Oh goblins and spooks, skeletons and ghosts
These are the spirits who play today’s hosts
Pirates, buccaneers are part of the game
All masquerading to act in the name.
As All Hallows Eve the world knows it best
With bonfires and masks the Celts showed their zest,
Marking the end of summertime’s lush
Embracing the dark of cold, snow and slush !
I wish that I could tell you why
The grass is green and blue’s the sky,
That clouds are white but sometimes gray
Which indicates a rainy day.
I really do not have a clue
If bluebirds all are colored blue
Or if a robin’s breast is red
What color could it be instead ?
I’d like to think there is a plan
That’s meant to help me understand
Why colors are of such import
Among the many things we’re taught.
There are issues labeled black and white
Does that mean everything’s alright ?
Imagine life as colorless,
This world of ours would be a mess !
There is a God, I know it’s true
I’d really like to share with you
However that is not my choice
Each must decide with their own voice.
I cannot but supply the facts
Depends on you how one reacts
There is a book, you know which one
It’s older than the Sugar Plum.
This book was writ on parchment roll
And wound up in clay jars of scroll
Hidden away two thousand years
Written by scores of ancient seers.
It is the world’s most famous book
Perhaps one day, you’ll take a look !
The day grows short as twilight nears
Increasing all impending fears
The darkness moves in closer now
Casting its shadow cross the brow
Welcome to night time one and all
We’re making ready for the call
That detours each along the way
Before our lives just melt away !
I sight the sunrise o’er the hill
It’s vision sends my heart a thrill
How wonderful it is to see
A world wrapt in God’s symmetry.
I hear the rustle of the leaves
They whisper in the morning breeze
What is it they all preach to me
Regarding God’s infinity ?
I feel the impact of His power
Increasing with each passing hour
The mark He leaves, indelible
Because He is infallible !
Our world is full of so many things
Like flightless birds and squirrels with wings
Plants that eat insects and fish that fly
All a gift from our God up on high.
A pattern of perfect He has planned
Covering oceans, skies and all land
Aren’t we lucky He’s so intense
And Master of all of life’s events !
And so it is each day begins
We are all equal, no one wins
The wheels, they turn and turn again
But who’ll survive remember when ?
The moment comes then fades away
In all of this, who gets to stay
As life continues its short climb
Then faces change time after time ?
Though no one wins in this relay
Existence spans without delay
The days of man all numbered are
And no one ever gets too far !
The morn awakes and yawns aloud
The sky is clear, there’s ne’er a cloud
A breeze o’erhead begins to blow
We’re in the midst of autumn’s show.
Her colors changing every day
Glow brighter still along the way
How wonderful God’s palette is
Creating pigments, He’s a whiz !
Christopher Robin and Tigger too
These are the friends of Winnie-the-Pooh
There in the woods where they all do go
That’s where it happens, best as I know.
In a tree’s hollow under a beech
See Piglet run and hear the Owl screech
I’d love to be a bump on the log
As Eeyore and Roo go for a jog.
Many a child’s been given a thrill
Hearing their tales and many more will !
PLEASE READ THE ORIGINAL “TEDDY BEAR” BY A. A. MILNE
A WONDERFUL POEM OF 102 LINES ! YOU’LL LOVE IT !!.
I often wonder where I’m at
And if the world outside is flat
I get so tired of searching for
A place to put my head in store !
I really need another chance
To take a stab at true romance
And give life’s wheel a healthy spin
To learn what stage of age I’m in.
Oh, Mother Nature have you heard
My prayers for help, my every word
It can’t be too extreme a task
I beg it’s not too much to ask !
There is no way I understand
How tempers get so out of hand
I’ve never seen such anger shown
From persons both known and unknown
What is there that can rile one up
Enough to overflow the cup ?
We’ve seen the foolishness of some
Who cannot seem to overcome
This sad behavior they have used
On those they’ve bullied or abused
Perhaps through faith and time alone
They’ll seek God’s wisdom to atone !
I find that life at best is strange
Though I’m not opting for a change
Nor am I saying that it’s bad
What choices are there to be had ?
It seems to me, we have no say
As lives evolve from day to day
Tis time that we accept the fact
It’s God who pens the final act !
There is this hymn I used to hear
Sung ever softly on my ear
When I was young and oh, so small
I loved that tune the best of all.
It was my night time beddie-bye
The one mom sang if I did cry
I taught my children that same song
When they were young we’d sing along.
We did so quite religiously
In joy and pleasure frequently !
