We are the Welsh

We are not Irish, we are not Scots,

We are not English, definitely not!

We are the Welsh, an ancient race.

With songs and poetry, our land is graced.

Mines and steel, mountains and streams, 

Eisteddfods, Welsh Cakes, Rugby teams,

Male voice choirs, hills and vales!

We are the Cymry - those from Wales!

Long place names, Llanfair PG

Lots of L's for you to see. 

Abers, Llans are very nice,

Only there to confuse the Saes

Proud and red, our dragon stands

The most unique of all the lands.

Mae hen wlad fy nhadau, an anthem tells. 

Dwynwen, Maelon and mystic wells.

Twm Sion Cati, Llewelyn's hound,

The Afanc - creature never found. 

Myths and tales, from time long past, 

The wizard Merlin, a spell to cast.

We are the Welsh, from the Land of Song,

Tom Jones, Bonnie Tyler, their voices, strong.

Charlotte Church, Shirley Bassey too

Shakin' Stephens - "Because I love you!" 

© Carolyn Davison 14th October 2015

Psalm 40

I sat in the darkness of the pit;

The blackness of my sin,

Swamped in my iniquity.

No way out and no way in.

I could not stand, for beneath my feet

Was a mass of slippery clay.

In my many trials and struggles,

I saw not, the light of day. 

I cried out to the heavens above,

To my Father and my Lord.

He listened to my pleading cries,

Kept the promises in His word.

He reached down into that pit,

And took me in His arms,

He set me on a sturdy rock

I knew I'd not be harmed.

A song He gave me, in my mouth, 

A new song in my heart.

I knew that He had saved me

Now, we'd never be apart!

That man who makes the Lord his trust

Blessings will abound,

Peace and joy and happiness

In him, will be found. 

© Carolyn Davison 7th August 2015