Feelings of old pull at my heart
As I’m praying my life must start
Too long have I been pausing here
While waiting for love to appear
By now I am expecting nought
For in the process dreams get caught.
I’ve wished so hard to find the way
To take a chance and longer stay
Well here’s my heart, please help it heal
Teach me God’s love and how to feel !
Hail to our heroes great or small
Thanks for safety they bring us all
And here’s to those who sacrifice
To make our lives comfy and nice
Kudoes all who save this nation
Giving cause for celebration.
The warriors who braved the fight
And share with us the country’s might
May God bless them and keep them safe
Do to their actions we have faith
For after all, the same as we
They follow rules that keep us free !
Can you see the clouds all drifting by
While summer days, they do swiftly fly
The wings of time quickly fade away
Leaving shadows of lost yesterday
With those memories we shall recall
We have entered into shades of fall.
Past the windows of the mind we’ll see
Sweet beginnings of our victory
As the church bells toll for me and you
And the adventures we have been through
We shall face tomorrow hand in hand
Prepared to enter Forever Land !
Seems life has been a timeless one
So full of gladness, joy and fun
Along the way there’s been some pain
T’was part of lifetime’s growth and gain
Oft I’ve wondered what it’s about
If I should laugh or cry or shout
It is a choice that we’ve all made
With circumstance let’s pray won’t fade
Now here we are at this road’s end
At last with God who’s our good friend !
A heart so full it cannot breathe
The gift of love from God received
A joy we all hope to believe
With goals we may at last achieve !
I had a talk with myself today
Hoping to find a much better way
To cope with life and its ups and down
Learn to be happy and lose your frown
Take a moment and rethink your goal
Deep down inside your heart and your soul.
Be slow to anger, avoid the strife
Try to be pleasant most of your life
Remember the Lord, He is your strength
And is with you for all your life’s length !
So often that I’ve wished to be
The star upon your Christmas tree
A candle on your birthday cake
And privy to each wish you make.
I prayed quite hard that you and I
Would be together by and by
And now my world is part of yours
You’re my umbrella when it pours.
There is a God who watches o’er
His children that He does adore
I’m positive He loves us all
And picks us up ere we should fall
I’m sure He knew that we might be
In love for all eternity !
Now you and I have been around
Among these feelings we have found
Though they are not of wide import
Somehow we’ve managed to have caught
This glow that captures happiness
And triumphs love o’er great success
For life is more than what it seems
It’s smiles and hopes and all our dreams !
Can it be I hear an alarm
The world we knew has lost its charm
It’s upside down and turned around
Looks like we all are losing ground
While terra firma seems so grand
Society destroys the land
We need take care before we’re lost
Our carelessness too great a cost !
Oh blessed Lord, help me to find
The path that does to heaven wind
I want to aid and clear the way
For all of those who wish to stay
I can’t believe the time grows near
The day of judgement soon is here !
I lost my heart when I was young
To Jesus, Lord, through hymns we’d sung
The music touched me to my soul
To be with God became my goal.
Throughout the years I’ve wondered why
These hymnal verses make me cry
The beauty that is God’s to give
Shall in our hearts forever live !
A little bit of humor, her smile to show she’d dare
The sound of laughter on our ears floating in the air
A tiny piece of heaven for every one to share
Today’s my mother’s birthday and oh, how much I care !
Oh little lamb you are so sweet
With wooly coat and cloven feet
This gift from God to all who care
A gentle lamb its peace will share
When Christ was born in history
The sheep and lambs were there to see.
These animals that will not fight
And cannot sleep all through each night
Will herd themselves in a close space
They’ll stay together, face to face
And in the morning when you rise
They’ll greet you in quiet surprise !
The day is gray and full of gloom
There’s not a rainbow in my room
The sun itself has hid away
Refusing to come out and play
The air is heavy and morose
It’s hard to breathe and ever close !
Perhaps the weather will perk up
Before it is our time to sup
We’ll take a glass of wine or two
Remembering our rendezvous
And ask the Lord to help us spend
One evening that may never end !
It seems my life is slipping away
The pull gets stronger day after day
How shall one decide which way to go
Is there a clue we have need to know
What has happened to ” home of the free ”
An example of true liberty ?
