A Book of Poems

By James Phillips

A Book of Poems is in memory of my wonderful wife, Pat, whom I lost in 2011, after almost fifty-three years of married life. She was a wonderful woman, and it has been a long, lonely life without her. I miss her deeply. I met Pat in 1956 and married her in 1969. Our son was born in 1964 and our daughter in 1968. This book is about a beautiful wife, a beautiful family, and a beautiful life.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
• Release date: Jan 5, 2023
• ISBN: 9781685179359

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A Book of Poems

James Phillips

ISBN 978-1-68517-934-2 (paperback)

ISBN 978-1-68517-935-9 (digital)

Copyright © 2022 by James Phillips

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods without the prior written permission of the publisher. For permission requests, solicit the publisher via the address below.

Christian Faith Publishing

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Meadville, PA 16335

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Printed in the United States of America

Table of Contents

Wife

The Old Man

The Love of Your Life

Snow Moon

First Snowfall

Easter Angel

Alone

My Wish

A Little Girl

A Different Life

Everlasting Peace

Life

Life like the Seasons

Hospice

The Point of Love

Power of Love

Pat

The Fall

The Void

A Picture on the Wall

Your Choice

The Silent of Night

The Race of Life

A Reason

The Fall of a Dream

Tomorrow

Timeless

The Way I Feel

Kids and Mothers

When I Found You

An Angel in my Home

Dread

Blessings

True Love

A Light in the Window

Our Group

Happiness

Sorrow

Spring

Fall

The Group

Being Happy

Hour of Sunset

Remember

Lonely and Blue

A Tug and a Hug

Honey, When I Got You

Memories

The Hunter

The Wilderness

Our Love

Honey

Heaven's Golden Angel

Lovers

Thinking

Beautiful You

Your Love for Me

Sweet Thing

Love

Life

Cold

Wind

I Love You

Grief and Sorrow

Rain Drops

Blue Boy

Wedding Bells

Rainbows

A Tear

Lost Love

Life Goes On

Gone

Home on the Hill

Me

The Forgotten

Death

Deep Love

Took My Love Today

My Memories

Beauty

Life Was so Beautiful

A Perfect Day

Lonely

Crossing Over

Losing You Baby

Holiday Cards

Someone

Days Long Gone

Sunset

Sunrise

Clouds

Sweetheart

A Lost Leader

The Last Mile

Feeling Whole Again

The Blinking Light

Darkness

A Wish That Can't Come True

A Broken Heart

No Place Left to Go

A New Year

Red, White, and Blue

More

Walk in a Park

Only You

Lonely Tonight

The Kid in You

Help

The Heart

A New Life

Children

The Call

Crying without a Sound

Togetherness

Staying Home

About the Author

Wife

My lady, she sleeps, so let her sleep.

It is so endearing, she sleeps so deep.

Let heaven hold her in its arms,

Let God protect her from all harm.

My love, she now sleeps.

It is everlasting and so deep.

In our love, memories have grown.

From our childhood, carved in stone.

She can never be heard no more,

Through the lid of a casket's closed door.

Oh, my love, she sleeps. Oh, let her sleep.

And may God and heaven always keep.

Take my kiss upon your brow,

As you are leave me for now .

What we have done and seen,

It's all a dream within a dream.

And my hurt is a hurt so deep,

While alone I stand and also weep.

Oh God, why could I not save,

The one I love from the grave.

The Old Man

The old man sits in his chair all day,

Nothing left to do, nothing left to say.

He lost his mate to God above,

When he lost his mate he lost his love.

The old man is lonely, the old man is blue.

Everything is gone, there is nothing left it's true.

Just a lonely old man with no reason to start.

Just an old man with a broken heart.

I don't know why God left me alone,

Just a big empty old house, it is no longer a home.

The old man has no reason for life,

The only thing the old man wants is his wife.

The days are long, the nights are cold.

There is nothing left for the old man to hold.

The story is old, this story has already been told,

But this old man is no longer bold.

The old man is lonely, alone, and blue,

Waiting to go home to his wife and start new.

A lonely old man is just another old man,

All his dreams lost like the blowing sand.

The Love of Your Life

Have you ever been in love? Yes, once or twice.

And nothing in this life or this world is so nice.

A different kind of love for different things,

Like children, mothers first love that claims.

But your real true love you can't replace,

When you find them in your life they will never be erased.

But if you lose them, you're told to move on.

Leaving you lonely, hurt, and a deep for long.

Get on with your life but that's easier said than done.

Losing your true love is just no fun.

The people you love become part of your life.

Especially if it is your husband or wife.

So no matter what you do or try,

They will be with you until the day you die.

You can get on with your life but they'll come along,

You will never get over them no matter how long.

You can't forget them or pretend they never were.

No matter what you do they will always be here.

So no matter how long is my life,

I know one thing for sure, she will always be my wife.

The woman I love, I made my wife,

And that woman is the love of my life.

Snow Moon

I looked out the window late last night,

The sight I saw was such a delight.

The moon was full, so big and bright.

On this new falling snow it was almost daylight.

I just stood and looked, it felt so good.

The quiet and beauty, you just understood.

It makes you think when things were okay,

It makes you think of things you want to say.

Of love you knew, oh how