We found our faith, both strong and mild
When most believed in the Christ Child
We sang His hymns and spread His prayer
Because we knew that He was there
Life seemed to be quite simple then
I wish we could go back again !
GOD’S COMMAND ( 2017 ) 2017/06/29
The sound rings out on Sunday morn
A peal of bells faint and forlorn
See how it echoes on the air
A calling card for all to share.
Oh how I wish the time were near
Believers everywhere could hear
Sweet freedom ring across the land
A new world under God’s command !
BENEDICTION ( 2017 ) 2017/06/28
Give me the words, dear Lord to say
To help me make it through each day
Show me the path, the way to go
Guide me oh Lord to goodness grow !
COUNT ON ME ( 2017 ) 2017/06/27
Oh my dearest love what shall I do
To make sure that I am there for you
I’d like to think that you would rely
On my best efforts to get you by
In spite of my fallibility
I promise you, you can count on me !
UNLOCK THE GATE ( 2017 ) 2017/06/26
The hum of life is all around
Hear now its rapid growing sound
Why even bees get in their share
You’ll find they’re busy everywhere.
The leaves are rustling overhead
I wish I knew what’s being said
The world today’s a mystery
With much to learn and more to see
Oh blessed Lord why must we wait
For angels to unlock the gate ?
TO STILL MY VOICE ( 2017 ) 2017/06/25
There is this battle that I fight
From early morn straight through the night
It is a war I cannot win
Sometimes I think I should give in
But that is not left up to me
And leaves no option I can see.
As much as I may choose to stay
Such choices do not pass my way
My God supreme does have control
O’er conscience, body, heart and soul
And He alone does make the choice
To stop my heart or still my voice !
PERIPHERY ( 2017 ) 2017/06/24
I find the world is occupied
With selfishness and foolish pride
Such nonsense to cast sense aside
While from the truth forever hide !
WHERE IS THE DREAM ( 2017 ) 2017/06/23
Do feel the sun, its warmth is there
As is the scent upon the air
That flutters sweetly on the breeze
And waltzes lightly through the trees
Oh pleasures all, where have you gone
Where is this dream we’re counting on ?
THE ARRIVAL ( 2017 ) 2017/06/22
The Lord above is kind and sweet
And holds our hand e’en in defeat
He knows when we have had enough
And smooths the path when it is rough
God bless us all, may we survive
Until Lord Jesus will arrive !
THE FIRST STONE ( 2017 ) 2017/06/21
Now I have trudged this rocky path
With angry crowds so full of wrath
I really don’t know what to think
Seems sanity is on the brink
There’s not much left to make great sense
The climate has become intense.
Participants are so inclined
Pretending to be dumb and blind
But stop before one does the deed
The rule in hand all must concede
The Lord demands that he alone
Who sinless be, cast the first stone !
DENIAL ( 2017 ) 2017/06/20
For so it is and it will be
We need the truth to set us free
What is the cost of liberty
If we are blind or will not see ?
HAVE A HEART ( 2017 ) 2017/06/19
I hung my heart out on a limb
And prayed someone would reel me in
I searched for love the way one should
And wound up lost in some vast wood.
I tried my hand at show and tell
And that did not go quite so well
I decided right then and there
I’d had enough of grief to spare.
And so I bought myself a book
Turned out that I was this great cook,
Love’s not what it’s cracked up to be
Seems business was my destiny !
DO YOUR BEST ( 2017 ) 2017/06/18
The lonely heart doth patient wait
For those who file past heaven’s gate
There is no cause to cry aloud
For who will hear in such a crowd.
The constant vigil all must wage
Before each earns space on life’s stage
The issue is just do your best
And pray that God supplies the rest !
REVIEW HIS EARTH ( 2017 ) 2017/06/17
There is this message that I hear
The sound plays softly on my ear
The dawn will soon reach to the skies
With all its glory of sunrise.
The day is coming bright and new
Anxious to share her light with you
Our world awaits each new rebirth
God daily does review His earth !
SWEET GOODNIGHT ( 2017 ) 2017/06/16
I’ve watched the snowflakes filter down
And heard the rain pelter the ground
I’ve seen the stars zip cross the sky
While clouds above are flying by.
I’ve felt the wind rush through the air
As autumn helped her trees go bare
The summer rains are fresh and clear
And hum a song the birds can hear.
The world’s in tune, the season’s bright
Tis soon to bid all sweet goodnight !
LOVE TO SPARE ( 2017 ) 2017/06/15
The early stillness fills the air
With signs of calm we all may share
Oh shall our Lord in truth forbear
And cram each day with love to spare !