The chaos that reigns over our land
That used to be this nation so grand
Became a faction we have to chase
Hard as we may to change or erase
Whatever prayers that need to be said
Do say them now before we are dead !
I hear the sound of running feet
It fills my heart with pride replete
Midst noise of children in the street
And all their antics with each feat
They’ve not yet learned to be discreet
Reminding all how time is fleet !
All of life’s good things come to an end
Please have no fear, oh my dearest friend,
As you and I have known far too long
In the scheme of time, where we belong.
I oft wonder where the days have gone
With all of those we’ve counted upon
Let us say a prayer and thank our Lord
Keep body and mind with one accord !
The feelings that this season brings
Much like the songs God’s nature sings
Filling the air with scents and smells
That to us all her story tells
While life, enhanced along the way,
Keeps growing better day by day
And helping us rejoice in peace
Before we meet our souls’ release !
The sun is fading in the west
At twilight time it’s oft the best
The colors all a vibrant scene
With sprays of magic in between.
How wonderful each evening seems
A part of all our finest dreams
So off to sleep as even falls
Ere mystery of nightfall calls !
If I were high up in the sky
What is it that my eyes would spy
Lots of rooftops affording space
To pigeons, gulls, all birds apace
With other havens to be found
Where they are safer than on ground.
I am so glad to be alive
And able to help birds survive
Supplying all those old stale buns,
Kitchen scraps along with bread crumbs
Tis how it is I’m known to be
Bird feeder and their good fairy !
When I was young and words were few
Seems that I knew just what to do
I’d “ape” the sounds that I had heard
Turned out that each was but a word.
Soon I was there upon the stage
At rather quite an early age
With words and syllables to speak
Like some enchanted childhood freak.
I never thought back in those days
That I’d wind up in high school plays
I learned to sing and tap dance too
With lessons from the age of two.
Quite long I’d been an only child
Forever charming and beguiled
With discipline supplied on call
And kisses shared with every fall.
Today we miss what used to be
Safe childhood and security
Our faith is great it’s taught us this
All lives were meant to share God’s bliss !
There is a small refuge one may find
To grant us all some peace of mind
The sight observed is disarrayed
Too many games are being played.
While all those values that we’ve known
By winds of change are being blown
Who can be sure our world survives
This challenge now as it revives ?
The dreams we knew when we were small
To be quite true, who can recall
These days long gone, like those forgot
Midst times that we remember not ?
There are some hours passed in content
Twixt those that were uncaring spent
A myriad of loving thought
That fills our lives with lessons taught.
Shall we admit our passions loss
Or ignore bad behavior’s cost,
What will it take to understand
Too much of life is underhand ?
I love You Lord, You are my strength
For You I’d go to any length
No distance is too far for me
Because You’re my eternity !
I find myself alone at last
With memories of times long passed
Regrets and sorrows I can’t lose
And if I’ve choice, some I won’t choose.
Days when my heart reached for the sky
As all my dreams did upward fly
And life had opened up the door
That held my hopes forevermore.
Alas those dreams did disappear
To fill my life with cautious fear
I’ve little strength left to help fight
Without God’s aid to do what’s right !
I wish I were a child again
If only to remember when
We both were young, so long ago
And life was our own picture show.
We laughed and loved, it was such fun
For us our world had just begun
Each moment held a new surprise
It warmed our hearts and teared our eyes.
I’m sorry that it didn’t last
But left behind its storied past
To still tug on these old heartstrings
With sadness that forever clings !
It doesn’t matter what you say
But what you do with every day
What kind of pattern’s left behind
What is it that you seek to find ?
How many burdens can you lift
How do you use your earthly gift,
What kind of friendship do you share
What will you do to show you care ?
I hear the whistle on the track
It seems to signal “hurry back”,
So many indications sound
That help us to get all around
A whistle blows, a bell may ring
Birds in the trees, their voices sing
There is a message to be heard
Tis time to treasure every word
Be ready to accept the call
We know that pride precedes a fall
Take care to listen to what’s said
And love your God with heart and head !
Claire V. Bogdanos 