The days go by they’re all the same
Though calendars do change their name
It’s like a dream one can’t forget
But seems it’s had no ending yet
This simple wish that knows no past
Too soon becomes its very last !
GOD IS MY HELP ( 2015 ) 2015/01/06
Most times I can disguise the pain
But there are days I truly fail
My efforts are too much a strain
And strength can be of small avail !
To help myself I keep in stride
I’m busy with a batch of things
My many hours are occupied
In silliness and smatterings !
Sometimes I find the pain subsides
When e’er I get my faith involved
God’s peace and calm with me abides
And by His grace my pain’s dissolved !
PATIENCE ( 2015 ) 2015/01/05
It doesn’t matter what I say
Sometimes my breath gets blown away
It doesn’t matter what I think
Sometimes I feel I’m on the brink !
It’s really hard to stay on track
Sometimes I want my body back
I am so tired of life on strike
Although I’ve learned to push the “Like”.
As I observe my patience grow
So many things I did not know
Get clearer still for me to see
There’s so much more that’s yet to be !
MY RAGGEDY ANN ( 2015 ) 2015/01/04
There’s a ragdoll sits in my chair
Black button eyes and red yarn hair
She’s been with me so many years
Through happy days and lots of tears.
She sits there like a regal queen
Commanding my whole bedroom scene
She is quite old but in good shape
Poor thing, this is her one landscape !
Her eyes came from old button shoes
A pair my mother once had used
When she was just a child like me
And dreaming of her life to be.
If Marcella were only here
To see the joy and happy cheer
Her Annie brings into each room
Chasing away the children’s gloom.
I know that it would make her proud
That her dad’s gift still woos the crowd
Though it’s one hundred years ago
Raggedy Ann still steals the show !
OUR CHOICE ( 2015 )
I looked for love I searched in vain
I thought that I had missed that train
So long ago I cannot say
I can’t recall upon which day !
There is no reason I can give
Or cite one person to forgive
Why it just happens who can know
For some to stay while others go.
The wheel spins round and round, you see
And stops where it is meant to be
Tis true to note we need control
It is our choice, our aim, our goal !
THE LONG JOURNEY ( 2015 ) 2015/01/03
There is no way I’ll ever see
The budding days of infancy
Or travel in the path of ways
That haunted all my childhood days.
My youth was spiced with sacrifice
The age was cruel, not often nice
Its road was long I met defeat
But managed to land on my feet !
Alone that journey was too hard
That’s when I turned my face to God
He held my hand all through the years
He owns my life both smiles and tears,
I’ve no regrets left to remain
If I don’t pass this way again !
COURAGE AND HONOR ( 2015 ) ( in honor of ) 2015/01/02
We’ve lost a man who knew the way
To help the public every day
So smart and kind and honest too
A man of honor tried and true.
He had the courage to speak out
Without the need to rant and shout
He was well loved with great esteem
Perhaps he’s gone to join God’s team !
LEARN TO FLY ( 2015 )
A welcome voice the new year brings
As earth and sky and heaven sings
And promises each one more try
To test our wings and learn to fly
Keep heart and mind and faith in sight
So you may join angels in flight !
Remember what it’s all about
Proceed to live without a doubt
Our God is there forever true
Trust that He does look after you !
NEW START ( 2014 ) 2015/01/01
I think we’ve had a damaged start
And wish so hard with all my heart
That time may heal all of the pain
Let’s start anew and try again !
THE AMEN ( 2014 )
Anon bells in the tower will ring
While clear and loud the voices sing
The words so true the aim so high
They lead the chorus in the sky
And sing of things they hope will be
In soon to come eternity !
THE VIGORISH ( 2014 ) 2014/12/31
There is a God He sees it all
How many truly heed his call
We know this God He hears quite well
But oh, the stories He could tell !
For those which think we hidden are
Will glow as brightly as a star
There is no secret left undone
Our God is privy to each one !
Great fools we are to think we’re free
There is no deed He does not see
The price we’ll pay with vig will grow
Depending on the love we show !
IMAGINATION ( 2014) 2014/12/30
I wish I were a lily pond
With fronds so large frogs sun upon
Where bees that buzz and zap about
Do forage there to find a spout
Of honey dip where they may sup
Like queens who nip from golden cup.
Or fragile birds who’ll take a sip
And clean themselves or have a dip
Like magic faun who deign to hide
From human eye by waterside,
Oh such sweet paradise is there
Let’s all rejoice and choose to share !
FORBEARANCE ( 2014 ) 2014/12/29
If we could see into the past
Oh what deeds we’d discard fast
Words we wished were never spoken
Promises that we have broken.
Oh what challenge this world now shows
And watch just how our wisdom grows
With all the courage we can save
To keep us smart and safe and brave.
But we this gift not yet received
While in our lives too much deceived
We know at last it is too late
We’re not the owners of our fate !
THE ARCHITECT ( 2014 ) 2014/12/28
Among those many tales I tell
The ones I love and do most well
Are those that are of all God’s works
To show us genius and its perks.
There is no beauty here on earth
That does not owe Him for its birth
His mind has wrought each fragile bit
He made the plan and pieces fit !
I will not tire of God’s true bliss
With Him it’s never hit or miss
He’ll always win and lead the way
Believe, this world is here to stay!
