INDEX
FOR A DREAM VOL 11 FROM THE RISE OF A POET BY EDGAR ALLAN PRIETO
1. Dedication 2. Foreward 3. Index
4. A Dream 5. Try If I Will 6. A Small Part
7. Out Here 8. Before 9. Life Struggles
10. Your Child 11. Enigma 12. Love Me Not
13. A Twist of Fate 14. Two Points 15. My Best Award
16. The Best Times 17. Look To God 18. What Happen
19. This L. Lantern 20. Fix A Flat 21. Oh God!
22. A Little Hope 23. A Little Poem 24. An Open Heart
25. God You Gave Me 26. I Gave You 27. My Heart Has
28. An Easter Tale 29. Who Will 30. Who Does Not?
31. A Gift 32. God's Own 33. Why Not He?
34. The Road 35. On A Shoestring 36. Humanities
37. Animal House 38. Never Again 39. The Heart
40. Understanding 41. Oh God it's True 42. Remember Love
43. What am I? 44. A Try is a Win 45. The Vote
46. God Wakes Me 47. Never Forget 48. I Never
49. Yesterday's Pages 50. A Grade in Life 51. One Story
52. Wisdom 53. War on Humanity 54. You Can Bank
55. Is This Not 56. The Cost of Life 57. Dearest Lori
58. Will I? 59. Accomplishments 60. When Love Was
61. Today This Day 62. One Key 63. The Road To
64. One Tablet 65. A Poem 66. A Crack in a
67. Graduation 68. God's Golden Hands 69. A Belief
70. Birth Place 71. A Walk With Myself 72. The Path
73. Watch Your Step 74. Who's Cooking? 75. Your Story
76.Lesson to be 77. Not Perfect 78.A Walk With Death
79.Death Awaits Us 80. A Scale For Man 81. All In Time
82. How Much? 83. A Laugh 84. The Classroom
85. An Inch Worm 86. God's Gift To Me 87.Walk With Wisdom
88.Prayer of Faith 89. Stairway 90.Under The Tree
91Why Do Poets Write 92.A Poet Never Dies 93The Light of Truth
94.A Guide to God 95. Court Play 96.Cupid's Playing
97. Tennis God? 98.We Share Friendship 99. All Aboard
100. Safe Deposit 101. In Between 102. Set Right
103.One Step is Right 104. How Do You? 105. A Letter To My #1 Fan
106.The Glass House 107. The Apple 108. The Menu
109.Cement The Whole 110. A Soul Mate 111.What Would Have Been?
112.A Quest 4 Truth
A DREAM
I am as big as you make me
as small as you see.
Have you not seen?
I am the step to your next Dream.
I am not twelve feet or one inch tall.
I am what you make me
Will I be big or small?.
I wish the world were smaller
So I could hold it all.
I wish Hope were brighter
Then everyone could see it all.
I wish Peace were not a Dream
Then War would not be.
I wish for the best
Hope it all comes true.
I wish I had Peace
I would give it all to you.
A Poet's Note
What good is Hope
If you never wish for a Dream?
What Dream has Hope
One wished for in A Dream?
Dedicated to the World
For Each Dream Makes it Brighter.
A Poeatreeman
Hope is like a Flashlight.
You have to wish to turn it on.
If you find a bright spot.
You will know your light is on.
Edgar Allan Prieto
1/9/96
TRY IF I WILL
One step that came forward
Knowing all in its quest.
One step to the Mountain
Try and do your best.
Failure is no steps taken.
Success is many more.
So why not Try and give it all?
I tripped over Failure
it brought me Success.
I climbed the Mountain
it brought me many quests.
Failure is the orphan
For no one wants to hold it long.
I must know Him
If Success is going to come along.
A THOUGHT!
I have two friends in life, Success and Failure.
I hope to see Success even more.
Two friends I cannot part away.
They are beside me all the way.
One's behind, the others ahead.
Rarely will they rest at all.
They see me through the best and worse.
Even Failure will have a Try.
