In my life……………………………
I have seen a seed turn into a flower
I have felt the power
Of nurturing life as it grew into a rose
I have known the wonder that life holds


In my life……………………………
I have watched pansies
Fill my garden with color.
While the sun fed them with warmth
I fed them with water.


In my life……………………………
I watched the fawn wobble in our field
Grow into a beautiful doe
While I added life to my garden again,
As the sun melted the winter’s snow.


In my life……………………………
I have watched my children grow
As my flowers grew
Into works of beauty and grace
Now they have children of their own
Seeds of my seeds, nurturing as they grow
Filling their gardens with life and love.


In my life……………………………
I have given life to all that surrounded me
There’s a peacefulness I feel when I look around
As I see products of my life giving life back to me.


Katherine Brandt
© Copyright 2001.

It’s You


I can feel you in the darkness 
I know that you are here
I feel your breath go through me
................I feel no fear
The music rises slowly, the wind begins to blow
the curtains brush against my skin
and that is how I know

It’s you..........I feel you here
The ocean’s calling me again, like a long lost friend
Come stand beside me
Let me feel you again

I can’t see your face,  but I know it’s you
The peace makes me certain
There’s no one .........but you
The candles have all burned down
The waves are the only sound
I hear................

It’s you ..........I feel you here
The ocean’s calling me, like a long lost friend
come stand beside me
Let me feel you again

I can taste it, salt on your skin
I can feel it, your soul letting me in
The dream is  coming true
......................It’s you
~Katherine Brandt~

© Copyright 2001.

Secret Whispers


(For Jill)


A still small voice
Sending a message of love
From my heart to yours 
Secret whispers because……


You belong to someone else now
She’ll hear you call her mom
She’ll dry your tears and hold you when you cry
She’ll learn about the world again
Seeing through your eyes


Secret whispers sent to you
Hoping you will understand someday
& don’t feel as though I gave you away


I love you so much but couldn’t give 
All that you would need
And know that this decision
Was not made from a heart of greed


A broken heart and many tears
Brought me here today
As I say goodbye to you please understand
I didn’t abort you or give you away
I gave you life today


I pray that your soul hears
The secret whispers sent to you
Today & always
With Love, Mom too.
~Katherine Brandt~

© Copyright 2001.

Chase The Sun
It’s six in the morning, it’s still dark
I can hear you breathe, I can hear the  sound of your heart
Waking up slowly, lyin’ next to you
Talkin’ about what we’re gonna do


You say, “I wanna chase the sun today”
Go down by the water, sit by the bay
Let it warm us inside out
Melt all the world away
Let’s chase the sun today


So coffee cups, our pick me ups
Melissa singing in the car
It wouldn’t matter where we drove
As long as I am where you are


I wanna chase the sun today
Go down by the water, sit by the bay
Let it warm us inside out
Melt all the world away
Baby, let’s chase the sun today


The world is sometimes crazy
and sometimes we’re so afraid
Let’s forget all about it
And chase the sun today


~Katherine Brandt~

© Copyright 2001.

That’s When........


It’s that moment when you have no past
when all your walls are down
your soul is bare, no one else is there
when your body is mine
and there’s no such thing as time


When we’re so close but don’t touch
when we breathe the same air
when I’m alone at night & close my eyes
It’s when I feel you there


It’s that look that sees my soul
when our hearts keep the same time
It’s when you say “I love you”
and I believe...............


That’s when I know you’re mine.


~Katherine Brandt~

© Copyright 2001.