SIDNEY W. JOHNSTON

I went to the party, And I remembered what you said
You told me not to drink, So I drank soda instead
I really felt proud inside, The way you said I would
I didn't drink and drive, Although the others said I should
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I am a Vietnam Veteran with P. T. S. D.
Who has survived a bloody war 37 years ago,
And now with help I am being able to share
Of what I have learned and saw.
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I met a man who journeyed far,
And he talked of the things he had done,
Of the places that he has been,
And how he had so much fun.
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I cross myself, n' pass the church,
Then I'm off to buy a fix.
I ask my god to protect me first,
Then I'm off to buy a fix.
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Frustration... Oh Frustation... why teh hell me?
Defeat and Frustation landing heavy on me,
I'st a weighty load, I'm needing some relief.
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We complain about poltued air, Rivers and seas...
But children nowadays babysat by TV screens,
And we expect their lives to be somehow clean.
We then we let them wander around, In packs like dogs,
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Friendship is a centain type of love that never fades,
It lasts forever and ever, and forever It shall be.
Friends are trustworthy, depeddable and always be their for you.
While a friendship is something special,
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I have some questions don't yoe see,
And these are some that has been bothering me,
Do we find for ' P.T.S. D.' by flying all the way up their?
Or do we only find the cure through prayer?
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A journey to god is a journey within the self.
Not because we think, we are god's,
But because there we find his mercury,
His love and his humor.
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Where does heaven and earth meet?
Is it a place in our world...
Like a address on a city street?
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The the preacher's kid is all wasted no dope
The phychologist's girl say's she can't cope
The mechanic's son's car just barley runs
That how this world is just as sure as I'm alive
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As I meandered thrugh the alleys of
my mind one day,
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I met a traveller a teacher he said....
Raised by a carpenter in place called Galilee
He told his lessons were all about life
About freedom from the endless troubles and strife.
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It seems there are some little
Dragons and Demons,

That have haunted your and
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I have been to the light and It was
the Brightest of Bright,
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The sadness of a sad buffoon,
hidden behind a smile.
The lonliness of a king, surrounded
by high style.
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Don't be afraid of you are,
Shoot for the moon, Reach for a star!
If your afraid of who you are,
You'll get nowhere, at leased not far.
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Sitting at a side walk cafe
Drinking expresso...Lost in my thoughts of
Visceral churning...Anticepation on rise
While figthing wiht Yea and Nay.
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Almighty and Ever-Loving God, in You
we place our trust and hope. Violence
and cruelty can have no part with you.
You guide everything with wisdom and
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Many people will in and out of your life,
but only true friends will leve footprints in your heart.
To handle yourself, use your head;
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