Success will come when I help Failure Try.
Dedicated to Hillary Rodham Clinton
A Poeatreeman
Failure does not fail unless you do not Try.
Success will help you carry Failure.
When He is lagging behind.
Never lose sight of both your friends.
For surely you will have lost your way.
Each is only a step away.
Will's a funny guy.
He has Failure and Success as friends.
Can He hold on till the end?
Not if He does not Try
Will! is only what you make it.
A POET'S NOTE
If you step up there are no Failures.
Win or lose, Try is one great step.
Now I have to climb over.
Day and night will help me view it.
Will!
will help my friends get through it.
Edgar Allan Prieto
2/24/96
A SMALL PART
A small part of the larger.
Man must realize
He is only one part of the heavenly body.
A star of great significance.
If he reaches beyond himself.
How important am I?, Does not really matter.
I am here to be a star, Shinning through the heaven's
I cannot be there, If I destroy the one I am on.
How important am I when all is gone?.
A THOUGHT!
Don't shoot your toe, If you have to walk ahead.
Better still don't injure yourself.
It will hurt you and also me.
IN MEMORY OF CHARLES PETE CONRAD
DEDICATED TO
Mankind and the Astronauts
For They have seen the Heaven's
A Poeatreeman
This world has room for good and bad
So let us count the good
For only bad will come, If we forget the good.
Edgar Allan Prieto
2/24/96
OUT HERE OR OUT THERE?
We look for life on other Planets
Forget the one's here.
What are we looking for, That we cannot find here?
Man's beginning!, Must start in this World.
For if it does not it will surely end.
It is not Outward but Inward, We must look.
For if I were an Alien, I would wonder who is Human.
This World I came to see, Was wondrous and Inhuman.
For They War among Themselves, How civilized can it be?
I would be better back, In a World I knew.
Where I know we are different, not from each one.
For we speak with intelligence, Not a Gun!.
A THOUGHT!
I traveled a long way, To find who I am
I went inward and found God.
Dedicated to Harland V. Rennolds
and Whoever is Out There
A Poeatreeman
My search will never end, If I am looking Outward
I traveled to find Intelligence, Yet never found my own
I was looking Outward, When all was Here to know.
Edgar Allan Prieto
2/25/96
BEFORE
Before we can understand Tomorrow
We must first understand Today
We must Remember where we have been
Not repeat the day
For which is know? can help Us go forward
Changes must be made
Not Yesterday or Tomorrow
Today is my best chance to do it right TODAY
Yesterday passed me, Tomorrow has no WAY
If I am going to change
It first must start with Me
For the World can only be brighter
If I carry Hope with Me.
A THOUGHT!
What is left? all that is not right
Then how am I to find what is left?
LOOK RIGHT!
A Poeatreeman
The Seasons change and night falls
The morning comes to show us all
What changes will there be?
I will hope today will be THE BEST OF ALL.
Edgar Allan Prieto
2/26/96
LIFE STRUGGLES
I Struggled first, Only because Failure was tugging at me
Success gave me a hand
Then I knew the wisdom of working hard
Failure was Struggling too, So I carried Him with me
Now I have one more friend, Will! I see Him at the end?
I hope Success will carry Him.
A THOUGHT!
The Only Success is the Failures overtaken
The only Failures are the steps not taken.
Dedicated to Ha-ly
A Poeatreeman
Success is only won, When Failure has a Try
One step can reach the end, No step! will ever Try.
Edgar Allan Prieto
2/24/96
YOUR CHILD MY CHILD?
You always speak of losing
never understand, The Pain of not having
Why is one more than Yours?
Our Love is for the Child
Yours is full of life, Mine is full of sorrow
We both have our Hearts to give
I do not tell You how to love Your Child
Nor can You tell me Mine is not real
Your feelings are as true as Mine
Let Us care for not just one
I love Your Child as true as Mine.
A THOUGHT!
Love is not just flesh and blood
It is feelings born from us
Mine is made from tears
Your Child has reached today
Mine will never see the light
both of Us will share its pain
I Pray Your Child will never suffer.
