A little bird there on the wing
His pretty song did choose to sing
The notes did travel on the air
To lend the hour a special flair,
Oh how I wish that I could be
So like that bird, joyous and free !
REAMS AND REAMS ( 2019 ) 2019/09/18
Days come and go, life is that way
We live in hope, then fade away
The days are long but time is short
While in life’s web, we are all caught.
The chances are we’re not done yet
There is much more that we can get
Let’s fill our hearts, fulfill our dreams
And love our God just reams and reams !
ONE BIG BLAST ( 2019 ) 2019/09/17
Though I am old, I can recall
Those golden days when I was small
When I was but a growing tyke
With stuff I liked or did not like.
I was not tall nor ego prone
Far long ere my ideas were sown
I liked to play quite by myself
With my stuffed friends upon the shelf.
Most lives were so much simpler then
We wrote with ink and nib and pen
There were few ways we got about
While horse and wagon still stand out.
We learned to treasure moments past
Dear God, those years were one big blast !
ONE PROMISE ( 2019 ) 2019/09/16
Oh dearest Lord, what shall I do
My stay on earth too soon is through
I leave my love and heart behind
For family and friends to find.
But if I’m gone and no one’s there
Who will be left to truly care,
I pray that you remember me
With kindness and simplicity.
My closing thought regarding this
To seal my word with one last kiss
I charge you now for all times sake
This is a promise I shan’t break !
QUIET PEACE ( 2019 ) 2019/09/15
The air is damp and holds a chill
The wind is wet and oh so still
There is no sound that can be heard
No peep or chirp from any bird.
Tis like a prelude to a storm
Wherein the clouds have yet to form
Help me, oh Lord, to find release
To spend my days in quiet peace !
AMEN.
ABOVE THE CLOUD ( 2019 ) 2019/09/14
From my perch here above the crowd
I see the sun behind the cloud
The light it filters through the blind
To focus on my troubled mind
And brings to me a message of
The peace of God’s eternal love.
I feel the warmth of love and care
It fills my heart, it’s everywhere
Oh what a joy each day does bring
True love that from our God does spring !
FREE LANDSLIDE ( 2019 ) 2019/09/13
Corruption bides a care away
Assailing all, day after day
With evil lurking everywhere
Around the corner, up the stair.
The malice and the discontent
Behind each issue and event
Spurred on by those who envy all
And wage no other lifetime call.
Tis sad to think so many more
Are rushing through our broken door
And bringing nought to help our side
Each seeking but a free landslide !
WHO MADE THE RULES ? ( 2019 ) 2019/09/12
There is a chance that you and I
One day will have to bid goodbye
But who knows when or wonders why
Who made the rules that do apply ?
GOD’S JUDGEMENT DAY ( 2019 ) 2019/09/11
How often is it that we think
This world of ours is on the brink ?
What e’er occurs within our sight
No matter if it’s left or right
Should savour all despite the fear
God’s Judgement Day moves ever near !
STILL MISSING YOU ( 2019 ) 2019/09/10
My dearest friend I’m missing you
With all my heart when I am blue
We were great friends through all the years
Times were we laughed or cried real tears.
Some days were good and some were bad
We beat the odds though life was sad
I truly wish you were still here
For one last time to bend your ear !
MISS YOU.
IMPOSSIBLE ( 2019 ) 2019/09/09
My morning thoughts are crystal clear
They help discern why I am here
How shall I know the path to take
To live my life void of mistake !
FINAL REST ( 2019 ) 2019/09/08
When first I held you in my arms
My sweetest child so full of charm
You stole my heart and my soul too
Like no one person e’er could do
I never thought that life would be
Full of this joy you’ve brought to me.
In all the years you did not fail
Or steal the wind out of my sail
We’ve weathered every sort of storm
And kept our lives about the norm
Tis tragic that you couldn’t stay
Wherein at last my heart will lay !
BLINKING LIGHTS ( 2019 ) 2019/09/07
I watch the stars fade in and out
So patiently, night after night
And wonder why they’re so devout
And why they shine so clear and bright.
Sometimes I fear that cannot last
For even stars fall out of sight
Oh, what an image they have cast
With their eternal blinking light !
NO GUARANTEES ( 2019 ) 2019/09/06
There are no guarantees in life
For mother, child, husband or wife,
We all have travelled on life’s road
Unburdened or with heavy load
There is no crowd to cheer us on
No magic words to lean upon
No tragic curse that we’re aware
Or law that says what must be fair.
We understand that on each path
There can be times of doubt or wrath
Yet often seems so very sweet
When hope and joy with love compete
I do not know the why of it
And pray most times that we shall fit !
WHAT CAN I DO ( 2019 ) 2019/09/05
What is it I can do for you
Encouraging each wish comes true,
Seeking for you a safer place
Increase the smile upon your face ?
