For the Love of Life: Transition from Darkness to Light

By Edward E. McGill

I was inspired to write For the Love of Life because of a deep passion of true love within me for people, places, and things. It uncovers the makeup of what true love is really all about. It talks about where its been, what it has to offer, and where its going. It takes the distorted vision of love and transforms it into a clear vision of what true love is really all about. It doesnt exclude the fact that you still have to endure trials, tribulations, sufferings, and hardships but can still be grounded to the thing that has power over anything and everything that you may encounter, which is love. It takes the distorted vision of love and transforms it into a clear vision of true love and ignites the courage and the will to turn your back on darkness to face the light, regardless of whatever you may be going through. The world has taught me how to become a master of what it calls love, and I became very good at it whether I wanted to use it for good or bad, but the love of God shows true love in a world of make-believe. The pictures may change, but the frame will stay the same. Sometimes people paint us a portrait of how they want us to see them, but over time, if it isnt real, the paint starts to fade and true colors show.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Trafford Publishing
• Release date: Mar 9, 2012
• ISBN: 9781466907737

Edward E. McGill

I was born and raised in Independence, Missouri. Oldest of five children, I became an entrepreneur at the age of nine, shoveling snow, running a paper route, cutting grass, and running errands for the elders. I discovered my passion to write when my mother sent a poem I wrote to Hall-Mark entitled “My Rose.”

