Daniel J. Arthur’s Journal

I have an open heart
Where are you
You can make a start
To be one of a few

I hope my love is
Where it should be
You want it strong
That can’t be wrong

I love the music
That makes me sing
In with my other thoughts
It is a peace of my being

I love to work at many
Things that help in life
To try to help others go
Forward and lessen strife

My love is ready for
Ones that I can adore
Maybe more than some
It’s just because of time

If you look at me
What do you see
If that makes you feel
Very good that’s real

We can discover more
By living life and doing
The things that feed our core
The work we do is loving

We can see the beauty
In which we walk forward
Doing more than our duty
As our hearts take us toward

Being one at special times
When we can find peace
Even when things can rhyme
Maybe interruptions will cease

But we can find a way
To walk in beauty together
Two beating hearts stay
Close no matter the weather

It is a peace of my being
To be in love with you
You that you do is a big part
Of what I like keeping

In my heart for love
To be close at times
As we walk in beauty
Maybe our we will rhyme

Peace be with me and you
Walking in beauty us two
Peace be with me and you
Walking in beauty us two

Love love
It’s true

by Daniel J Arthur

January 11, 2025
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So much is lost
Why are we here
Really too much greed
This is where is leads

We must support all
That’s what we want too
When someone falls
They will reach up to you

It is most everywhere
That people are in need
Let’s help with their despair
Tamp down on your greed

We want to be happy now
Like we have always tried
So many are asking how
Why have the wealthy lied

It’s time to be more truthful
Take pause for careful thought
That way our acts are more useful
We can do how we were taught

Make our fight to be to build
Give people what they need
Do so can make them thrilled
Tamp down on your greed

Help, help and be there
We basically want the same
Everyone can get there with care
Too much greed is very lame

Heal and care for all
Healthy people will do more
We need to hear the call
Someday the good will be lore

We have the systems to use
We must really work together
There is too much to lose
If we give in to the weather

I hope you will help me
Give my care to those
Stop allowing for misery
Their actions are what shows

It’s time to love each other
That’s always what should be
Help your sister and brother
Help them have their glee

Love love
It’s true

by Daniel J Arthur

January 10, 2025
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What’s wrong with you
People need to have comfort
You act like you should chew
Out the one that has a safe orbit

What is it that you want
To lose hope in everything
That’s a lost thing to do
I guess you’re more of a few

Life is very complicated
We need to enjoy small things
Doing extreme is overrated
Best to find what really sings

I’m looking for a way in
I’m looking to stop the sin
Too much fighting is in the open
Best to help people copin’

We need to be tough
Not so much about rough
We need to be insisting
On loving one another persisting

You don’t know what I would do
If given a chance to change the zoo
I just know people would cheer
They would how it would appear

Let’s stop attacking each other
Act more like a good sis or brother
You might like my song to hear
I don’t think it is so weird

I like to watch the dragonflies
The way they zoom in the sky
I like to see the trees as they bend
When there is a nice gentle wind

I have fought hard you hardly know
The fascist senators did mean harm
They really stopped me at go
But, they too, were a false alarm

I have been an imperfect impact
I have worked on many causes
I have been very, very attacked
I have been bearing a few crosses

It’s time to take your eyes off me
It’s time to gaze where you need to see
So many people need our comfort
They need a very safe orbit

I am one that can provide it
You might be one that hides it
You hurt yet another needy one
You should really put down your gun

We need to be tough
Not so much about rough
We need to be insisting
On loving one another persisting

I’m looking for a way in
I’m looking to stop the sin
Too much fighting is in the open
Best to help people copin’

I like to watch the dragonflies
The way they zoom in the sky
I like to see the trees as they bend
When there is a nice gentle wind

I’m tougher than you’ll ever know
It’s really time you give me a go
Not much is going as it should
I know I’m about making things good

Love love
It’s true

by Daniel J Arthur

January 9, 2025
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Sometimes you have to live the good life
You do what your loved ones would like
Say goodbye to all the world’s strife
To it all enjoy one another and say psych

Go to school and work as usual
Help your family do their thing
Don’t worry too much about the rule
Because you are going to sing

Getting through the day in peace
Finally getting to bed for the night
You don’t worry about petty fees
Tuck everyone in and shut out the light

Then say some prayers or have happy thoughts
You will wake up from an interesting dream
There no need to fret about the robots
You make the most of having a wonderful team

People might look at you sideways
We don’t know what’s wrong with them
We go about doing good anyways
Maybe the song you sing is a hymn

