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I Wanted Wings

I gazed at mountains tow'ring high ---
Their summits piercing cloudy skies.
They seemed to call me up to them.
So I looked at myself in grief ---
I wanted wings.
I cast mine eyes across the sea
And saw bright lands beyond our shores.
They seemed to beckon me, "Come forth".
So i looked at myself in grief ---
I wanted wings.
I looked at cloudy skies of blue
Where swallows fly singing their hymns ---
Where winged boats roared past me by.
I found myself longing to fly ---
I wanted wings.
I scanned the skies during the night
And saw the moon and stars ablaze.
Perhaps somewhere up there, there's joy
So i looked at my earthbound self ---
I wanted wings.

by: Manuel Zapata Fajardo
meetings alone guide me...

Meetings

Countless are the meetings in this world:
The clouds hug the mountains;
The mountains kiss the heavens;
The heavens meet the sea;
The rivers meet the sea;
The waves kiss the rocks;
And why not i with thee?

by: Manuel Zapata Fajardo
alone guide me... i wanted...

Alone

IT is twilight and i'm sitting on the stone bench on the lawn
As the gold moon's slowly rising on the hill behind the house
And the cool winds softly sighing on the palm trees by the road
As i sit alone in madness make-believing you are here.
THERE is music in the heavens where the stars glide far away;
There is magic in the moonbeams as they clasp the blooming rose;
There is charm within our cabin as the baby night comes down;
But there's a deep pain in my sad heart for i miss you, oh! my dear.
GOD comes down to me a-speaking when i sit alone sans you
That i wonder how he planneth all the orbits of the stars ---
How he guideth all His creatures in their varied missions here,
And I'm always left a-wand'ring why He doesn't bring you back.
THERE'S a mightier, deeper meaning when i'm sitting all alone
Of the why, and how, and whither of our being in this world.
There's a truer deeper color of the things around us here
When i sit alone at twilight on my stone bench on the lawn.

by: Manuel Zapata Fajardo
meetings guide me... i wanted...

Guide Me, My Guardian Angel

Another day has come at last,
I'll walk life's winding road.
I know not what the dangers are
On roads i tread alone.
My Guardian Angel, guide me
Through life's tempestous sea ---
I am a fragile bark
A-sailing on the deep.
Guide me, my Guardian Angel.
Protect me from all wicked men
Who lie and wait for me.
Whene'er temptation come my way
Defend me from his grip.
My Guardian Angel, guide me
Through life's tempestous sea ---
I am a fragile bark
A-sailing on the deep.
Guide me, my Guardian Angel.

by: Manuel Zapata Fajardo

01/10/99