God's Grace, © 2008

What is it in me That’s reaching for you Tell me can you feel it too Never before have I been so sure Never have I felt a love so pure Our lives so similar Yours and mine As if God knew one day in time Together we’d cross this path as one As if our lives had just begun Our hearts are focused Our minds are pure God’s grace is what we’re striving for © Dorothy Carr 2008

Hold On © 2004

The road back from nowhere

is much to long You'll find nothing right

and everything wrong It scares me when you talk this way Not wanting to live another day Then laugh it off

again you will Unaware that I am fearful still It's not a joke

to want to die For who should know

better than I Some mistakes can always be changed Others even rearranged But life and death

are planned that such One never hurts

and the other too much At least that’s what we’re lead to believe Don’t give in

don’t be deceived For the life you’d end

can’t be replaced And the pain you’re in is just a phase Please reach out give hope a chance Life may be sad

but it’s also a dance One in which

we choose to partake One in which

so much is at stake Though often dreams

will come and go The strength they build will continue to grow Creating in you

a special place Filled with joy

and endless grace This life for you

is meant to be I promise you this

for you once were me © 2004 Dorothy Carr

Moments ©1997

You came to me an angel with strings A gentle soul with broken wings Asking only that I help you see What this world has come to be For you couldn’t see it on your own So through my eyes you then were shown Images of life so simple yet strange With each day my thoughts would change Like today when I heard a baby cry I reached out to hold it yet didn’t know why Then the child alone afraid in the park I walked her home before it was dark Oh but when I turned away To me softly I heard her say Don’t give up you must be strong Never be afraid to say you were wrong For never had I looked at life this way Learning to live from day to day ©1997 Dorothy Carr

Childhood Fears ©

I feel the cold come through the walls This feeling I can’t touch at all Afraid of what

Heaven ©

Shooting stars fill the night Shifting galaxies sparkling lights Up above high in the sky Where even birds can't soar to fly Where wishes cast forever last Where forgotten dreams stay in the past Above the clouds and over the moon This place I know I'll venture to soon A distant land perfectly planned Created by His loving hands © 1993 Dorothy Carr

Girlhood Reminders ©

>Pictures I found in a box With faded flowers and broken locks Tickets from a picture show Days that now seem long ago Keys that unlock hearts so true Like that which I had found in you A book of matches his number inside That once I tried so hard to hide A penny for your thoughts we'd say I still remember that lucky day A letter too afraid to send That could have saved my dearest friend A ribbon taken from my hair That day with him my heart I shared A unicorn that lost his horn Yet that I held since I was born My sixteenth birthday dress is here Like a princess I had felt that year Bits and pieces kept through the years To remind me of love and even the tears Memories of days long past That in my heart will forever last © 1993 Dorothy Carr

Our Fathers Love ©

I was just a girl remember when I came to you to find a friend Afraid of life Afraid of love Knowing not of heaven above Then in my heart a peace was found And to you my soul forever was bound Though still my life’s been led astray Before you here I stand today Asking only that you let me come home For no greater love have I ever known Now once again I hear your voice And how I feel my heart rejoice For not only have you set me free But you sent your son to die for me For the love you have for us is such That a Father can never love too much............ © Dorothy Carr

Hope

The road back from nowhere is much to long You'll find nothing right and everything wrong It scares me when you talk this way Not wanting to live another day Then laugh it off; again you will Unaware that I am fearful still It's not a joke, to want to die For who should know, better than I Some mistakes can always be changed Others even rearranged But life and death are planned that such One never hurts and the other too much Don’t give in - don’t be deceived For the life you’d end, can’t be replaced And the pain you’re in is just a phase Please reach out give hope a chance Life may be sad but it’s also a dance One in which we choose to partake One in which so much is at stake Though often dreams will come and go The strength they build will continue to grow Creating in you a special place Filled with joy and endless grace This life for you is meant to be I promise you this - for you once were me © Dorothy Carr

