveled together softens the impact
Our thoughts wander, yet merge to focus
To stay the course, and be true to love.
LONG AGO
Times have changed from long ago
When simpler was better, as we know
We've created a different world.
One that rewards us for smaller deeds
With our own private possessions that suit our needs.
Our dreams it seems have sold us out
We wait for nothing, our toys we tout
It's bittersweet when we look around
Realizing our needs now have us bound.
If you think like the world, get ready now
Because nothing means anything it's all wasted hype,
From the parties to cars, to the clothes of your type.
We've all turned our backs on the Lord and our vow.
Now the devil himself delivers our dreams
All covered in happiness to hide the extreme
Come one and come all to follow his way
As the Lord looks upon you and then looks away.
I ask you, when your times comes to go
It will come I assure you, do not think that it won't
Will you be lying there thinking was there more I could do
The answer for all of us is easy to this
We could all have done better, that's why we'll be missed!!
Now the LORD comes to greet us reviewing his List
ILLUSIONS
Relationships, closeness, understanding,
These are illusions for us to ascertain
Our individual needs or desires.
There is no reason for time, decisions to make,
It's internal the clock. Our time to take.
How presumptuous of us to utter a word
That somehow we'll prevail, how absurd
When it comes to the heart
There's no more deceitful a foe
You laugh and you brag as if you know
How could you know, how many times,
It has led you to someone, to be it all
Yet always the same you take the fall
Your mind is at fault, your heart close behind.
You think it is love that you've searched for and found.
Life has deceived you surely and sound.
AWE
It's a sunset, it's an ocean, it's a mountain that meets the sky,
All these create emotion and stir us up inside.
As we watch in wonder, in total disbelief,
We admire each experience as it affects us as unique!
We can only be astounded as we walk away.
Remembering our feelings being there that day!
Years from now we'll ponder and open up that door!!
To have our hearts touched again and give us joy once more!
ENDURANCE
It was never meant to be
GOD knows that for sure
A lifetime of bad decisions
With results a catastrophe
Unrepairable, despicable as it may seem
This life lived so far can be redeemed
Always be wise, not to count yourself out,
For tomorrow's a day we know nothing about!
All time is a blessing, if only one day
Remarkable things can be done, if we pray.
The prayers for a wasted life to produce,
Can bring varying answers left to deduce.
Your life is not over, therefore can't be,
A wasted life for all to see!
There's much more inside you, great things for sure.
You just need to hold tight; learn to endure!
The best is ahead of us, it makes us go on!!
No one can dismiss us as lowly or mentally gone.
We right our own course, which way is unknown.
What I'll tell is this, you are not Alone!!
VALUES
It is a time when all is broken
No one stands their ground no more
When morals are barely spoken
All men run from lustful lure
We must regain our footing
Becoming respectful men again
Stepping up to insure our values
Not entering the Lions Den
Let's make the move together
Rid this world of worldly thoughts
Keeping our passions home bound
Winning this war justly fought
For we will hold our heads highly
Knowing we were tested to no avail
For the good Lord that we worship
Will always and forever prevail!!!
CONFESSIONS
The fault lies with me
No other outcome could ever be
Decisions made without testosterone
The results are mine to own
Too many times to claim negligence
Too many times sittin' on the fence
Not enough thought to entertain an end
What future torments could he send
As my life lies in ruin and waste
The results of my actions a bitter taste
So this is where I stand today
Nothing to offer, just stories to say
Stories of recklessness, abandon at best
No responsibility taken, laws put to test
Well I come to you now to truly confess
I pray its accepted, to cleanse this mess
MISUNDERSTOOD
It was the love, never meant to be
One sided decided, but not for sure
Time spent together was enjoyable
So fun, relaxing, no stress anymore!
Beliefs were the same,
Mine a little more tamed.
My heart was there, though not willing to wait.
I knew her response would seal my fate.
More sadness it brought, too hard to endure,
My life filled with anguish and now to add more.
I feel empty again as I knew that I would,
A fantasy that her love might match mine, misunderstood.
I am older and foolish, entertaining at most.
To try to attract a young woman and her heart.
To try and succeed in my own life's new start!
I must realize my place in this new world I'm in,
And to understand I've been through most of what she has
ahead.
