I went to church here many a long year ago, in 1977/78
Owerri Church
Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria
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Joy is there in every mind
Joy is everywhere you find
Joy is there in every stage
Happiness, fury, kindness & rage
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Without Joy the world is colorless
Without Joy the mind is dream less
When Joy comes in the world, it shines
With rainbow-tinted colors of light.
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You can feel Joy by sharing
You can feel Joy by giving
You can feel Joy by thinking wise
And doing things that are always nice.
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So why don’t we make Joy grow
By sharing, giving & loving
So why should we not make every face
Lightened with Joy glowing.
Fear is when you run away,
Fear is when you’re scared to love someone,
Fear is when the sky turns grey,
Fear is when you lose your loved ones,
Fear is a feeling of danger,
Fear is when you aren’t brave,
Fear is the feeling of anger,
Fear is when you can’t behave,
Fear is when your shy,
Fear is like not having devotion,
Fear is when you’re afraid of saying bye,
Fear is like a dark blue ocean,
Fear is like ending you’re career,
Fear is like being lonely,
Fear is like not being able to reappear,
Fear is like feeling ghostly,
Fear is like an ashtray,
Fear is like a dark dungeon.
There was an old man from Peru
Who dreamed he was eating his shoe.
He awoke in a fright
In the middle of the night
And found it was perfectly true.
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