In The Land of Evermore
Recent Poetry
of
Thomas Theodore Welborn
In the Land of Evermore
(Edited song lyrics) – 04/15/08
[Two verse intro]
Who are we?
Why are we?
When will we know?
Days go by
Wonder why
When will we grow?
The answers cry
In birds that fly
In softly falling snow
[Two verse bridge]
[What you and me]
[Were meant to be]
[(Spoken) To live, love, and know]
[2nd verse – lead guitar]
[One verse intro]
The bitter lies
They herd us by
Must never hold us back
The way ahead
Cannot be lead
By those who courage lack
[1st chorus]
By the truth sustained
You must be the change
To open up the door
Of peace and love
Sent from above
[Spoken] In the land of evermore
[Three verses – lead guitar]
[Two verse intro]
This is not
All there is
That is for sure
And evils reign
Won’t remain
After the cure
Come the time
The mystery rhyme
Of life will be revealed
A sacred space
Will soon replace
The evil now concealed
The heart of man
Will understand
The lotus flower bloom
And there escape
His twisted fate
Before the day of doom
[Repeat chorus three times]
By the truth sustained
You must be the change
To open up the door
Of peace and love
Sent from above
In the land of evermore
[last line of third repeat Spoken]
[three verses Guitar Lead to end]
original poem by Thomas Welborn 01/30/08
From Darkness to Light
Wake up to a new day
This is not the day before
Nor tomorrow’s dream of yesterday
Recants of lies it swore
The vision of a future –
We had hoped to have a choice
But for the slumber of the children
Now too late to find their voice
In desperate hour of night
We hear their cry out in the dark
How they long to be secure
When comes the dawn so bleak and stark
As children we were once them
Now we rule the sacred land
And the dreams that we would plant there
Have been crushed within our hand
[Chorus]
In the dark we march in lockstep
More lambs as fodder to our slaughter
And still we pray that God is on our side
While we kill His sons and daughters
Yet the light has not diminished
It is there for those who see
May it shine on you, transform you,
Shine within you, set you free.
From the darkness to the light
Is a journey of the mind
Like the ‘scaling’ of a mountain
Some will ‘summit’ – some left behind
In anguish sowed of ignorance
The fate of man is cast
In darkness wander aimlessly
Doomed to repeat the past
But those who find the measure
Who conduct the ancient score
Angel choirs will greet them
In the Land of Evermore
Where the pure of heart shall enter
Singing songs so sweet and fine
In the Land of Evermore
In the timeless land divine
Filled with light that shines eternal
With the glory of the Lord
As we sing O’Alleluia
At last, peace on earth restored.
Thomas Welborn
03/24/08 – 03/27/08
Journey Of A Lifetime
We end as we begin
Born we are carried in
Died we are carried out
We end as we begin
When we start out
We see what we are shown
We understand what’s understood
We hear what notes are played
We think what is allowed
We believe what is believed
We eat what’s on our plate
We race to find our place…
We go where others go
We wear what others wear
We sing what others sing
We hate and we despair
And we care as others care…
Till comes the time
We have seen, and done, and know it all
And for most this is it, it’s enough
They are happy as they are
They don’t reach out for a star
They don’t question what is truth
They take their gin with vermouth
While they watch the tube
Their brain is lubed
And so their senses are relaxed
While the hairs on their head
Are counted and taxed –
For wars and more ‘WMD’ spores
While billions do without – most everything
Everything we take for granted…
Why should I care (in my comfy recliner chair)?
We end as we begin
But that’s not all…
We are carried in and out –
But what happens in between
Is what it’s all about
One moment, one instant
One second to be kind
One step, one out-stretched hand
One open heart and mind
Of gentleness, compassion
Of “walking in their shoes”
Of love, and understanding
And the wisdom which to chose
For the way that leads to Evermore
Is not some secret kept
Like “the journey of a thousand miles”
It begins with just one step
Do you waken to the siren song?
And follow it like sheep
Or do you hear the distant drumming
Of a path with heart to keep?
Thomas Welborn
04/04/08
Ascend!
One more day going nowhere in circles
Herded along by a con and a trick
Dimly aware there is more than we’re seeing
But can’t take our eyes off that carrot and stick
What if I told you that we make it happen?
That we could break loose and forge a new way
What if I showed you we stand on the precipice?
And can fall into dark or ascend the new day
Blind leading blind into dark – “excused – no sight”
In Truth we’ve allowed them to bind shut our eyes
And our ears have been filled with their fine propaganda
Till now few ere break free, though many still try.
Yet all that they hold is our acquiescence
To be free the binds in our minds must be broken
No power they’ll hold if we all come together
And with one mind of one purpose they hear these words spoken;
Ascend! Ascend! Fly free on the wings of love’s eternal soft breezes
Ascend! Ascend! Let love lead us to the Light
Glowing softly on the peaks of the
high distant mountains that are our destination
Ascend! Ascend!, let your heart fill with wonder and joy
At the sight;
Ascend! Ascend!, Ascend to our Home in the land with no night
Ascend, Ascend, Ascend, leave life’s sorrows behind
And enter through that open door
That leads to the Land that we know by the name
Evermore...
(Repeat)
Thomas Welborn
04/25/08
Who Holds the Key...
There are locks upon the doors of my mind
And I know they can be opened if the Key I could find
There are places far more distant that exist beyond those doors
If we but knew the way to reach there-in the Land of Evermore
There are times when no time passes for what seems eternity
But there’s no way you can grasp it – unless you have the Key.
For the Key to Mind Eternal can’t be made by mortal toil
It can’t be molded, carved, or chiseled yet it grows in sacred soil
It’s a gift for us from Heaven – meant only for the Pure
It’s said the Pure of Heart can find it if they patiently endure
Resolute, unfaltering, their mind upon the quest
Detached, yet aware, impeccably their best
And become ‘A Man of Knowledge’, who can pass beyond ‘the Veil’
Enter doors to other Worlds – see things that words can’t tell
He who holds the Key is freed of binds that others bear
Yet in his heart he knows that all the gifts of God are shared
So here I give its secret where the Key of life is stored
Matthew 5, Mark 13, Matthew18:18 : the Key to Evermore.
Thomas Welborn
05/01/08
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