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CONTENTS

1) MY LIFE

2) THE CONFESSION

3) THE WITNESS

4) THE LOSS OF A LOVE ONE

5) IT’S NO MYSTERY

6) HE’S A GOOD MAN

7) HOPE AND BELIEVE

8) I WANT TO BE SOMEBODY

9) SUCCESS

10) MY MARRIAGE VOWS THE GOLDEN SEAL

11) MY ROSE

12) MY ANGEL

13) I FEEL YOU

14) CAN YOU FEEL ME

15) SOUL MATES

16) THIRSTY FOR YOU

17) LAST NIGHT

18) THE WALL OF CHARM

19) SO CLOSE BUT YET SO FAR

20) MIDNIGHT BLUE

21) TOGETHER AT LAST

22) SORROW

23) MY PRECIOUS PEARL

24) DRAMATIC LOVE

25) WHERE ARE YOU

26) WHO ARE YOU

27) HEART BEAT

28) MY QUEEN TO BE

29) ONLY WITH YOU

30) THE REASONS WHY

31) BELIEVE ME LOVE

32) LONELINESS

33) THE CURRENT

34) THE HEAT

35) SHE IS SWEET AND SILENT

36) IN THE MIDDLE

37) SUMMER TIME

38) HAPPY BIRTHDAY

39) HAPPY HOLIDAYS

40) APPRECIATION FOR MOTHERS

41) FRIENDSHIP

42) LIES

43) MONEY

44) HUMBLENESS AND RECOVERY

45) IT’S OVER

46) FACING REALITY

47) IT’S TOO LATE

48) THE CAGE

49) PATIENCE

50) STRUGGLES

51) BEING THOUGHT OF

52) HERE MY PRAYER

53) PROVIDE FOR ME

54) YOUR EXSISTENCE

55) PRAYER

56) DEAR LORD

57) LET GO AND LET GOD

58) WORRING AND MISERY

59) THE ATTACK

60) LORD

61) WHO IS IN THE MIRROR

62) THE MASTER OF DESIGN

63) GRATITUDE

64) SO BEAUTIFUL

65) TRUST ME

66) I’M SO GLAD YOUR MINE

67) SAVE YOURSELF

68) AN HONEST MAN

69) RAIN DROPS OF LOVE

70) MY MAN

71) FAIRY TALE LOVE

72) LEADERSHIP

73) HE’S NEVER HARD TO FIND

74) LORD I’M HURTING

75) MY BROTHERS

76) TENDER LOVE AND CARE

77) HOT FLASH

78) THE CASTLE OF BRICKS

79) STAND STRONG

80) ONE TIME ONLY

81) IT’S NO SECRET

82) YOU BROKE THE MOLD

83) IT’S NOT ABOUT YOU—IT’S ABOUT THEM

84) HOME SICK

85) MYSTIFYING

86) DROWNING IN MY DESIRE FOR YOU

87) AGAINST THE GRAIN

88) A SLAVE IN MY OWN HOME

89) THE VALUE OF SMALL THINGS

90) IT REALLY DOESN’T MATTER

91) LIFE GOES ON

92) HONEY IT’S YOU

93) ONE CALL, ONE WAY

94) STARS ALWAYS SHINE

95) HELLO BABY

96) WHENEVER, CALL ON ME

97) DON’T BLAME ME

98) I LOVE YOU JESUS

99) A KING AND A QUEEN

100) TALK TO MY QUEEN

101) FORGIVE ME

102) OUR NATURE

103) STAYING ON MY MIND

104) JESUS HAS HIS OWN PRIVATE LINE

105) DO THE RIGHT THING

106) A PROVERB

107) THE BLOOD

108) TOUCH ME O’LORD

109) HERE TODAY & GONE TOMORROW

110) SEASON GREETINGS

111) THANK YOU DEAR GOD

112) GUILT

113) YOUR TEARS I STORE

114) FACE THE MIRROR

115) LET ME

116) LETS MAKE LOVE

117) A REAL MAN

118) JUST IMAGINE

119) THANK YOU JESUS

120) LOST BUT FOUND

121) LOOK WITHIN YOURSELF

122) FIVE COATS OF LOVE

123) GOOD MORNING

124) AS THE NIGHT PASSES

125) HEAT AND PASSION

126) THE DARKSIDE

127) BEAUTIFUL AND DEEP

128) A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN

129) WALK W/ME

130) RED ALERT

131) LOVE

132) PIMP STYLE

133) DON’T FIGHT THE FEELING

134) BY MY SIDE

135) MY LADY

136) DESTINATION

137) DON’T HOLD BACK

138) DON’T FIGHT THE LOVE

139) TONIGHT’S SPECIAL

140) O’ LORD

141) WORK THROUGH ME

142) THANK YOU LORD

143) SPIRITUAL STRENGTH

144) OPEN HOUSE

145) NOSY PEOPLE

146) TOUGH TIMES DON’T LAST

147) A BEAUTIFUL STAR

148) PRAISE GOD

149) O’ FATHER IN HEAVEN

150) INNER PEACE

151) IT’S BEEN A VERY LONG WALK

152) SILENT RAGE

153) SATAN

154) YOUR COMFORT

155) FULL SPEED AHEAD

156) OPEN DESISRE

157) CALL ME

158) SOMEBODY TAKE ME

159) RUNNING OUT OF TIME

160) A SOUL WITHOUT A NAME

161) THE VALUE OF LOVE

162) CAPTURED BY THE LIGHT

163) THE VICTIM

164) A NEW BEGINNING

165) TODAY

166) TO UNDERSTAND ME

167) BRIDGES

168) WE LIVE AND LEARN

169) FOREVER ALIVE

170) RUNNING DRY

171) ONE DAY

172) I TRUST YOU WITH MY LIFE

173) GENTLY

174) YOU CAN DO IT

175) FOREVER IN YOU

176) THE MOTHERS OF THE WORLD

177) QUICK SAND

178) I’M ADDICTED TO YOU

179) ARE YOU TRULY GRATETFUL

180) MY BLACK QUEEN

181) IN MY ROOM

182) YOU CAN’T STOP WHAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN

183) SISTERS

184) BACK HOME

185) LOVING YOU

186) ALREADY SAVED

187) IN CHANGE COMES GROWTH

188) LIFE WITH THE SPIRIT

189) LIGHT

190) THE PATH

191) WISDOM

192) FAITH

193) EVIL

194) LOVE THE BIRTH

195) REVELATION

196) Family

197) THE CHOSEN ONE

198) RESPECT ME

199) WATCH OVER ME

200) WHAT I SEE

201) HOME BOUND

202) LIKE A DOVE

203) WORKSHOP

204) BEHIND ENEMY LINES

205) AS THE SEED UNFOLDS

206) THE ANGELS

207) 04/05/61

208) I SHALL NOT WORRY

209) TIME’’ WHAT IS TIME?

210) A WOMAN OF GOD

211) SACRAFICES

212) ARE YOU LISTENING

213) BLESSINGS

214) A SHED OF LIGHT

215) THE POWER OF PRAYER

216) TESTIMONIES

217) THE FRONT LINE

218) ENOUGH IS ENOUGH

219) FROM 1-10

220) WHAT DOES IT MEAN?