A Poeatreeman
Your Child was born When God gave it life
My Child was born when God gave me love
Your Child is Lauren, Mine is Hope
I wish the best for us both.
Edgar Allan Prieto
2/28/96
ENIGMA
All doors will be open for you to come in
you must leave before you enter in
The first time was birth when I came in
The next were the choices I left unfilled
The final one! will stay with me
The doors I entered, the ones I leave
The ones I never pass through to see.
A THOUGHT!
If I am sorry for the past, What door did I enter in?
If I am happy for this chance, What door did I open in?
If I learned one thing?, It will be God who opens the door
If I forget!, Remember what door I just went in.
DEDICATED TO RONALD
One friend who always answer's
Whatever He's right is another matter
We entered into one door
I hope it does not close WITHIN.
A Poeatreeman
One door opens, one is left
Close not right to find what's left
For soon you'll wish you were not there
One door to open into where?.
Edgar Allan Prieto
3/5/96
LOVE ME NOT!
I am not a flower you can pull apart
I have cares that hurt when you do
Hold me next to you
Love me not! for just one day
For I am here to stay
Plant me in your heart, Love will grow with you
Love me not! for just one day
But all the years I am here with you
Take me as I am, pick me not apart
I am the love in you, take me to your heart
Pull me not or we will pull apart
Love me and I will always be with you
Care and Love will help us through.
A THOUGHT!
You picked me to love you, So do not pull me apart
I am better whole when you love me, So take me to heart.
DEDICATED TO DONNA
A Poeatreeman
I am not perfect Though I am better than not
Love me and know I am in your heart
Help me and know the best part
Care and God will share with us
If you need understanding
Remember I am here with my heart.
Edgar Allan Prieto
3/7/96
A TWIST OF FATE
I find myself winding towards the end
I found not time to unravel again
What a twist of fate
I was bound from the beginning
Trying to unravel the end
How did I get tied this way?
When I unravel I may know the answers
until I do, I will keep trying to unwind
Life has its twists and I my turns
Fate has some how twisted us both
Knots I can undo, Fate is too twisted for me
It ties me with questions I cannot answer
Wisdom is a better course to know
It shows me where and not to go
It helps me with unquestioned answers.
A THOUGHT!
The why's I know I cannot answer
Why do I ask? To know the answers
Why is a great thing! Only Because.
DEDICATED TO RONALD
A Poeatreeman
Who is everyone? everyone who is there
Who is there? everyone who answered
Who is Fate? today will answer
Who is Tomorrow? the morning after
Who is Yesterday? Your past fate
Who is always? Your next step
Who is coming? look ahead.
Edgar Allan Prieto
3/8/96
TWO POINTS
We entered into one door, many opened in
I am sorry I came here, I am happy I could see
I am here for the day now, Will you not Joint with me?
Not if I have my way now, I would have never entered in.
A THOUGHT!
Birth is not a choice, Fate has intervened
You are here until it ends
Try and find your way now, It's only for the day
Tomorrow will come soon again.
Dedicated To My Sister Rose Arnita
A Poeatreeman
There are Two Paths in Life, only one way to go
There are four points to a compass, Which way should I go?
There are many choices, How will I choose one?
There is one Point now, I can see the end.
Edgar Allan Prieto
3/9/96
MY BEST AWARD
The best award is when God , Allowed me to write
For my heart was the vessel, That brought me on through
The tears were pouring, Not always smooth
Without I could not move
Not always would I see clearly, For my vision was obscured
I did not always follow, The course I should have gone
Life is not often forgiving, Nor people who look down at you
God will forgive you, those who look down at you.
A THOUGHT!
I may not reach man's success
Though I've reached beyond
My award is waiting, I will take it to heart
I thank God for the hour, all the time beyond.
DEDICATED TO GOD
A Poeatreeman
Who wants to be at God's right hand
One hour with love is a treasured heart
One hour before all is lost
One way to find it give it to all
One heart to love each and all.
