Thoughts of Love and Life

By Nancy Brookfield

Thoughts of Love and Life is a collection of poetry that asks and perhaps answers questions about who and what we are. Written on subjects ranging from faith to folly, as well as from life to death, author Nancy Brookfield exhibits a questioning, restless mind with but one conviction: that mankind has meaning and can improve.

The spring green grass is growing now
and in warming winds it plays
It reaches toward the blue of the sky
and grows higher with each day
Then the heat of the sun will turn it gold
and the farmer will cut it down
The grain that he gathers from the fallen shafts
will go to the miller in town
And the miller will make the flour
and the baker will make the bread
The green grass serves his purpose
and lives though he is dead
Would that I could do so much
with this life of mine
And leave something behind to feed your souls
with the passing of my time

• Language: English
• Publisher: Archway Publishing
• Release date: Oct 27, 2016
• ISBN: 9781480828131

Nancy Brookfield

Nancy Brookfield was born into poverty in the last stages of the Great Depression but feels blessed that at a young age she was taught faith, compassion, and empathy. Today, she lives in her home state of California.

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A Purpose

The spring green grass is growing now

and in warming winds it plays

It reaches toward the blue of the sky

and grows higher with each day

Then the heat of the sun will turn it gold

and the farmer will cut it down

The grain that he gathers from the fallen shafts

will go to the miller in town

And the miller will make the flour

and the baker will make the bread

The green grass serves his purpose

and lives though he is dead

Would that I could do so much

with this life of mine

And leave something behind to feed your souls

with the passing of my time

I Am

I am a poet a writer of rhymes

A listener of Chapel bells that chime

A collector of laughter of roses and ribbon

A seeker of sunshine a believer in heaven

A dreamer of dreams a million are mine

A chaser of moonbeams a taster of wine

A liver of life so simple to do

Since I have become a lover of you

All of the Above

Hope springs eternal

love is forever more

Happiness lies in the lilt of laughter

faith is an open door

Contentment is cradled in the bosom of knowledge

wisdom is rewarded each day

Beauty is captured in every moment

warmth in each sunlit ray

Peace is but understanding

joy is but letting go

And confidence comes just by living

and when all of the above you know

Hear the Horseman

Hear the Horseman he is coming

muffled hoof beats miles away

Before the approach becomes a drumming

fall upon your knees and pray

Before you see him top the hill

before the cadence crest

Place your life in God’s will

bare your soul to be blessed

Don’t try to flee you’ll be overtaken

don’t try to hide you will be found

But kneeling faith cannot be shaken

and where you pray is holy ground

And though in awesome form he appears

cape a’ flying sword in hand

He can only attack the heart that fears

against the believer he will not stand

And as retreat becomes his only course

in thunderous fury he gallops on

As you watch the beast and the horse

disappear somewhere into the dawn

Happiness

I bid you come set beside me take a rest

The search for happiness is such a foolish quest

For it does not on the horizon lie

The blue you see there is only sky

And it is not captured in the glint of gold

How could it be in a thing so cold

Nor is it among all the things you acquire

These things feed nothing but desire

It’s not hidden in the dependence of what others do

For as a gift happiness cannot be given to you

You could leave no stone unturned you could search on end

Not over the next hill not around the next bend

Not floating somewhere upon the open seas

Not hung among the many leaves on the trees

Though beauty may surround you and love and lovers be in abound

These wonders you must give their due but not as happiness found

So come set here beside me take a rest

This is when your chance will be at its best

That the prize of all prizes you will win

For it’s at peace that happiness comes out from within

Fantasy Land

I believe in King Arthur and Mickey Mouse

and creatures not stirring throughout the house

I believe in Fairy Godmothers and Wonderland

and little brick houses that always stand

I believe that all wishes on stars come true

in something old and new, borrowed and blue

I believe in crossing fingers and kissing Blarney Stones

in leprechaun’s gold and the wisdom of gnomes

And I really do believe there is a heaven hung above

but most of all I believe in your love

You Can

You can take from me my worldly wealth

you can take from me my time

You can live upon the love I give

and be nourished by my rhyme

You can soak up all my laughter

until it’s been replaced by tears

You can have the inner strength I feel

and leave me but the fears

You can walk beside me if you choose

or turn and walk away

You can leave me with but the black of night

and you may have the day

You can have the very thoughts I think

if they will serve you well

And if only one can be in heaven

then I will take the hell

You can reap the flowers