221) THE SCRIPTUIRES

222) THE COMING LIGHT

223) THE DENTIST APPOINTMENT

224) IRON IN THE FIRE

225) CHANGE

226) PRIORITIES

227) MY SON

228) MY WOMAN

229) I CAUGHT A WINK

230) HEAVEN TIMES SEVEN

231) GODS BUSINESS

232) YOU’RE ALL THE

INSURANCE I NEED

233) A SILENT UNDERSTANDING

234) MORE LIKE ME

235) CHASING YOU

236) HE WILL CARRY YOU THROUGH

237) ASKING VERSES PRAISING

238) YOUR HEART, MY HOME, MY PLACE

239) THE HOLIDAYS

240) COULD YOU STILL LOVE ME

241) TOUCHED

242) I NOW SEE

243) WINGS

244) YOUR BLUEPRINT

245) THE DARK AND THE LIGHT

246) FAIR TO PARTLY CLOUDLY

247) SEE YOU IN HEAVEN 04/24/11

248) FROM DARKNESS TO LIGHT

249) THE LORD MEDICATES ME

250) THE STAR IN MY EYES

251) TO HOLD ON

252) BEAUTIFUL & BOLD

253) LIVE TO LEAVE SOMEBODY SOMETHING

254) LIVING FOR THE LORD

255) IN THE GARDEN

256) HIGH AND LOW

257) THE WHITE DOVE

258) LIFELESS WITHOUT YOU

259) TEACH ME LORD

260) THE RIGHT BAIT

261) A FALSE LOVE

Dedications

Above and beyond I have come to recognize that my writing has been delivered to me as a God given gift.

Therefore it is only by right that it should be given back to God first and then to those who supported me along with my love ones as well.

Love goes beyond what anyone could ever imagine and it comes to a point where you know longer believe.

You know!

I would like to thank all of those who stood by my side, and encouraged me to continue writing. I would like to thank God for allowing me to go through the things that I needed to go through in order to be the man that I am today. I truly feel that I have been greatly blessed for that I dedicate this book to all of my readers with great hopes that it embraces whatever inspiration that may be upon you. I also dedicate this book to my mother, brother and sisters, my children and, my dearly beloved wife whom inspired me to publish my materials instead of collecting dust in the attic. She has shown me an unconditional love that I will never turn my back on and for that I plan to spend the rest of my life with her. Kathy A. McGill, I love you. Also for the readers I truly hope that my inspiration finds you and your families in all good health mentally, physically, and of course spiritually. Let all continue to be well under God’s umbrella of peace and blessings.

For The Love of Life

Just a few lines to all my readers as you get deeper into this book you may find that there is more company around than just you and I. The gift that has been given to me is a blessing for which I deeply respect. A spirit of greatness has designed an art of poetry deep down within me and also provided me with the capability to express different views of inspiration and emotions from others. Everything that you read is given from the heart and personal experiences so as you begin to read be at ease and comfortable as I relax your mind, body, and soul. You may also find at some point somewhere in this book a void in your life may be fulfilled and for all that it means I am only a messenger for the one and only true author, the spirit above.

An endless journey of searching for love

Peace Be With You All

For The Love of Life

It’s a fascinating thing

To know what it means

To look at it for what it’s worth

And not what it seems.

Deep in the heart

There’s a richness to find

Its nourishment flows

Through the body, soul and mind

As love offers itself

A creation begins to unfold

An inspirational embrace

That will protect and hold

As a rainbow of tears

Stretches across the sky

It’s the reflection of the truth

From the peaceful faces that cry

For the love of life

I will give my heart to try

For the love of life

I will give my heart, and also die.

FOR THE LOVE OF LIFE

BY EDWARD E. MCGILL

POETRY

FOR THE MIND, BODY,

AND SOUL

TYPES OF LITERATURE

SPIRITUAL

ROMANCE

FRIENDSHIP

BIRTHDAYS

WEDDING VOWS

SPRING MOMENTS

WINTER MOMENTS

BABY SHOWERS

ANYTHING PERTAINING TO LOVE AND

LIFE!

THIS POETRY IS WRITTEN ESPECIALLY

TO BRING THE LOVE BACK

1)

MY LIFE

I WRITE OUT OF INSPIRATION

I BELIEVE IN KEEPING IT REAL

I SEARCH FOR THAT DESTINY

THAT NO PRICE CAN FULFILL

OUT OF ALL THE SACRAFICIES

TO GIVE