TRIUMPH O’ER DEFEAT ( 2017 ) 2017/06/14
This world is crashing all around
Please tell us if you hear the sound
The thunder roars above our head
We cannot hear what e’er’s been said
There still is time left to escape
We need locate our hero’s cape.
Oh Lord we seek some help down here
The path ahead looms dark and drear
Please send us aid on winged feet
So we may triumph o’er defeat !
HERCULES ( 2017 ) 2017/06/13
Oh Hercules, great Hercules come sit awhile with me
Please tell me the story of how strong Atlas set you free
I sure could use a hero who would be as grand as you
To save me from trouble the way that heroes often do.
I know about your labors and how it all came to be
I’d like to hear the story of your ancient history
It doesn’t matter where we’ll meet or whether near or far
I would be glad to shake the hand of such a rising star !
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( HERCULES IS THE 5TH LARGEST CONSTELLATION IN THE SKY ! )
MANNER KIND ( 2017 ) 2017/06/12
Sometimes my dear, the world we know
Is not the one we’d like to show
Sometimes coditions are not clear
As we are caught in doubt or fear
Please help us Lord fine tune our lives
In manner kind where goodness thrives !
TRUE CREED ( 2017 ) 2017/06/11
I’m told that justice is quite blind
In all the truths that man does find
She is the judge who may deceive
But yet the one most will believe !
How sad that she must blinded be
Throughout the world’s vast infamy
Unfaithful to her name indeed
And traitor to her precious creed !
NO REGRETS ( 2017 ) 2017/06/09
There are some days I still recall
When all my babies were quite small
They laughed a lot and cried some too
Midst pillows, quilts, scissors and glue.
The kitchen floor, their happy place
With lessons and great playing space
It was the classroom served them best
That through the years withstood each test.
I relish now the times we had
When all were young, not yet a lad
So full of hope who could forget
And nothing left to hold regret !
PURE FANTASY ( 2017 )
I loved my father I sure did
That is a fact I never hid
I wonder what he’d think of me
If he were here today to see.
With all the years that he’s been gone
Seems now to be a time too long
I wonder how we two might greet
If ever we should chance to meet ?
Well that is just pure fantasy
Though I sure wish that it could be !
FROM WHO ? ( 2017 ) 2017/06/08
Oh mighty owl high in my tree
I pray you do not pressure me
I’m not prepared for your bad news
Luck is the thing that I could use.
There are some stories I have heard
About your wisdom and your word
How you instill a certain fear
In all of those who dare to hear.
Please help me out sir, if you can
For I am born of mortal man
My needs are small, my chances few
I sure would like some help from who ?
SWEET MEMORIES ( 2017 ) 2017/06/07
Now I have lived quite a long time
In varied places and other clime
And learned that one must try to fit
Into each spot that’s part of it.
When but a child, the horse and cart
Is how our travel had its start
Next came the Ford all black and square
While in the rear its trunk was there.
Those skinny tires were truly sad
I cannot count the flats we had
Oh for those days that are long gone
Sweet memories my heart dwells on !
YULETIDE CHEERS ( 2017 ) 2017/06/06
How sweet it is to greet each day
To wake each morn in peace and pray,
We thank you Lord for one more chance
To fill our days with life’s romance.
Who can be sure which season’s best
The springtime is so full of zest
While summer grabs our fantasy
It’s packed with much frivolity.
The fall rocks with its sounds and song
Until brisk winter comes along
But most can’t wait till snow appears
When all are caught in Yuletide cheers !
SURPRISE ( 2017 ) 2017/06/05
Wake up, wake up, let’s give a cheer
The son of God’s expected here
We know He’s coming any day
Our job is to prepare His way
Look up, look up unto the skies
Expect it soon,our grand surprise !
THIS OR THAT ( 2017 ) 2017/06/03
There’s often a thought that I have had
That life’s not clearly all good or bad
And sometimes trauma gets in the way
Like visions we’ve had that go astray.
Tis foolish to think we’re of one mind
For this world consists of every kind
The short and tall or the lean and fat
Those who prefer either this or that,
Only time will tell where all this ends
We can be enemies or make friends !
MY LIFES LENGTH ( 2017 )
Be still my heart, I hear your beat
And from my forehead to my feet
The numbness reaches to my toes
Tis strange the way this feeling grows.
At times my heart seems in my throat
I think that I could almost float
The fear it rises, comes and goes
When will this end, nobody knows.
But God’s here standing by my side
He holds my hand, He is my ride
I know that He is still my strength
However long be my lifes length !
Claire V. Bogdanos 