If My Love Were Water . . .

by Thomas M. Pender

If my love were water

            It could rain upon the world

            Such to rival the Great Flood of Noah

If my love were feathers

            It could fill a pillow for each time you rest your head

            Until the stars no longer exist

If my love were pebbles

            It could overwhelm the ocean floor

            And replace the world’s waters with seas of stone

And if my love were pennies

            Such a number would have to be created

            To equal its earthly value

But since my love is only emotion

            Which cannot be measured but in sighs and glances

            I shall resort to such silliness as words

            To attempt to measure my love for you

written by t. michael pender  5/8/91

copyright 1991 T. Michael Pender.  All rights reserved.

Anthem

by Thomas M. Pender

I am

I am me

And no one else is allowed to be me

They can’t see what I see

They can’t feel what I feel

And I am proud

Proud to be me

I am not arrogant

Because I know that I am not better than others

Just different

Unique

I think

I dream

I fear

I love

I hate

And I cry

And each feeling that I feel

Is mine alone

Things touch me

Like they touch no one else

And I touch others

As no one else can

What others feel toward me

Good or bad

Are their own feelings

And I will not let them change me

In any way

Because if they change me

I will be someone else

And not me

And me is all I want to be

For no one else is allowed to be me

And me is a fine thing to be

written by t. michael pender  5/19/87

©1987 T. Michael Pender.  All rights reserved.