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I'M SO GLAD YOU CAME
      by Carl Evans 8/25/2003
I'm so glad you came to see me today
for I've been having a dreadful day.
I woke up this morning with aches in my bones,
and no one has visited and I've felt so alone.

The doctor says I'm doing really fine,
but I'm having a little trouble with my mind.
I can't remember everyone as I used to,
but I remember the visits and smiles from you.

I can even remember when I held you near
you were always fun to hug and love my dear,
but I can't do the things I used to do
and it leaves me feeling so sad and blue.

Soon, I won't be able to care for myself
but your hugs and smiles'll be my mem'ries wealth.
I hope that you'll come to visit me there
until I go to that heavenly land so fair.

Up there I'll feel great without any misery,
and some day I hope and pray you'll be with me.
Then we both can have some heavenly fun
as we worship God's only beloved Son
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SO WHAT, WHO CARES
        by carl evans    2000
Many people are living lives of immorality
and not caring where they'll be when they reach eternity.
        So What   Who Cares
Many are being killed by the hatred in their hearts
Many are living off someone else and never trying to do their parts.
        So What Who Cares
Many are living in streets without any help from the state.
Their eating is sparse and poor but they've accepted their fate.
    So What Who Cares
There are those who are elected to represent the common people in D.C.
but do they really care for hurting and poor families like you and me?
    So What Who Cares
There are millions of babies being killed before they are born
but the doctors and other performers involved have no concern
                So What Who Cares
There are many radicals whose purpose is to put down the moral rights
because they have been blinded by Satan and can't see God's light.
    So What Who Cares
There is coming a day when the light of God will stop shining
in this land of ours and then those same people will be whining.
    So What Who Cares
Just let us lay in the pigpens of life and don't rock the boat of sin
for we are content to be found in the situation that we are in.
    Because We Just Don't Care Anymore.

OLD HOMEPLACES
          by Carl Evans 1998
Tis a very sad sight to me
to see an old homeplace empty.
What once caused a home to glow
has now become a dulling show.
What used to be a pasture land
is where bushes and briars doth stand.
Where once great crops were grown
has now become a brushy throng.

What happened to the wholesome care
that was shared by those who lived there?
Where have the children all gone
that gathered round the family throne?
The old house stands in disrepair
and their love life ended in "despair".
The place that love did touch
now stands in shambles and such.