Edgar Allan Prieto
3/10/96
THE BEST TIMES
If I did not go through what I did
I would have never found who I am
The best part is the worst
For I kept faith with Him
The hard times prepared me
For what was ahead
The good times were when , I picked myself up
I had to fall to know the best
The sweet times , Were not always what I needed
The best times were all, The struggles I had defeated.
A THOUGHT!
No time is worse, For where would I be?
I am here for the count, Not one, two, three
I'll take what is there, Make the best of it all
AND KNOW THE BEST, IS YET TO BE.
DEDICATED TO LIFE
A Poeatreeman
I am the hopes of my dreams
I am the strengths of my weakness
I am the success of my failures
I am the best of my worst times
I am no one without God
I am the beliefs of my faith
I am here to climb the mountain
The tools are all with me
I have faith God allowed it to be.
A POET'S NOTE
God will pick you up when you least expect
Have faith through the hardest test
It will not be failure or success
It will be your faith's test.
Edgar Allan Prieto
3/10/96
LOOK TO GOD
Look to God to know the answers
Look at me to be a friend
Don't look up to me for answers
I may be smaller than you think
I am no bigger than you
God made us both the same
It's how you use what He made
For if you grow ten feet tall
You still will be the same after all
Maybe just bigger feet and shorter steps
A longer nose with a funny face
Follow Him to reach your quest
I am only human.
A THOUGHT!
I am not small because of size
I am small because
I think everyone is bigger
I am smaller when I think I am above
I am taller when I do not judge
I am human when I know my faults
I am a perfect human trying to get better.
DEDICATED TO RONALD
A Poeatreeman
If you tried my shoes
You can never follow where I have been
If you follow God
He will take you to the heavens
Just think!
If you follow anyone let it be Him.
Edgar Allan Prieto
3/11/96
WHAT HAPPENS AFTER TWO?
Lord you gave me two cheeks to turn
After that what do I do?
You told me if they spite me
To turn the other too
What Happens After Two?
Can I turn theirs, Or would that make it three?
I am human I Only came with two
I guess it's my turn to turn theirs
I'll only do it twice
Forgive me if I am wrong, But Lord I know I have two
It's how you made me, One side wants to go right
The other side wants to go left
I guess You better, Keep me straight ahead.
A THOUGHT!
It's hard to face an angry face
Use your wisdom to get on through
Hard words will never do
Turning your cheek is one way through it
Remember Lord! you only gave me two.
DEDICATED TO TRACY
A Poeatreeman
Forgive those who spite you
Love those who curse you
Befriend those who would hurt you
Pray for those who are lost.
A POET'S NOTE
Let her heart be the mountain
Let her words be yours
Let her sound be a roar
Let her heart be yours
Let her soul find peace
Let her life be filled with joy.
Edgar Allan Prieto
3/12/96
THE LITTLE LANTERN
God is the light, That hope can find the way
For it must be with you, That you will not lose the way
Darkness will come upon you, To blind your way
Hope will be the way through it, When you carry God with you
He will be the Little Lantern, Shinning your way
The Darkest night cannot block the way
For with this Little Lantern, God will show His way.
A THOUGHT!
Keep Faith, The light will always shine
Keep God in heart, The Lantern will shine His way.
DEDICATED TO TRACY
A Poeatreeman
God is the Lighthouse and the Keeper
I am His hope, He is my Faith
Together we will find the way
I am the Keeper of The Lantern
The Keeper of my Faith
Together we have Greater Hope
I have Faith.
A POET'S NOTE
A candle is not very bright
Yet its brilliance will cut through the night
Hope is the light Its Brilliance is your Faith
Never let it dwindle, you will be Tempting Fate.
Edgar Allan Prieto
3/20/96
FIX A FLAT
You can Puff Up or be Flat?
With the right air, You can roll even further
Pressure, Pressure, Pressure, Don't steam over!
I can't gauge you, When you are blowing up the air
How much Pressure, Before I am in the air?.