Life can be very complicated
Just do what seems right
Don’t worry about being baited
Maybe the others will see your light

No sense worrying about doubters
There will be those wherever you go
They might spread thoughts through routers
Those bad minds soon will not anyone know

You just need to double down
On loving good things and people
Let the others wear their frown
Put loving one another on your easel

Sometimes you have to live the good life
You do what your loved ones would like
Say goodbye to all the world’s strife
To it all enjoy one another and say psych

Go to school and work as usual
Help your family do their thing
Don’t worry too much about the rule
Because you are going to sing

Singing songs from your heart
Singing songs all day long
It’s not just a thoughtless lark
It keeps you from doing wrong

When you love them with a song
The good people will respond with smile
Most everyone will get along
They are less likely to demand a trial

We can only encourage others to care
Maybe our good works will drive
Them to see how good it is to share
And help others to enjoy being alive

Sometimes you have to live the good life
You do what your loved ones would like
Say goodbye to all the world’s strife
Sing with all your might in the mic

Sometimes you have to live the good life
You do what your loved ones would like
Love one another despite the strife
Sing with all your might in the mic

Love love
It’s true

by Daniel J Arthur

January 8, 2025
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You captured me
We noticed each other
Somehow our heart did we see
We were playful together

There was something we saw
We could say and do things
Our newness was kinda raw
We had no intention of flings

There must be something I said
Certainly you knew I liked you
We weren’t thinking about bed
You got an idea about what to do

You captured me
Oh, did you
You captured me
One of the few

I thought I was free
But my heart was not
When it came to we
I was taken the whole lot

You captured me
Oh, for sure
You captured me
I was on your lure

I thought I was free
My way was trapped
When it came to you
You had something mapped

You captured me
We were bound to kiss
You captured me
No way to miss

I found out then
My way was trapped
What mattered when
My way was mapped

There must be something I said
Certainly you knew I liked you
We weren’t thinking with our heads
You got an idea about what to do

You captured me
We noticed each other
Somehow my heart didn’t see
We were playful together

You captured me
Oh, did you
You captured me
One of the few

I thought I was free
But my heart was not
When it came to we
I was taken the whole lot

You captured me
Oh, for sure
You captured me
I was on your lure

I thought I was free
My way was mapped
When it came to you
You had me happily trapped

You captured me
Maybe you didn’t know
You captured me
Maybe you didn’t know

You captured me

Love love
It’s true

by Daniel J Arthur

January 7, 2025
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Take refuge in me
I’ll be here for you
When times can be
You don’t know what to do

Take refuge in me
I’ll be here for you
I might be just thought
But at times you ought

Take refuge in me
I’m praying for you
When times can be
What do you do

Take refuge in me
I don’t demand much
Just be soft on your touch
Be kind as you can be

Take refuge in me
I want what heals you
Just be soft on your touch
Be kind as you can be

Take refuge in me
You might not see me
That won’t stop you
Feel good you should do

Take refuge in me
I’ll be here for you
When times can be
You don’t know what to do

Take refuge in me
I’ll be here for you
I might be just thought
But at times you ought

Take refuge in me
I’m praying for you
When times can be
What do you do

Take refuge in me
I don’t demand much
Just be soft on your touch
Be kind as you can be

Take refuge in me
I want what heals you
Just be soft on your touch
Be kind as you can be

Love love
It’s true

by Daniel J Arthur

January 7, 2025
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Where were you
When I was hungry and cold
Logging in the Colorado hills
Cutting logs like I was told

Where were you
When I was making pizza pies
On the main drag in Wyoming
Cooking, delivering in her eyes

Where were you
When I was learning some songs
In an old musty building
Playing a set for others to long

Where were you
Fast I was living like three years
Doing all these things
Trying things before careers

Where were you
At the end of the summer
Buying too many things
From trying to discover

The idea was to try to make it in music
My partner was always way too heartsick
I felt like I needed to get a real job
Just give in to the working mob

I really like to make the synth pop
But my bandmate was afraid to flop
So, I left everything in Laramie
And went back to my Florida family

Where were you
When I answered the want ad
I had an interview and a traffic stop
When I got home my family was glad

A few days later I was ready to learn
Daily getting up and driving to the office
Meeting with people and reading to discern
Having no time for any tennis

Where were you
When the VP did romance me
Taking my heart far away
All the way to the Salish Sea

That’s where I found another way
To use my skills to pay the bills
I was getting farther and farther away
From having the dream of thrills

