The wheels of time turn slowly round
Wherein the scale of life is found
The hours are counted one by one
Until each lonely day has done.
We’ll dream our dreams and pray that we
Accept the rule, freedom’s not free
Oftimes the cost goes far beyond
A price of which we are not fond.
Since discipline is what it takes
And safety is the rule it breaks
We’ll try again to make it clear
The only thing to fear is fear !
How can it be, the path is clear
Why should some acts instill deep fear
What crisis now hinders our ways
And complicates too many days ?
Where is the peace that we all seek
To get one through each coming week
Have we methods to gain redress
Why can’t we live without distress ?
It simply seems to query why
We must suffer ere we should die
For life was never meant to be
A paradise where none are free !
Daily I glimpse myself as I slip past
My shadow in some forlorn looking glass
Who is that creature smiling back at me
Without those worried cares that used to be ?
Our lives have changed and time keeps moving on
To end up in a place called ” once upon ”
We all must learn to live and laugh and cry
Before it is our turn to say ” goodbye ” !
The words appear, they fade away
Or pause to dare another day
They fill the air and dissipate
Some came early and could not wait .
A world of waste and moments lost
This old age which disaster costs
Then ring the bell and make great noise
Pretend to gain some senile poise.
Reach out , reach out , what fear have we
Too late to change each destiny !
So many words spring from the pain
That is attacking me again,
Oh, how I wish one day to be
From all of this forever free !
Oh little lamb so pure and sweet
You lay there at your Saviour’s feet
How long before your time has come
Your destiny will be undone ?
We each one have to make our way
Learn to accept it day by day
And pray that all we touch in life
Will help to heal this world in strife.
Move on, move on, without a pause
We carry on, it is the cause !
Life dishes out a lot of stuff
Before too long we’ve had enough
The tides of time, sometimes too strong
Will somehow carry us along
To events we have never seen
Or places we have never been
I believe all peace doth linger
At the behest of God’s finger !
I’ve traveled halfway cross this world
To seek the peace eluding me
With hopes and dreams that had been hurled
Against the tides reminding me
That love is not a piece of cake
Where all that matters is the taste
There’s so much more that is at stake
And no more time that’s left to waste !
As one reflects on former days
When life seemed grand with love ablaze
To ponder all the many schemes
That filled our lives and were our dreams.
How sad that most did fade away,
Forgotten plans of yesterday,
Yet left some here still dreaming on
That long lost isle of Avalon.
While tales were told to bring us hope
And teach us how to learn to cope
Since most of life’s inequities
Are issues that we must appease !
This heart of mine cannot erase
The image of that gentle face
I’d noticed oft how kind you were
To passerby or some stranger.
The paths we trod as each grew old
Echo our values wise and bold
The Lord above shall judge us all
And we must answer to His call !
Do you know why I’m missing you
From early morn till nightfall too
I cannot bear you are not here
Please bundle up, get back in gear.
The sky is falling, have you heard
My heart hangs onto every word
Tis true, I shan’t see you again
But no regrets, remember when !
TO FRIENDS AND LOVED ONES DEPARTED FROM MY LIFE
Can you remember what it’s like
To spread your wings and feel grown up
When I was but a tiny tyke
I learned to sip the grownup cup
And now I’m old I can’t excuse
The habits I’ve acquired since then
I wish somehow I could refuse
And to be young once more again.
Oh blessed Lord so much to see
In this new world of let’s pretend
We’ll try our best to gracious be
And hold on tight before the end !
Our lives are full of sadness and things that have gone astray
For who can face the madness and the pain of yesterday
Oh Lord, we do miss the dreams that have come and gone away
But who can bear this agony we live with day by day ?
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 !
I used to think that I was strong
And knew therewith where I belonged
How sad to learn fate flew away
Ne’er to return e’er aft that day.
So long ago, that distant past
How foolish to believe t’would last
For dreams will keep us warm at night
But vanish with the morning light !
Each day I rise with great surprise
To find the world before my eyes
I thank the Lord that I’m alive
And query how I still survive !