Drawn In

What is it in me that’s reaching for you Tell me can you feel it too Never before have I been so sure Never have I felt a love so pure Our lives so similar Yours and mine As if God knew one day in time Together we’d cross this path as one As if our lives had just begun Our hearts our focused Our minds are pure God’s grace is what we’re striving for © Dorothy Carr

Beyond Me

You came to me an angel with strings A gentle soul with broken wings Asking only that I help you see What this world has come to be For you couldn’t see it on your own So through my eyes you then were shown Images of life so simple yet strange With each day my thoughts would change Like today when I heard a baby cry I reached out to hold it yet didn’t know why Then the child alone afraid in the park I walked her home before it was dark Oh but when I turned away To me softly I heard her say Don’t give up you must be strong Never be afraid to say you were wrong For never had I looked at life this way Learning to live from day to day © Dorothy Carr

Forgiven

My heart I fear is filled with pain My life I know is filled with shame For on the cross you gave your son To bring new life to everyone © Dorothy M. Carr

Unlock the Memories

The darkness has become a veil to conceal your heart A false sense of security like an actor playing a part For each day that passes becomes easier than the next But still your tortured from scenes of your past One day maybe you’ll let go of the pain But oh what your missing seems such a shame There trully is good in the world to find If only you could unlock the memories in your mind © 1994 Dorothy Carr

Believe

- To Believe - How sad again my thoughts have become, not a little, not just some. Feelings of emptiness wash over me, if only I, could somehow see; Dwelling in the past, this time I can't spend, this pain I want, to quickly end. I try to make it go away, though here is where, it wants to stay. If only I could make it leave, in myself, I might believe... ©1993 Dorothy Carr

Dad

These hands that now are grown Once you held between your own So tiny they were, remember when We walked together, that was then So many years since then have passed With you I thought those days would last Yet so uncertain so afraid Not knowing there would come a day Away from you my heart would stray For now these tiny hands are grown and still you hold them in your own Now as we walk together again Your more than my father but my very best friend through the years, you’ve guided my way though often I found, a way to stray Your love so strong, for me was such Never had I hoped, to feel that much but anothers love has captured my heart and joined here together, a new life we shall start So today as you look into my eyes My only hope is you’ll realize Not only these hands will you give away but your little girl on this special day © Dorothy Carr

Unknown

Release me from these ties that bind I'm trapped within this cluttered mind Filled with ghosts from childhood pasts Unable reality to convey at last Barren alone unable to see What these nightmares mean to me Knowing only I'm left here alone Fearing the images still though I'm grown As darkness falls across my eyes Unknowing these words are filled with goodbyes © 1994 Dorothy Carr

You

- You - A dream........ or has it finally come true. Is this love that I feel - When I'm looking at you. ©Dorothy Carr

To Dream

- To Dream - I've dreamt the dream, I'm dreaming now. It fills my nights, with peace somehow. Yet in the day- when dreams are gone. I'm left with strength to carry on. Beyond the struggles; faced day to day - Able now, to find my way. No longer afraid, to take a chance. To search for a long and lasting romance. © Dorothy Carr

Dreaming Life

Unreachable; yet touched by some, how desolate, this life’s become. Withering; or so it seems, lifeless all, but in her dreams. © Dorothy Carr

The Chair

Just beyond the light shone through as the doors began to close. Not a sound, breeze or anything stirred itself tonight. Yet the silence was deafening and the waiting torture. For in this tiny desolate room - Barren of all but a single chair. A soul will lose it's life - given one more day. For the switch will be drawn as the lights go out. And the world will forget the pain he’s about. © 1993 Dorothy Carr

Disguise

If you looked beyond this face to see The empty child hiding in me You'd see what easily I've learned to disguise This lonely existence filled with lies Living and laughing this life’s like a game Pretending and hurting they're one in the same © Dorothy M. Carr

Life Anew

Through me speak your words to them Help them see through each amen That God has given his only son So that life anew has now begun © Dorothy M. Carr