Sometimes the pain is so intense
I cannot aid my own defense
The only drug I wish to find
Is what’s propelling my own mind.
No complicated opioids
Nor any “cillins” or steroids
I’m so much stronger than that crap
Who needs to fall into the trap ?
There are some words we all should say,
“Please help us Lord get through this day
Grant us the strength to overcome
The evil that this world’s become!”
I’ve always known I was a child
Polite and kind, ne’er rude or wild
Perhaps that is the reason why
My passive nature gets me by.
I wish that I could gather strength
Pursue my dreams to greater length
What is it folks are fighting for
To curry favor, change decor ?
Now I have traveled very far
Across the seas, both ship and shore
My heart has weathered many storms
And travesties beyond the norm !
My curly hair that used to be
Has now begun deserting me
It is not washing down the drain
Just tired curling up again.
While fate has opened every door
To follow through or settle score
I wonder what may soon occur
And to what power I must defer ?
The hours too fast are speeding by
All clouded with both tears and sigh
Oh gracious Lord now hear my plea
My hope is to abide with Thee !
There was a time that’s now gone past
When we dreamt dreams that seemed to last
And compromise was but the thought
Of all the lessons we’d been taught.
When life meant more than recompense
And most espoused good common sense
Consideration was the key
To all of God’s humanity.
Alas for most this disappeared
Replaced by arrogance and fear
Is it too late to make amends
To garner strength and still be friends ?
Claire V. Bogdanos 