THE RISK ( 2014 ) 2014/12/27
Where’er I look what e’er I see
Are signs of God’s supremacy,
There is no way escaping this
His sacred and eternal bliss.
This gift is ours it waits for us
The joy is there, it’s lifetime plus
To all my friends and those I know
It’s worth the risk as time will show !
HEAVEN’S DOOR ( 2014 ) 2014/12/26
I still remember Christmas Day
That little church seems far away
I miss the sound of choir sing
Sweet children’s voices caroling.
Pleasant whispers from the vestry
The kindly way things used to be
Just a piece of celestial air
Around the bend and up the stair,
One short step that’s not too much more
We are outside of Heaven’s door !
FOREVER TRUE ( 2014) 2014/12/25
The beauty of
Our Christmas love
Comes from its length
And brings us strength.
Two thousand years
To quell our fears
And help us heal
The loss we feel.
Oh blessed Lord
We’re in accord
We’ll stand with you
Forever true !
TO SING HIS PRAISE ( 2014 )
The story’s old we know it well
It never grows too old to tell
For those who heard it new today
Its wonder will not fade away
But grows and grows within the heart
To soon become a vital part
Of how we live and what we think
Since this old world stands on the brink
The time is now to make the choice
Take courage here to raise your voice
And sing the praise we need to hear
As our dear Lord must soon appear !
KING OF ALL ( 2014 ) 2014/12/24
There is a glory I’ve been told
That shares a story ever old
And rises from the depths below
To bring us pride and honor show.
Where is the one inspiring us
To deeds and words so glorious
Who gives us strength to carry on
Providing rules to lean upon ?
He is our Lord both kind and true
He’s King of all, both me and you!
AT LAST ( 2014 ) 2014/12/23
The winds of change wax strong and bold
The will of man grows harsh and cold
The time seems near and will soon come
These challenges our senses numb !
Where shall we go, where will we hide
When all the darkness moves inside
I’d rather not be present then
Observing this downfall of men !
Whoever thought we’d see the day
When all our strengths were whisked away
This time of doom has been foretold
By men of wisdom ages old
We questioned their sagacity
Shall we sit by to wait and see ?
ANGELSONG ( 2014 ) 2014/12/22
The angels who abide above
Our guardians of peace and love
Wise messengers who keep the watch
They check the list and make a notch.
They are the voices in our ear
And thoughts that wing us happy cheer
I do not think they’re all the same
Who knows if each one has a name.
Do angels come in girl and boy
I’d like to learn what they enjoy
The angels sing they save the day
I pray they never go away !
THE SANTA CAUSE ( 2014 ) 2014/12/21
The children laugh, they run and play
For soon it will be Christmas Day
A holiday for one and all
Our Santa seems to heed the call !
I think his image tries to be
A joy to all of those who see
Race and religion play no part
It’s all about a kindly heart
It has to do with sharing things
And happiness that giving brings !
THIS WEB ( 2014 )
Oh gracious Lord, the snowflakes fall
Like camouflage disguising all
The ugliness that war has wrought
Within this web in which we’re caught
How wonderful this world would be
If peace should score a victory !
AT MY FRONT DOOR ( 2014 ) 2014/12/20
My memories are haunted by
Some faces seen with my mind’s eye
These persons from the distant past
True images that ever last
They’re so clear now I want to touch
I’m sad because I’ve missed them much !
How can it be aft all these years
That my heart’s full of unshed tears
What I would give for just once more
Their oldtime step at my front door !
WORLD WITHOUT END ( 2014 ) 2014/12/19
I love you Lord you are my soul
To bide with you this is my goal
But if it cannot ever be
It will be quite alright with me
I’ve had my turn it’s over now
I pray this world finds peace somehow.
It matters not what we each do
Because the end is up to you
And when those final hours arrive
The calm we sought must then survive !
GOD’S GREAT BEAUTY ( 2014 ) 2014/12/18
I took a walk the other day
The air it smelled so sweet
The wind it blew along the way
It rustled down the street.
I thought that God must truly be
So pleased with what He’s done
Midst mountain peaks with every tree
That grows under the sun.
Each sandy beach with ocean wave
That washes on the shore
Reminds us all how much He gave
How much there is in store !
I KNEW A MAN ( 2014 ) 2014/12/17
There was a child born long ago
In time He grew to be a man
He had great qualities you know
He’d help in any way one can.
He never travelled very far
His life was poor and simple then
He rode a donkey not a car
He healed the sick and preached to men.
He turned the water into wine
And spoke to thousands by the sea
He hoped that they would stand in line
To follow Him and baptized be.
His death was truly quite a sight
The trial before the Sadducees,
When on that hill it turned to night
Fulfilling all the prophecies.
He did not live to be so old
He even spent some time in Hell
And to this day His story’s told
His name is called Immanuel !
ABOUT READING ( 2014 )
There is a world that lives inside
the covers of a book
Where anyone who wants can hide
or peek or sneak a look
For in the world of make-believe
some words can set you free
Where you can stay or take your leave
or learn who you can be !
Now books are truly curious
they teach us many things
Some sad, some glad, some furious
some happiness that sings.
I do believe it would be bad
without a book to read
How could we know if all we’ve had
did fail or did succeed ?
Claire V. Bogdanos 