How may I ease your weary day
Help chase your fearful cares away
Decrease the lonely burden of
A life’s existence without love ?
Is there some joy that I may gift
Ensuring you that spirit’s lift
And promise that I shall try hard
To be there as you search for God !
SUMMER SKIES ( 2019 ) 2019/09/04
Today we rose to sunny skies
While not expecting some surprise
The winds that blew seemed well behaved
Tree limbs and branches all were saved.
Soon autumn will reach our front door
And summer breeze will blow no more
Before too long the year shall pass
Like shadows in the looking glass
Oh Lord, give all the pow’r to rise
Once more to sight sweet summer skies !
THIS JOURNEY’S DONE ( 2019) 2019/09/03
Sometimes I want to yell and scream
To exit from this madd’ning scene
The world I love is gone from here
It shall not ever reappear.
Instead all that I’ve valued so
Packed up its bags and had to go
Tis sad the time has gone
No reason left to carry on.
Small matter what we say or do
Our stay on earth is overdue
Let’s count our blessings one by one
And thank the Lord this journey’s done !
EVERY TURN ( 2019 ) 2019/09/02
Shimmering stars are seen at night
Displaying all their brilliant light
Creating highways in the sky
On which explorers do rely.
I wish that we on earth could know
The magic that God’s sky does show
Of life as is and how we learn
To choose our path at every turn !
WE MUST BELIEVE ( 2019 ) 2019/09/01
We must believe that nature’s force
Will have its way and run its course
For we are victims of each storm
But who knows where or in what form ?
I’d like to think the world is round
With changing seasons that abound
Midst mountains that are peaked in snow
And hills that meet with fields below
With every type of plant and leaf
To pique our brain and find relief.
There is one God, He is Supreme
And is the answer to each scheme
No matter what our nature brings
God’s the reason our earth still sings !
NO GREATER COST ( 2019 ) 2019/08/31
I see the patterns on the wall
Of where the rays of sun do fall
Tis only with a mild constraint
One thinks about the fading paint
But rather all the joy we find
When sunlight flickers through the mind
And raises spirits sometimes lost
To heights without a greater cost !
STRONG OF HEART ( 2019 ) 2019/08/30
My dearest boy what can I say
Just how I miss you every day
Your happy laugh, your smiling face
Uneven jog and rapid pace.
Your energy and constant chat
A lot of this, a bit of that,
In all those years I never knew
A single thing you could not do.
Your interest in those about
Made you a student most devout
I never saw you fall apart
So sure of mind and strong of heart !
MY LEGACY ( 2019 ) 2019/08/29
To those I’ve known and loved before
Whose memories my heart has stored
Here in the reaches of my mind
Midst joy and feeings ever kind,
Remember that I’ll miss you all
And pray the Lord is at your call
While angels spread their wings above
And bathe you in God’s constant love !
SEEKING DREAMS ( 2019 ) 2019/08/28
How grand is it to seek one’s dream
Far better than it mayhaps seem
For dreams are wishes not yet true
Without a boost from me or you.
Tis quite okay to ponder why
Some dreams may fade and often die
Perhaps that strength required to win
Needs faith in God to help begin !
THE WORD ( 2019 ) 2019/08/27
How simple all our lives might be
If wrapped in God’s security
So we could make the truth our goal
And bury lies in some vast hole.
T’would save us all from Satan’s reach
And to the world a lesson teach
That all may know of God’s intent
And to our lives danger prevent !
GUARD OUR DAYS ( 2019 ) 2019/08/26
There is a shadow that we fear
Its size increasing year by year
It towers o’er our greatest aim
And poses threats to God’s good name,
The world appears to welcome all
Who answer to old Satan’s call
While sadly, they may do his will
Until their lives at last are still.
Oh Lord above, please bring us peace
From evil’s grip grant us release,
Help us accept Your quiet ways
Increase our love and guard our days !
LOOK UP, LOOK UP ( 2019 ) 2019/08/25
The sky is full of bits of cloud
With some that fairly shout aloud
They gather with each wind that blows
In shapes both recognized or posed.
So like an army on the move
That does its best to heav’n improve
And paints us pictures way up high
To keep us focused on God’s sky !
STAND UP AND LEAD ( 2019 ) 2019/08/24
The years have been passing, one by one
Since this world we live in has begun
Now that’s a longtime by anyone’s gauge
Getting us all to setup the stage.
So now here we are ready to go
Grasping our dreams and hoping to grow,
Give us a boost and help us succeed
Grant us the strength to standup and lead !
A HURRICANE ( 2019 ) 2019/08/23
There is a noise I hear so clear
Of chaos ringing on my ear
Machinelike thumping banging round
External scraping on the ground,
The buzz of saws and screeching tires
A twisted mass of falling wires,
Oh what a sight this morn has brought
As city streets in storm are caught !
Claire V. Bogdanos 