WE HAVE THOSE UPS AND DOWNS

WHEN OUR TROUBLE SEAMS TO FOLLOW US AROUND

SO AS OUR STRENGTH IS GIVEN TO US

REMEMBER THAT A FRIEND IS A MUST

LIKE THE ROSE WE PULL OUR

STRENGTH FROM EACH ONE

TO HELP US THROUGH THOSE TIMES

TO GET OUR WORK DONE

THE DAY MAY SEEM LONG AND HARD TO BARE

BUT REMEMBER MY SPIRIT WILL BE NEAR

BIG RICH

RICHARD REICHWEIN

3-1=2003

Your life hasn’t been the best for you

But you have always kept the golden rule

You shared you love with me each day

As you watch me when I would go out to play

There were times I wanted to cry

But when I heard your voice it

would make me feel warm inside

The years have passed and now I am grown

And now I have a child of my own

To watch you hold him in your arms

And talk to him is one of your charms

So I wanted to take this time to say

My love for you is more these days

So Mom if your are having a bad day

and you are feeling blue

Just remember I LOVE YOU

I NEEDED TO GET TO WORK ON A BAD WINTERS DAY

WHEN I CALLED FOR A CAB AND THE MAN SAID I’LL GET ONE ON THE WAY

I WAITED AND WAITED FOT IT TO SHOW

NOW ONE HOUR HAS PASSED AND I’M STILL WATCHING IT SNOW

I CALL TO CHECK ON MY ORDER

WHEN THEY SAID MY CAB WOULD BE RIGHT OVER

I LOOK AND COULDN’T BELIEVE

FOR THERE WAS NO CAB AS FAR AS I COULD SEE

I CALLED BACK TO TALK TO THE MAN

NOW THEY TELL ME IT’S A VAN

THIRTY MORE MINNUTES HAVE PASSED NO VAN IN SIGHT

SO I’M WONDERING IF EVERYTHING IS ALL RIGHT

I AM CALLING AGAIN TO CHECK ON MY ORDER

WHEN THEY SAID MY CAB WOULD BE RIGHT OVER

I WAITED TEN MORE MINUTES TO PUT MY COAT ON

BUT WHEN I OPENED THE DOOR THERE WAS NO ONE

NOW I’M CALLING MY BOSS TO LET HIM KNOW

WHAT HAS HAPPENED BECAUSE OF THE SNOW

HE SAID TRY TO MAKE IT IN FOR WE HAVE A DEADLINE TO MAKE

AND AS YOU KNOW IT’S DUE AT EIGHT

WELL I FINNALY MAID IT IN AND MY BOSS SAID THAT’S REALLY FINE

FOR AS YOU CAN SEE IT’S A HALF PASS NINE

RICHARD REICHWEIN

C. 6-8-00

Times were tough when you were young

Not being able to have much fun

But the years have passed and you have come to this time of life

Wondering if you have done everything just right

To see you children grow throughout the years

And there has been many a time you shed a few tears

We know that through the years you have worked so hard

To have wondered if you have been dealt the right card

But now you can look at what you child has done

To give you some grand children to have some fun

To have reached this time in you golden years

For the work has been done and now you can give out a cheer

So in the mornings when you rub your head

Knowing that you don’t have to get out of bed

You may think that you are cheating someone

But you must remember your work is now done

So as you watch the years will pass you by

Remember your angels will still be by your side

To be proud, for you have kept the golden rule

For this poem was written to be your newest jewel

So as we say God bless you this day

Remember your friends are her to stay

Richard Reichwein

9-29-05

The heart of the mighty bird soars through the air

And landed by the butterfly to hear it call me dear

As I think of the time I first held your hand

And to remember how your skin felt so grand

Your voice made my heart pump so fast

As I wait to be able to hold you at last

The day will be so long as I have to wait

Just to see your beautiful eyes will be so great

As you speak to me in the soft and gentle voice

I know that God has made the right choice

So as you listen to what the angel have to say

As they speak to your heart in another way

7-16-05

Richard Reichwein

Young picture

                                          Love in the air

Is like watching the flight of the little dove

It soars so high as it moves through the air

As if it is telling you to take a dare

To never know where our mate will be

For it could be next door or even across the sea

As you find your love you may be surprised

Of the warm and great happiness deep inside

As you share your thoughts, hopes, and dreams

That is why you become the greatest team

Problems will come as your life goes on

For love isn’t always just for fun

So as we watch the sun rise each day

To tell you that your love is here to stay

Richard Reichwein

9-30-05

SITING ON THE PARK BENCH

This morning I had a butterfly land on my hand

Seeing how beautiful it look and it made me feel grand

I wonder if I will ever talk to her again

To sit and think how this all began

A simple little flirt was sent over the air

As my friend challenge me to a dare

Friends say for me not to get so worked up

For you could get hurt and that would be your luck

But as I sit and wonder what I did

For maybe I am acting like a kid

But if this was the one that was meant to be

Hopping it is my butterfly that will come down to me

I want to give her a kiss in the middle of the bar

And introduce her as my shining star

As I sit and listen to the ring of the church chime

I know I will have to wait and give her some time

I have watch them roam from town to town

