Saturday, September 25, 2010

When I'm Blind


Sitting here thinking of you
Suddenly it occurs to me
Oh Angel, though I were blind?
Your beauty I could see.

Even if I'd never seen
Your ravishing eyes of blue.
Never basked in your smile
Still it would be true.

I would love you no matter
For you are the epitome of grace.
My heart would see your light
Recognize you, anytime anyplace.

Yes, you are a beautiful woman!
One that's exciting to me.
And yes, when I see you
I thank God I can see!

But I thank God even more,
For the inspiration of your heart.
The way you enlighten mine
Illuminating every part

Of what it truly means to love,
To be so purged by it's fire
I can see the grace of love's majesty 
And the selfishness of my desire.

See how beautiful you are?
How you enlighten heart and mind?
Oh Angel, I do see and love you
Even when I'm blind...

 Russ Pergram

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

American Values


In 1967, I graduated high school that year.
It was already underway, a conspiracy I fear.
Vietnam was raging, the nation split in two.
Khrushchev preaching, "We will bury you!"

"We will not have to conquer you; you'll decay from within.
You'll lose your morals, and we'll walk right in."
That was over 40 years ago, and I am ashamed to say
I've lived to see his words come true. Our morals in decay.

Thanks to the liberal politicians, there's no more wrong or right.
No need to draw a line in the sand, to bicker or fight!
Religions are all the same, neither wrong or right.
We're all enlightened, full of light.

Interesting how the Constitution was "misinterpreted", ere they came along.
How, even those who wrote it, had interpreted it wrong!
Separation of church and state, to hold the church at bay?
' Twas never intended to be used, perverted as it is this day.

What's prayer in public school, have to do with governing this land?
Nothing at all, and believe me the conspiracists understand
if our children believe, God supersedes even the state,
Then before their morals, their "deception" will meet its fate.

Let's open our eyes! We're being conquered from within.
Under the guise of equality, they sucker the simple in.
Counting on most of us, being content with status quo.
As deftly, they lead us, to a place we don't want to go.

Those of us who are 60 or older, remember America as it used to be?
Look around you; is this a better America you see?
Are America's morals, values, those our parents taught?
Without hesitation, I answer, "certainly not!"

I am a Christian, not a hate-monger or a threat,
an American patriot, who believes America is yet
very much alive and still answers to the call...
"One nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty, justice for all.



Russ Pergram

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Somewhere


On my way to somewhere
so many different directions to go!
Perhaps one day I'll get there
where that is, I do not know.

Sixty-one years old today
September 14, 2010.
No closer to my destination
then when I did begin.

Have I really been on a journey
or just swept away by time?
An impossible question to answer
like some silly nursery rhyme.

Seems I'm always at a crossroads
not sure which road to take.
But always I choose one
with confidence I fake.

But I know there is somewhere
out there waiting for me.
And I'm well on my way
to somewhere I should be.

 

Russ Pergram