PRINCIPLES
This great nation that we live in
Has changed in many ways
Once declared by our founding fathers
Has seen many better days
Our first and foremost principle
That has led us through tough times
Has been the LORD our Savior
Glorified in our Bibles, in schools, and our minds
"In God we trust" meant something to us then
Not just a saying, but in hearts and souls of men
God was a part of everything we did or said
He was at our work, in our songs, always in our head
The change now is evident
Look around you and you'll see
It's hard to find God anywhere
How blessed can we still be?
He's promised us salvation, during life and in the end
If we follow His instruction, His hand, He will lend
Are we worshiping Him daily, His needs do we tend
If our future is to brighten, our minds must mend
This nation will be great again, if we listen!
Heed the warnings now, and our world shall glisten!
GOD'S PLAN
When your living in a world gone mad
The attractions are hopelessly drab
These desires of darkness permeate your brain
To further your actions upon your claim.
Which will it bring, passion or shame.
Is there someone to run to or hold at best.
While your life is trying to target its quest
Will you recover will you forget,
Will you remember with total regret
Is there some kind of blessing misunderstood.
A lesson to learn or foresee if I could?
I don't know the reason at all that's for sure.
I must just keep going to see and explore!
Happiness is the calm that your soul seeks.
No one knows when it comes whether years or in weeks.
If this is God's plan, then so it must be,
But the unnerving time-frame is devastating.
STAND FIRM
It is a time when all is broken
No one stands their ground anymore
When morals are barely spoken
All men run from lustful lure
We must regain our footing
Becoming respectful men again
Stepping up to insure our values
Not entering the Lions Den
Lets make the move together
Rid this world of worldly thoughts
Keeping our passions home bound
Winning this war justly fought
For we will hold our heads highly
Knowing we were tested to no avail
For the good Lord that we worship
Will always and forever prevail !!!
LOST
It was always meant to be
Our struggle to be free
We work everyday closer to our goal
Never allowing the dullness to take its toll
For if we did we'd lose our soul
So through the years we toiled
We rushed through our days & nights
Never realizing our hands were soiled
With the blood from our last fight
Blinded by the glory of our future might
Was it success or money, maybe greed was our lust
It certainly wasn't love of life, or abundance of trust
We cared not for simple things, the hidden beauty's there
Staggering along our mule-like way with a blankish stare
With the precious earth around us, we dare not glimpse or
care
When do we lose our vision, is it soon from where we start
Or is it in the middle, when we're tired and losing heart
Somewhere in our struggle, it happens to be sure
Because you are no longer open to anything that is pure
You've tossed it all for glory, a sickness without cure
You look back now, through the years wishing to remember
Where it was you went off track, missing the world in all its
splendor.
DESTINY
Our lives are interwoven to various degrees
We all have a journey we follow consciously
The struggles and successes are what we follow most
A way to measure lives, to cower or to boast
To compare each one's struggles, to grade in a way
Is simply just impossible, repulsive, lest to say
Losses are a part of us, failures just the same
We carry and hold onto them, as scars of our pain.
Some last a lifetime, others, weeks or years
Time consoles the weary, helps to heal the tears
No person's is more or less, just handled differently
You somehow find recovery, a future to see
A journey can be loving, also full of hope
For today has made a difference, easier to cope
To be sharing this walk, is a blessing indeed
A comfort, a heaven to safely care and need
This person you connect with, in many similar ways
To exist on different levels, and meet up with, one day
You plainly see, it's plainly meant to be, this very way
How else could all this happen, if not for destiny
Stand up, go forth and conquer!
Move on, look forward, and Live, Really Live!
RIPPLES
Gentle ripples intermittently splashing against the shore
Coming up empty each time, so easy to ignore
A constant, yes, but no power rest assured
These are the remnants from once mighty ocean waves
Slapping the beach continuously without fanfare or rave
Timed so perfectly to easily hypnotize your mind
So gentle as to mesmerize your soul, effectively
Taking you somewhere else in time.
A time not known to many, but exists non the less,
A place where you can be yourself and never second guess
Where what we know is plenty! No shortage of the truth!
Our physical appearance nearing something towards our
youth.
A dream would? Maybe, or just a quick escape,
It doesn't really matter, whatever is the case!
Its a most relaxing place where no one keeps a pace,
Yes, these ripples were once giant waves, meant to make
A great big splash! Much like you and me as we started life
at last,
Slow in the beginning, speeding up to see great heights,
Rising above our challenges, hoping to make all the wrongs
into rights.
Then like the mighty wave and the storms along the way
We've dwindled to mere images of our once courageous day
Settling to be ripples, as our children make their way!
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