As they drive their routes with out a frown

To sit and listen to the problems the customers have each day

As they collect the money from the games people play

Then there comes a loud message on the phone

To come and fix a problem before they go home

If only the customer would stop and think

They can’t drive 100’s of miles in a wink

Finally to make it home but it has gotten late

To find their supper cold sitting on a plate

They have lost some quality time with family or friends

But to hope the hard work will be justified in the end

I listen to the sounds of the soft wind in the breeze

As it would tell me of how their life use to be

How they use to roam the open country side

And would make their clothes from the buffalo’s hide

Their life seemed so simple as they lived here each day

As they would watch the children while they went out to play

They would sit around a fire and tell stories to their young

To pass on the history of how their tribe begun

They would send their spirit up into the sky

To ask for strength as the years passed them by

They saw their land being taken away

As if it was nothing more than a bale of hay

But as we see their spirit hasn’t died

For in the wind we can still hear the sounds of their war cry

They had peace and harmony in their tribe

And over the years we learned about their pride

So as the stories are written by the white man’s hand

We know the Indians spirit will always be in this land

9-05-05

Richard Reichwein

Lost Times

I listen to the thump of my feet

As we dance to the drummers beet

We send up many cries to the sky

Knowing the spirits have watched with the eagles eye

I work all day doing many task

Getting ready so the family will last

The hides have been sewed into blankets to wear

To keep us warm in the cold winters air

The food has been salted and pack away

For in the winter it will be hard to find some prey

As the years pass us by we seen much change

For you don’t see the buffalo in the open range

The fences have stolen the freedom to roam

And the tepee has change to a wooden home

The streets have filled with loud and dirty cars

So we ask if man has really come that far

So while I sit and tell the stories to my children

To wish that I would of never seen a pilgrim

Richard Reichwein

12-05 -2005

MY BAR

As the bar tender smiles and gives a simple wink

I walk into the bar just to have one drink

He knows that one is not all that I will have

For the day has been rough and I look a little sad

He listens to the problem that I had today

As he nods his head in a simple way

He will tell me a joke to make me smile

Trying to ease my problems just for a while

Now it’s getting late and time for me to leave

When I feel someone tugging on my sleeve

To hear the words one more and I am out of here

For I know when I get home I won’t hear the word dear

So as I walk out I say the famous words to him

I love you man as he gives me a grin.

Richard Reichwein

9- 07-05

IT’S NOT PRETTY IS IT

RICHARD REICHWEIN

C. 6-8-00

The Rose

The angles have sent a rose today

Which fills my heart in many ways

To feel the beautiful thoughts that have been given

I know that it came from heaven

Years have passed since the seed has been planted

Not to know the love that I have taken for granted

As small tear comes to the eye when

I look up to the sky

Trying to catch the angel as it flies by

But to my surprise I hear the sounds of music as they play

And I know in my heart the rose will be with me every day

Richard Reichwein

3-24-2003

I see the sadness deep into your eyes

As you stand their and give a worried sigh

The homes are gone from thrashing all of the water

As our land was used like a giant blotter

While you stand where the kitchen us to be

To wonder what has happen to all the trees

You look at the streets that are filled with mud

To be given some drinking water in a plastic jug

The food is cook by the volunteers hand

As they have come from different parts of our land

As the song will be sung and stories will are written

About how many time our mighty land was bitten

But the world will watch as the work will begin

For our spirit is strong as we start to rebuild again

Richard Reichwein

12-10-2005

First snow

The country side has changed to a beautiful white

From the snow flakes that have fallen through the night

I watch the men work so hard cleaning off the street

As they would push the snow into a pile that looks so neat

They work so many hours to make is safe

So we will be safe driving to our next place

Our children can’t wait to go out and play

For we don’t know how long this snow will stay

I watch the children as the snowman was being built

and was laughing for it was standing in a little tilt

as they put a large smile on it's face and know this was grand

to be proud for it was built by their own hand

so stop and say high to the snowman each day

as you watch the children going out to play

Richard Reichwein

12-04-2005