Dreams are part of each one’s life scheme
For none exists without some dream
The good, the bad, the discontent
Have dreamt those that from God are sent.
The Good Book tells tale after tale
Of those angels that are regaled
The simplest babe while fast asleep
Reacts to dreams the while he sleeps.
No one eludes reality
Of this wide world of mystery
Through which all fears do ever wind,
The place where our doubts are confined !
Oh for the days of what might have been
With memories of remember when,
As the heart recalls the times we knew
When children were as all children do.
Their names are tatooed upon my brain
Like loving words of an old refrain
That tugs on those chains of kindness past,
Of the days long gone that did not last !
When I was young and full of dreams
My heart was bursting at the seams
The world about was bright and smart
And I tried hard to care impart.
The passing years grew wings and flew
I did the best that I could do.
There were some days I shan’t disguise
As tears welled up and filled my eyes.
I searched for love I could not store,
Love that I never knew before
And found it in the Word of God
In chapter, verse, t’was not that hard.
I’ve learned since then, His Truth is all
I’m waiting here upon His call !
My life is strained and hard to bear
Too many stories left to share
A little up, a little down
A happy smile, a tiny frown.
Some days are great and others sad
As life is full of good and bad
Tears are there in the midst of bliss
Where everything ends with a kiss !
Once was a man that I had known
When I was young and not full grown
Long time ago and far away
Another life, another way.
He was a man of honest pride
Direct and sweet, sincere inside
I miss him still and ever will
He holds that place none else can fill.
And if I live one hundred years
Or have to face one thousand fears
There is no one I’ll ever meet
Who shall my father’s love unseat !
The air is sharp, cuts to the bone
Why should each face their life alone
Because we’re made in pairs to start
Including body, mind and heart.
T’was God Himself who made that choice
So Adam’s rib would have a voice
And be his partner and his wife
To share with him for his whole life !
Without a word, where would we be
If this world found it’s harmony,
Ten thousand years seems time enough
To figure out the going’s rough.
I’ll never understand the why
The choice is not to live or die,
But can we hope or chance to dream
That life holds more than what we’ve seen !
This heart of mine has grown so old
As weather now turns wet and cold
The spring is just too far away
To ease the tensions of the day.
Perhaps this winter will prove kind
And happiness we each shall find
Together with the peace and calm
We garner from His Word and Psalms !
Tis the season of fall harvest
The conclusion of this past year
When all intentions do suggest
It’s time good things now do appear.
Avoid the chill and evening cold
And keep the thermos near the fire
Use scarf and gloves as we’ve been told
Thus staying warm as needs require.
The winter comes as winter goes
Mid slush and frost and icy roads
The ice may drip o’er face and nose
Aft snow surrounds us by the loads !
My heart cries out for all the pain
That visits man again, again
And where’s the peace we’re waiting for
Seems only stress walks through the door.
How much longer must this world wait
For all its chaos to abate,
What happens to the good that’s done
As years fly by, one after one,
Revering God, His perfect Word
The love and wisdom all have heard ?
There is this tugging on my heart
How did it ever get its start
A numbness rising from the floor
Into my feet and out the door.
What’s happening, I do not know
I cannot make it stop or go
Please lead me Lord, teach me the way
Help me survive each lonely day.
Where are the tears I need to cry
With each and every sad goodbye
Where are the kisses I have earned
Ere all my bridges have been burned ?
I took the path along the way
Because I knew I would not stray
The trail was long, the road was straight
My caution was I must not wait .
While age and time have much to share
About the ways in which we care
For in the end what e’er we do
Determines what and where and who !
When shades of night begin to fall
And evening hours do softly call
I find that I’m drawn to the sight
Of bright stars that light up the night,
While now and then as one zips past
It leaves a trail that does not last.
The stars are born in distant skies
Beyond the search of human eyes
The best that we can ever do
Is hope our prayers one day come true !
The sun is rising in the sky
To peer o’er roofs of homes nearby
And shine a ray of bright sunlight
To veil the darkness of each night.
