Royston Allen Poems

Let’s turn the other cheek
and not be arrogant but meek.
Greet our enemy with a smile
and walk the extra mile.
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We glimpse the past as we look into space
but from us the future just hides its face.
Where can we delve and where can we go
our destiny and our future to know?
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We are safe in isolation ‘though the virus is running free
threatening the economy and our community.
The Government and Opposition are doing their very best
and so are all of our heroes working in the NHS.
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Oh no, it's time to read out loud again
I hate doing it and find it such a pain
I stutter and everyone can see
reading aloud is anathema to me.
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For many years this woman sought healing.
Then she came to Jesus in secret feeling
It’s the hem of His garment that I need touch
I know He can heal me so it won’t take much.
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I'd love to climb up to the mountaintop
I'd climb and I'd climb and I'd only stop
when I was with my Lord Jesus on high
and I saw Him transfigured in the sky.
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Get up, go to work, go home, go to bed.
Surely life's about more than this I said?
Working very hard and late ev'ry day
to earn enough my old debts just to pay.
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When beholding Jesus we can then see
the full Glory of God dwelling bodily.
Born of the Spirit by a virgin birth
and God in the flesh abiding on earth.
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He’s alive! He’s alive! He has risen from the dead.
The Lord Jesus Christ has risen just like He said.
He’s alive! He’s alive! He’s alive for evermore.
He has won the victory, this Jesus whom I adore.
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I was fascinated by your hands yesterday
touching all those you met on your way.
Holding the hand of a child so tenderly.
Working hard to care for friends and family.
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