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 ” !
I’m so sad that the summer’s done
It’s leaves are falling one by one
The wind moves slowly in the breeze
While sailing quiet through the trees.
There is a crispness in the air
Relief from heat we’ve had to bear
Too soon the winter will appear
To fill the balance of the year.
Then when the dawn does shine its light
That emanates from brilliant white
Reflected there in swirling snow
You’ll see the season’s icy show !
Often our dreams get whisked away
Ere each one has a word to say
Too many wishes we have seen
That fall into the cracks between,
The saga of a life close to
Its pending end and what to do
We’ll find a spot to set aside
For this our last and final ride.
Our dreams and wishes are just that
A chance to wear another hat
But if you choose to praises sing,
Get set to catch the big brass ring !
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 !
I’ve trod the road uncounted miles
And shed more than a million tears
While time evoked a thousand smiles
As life revealed a hundred fears.
I cannot know the why of it
From each angle life has displayed
I only know I hope to fit
Before all of my cards are played !
I was a girl not long ago
Life whizzes by before you know
Today I’ve found I’m getting old
And really suffer from the cold !
My sight’s okay, bit fuzzy now
I see myself as the last bough
And at this stage I truly need
A hint of love, a little heed !
How quickly do the days fly by
Sometimes there is a need to cry,
Or pause the clock to take a break
There’s just too much of life at stake !
Seems truth keeps getting in the way
Of all the wisdom known today
I can’t accept just how things are
World ignorance has gone too far.
If this is all our lives shall be
I’ll opt for lack of parity
And pray that God who’s Judge of all
Comes to our aid before we fall !
Once long ago I knew a life
Which proffered me all that it could
As daughter, mother and a wife
In happiness with aspects good
Seems it appears after all that
I find myself left derelict
And wearing an indifferent hat
My days no longer kept that strict !
A little care, a little love
What is it we are dreaming of
A little hope tinged with a smile
Will carry us for quite awhile.
The way is long, the road is steep
We have a rendez-vous to keep
There are those jobs that we must do
With obstacles we need get through.
To aid the lost their strength to find
The weary to seek peace of mind
And help the indigent ensure
A future with their lives secure !
The city lights grow dimmer now
They’re hidden by the fog somehow
The mist moves softly through the trees
And cloaks the rustle of the leaves.
I hear a moan that comes and goes
I feel a chill rush to my toes
Too soon the winter will be here
With vestiges of vision drear.
If all the frost and snow arrive
How shall we then keep warmth alive,
We’ll bundle up in winter’s best
Hats, gloves and scarves with padded vest.
Do not lose heart no matter what
We’ll give it all that we have got
The seasons seem to march on by
The years grow wings and lives do fly !
The air is sweet with salted breath
It rises from the ocean’s depth
The summer storms have blown away
And left us this vacation day
The wind has slipt among the trees
Suggesting life is well at ease.
Some days are perfect, some are not
Some days remembered, some forgot
I hope one day to chance recall
That moment summer morphed to fall !
The world’s no longer black and white
Its color code is sheer delight
Ranging from dark to brightest light
With every tint from day to night !
There may be some eight billion souls
Whose values differ from their goals
While many playing other roles
Find life demanding greater tolls !
I’ve lived my life, its time has come
Some times were bad, some others fun
I’ve lived in shadows and in sun
The good, the bad, done and undone.
And now tis time to make amends
To heal the fences, speak with friends
We tarry on this road that bends
Until too soon our journey ends !
I love my life, the long and short
When I was young my heart was caught
Into a web fate spun for me
Out of the things I’d hoped to be.
The filament was light but strong
My wish was that I would belong
But sometimes dreams are overdue
And wishes cannot all come true,
Life teaches us accept the ploy
Learn to relax and then enjoy !
I hear the groans from the street below
As awnings crank, tires screech and go
The blare of morning is all around
And crams the air with its frantic sound.
Oh how I miss the silence and peace
That once I knew on a distant beach
But like the mouse in the country bred
I thought I’d try the city instead.
Oh silly goose, what did you not find
You left the calm of your life behind !
The wings of war do sally round
While glory’s moment does astound
No one can know what heroes feel
Until they’ve tasted cold hard steel.
The battle doesn’t mean a thing
Unless you’ve felt the bullet’s sting
The weariness of fighting grows
It numbs the fingers and the toes.
The heart turns faint so full of fear
The end of life and time draws near !
As a small child I stared in awe
At all the beauty that I saw
As each morn spread her fairy wings
Enchanting all with magic things.
Sunrise bled melting rainbows high
Wild colored spectrums in the sky
I’d spot the pictures in the cloud
Some here and there I’d name aloud.
When I was young and in my teens
I’d spied about a thousand scenes
The world was in an awful way
I knew because the skies turned gray.
Sometimes the clouds came rushing past
Above my head with visions vast
Then as the day approached its close
Sunsets glowed purples, plums and rose.
The brilliance faded all away
As night moved in to end the day
I’ve wondered where the color went
When after all the days were spent.
I miss the beauty that we had
It disappeared and left me sad
Today the sky is dull and bleak
And there’s an answer that I seek
Some lesson here that can be taught
Do skies reflect Gods precious thought ?
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Claire V. Bogdanos 