Don't Depend on God

<p>DON’T DEPEND ON GOD     Janice Tarbox<br />I’ve written hundreds of short stories. But then - I didn’t start until I was sixty.  I wrote one poem. This is that poem.</p><p>What Have I To Give To You?<br />Bouquets of stars to spread on your bed<br />Sabers of moonbeams crossed over your head<br />Prisms of silhouettes to dance into view<br />Oceans of laughter is your due</p><p>Warmness and softness wherever you roam<br />A home full of peace high up on the dome<br />Spoons cups and bowls of overflowing joy<br />Genuineness and thoroughness wound up in a coil</p><p>I am your master your servant your friend<br />Bursting with bubbles to make amends<br />Barrels of nothingness to fill with Eureka’s<br />Sunsets of colors unable to speak of</p><p>Silence so strong ghosts hear your songs<br />Hangers of king’s robes that you may put on<br />Mountains and valleys of sweet perfumed flowers<br />Truckloads of riches to claim as your dower</p><p>As like whales living deep down in the sea<br />With immeasurable freedom you are to be<br />Strings and ribbons of family and friends<br />Wisdom beyond every monk and amen</p><p>Come here come here take all that I’ve said<br />I’ve a huge reservoir just waiting to spread</p><p>Before that year of sixty my husband and I were foster parents for ten years. I had a real knack for making babies happy. But then - I was very sad inside my head.<br />After having written hundreds of short stories and one poem I decided to write some lyrics to a favorite melody of mine - “Ashokan Farewell” by Jay Ungar. It was composed for the PBS miniseries “The Civil War.”</p><p>I am love come stay with me    Here it’s warm and soft and cool    I’m a stone I’m a tree    The sun is my strength<br />It is light and living free    Take the step along my path    The breath of a bee    The moon is my  beauty<br />You won’t miss what’s out there    We’ll laugh and we’ll sing and    A hill and a cloud    And now and forever<br />For others to be.                      We’ll be everything.        Come fly with me.    I am that I am.</p><p>What started my writing short stories was a quote from Joel S. Goldsmith from his book titled “Consciousness Is What I Am.” “Nothing can come into our experience except through our consciousness so what our life will be depends on what we entertain in consciousness.”</p>