The barn is bowed with its' age
and the fam'ly has turned its page,
but the mem'ries still linger on
in that old home that is gone.
Thus ends one cycle to this place
and begins anew with a new face.
Maybe they will clean up the old home
t'will be a place where people come.
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UNKNOWN SOLDIERS
      by Carl Evans 9/10/2001
No one knows the places nor the faces anymore,
for the many unnamed soldiers on some distant shore.
They served a simple flag with such grand bravery
not knowing when they would begin their eternity.
One single purpose they had in their own frustrated minds
to be as brave as could be when they joined their ragged lines.
They lie in some unnamed grave plot without a stone
to mark the burial of those who died unknown.
Many of those grave plots have been forgotten by most
but some are still tended to by a compassionate host.
They are sowing seeds of kindness for one day they'll be there
though they may be forgotten there'll still be someone who care.
Soldiers are not just those who fight in some army,
but those who stand for rights even in your family.
Whether it's your parents or others that you may know
that do great but seemingly small things without public show.
It may even be a friend that has proven to be true,
even though they are never noticed by someone like you.
Let us appreciate those who've fought for the rights of all
who volunteered their time when some watchman gave the call.
No matter that they may be minuscule in your own eyes,
they were willing to give of themselves to help save some lives.
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SANTA'S    SHINDIG
                  by Carl Evans
I GREW UP ON A COUNTRY FARM WITH MANY ANIMALS AND SUCH,
AND ONE OF MY FAVORITE MEMORIES HAPPENED WITH A SPECIAL TOUCH.
IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT WHEN WE WERE   EXPECTING A ROOFTOP CLATTER,
BUT WHEN WE HEARD SUCH A COMMOTION,   WE WONDERED WHAT'S THE MATTER.
WE WENT OUTSIDE TO FIND 8 TINY REINDEER HOOKED TO A SLEIGH,
BUT NO OTHER WE COULD FIND ON THAT MEMORABLE DAY.
THEN WE HEARD A VOICE CALLING THROUGH THE DARKNESS, "CAN YOU HELP ME PLEASE?"
WE FOLLOWED THE VOICE UNTIL WE FOUND A SMALL MAN IN THE TREES.
AT FIRST, WE DIDN'T RECOGNIZE WHO THIS STRANGE LITTLE MAN COULD BE.
THEN THE LIMBS PARTED AND AMIDST THE BRANCHES AND LEAVES WE COULD SEE.
HE WAS CLOTHED WITH RED, GREEN, AND WHITE BUT ALSO TWIGS AND LEAVES.
THEN CAME THAT TREMBLING PLEA AGAIN, "CAN YOU HELP ME PLEASE?"
I RAN TO THE BARN TO GET THE LADDER AND PUT IT UP THE TREE WHERE HE SAT.
WHEN HE CLIMBED DOWN, MY LITTLE BROTHER SAID, "BOY, HE SURE IS FAT".
THEN WE COULD TELL THAT HE WAS SANTA CLAUS AND WE ASKED FOR INFORMATION,
AND HE BEGAN TO RELATE THE STORY OF HOW HE'D SLIPPED ON THE ROOFS FOUNDATION.
HE SAID, "I HAD MADE IT TO THE ROOFTOP AND ALMOST TO THE CHIMNEY
WHEN I STEPPED IN SOMETHING SLICKY AND BEGAN TO SHIMMY.
I LOST MY BALANCE AND SLID DOWN THE ROOF TO LAND WITH A THUD.
WHATEVER I LANDED ON WAS BELLOWING, SNORTING, AND CHEWING A CUD.
I FELT LIKE I WAS RIDING A TORNADO FOR IT WAS THAT TOUGH,
AND FINALLY IT LAUNCHED ME ONTO THIS LIMB THATS ROUGH."
MY MIND WAS GOING FAST TRYING TO FIGURE IT ALL OUT.
THEN I REALIZED HE WAS TALKING ABOUT OUR LONGHORN STEER NO DOUBT.
BUD WAS ABOUT AS TAME AS COULD BE AND WOULD NEVER HAVE HURT ANYONE
BUT WHEN SANTA LANDED ON HIM, HE MUST HAVE FELT LIKE HAVING SOME FUN.
BUD WOULD COME INTO THE YARD AND SNUGGLE UP CLOSE TO MY ROOM
AND STAY THERE UNTIL SOMEONE CHASED HIM AWAY WITH A BROOM.
SO THAT'S THE STORY THAT I WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER THE MOST
OF HOW SANTA CAME FOR A VISIT AND BECAME OUR ENTERTAINING HOST.
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           TO OUR DAUGHTER
         11-22-1999 by:DADDY-Carl Evans

ON THIS DAY, YOU TURN SIXTEEN
SUGAR IS SWEET, BUT SO ARE YOU.
THOUGH THERE ARE TIMES WHEN YOU SEEM MEAN,
OUR LOVE FOR YOU REMAINS FULL AND TRUE.

THERE'LL BE MANY TIMES IN YOUR LIFE
WHEN YOU WON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO,
BUT WE ARE ALWAYS NEARBY
AND OUR LOVE NEVER FAILS YOU.

IT WON'T BE VERY LONG UNTIL
YOU LEAVE THIS SHELTERED NEST.
YOU'LL MAKE MANY DECISIONS IN LIFE
AND DISCOVER THE VALUES THAT ARE BEST.