The winds of chance are more discreet
As they blow change across the street
And every single breath we breathe
Is one more memory to leave !
In dreams we find life’s small escape
Some dreams are meant to keep us safe
While arms are meant to wrap around
And keep us warm with love unbound.
How wonderful this world would be
Wrapt up in God’s divinity !
My heart so full, tis sure to pop
My brain’s elated, I can’t stop
I view outside, what do I see
This image God has made for me.
There’s such rare beauty to be found
From azure sky with its surround
Like all the joy He’s gifted me
His heaven, earth, His world to see !
Here in the silence of the night
One finds the courage and the might
Of all that’s proffered in His sight
By God whose judgement is the Light !
The cold slips in beneath the door
And shimmies fast across the floor
Leaving behind a lasting chill
As icy fingers often will.
No matter where it is I go
I am no fan of frost or snow
And wish I had a magic wand
To shoo the cold to places yon
What bliss t’would be to bide somewhere
That warmth is free and everywhere !
The sun peeks through the window blinds
As morning light exposure finds
Let’s welcome in this brand new day
Before it too does fly away.
The leaves have gone, the trees are bare
The smell of snow now fills the air
As winter creeps upon its knees
The earth beneath begins to freeze.
Too soon the frost will move on in
While dark of night shall soon begin !
I hear the sound of martial strains
A proud familiar old refrain
One echoing across the plains
That tell my heart believe again.
This nation bound in history
Which fought against cruel infamies
Won claim to fame and victory
That bested oceans and the seas !
HAPPY 244TH !
Oh blessed Lord, please hear my plea
And save a piece of sky for me
A dusky eve or starlit night
Perhaps a rainbow’s sweet delight.
And for your pleasure, I will raise
A song of love and joyous praise
Come join me Lord and hear me pray
That you’ll take me with you to stay !
The earth is round and full of strife
From sea to sea it teems with life
It’s full of valleys, mountains high
Where giant peaks reach for the sky.
Trillions of acres garbed in green
Four hundred billion birds are seen
Where eighty billion souls may be
Before this life will set us free
A world of sound, eclectic light
An image of God’s Own insight !
The Word of God shines bright and clear
Sincerity rings on the ear
And leads us to the proper way
To mend our lives as we do pray.
The lessons learned and manners taught
Are those that have our freedom bought
If we accept this gift He gave
He’s promised all, our souls He’ll save !
Oh, how I pray that I can hide
These tears I shed on the inside
For all God’s children that I see
Who dwell in abject poverty.
They never really had a chance
For all their dreams to be enhanced
Or find a safer path to take
That guarantees a better break.
Our Lord is just and answers prayer
He comprehends we all must share
It’s left to us to learn and teach
The world we love to kindness reach !
The fireplace flickers as the fire glows
It warms the fingertips and the toes
Too soon the winter will settle here
And stay with us till the end of year.
We’ll learn to laugh though it turns quite chill
While there’s no chance it could change our will
For who doesn’t love the old fireside
When winds blow hard and it’s cold outside ?
There is a joy the season brings
That dwells within rememberings
Of times long past and those to come
In this old world so worrisome.
What used to be our yesterdays
Have been recycled to todays
And we’ve recaptured our best chance
To feel again the warm romance.
The world that was, has disappeared
To be forgotten as we feared
Tis sad that time must runaway
To leave but hours to love and pray !
The dark of night moves in with ease
And snuggles till the morning breeze
The angels of the night will fade
And rest until the evening shade.
The dawn arrives to welcome day
The world’s alive and kneels to pray
God bless us all and make us whole
Improve our times and save our soul !
All creatures lives are full of fear
As they survive from year to year
Some lifetimes that they share are cruel
Still their love sparkles like a jewel.
While all the legacy we leave
Are what we’ve said or do believe
The animals can’t speak their mind
But truer love this world won’t find.
How sad that few may chance endure
To cruelty there is no cure
Beg God protect each simple beast
From giant-sized down to the least !
Claire V. Bogdanos 