It’s always been the same,
as sure as fire and rain.
The only thing we know
is that we’ll never know.
There is nothing to know. Just “be”.
Searching for your destiny is like searching for footsteps in places you have yet to walk. You can only see it, looking back.
Shirley Hanna-King
Courage is tested when you have no power. Character is tested when you do.
Shirley Hanna-King
Another night I didn’t sleep
I must be thinking about that creep.
all day I seem to function fine
but night plays havoc with my mind.
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For my dear mentor and much loved friend, Actor, Director, Writer, Teacher,
Cliff Osmond
1935-2012
Sometimes when it’s late at night
and everything is cold,
I think about you
and I feel warm inside.
Maybe I’ve neglected you
and so it’s time you’re told
You have helped me make it
through the night.
I’ve been down and out
and you were there.
I’ve been less than kind sometimes
I know.
I don’t have to see your face
to know you care
‘Cause you’ve been a friend to me…
Thank you,
for being there forever
yeah, for being by my side.
You know I love you
and need you too
Thank you
Shirley Hanna-King
Song lyrics Motown
Copyright Hanna music/ASCAP
Stephen King,
you horrid thing.
You keep me up at night.
Its going to kill me
when Edison bills me
I can’t turn out the light
Shirley Hanna-King
There’s not a day goes by, Mom dear
I don’t thank God for you,
for every week and month and year,
for everything you do.
You taught me with a woman’s heart
courage has no gender.
You let me know and always showed
the strength in being tender.
There are no words dear Mother mine.
If so, I’d shout them loud.
Instead, I’ll try to live a life
I know will make you proud.
Shirley Hanna-King
You don’t need to fix me darlin’
I will be just fine
You don’t need to pave the way for me
Just let me have what’s mine
You don’t need to be a savior
there is nothing here to save.
I am different, that ain’t broken
we’re all better off this way
You don’t need to fix me darlin’
I just hope you understand
We’re all crazy. Let’s admit it
and enjoy it while we can.
Shirley Hanna-King
©Hanna Music
Music stalks me
like an obsessed lover.
It calls my name.
It calls my name
Bridges burning
passion, feeling
bringing darkness,
and ultimate healing
Melody finds me
The rhythm blinds me
I resist
They insist.
Shirley Hanna-King
Oh, wonderful world of contradictions
What a perfect match we are
and beautiful is the irony that keeps me from knowing
shirley hanna-king
Grandpa told me stories
whenever I was blue
about his big adventures
and some of them were true.
Shirley Hanna-King
http://www.leahhannaking.com
Just Call Me Hanna 