Stories from the Heart

By Jerry Palmer

I began writing a lot about very emotional personal experiences that were weighing very heavy on my heart. This was my way of releasing some of the pent-up pain and heartache that was torturing me. I hope that others could relate to and benefit from some of my stories. Many of them being true stories.

A lot of what is written here comes from dealing with raw emotions from deep emotional wounds that are hard for some people to deal with or heal from.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Covenant Books, Inc.
• Release date: Nov 4, 2021
• ISBN: 9781638149750

Book preview

Tell My Son I Love Him

Tell my son I love him

Every day as he grows up

Let him know in every way

That I love him very much

Let him know in every way

How much he means to me

And that he’ll always be my boy

And I hope that he can see

I love him with my heart and soul

And I will for ever more

And tell him that I watch him

Just to see what lays in store

And if he wants to talk to me

I’m just a prayer away

Hearts are still connected

And It will always be that way

For Jerry Lee Palmer and Jerry Alexander Palmer

My Boy

If only my boy would walk through the door

And heal the pain in my heart

Then I could learn to live again and

Be happy like back at the start

I never dreamed I could hurt so bad

That I wouldn’t want to live

But I hang on to the people I love

And all the love they give

Of all my hurt that comes with life

Like losing someone I love

I try so hard to comprehend

That he’s waiting for me up above

My Queen

Have you ever looked up on a queen

As she lay up on her bed

Her breathing coming soft and slow

No crown up on her head

She doesn’t sit up on a throne

And may not look the part

Her kingdom may seem small to some

But she reigns inside my heart

Her wish is always my command

I love to see her smile

I give her all the things I can

And hold her all the while

The tenderness she shows to me

It grows more all the time

She opened up her heart you see

And now I know she’s mine

For my Linda

A Tear

A tear rolled slowly down my cheek

And I felt so all alone

The sadness that I felt inside

Made me wish I could go home

When you’ve had your heart ripped out

And the pain is hard to bear

You wish for someone to heal your heart

But you feel there’s no one there

Losing you took my joy away

And I’ll never be happy again

The greatest love I ever had

And now I have no plans

You knew you were my hero

And I was your hero too

Our hearts were so connected

Now I don’t know what to do

A Crown of Thorns

A crown of thorns upon your head

And pain inside your heart

A pain that you’ve endured for us

From way back at the start

The pain you felt inside your heart

Was not from the crown of thorns

But from a badly broken heart

On this cold and windy morn

They mocked your name and gave this pain

Afraid of all you had

The way they coldly pierced your side

It makes me feel so sad

For anyone who gives such love

To a world that’s gone so wrong

Would have to be the son of god

And to me could do no wrong

The way you dragged that heavy cross

To Calvary on the hill

The way they whipped and tore your flesh

The memory haunts me still

The way you love and forgive the world

After what they put you through

Only the one true son of god

Could love the way you do

Wishing the world could be a better place

Ebony Eyes

She was only sixteen and I twenty-two

When I told her I loved her and she loved me too

I looked to the heavens and the beautiful skies

But they were no match for her ebony eyes

She gave me her promise and I gave her mine

Not knowing or caring what lay down the line

I still don’t know where our destiny lies

I just love that girl with the ebony eyes

To love and to cherish to have and to hold

To care for each other as we grow old

I give what I can and the limit’s the skies

All for the girl with those ebony eyes

The mother of my children she’s a lover and a friend

She holds my life in her hands on her I can depend

I know she really loves me when she thinks I’m hurt she cries

and I truly love my Linda with those beautiful ebony eyes

I hope she never leaves me if she did I’d surely die

Then who would love my Linda with those beautiful ebony eyes

Fifty-one years and counting

For my Linda

The Jewels in My Crown

The feelings I have for the people I love

Are something that can’t be measured

I try so hard to not let them down

For they are my greatest treasures

They may not be perfect in your eyes

But they’re what I need them to be

I know they will be here by my side

And that’s what matters to me

The love we share is worth more than gold

And I know they won’t let me down

I will always try to be there for them

For they are the jewels in my crown

I’ve Cried a Million Tears

I’ve cried a million tears it seems

And I’ll cry a million more

The day my boy left this world

Only heart ache lay in store

I found that I had owned the world

I was just to blind to see

If I could just go back in time

To a life that was so carefree

There has never been a deeper love

Than the love I shared with my boy

The many years I had with him

Was a time I felt some joy

Nathaniel Joe

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