A THOUGHT!
Some People will be full of air
How you gauge them, Will tell a lot about you
So if you want to be in the air, Better to fly a balloon.
A Poeatreeman
There are no smooth rides, try to have the right air
Going flat is nowhere, Puffing up will only pressure you
If you want to go further, Better to have the right air.
Edgar Allan Prieto
3/20/96
OH GOD!
Oh God it's you, Funny I did not see you there
Where was I looking?, Don't tell me God
It must have been the other guy
Now that I found you, Or You found me
Where do we go now?, Let us take the day to see
Tomorrow if you're still with me
We can wake with the morning sun
Let us do this the rest of time
Then I will know, You are always here with me.
A THOUGHT!
I wait my whole life to find a friend as you
I pray you are always here with me
I have faith for it's my only way to see
I have today to share with thee.
A Poeatreeman
Each day you're here I count my faults
You do not judge me for I was wrong
You forgave me when I could not
Through it all I still have your heart
I thank the day you made me, count my lucky stars
For without you , I would never have loved at all.
Edgar Allan Prieto
3/20/96
A LITTLE HOPE
I am just a Little Hope, That came with your wishes
God will come and pass the day
Bringing light throughout your days
Share your heart and faith with Him
I am just a little care, That came to let you know
Though when I see Him, My heart grows beyond this world
For only love can reach Him, Only faith will let you see
One little wish, Hoping you find the way.
A THOUGHT!
Care comes not packed with sweetness
But sorrow and pain
It's how you care for it that lets love grow
Tears will help the heart to know
God will heal it all for you
Broken hearts are part of this world
Time can heal and God can too
Lose not a second to find His way
Pray with your heart and He will come through
For your faith carried Him to you.
DEDICATED TO TRACY
A Poeatreeman
I am here when you don't see me
I am here when you do
I will be near when you need me
Have faith and I will get through
Say a little prayer and I will be with you.
A POET'S NOTE
Faith has no time but a belief in self
For there are no expressways to God
Only with faith can you reach the heavens
Only with faith can you find the answers
Prayers not answered still need faith
Unanswered questions still require faith
Why am I here Lord? Have Faith
Why did I put you here? To Keep The Faith
When am I leaving? When You Bring It Back To Me
How do I carry it with me?
Have Faith you will find the way
I have mine in you it started the first day.
Edgar Allan Prieto
3/21/96
A LITTLE POEM
I sent you my heart, and got a bill
How can I contribute, more than I did?
You asked for money, yet it's my heart I gave
How do I offer, what my heart wants to give?
I hope this Little Poem , Will help you both through
For I am A Poeatreeman, who has wheels like you
Don't take it to heart, I don't mean to be cruel
For it's what God Gave me, that I give to you.
A THOUGHT!
I am what He made me
I am all of what I made myself
I am the sorrows and the pains
I am the tears and cares of God
I am loved because of Him
I have wheels He did not make
He understands my heartaches
He's not afraid to be seen with me
I'm not afraid to walk with He
He holds my wheels right on the ground
It's not time to fly above
For when you do you'll need no chair
For I will carry you above.
DEDICATED TO CHRISTOPHER
A Poeatreeman
I understand your need , To help spinal causes
I hope you understand mine, To help Humanity find love
We both have our causes, I hope mine is love
I'll ask God to help you, Though it must be with love.
Edgar Allan Prieto
3/21/96
AN OPEN HEART
I am where you never look, I am where you placed me
Don't you see?
Remember when you left?, I was always here with you
I never left your side, Just turn around and look inside
You'll find I am where I was
I am always here for you, Standing by your side
If you remember where you placed me
You can find me once again.
A THOUGHT!
I have an Open Heart, I cannot come in yours
You have to take me in, If I am to be in yours.
DEDICATED TO GOD
A Poeatreeman
Love swings both ways, Though man wants to lock the door
An Open Heart cannot be closed
Though man will say he has a key
What is he trying to lock away
All his feelings he wasted away?.