YOUR BELIEFS WILL BE TESTED BY THE WORLD,
AND YOU'LL BE TEMPTED TO GIVE IN,
BUT HOLD STRONG TO YOUR CONVICTIONS
AND RELY ON THE SAVIOR WITHIN.

FOR THEN YOU WILL HAVE TRUE SUCCESS
IN YOUR LIFE AND NEW FAMILY,
AND YOU WILL HAVE THE PEACE THAT HEAVEN
GIVES TO KEEP YOU SAFE ETERNALLY.

I'M IN LOVE WITH YOU
            (to MY daughter)
            BY carl evans (DAD)
I'm in love with you and I'm not ashamed.
You mean so much to me tho you don't have my name.
My heart was opened the day I first saw you
and now my heart is filled with your love so sweet and true.
You filled a void in my life the day that you became mine
and I'll always thank the Lord for you being my sunshine.

MY ANGEL
             by Carl Evans
This poem is to my daughter so filled with great love.
Sometimes she doesn't do what she oughta though she came from above.
On this day she turns seventeen a young child--woman.
Sometimes she's filled with peace othertimes her life is stormin.
God has a plan for her life regardless of the bad times
And He will fill her with power to reach for the sublime.
Though many changes are taking place in her physical body and mind,
She must never forget God's values nor leave Biblical beliefs behind.
Though we always love and cherish her love n hugs n wonderful kisses,
We must let her live her life for God---with all of the misses.
We will always pray for her to obey and serve the Master,
to heed HIS inner voice within to go slow and not live so faster.
Slow down daughter and live and your decisions will be some good ones
and you can understand what the value is in serving God's Son.
It won't be long before you leave the home that's nurtured you.
We hope and pray that God will give you everything that is true.
No one has ever loved a child more than I have loved you.
Though we aren't blood related my love for you will always be true.
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ON YOUR WEDDING DAY
              by carl evans
This little girl that belongs to me will soon leave me truly behind
to commit to another - a vow divine and become an entwined vine.
I've seen you change through the years and experienced your joys and tears
to become a maturing one who still serves God's holy Son.
Whatever is behind you can make you glad or blue
but remember - you can be happy for we all still love you.
You've learned some truths for life regardless of your faults and sins
but no condemnation will ever come since Jesus is your Savior and Friend.
No matter where you go in the hope-filled years ahead,
don't forget the ones who've helped you nor the one sleeping in your bed.
For your life would not be complete if you forgot any one of those.
You are still a vessel for God for you are one that HE chose.
Live your life to the fullest in humility before the Divine.
You are now vowing to another but I'll always be in your mind.
written for Angel M. McCoy ("Evans") and David Durr
on their wedding day August 21, 2001
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SUCH A BEAUTIFUL BABY     9/20/2003
                     by     Carl Evans
O WHAT A BEAUTIFUL BABY YOU HAVE GIVEN TO ME
MUST HAVE COME FROM HEAVEN FOR SHE'S PRETTY AS CAN BE.

WITH BEAUTIFUL EYES OF BROWN SHE'S BEAUTIFUL TO SEE
THANK YOU FOR THIS BABY YOU HAVE GIVEN TO ME.

WHEN I LOOK INTO YOUR FACE MY HEART DOES A FLIP FLOP
I WANT YOU TO KNOW DEAR MY LOVE WILL NEVER STOP.

SHE'S PERFECT AS POSSIBLE IN HER BEAUTIFUL BODY.
DAUGHTER OPEN YOUR EYES TO SEE WHAT YOU'VE GIVEN TO ME.

SHE'S MY FIRST GRANDCHILD AND I'LL CHERISH HER AS CAN BE
I'LL ALWAYS THANK YOU LORD FOR WHAT YOU'VE GIVEN TO ME.

MAY I NURTURE HER IN YOUR EYES AND HELP HER TO BE ALL SHE CAN
LORD, LOOK WHAT YOU'VE DONE FOR I'M A HAPPY GRANDFATHER MAN.
      KIMBERLY MICHELLE DURR born 9/24/2003