I’ve lived this life a long, long time
Indeed it’s been a tedious climb
At times I’ve thought I can’t go on
But rules are what life’s based upon !
Forgive me Lord for doubting You
What e’er You’ve taught, it is all true
I’ll carry on, I promise this
And know that life is not all bliss !
Oh what a joy if I could be
Freed from my disability
To stand and walk upon my own
A dream to me till now unknown
How long, dear Lord, shall I exist
Amidst this pain that does persist ?
I grow so tired of being strong
And for some peace I ever long
I am content and know my place
Expecting soon one last embrace
Forgive me Lord, tis true You’ll see
What e’er will be, it’s fine with me !
Now I have lived so many years
Years filled with hope and thick with tears
Times when I thought that I was done
And others that were full of fun.
I’ve known the wars and tragedy
And lost those who were dear to me
I left my heart on foreign shore
For those that I shall see no more.
Sometimes I’ve wondered how I could
Because my heart’s not made of wood
My thanks to God, I’ve come this far
I’m battle weary but unscarred.
I sense that I’ve withstood the test
And hope I’ve given all my best
The end for sure draws ever near
I face my God but not with fear !
AMEN.
I thank You Lord, for all my dreams
And all my silly hare-brained schemes,
For all the joy that I have known
In spite of all life’s sadness shown.
Like those whose paths have crossed with mine
Adding to that, past valentines,
A birthday message gone astray
Or those I’ve loved who went away,
Remember Lord that I’m still here
My day of reckoning grows near !
AMEN.
Too soon the journey ends my friend
And leaves us much that can’t unbend
To make way for His finest blend
Of all the bliss God’s pleased to send !
Sometimes I waken in the night
To find there’s no one else in sight
And I am torn to ponder why
The bright lit stars desert the sky
Or why the valleys lose their glow
When meteors do fail to show !
Instead we face a blackened sky
Unveiled before our darkened eye
To note the lonliness we feel
And pray that it is most unreal ?
Oh Lamb of God, what shall I do
With open heart, I come to You
The hour is late, the night is old
My pains increase as time grows cold.
I long for sleep, the morning nears
I need Your help to stem my tears
And wonder if my faith will last
Despite this spate of winter’s blast ?
I beg You God to bide with me
Through thick and thin, eternally
I pledge my word for those who care
That with Your love we learn to share !
How my heart yearns for the days of yore
Before life’s heartbreak slipt through the door
And left behind an unholy mess
That I deal with now without redress
I have learned to accept God’s decree
In its unbending finality !
Like all the dreams you’ve ever dreamed
And all the plans you ever planned
Like the currents in the river
And all the ridges in the sand
One whisk of mighty ocean wave
That does quite often go astray
Maybe a mighty blast of wind
Stalls, waiting to come out and play
Like all the fishes in the sea
And all the birds that fly up high
The simple clasping of a hand
Accepts it’s time to say goodbye !
There is a knocking on the gate
Is this the Someone I await
I keep expecting Him to call
The time has flown, tis after fall !
The leaves are gone, impatient they
It seems they too have missed the day
Perhaps another took my place
It’s not such youth I shall embrace.
Oh tell me Sir, why am I here
Unlike the young, I have no fear
But You and I have much to share
Because I know You really care !
Perhaps it will be best if we don’t see
The shadow of a life that used to be
For all concerned it might be better still
Bid welcome to God, accepting His will.
The time is short as all lives do run out
Some with a whisper and others a shout
Now whom of we, when the curtain is down
Will greet the Lord with our face in a frown ?
I never thought that I would be
A victim of hypocrisy
But day by day in every way
I see the role I’m meant to play.
Truth is I can’t remember when
We’ll have the chance to speak again
Though I shall wish you all the best
While begging God, control the rest !
Time moves on more slowly now
As every minute counts somehow
We savor all as hours pass
Because we know these are the last.
There is no choice we can make
To hope to end or stop the ache
What is to be, ’twill be so
But until then tis status quo !
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Claire V. Bogdanos 