A POET'S NOTE
Care is just not! when you want it, But all the time you are here
Each day God gives you, Tomorrow through the years
Each second passed Care should be
Each Care!, God gives you, is a flower in His garden
Take Care to keep, It will grow into a Bouquet.
Edgar Allan Prieto
3/22/96
GOD YOU GAVE ME WHEELS
I would slow down, But God you gave me wheels
How fast should I go?, Before the days roll over me
Roll only to see me never over me
There are other people, Who need to see the way
All of them are special, Each must find their way
You can come to me , You do not need your wheels
Or even feet to see me, or even walk the way
Carry your heart with you, I will be there today
Take the days to find me, All are welcome who come my way
Love will let you reach me
Faith will take you all the way.
A THOUGHT!
There are no traffic lights to stop you
Only your own sign
Know where you are going, watch for the signs.
DEDICATED TO CHRISTOPHER
A Poeatreeman
Heaven is not a place I can travel to
Though it is the direction I want to go
It will take a life time to reach
The road is long and winding
many a toll to pay
The cost is faith to get you through
Heaven is the way I can reach you
So take no other way.
Edgar Allan Prieto
3/23/96
I GAVE YOU A FLOWER
Did it grow or wither, Even before it has a chance to show?
What care did you use, That kept it from seeding
Or did you just throw it away, Expecting nothing would be?
It was a Flower , When I gave it to you
Your carelessness would not let it grow
It does not die because of you
It waits for someone to pick them up
To place them inside their heart
Where they can be fertile and grow
For when they show through, There will be more to give
For Love will always renew, As long as care is giving.
A THOUGHT!
I Gave You A Flower
It takes one tear, one care, To let a Flower grow
It takes one heart to give it.
DEDICATED TO ALL THE ONES WHO KNOW
A Poeatreeman
I have one world yet many flowers
I have one care to give to all
I have one love to share with all
I have one hour , Let me take each day and give it all.
A POET'S NOTE
I do not measure your care, Though it is hard to measure
What is not there.
Edgar Allan Prieto
3/24/96
MY HEART HAS ROOM
I have love, I have God, Now! I have you in my heart
It had to grow, For you to come in
Now that you are here, Remember love is near
God who loves us all
It is His House we are in today
Care for it!
It will take you all the way
Your love will touch God
When you share another's too
He has room for both our hearts
When love is there between
You let Him in to heal your sorrows
Put your faith in Him
Share your tears and hopes with Him
Love will help you when it can
Keep faith in God to see the end
For sorrow will just begin again
If you lose your way to Him.
A THOUGHT!
God do I have room for all of you
Only if you take the world in
Love does not take room up
It has more room to give
Does that mean I will be rich Lord?
Only if you count your pennies
Yet love will do better for you
You will have more heart to give.
DEDICATED TO ASHLEY
A Poeatreeman
An open heart may get broken
God is there to heal what hurts
A closed heart can never be fixed
For it's shattered into many pieces.
Edgar Allan Prieto
4/2/96
AN EASTER TALE
Love does not always hop, when it does hop to it
What am I a bunny?, Just love hopping to you
The last time I looked, I did not have a tail
Then why am I hopping around?, Love's got me by the hare
I never know when love will come
When it does I'll take it all
Love will carry me through tomorrow
Beyond eternity and to the first day
What am I to do , If someone tries to pull my leg?
A lucky foot they won't get
A HEART OF LOVE IS WHAT I HAVE.
They won't find it in any basket
You'll find it when love comes to you.
A THOUGHT!
Don't stay in your shell, If you want the hare to win
Don't race to love, It will come when you care
Don't wait for tomorrow, Love is here today
Don't cry tomorrow, You have the rest of the day.
DEDICATED TO REBECCA
A Poeatreeman
I am not here for Easter, But all the days you care
I won't be in a basket
My nest egg is in my Heart
If you find the Golden one
You'll have a Heart that truly cares.
Edgar Allan Prieto
4/2/96
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