Where were you
My heart was still seeking
Where were you
Into my heart I was peeking

I found the city to be too hard
The traffic was like a cold slurry
Though I learned to add to my card
I wanted not to be in such a hurry

Where were you
When I found my love
Among the peaks and morning dew
Plenty of clouds and blue sky above

I came upon a big part of my journey
Creating a very wonderful family
The world was always knocking my love
But I knew it was from way up above

Where were you
Do you know who we were
Do you know what we do
It is where love will occur

All those years seem a blur
Love love
It’s true
hey uh hey oh

by Daniel J Arthur

January 6, 2025
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You really loved me back then
It was okay what you wanted
I didn’t really know then ‘til when
I was with you in the haunted

Not that it really was that way
But, many did feel the old
Still had much to want to say
And, that they might be bold

You really loved me back then
I was busy working and studying
Yes, I was out playing ball with men
I was really on a journey to being

I was often distracted by love
I was busy working and studying
You must have seen me love
I didn’t know what I was being

You really loved me back then
Some of your family could see
You were protected by men
I could only see how cute you be

I worked quite a bit at centers
Where people liked to play
I had many kind mentors
I would not know what to say

You really loved me back then
When I was in a transition
I didn’t know my heart was broken
Many friends had a suspicion

You were not quite ready
To be with a person like me
Later you found a steady
One that you liked with to be

You really loved me back then
I must have been something
You were not quite ready when
To make a leap to really loving

You really loved me back then
I was busy working and studying
Yes, I was out playing ball with men
I was really on a journey to being

I was often distracted by love
I was busy working and studying
You must have seen me love
I didn’t know what I was being

You really loved me back then
Some of your family could see
You were protected by men
I could only see how cute you be

Yes, we could have been
Some of your family could see
I didn’t know my heart was broken
It wasn’t time for you and me

Whatever the case, you were always right
If I had met you better, you would have been the light

Love love
It’s true

by Daniel J Arthur

January 5, 2025
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I ain’t really mad at you
You left me when I was young
I guess that’s what some do
I thought we had plenty of fun

I was working hard then
Maybe I was up till ten
You were out practicing
You always did your thing

I was in love with you too
I don’t remember too much
You did start to stray with a few
I guess you were happy at such

Sure it broke my heart
It gave my parents a start
I went down, down maybe then
But, I was lifted up after when

I moved on many, many miles
I started seeing all your fake smiles
It didn’t bother me so much
I had to work and play and such

I did think something was wrong
With me as I was not so long
To see that you just wanted to stray
With that I knew I had no say

I hope that you have become
All that you wanted and some
I have found a way back from down
My love was repaired from frown

I have been very lucky since
That period of time did I wince
Sure your leaving broke my heart
After much loving I got to restart

My life has much love to be found
Much love as not believed around
As that time when you left me
In such a sad state I was to be

For a time as I found love looking for me
It was something I found to be the key
To being more than I could ever be
To find the love they have for me

Who are they do you need to know
Is it where all the people’s love will go
They tell me it is much more to show
Important that love will continue to grow

I ain’t really mad at you
It’s what real love had to do
You left me when I was young
Yes, love from me has since sprung

If you find yourself to be found
Find a much better way to sound
You might find yourself heartbroke
Just find love in which to soak

Love love
It’s true

by Daniel J Arthur

January 4, 2025
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We are always renewing
We are always learning
What is our foundation of
Is like it should be, love

There is much information
So much is disinformation
We have the mental ability
We have knowing capability

Did we learn everything yesterday
No, not even everything was in play
There are many good lessons then
That wisdom is not what we’re in

We have so much possibility
We can develop real capability
Let the youth be happy and grow
We will gain much from what they know

We work hard as it is normal
We make life better that way
We have parts of life very formal
Everyone needs to have a say

Let’s help all to be better off
Life doesn’t need made rough
People like to do what works
Doing things is where love lurks

Knowing you may make me smile
I must know more in awhile
What is that is your essence
That makes me desire your presence

We can be there it’s true
It takes more than what we knew
Life keeps going forward
What is it we go toward

We feel best when in love
We need some help from above
We want to know that we care
We want to know help is there

Let’s be patient going forward
Find the path that is toward
The way we want to share of
Our life when we live in love

Let’s be happy and grow love
Let’s work hard to know love
Maybe not perfect at this moment
Don’t be afraid to make a comment

Let’s find our love
Let’s know our love
We can do it
Let’s get to it

Love love, it’s true

by Daniel J Arthur

January 1, 2025
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