* see lyrics “JESUS LOVES ME”
Sometimes the dream you’re waiting for
Lies just outside your own front door
Sometimes success that you pursue
Is something you already knew.
Sometimes your life becomes intense
If you’ve no taste for self defense
And when you fumble or you fall
Remember please to standup tall !
In a garden long, long ago
In a special place I don’t know
Lived someone related to me
Long, long ago in history.
Perhaps one day we’ll get to meet
On a corner of heaven’s street
And if we can’t I will not mind
There will be others I shall find
For we are one huge family
And a part of that selfsame tree !
I hear the noise and feel your pain
It’s like we are at war again
We need your help, please if you can
From every woman and each man.
Reach out, reach out to help us start
To teach our children to impart
True common sense and caring ways
Into the sharing of their days.
Let all begin to try their best
To breach the wall, to pass the test
Give God the chance to teach us all
For without Him, we’re doomed to fall !
It doesn’t make much sense to me
To claim some bogus victory
Or just pretend that who you are
Is so important by much far
Who cares if one’s the simpler sort
If complications count for nought.
I’d rather be a bird on wing
Who joins his species in birdsing
Than stand upon a mighty stage
With those who are the latest rage.
They curry favor all life long
By singing out song after song,
Instead of praising God the King
Who has created everything !
We search and search most everywhere
To seek some peace we all may share
There is no safety chaos brings
More joy is found in circus rings.
The labyrinth of life goes on
According to the airs we don
For when we’re done each must confess
One won’t be judged by style or dress !
Oh daddy dear what can you say
To get me through this scary day
And help me face my wildest fears
With the vast wisdom of your years ?
What shall I do now I am grown
To find my way back to my home
With you not there to shelter me
From stress that life shares frequently ?
Oh daddy dear I miss you so
Too great a loss, why did you go
I pray we’ll meet again one day
In God’s sweet land of far away !
What does one seek after the midnight hour
Neath the veil of darkness and loss of power
When the stilled air deserts its resting place
And we bid farewell to eternal grace
May the love of God now protect us all
From the final cut of the curtain call !
I thank you Lord, day after day
Your word does guide me on my way
I’m sure that You refill my cup
And when I fall You pick me up.
You’ve been my Friend a long, long time
Since I could stand or walk or climb
I never would have made it through
Without the help I’ve had from You.
I promise You, dear Lord, today
Small matter what the world may say
There are no doubts about who’s Boss
In any game You win the toss !
I’ve often wondered why it’s so
That sadness follows where we go
And life is never thought complete
Without these stories of defeat
Or why we rally to the cause
Of infidels and unjust wars
And so the cycle carries on
When will all wars cease and be gone ?
We know super heroes are not real
Still they do possess this great appeal
To boys and girls either young or old
Loving the action both brash and bold.
Make-believe can be a lot of fun
Perhaps not a dish for everyone
Let’s make room for reality here
To help us keep pace through every year.
Pretend is not a part of the truth
With which one hopes to imbue our youth
Learning early who you really are
Is the surest way to light your star !
Oh Christopher, brave Christopher how did you spend your life
Across the seas and oceans wide amidst chaos and strife
You stumbled into a new world upon your wooden ship
What a surprise it was to learn this was no Asia trip !
And thus it was so long ago this land of ours was found
When the Spanish came to conquer and rule all on the ground
Now that is how it did begin in fourteen-ninety-two
Today we owe Columbus all our love and huge thank you !
I hear the echoes through the trees
Life’s shadows move with each new breeze
Old voices carry loud and clear
And fall upon the listening ear.
The book has closed the story ends
And bids farewell to all our friends
To leave one nothing more to say
Ere we are forced to look away.
But let us go in peace and calm
Believing one must do no harm
Remembering those days of yore
And all of paradise before !
Seems every morning sadness shows
Around the world the bad news flows
The madness strikes it grows and grows
From tippy-top to tiny-toes !
Each day I wake, I thank the Lord
Because I find I’m still onboard
I’m not too sure if that’s a gift,
Until life’s haze begins to lift
I check to see if I’m all there
My fingers, toes, my face and hair
Both arms and legs are working fine
On a ten scale, I’d guess I’m nine !
I’m not a fan of winter chill
A runny nose or feeling ill
Fact is I’d like to outlaw snow
In any place I choose to go.
But I don’t wish to be extreme
Or shatter others and their dream
Though I don’t ski, I know it’s fun
I have seen hundreds on a run.
Perhaps I’ll winter in the house
Snuggled up like a hearthside mouse
I pray that I’ll keep warm till spring
When sunshine smiles on everything !
Claire V. Bogdanos 