When I was young and but a child
Our hearts ran free in woodlands wild
I’ve watched our days fade fast away
As little children fail to play.
We have another purpose now
To Satan’s wish we all must bow
What’s happened to our future bright,
It vanished silent here last night !
How can we silence all the din
This world we know does wallow in
Those voices raised in angry hate
All chiming in at this late date.
Where were you when the need was most
All empty words and hollow boast
Or shouting threats that we should fear
God’s holocaust will soon be here !
It matters not where you are from
The lower class or high income,
The price has always been the same
A sense of honor, your good name !
Respect for elders, kindly deeds
Concern for others and their needs
The fact that truth is scoring high
Why would another tell a lie ?
If words are all that one has got
What else is there if one is not ?
Tis sad to note that common man
Has more to hide than less to plan
God knows us all and what we do
No secrets here, not me, not you!
There was a man upon the road
Who seemed weighed down by heavy load
With spirits low, his shoulders sagged
And as he walked, his feet they dragged.
Another cause, another place
Perhaps another futile race
Tis sad believing all is lost
His faith and honor are the cost.
Oh Lord above, how can this be
The innocents now deemed guilty
Justice is lost, our nation cries
And all are left with compromise !
As this old year draws slowly to its close
Unlike the phoenix which from ashes rose
May pass without a hint of shadow kind
To leave its taste of bitterness behind !
Oh how I wish I could return to when
I was that innocent young thing again
A time of dreaming and a time of trust
When truth was important and faith a must.
Each path we took had a positive end
We knew the value of a longtime friend
Our nature bade us to follow the rules
Not to venture along the path of fools
That time’s now long gone and all that is left
Are shattered dreams and regrettable theft !
There was a time quite long ago
When our true colors we did show
And saved this world from tryanny
We helped to set the enslaved free.
Now red was for the blood we shed
So children could sleep safe abed
The blue for truth and honesty
Did aid the weak fight anarchy.
And white for those that died to save
God’s people to escape the grave
How sad that we are forced once more
To fight another ghastly war !
The pitter-patter of the rain
Now dancing on my windowpane
Reminds me of that long ago
Forgotten game of tell and show.
Oh what great fun we all had then
I do not think that I was ten
We lived our lives from day to day
Simplicity that was our way.
Depression had not loosed its grip
Our world much like a sinking ship
The war had not yet reached our shore
Though it was gnawing at the door.
And when it came none was prepared
For most believed it wasn’t there
Like all our games of show and tell
In truth it all went straight to hell !
Somehow it seems along the way
I can’t say why we’ve gone astray
We’ve wandered far off of the road
And took on this excessive load
Who was it knew what this might be
A final act of heresy ?
Some were good men we know by name
Who tried to save us from this game
As others rushed headlong into
Lack of concern for what was true
They’ve lied and cheated on us all
And bear the blame for freedom’s fall !
One fact I’ve learned
Respect is earned
The truth is just
And builds our trust
Deceit is cruel
And breaks the rule
A lie is worse
And brings a curse.
Our country’s heart is in a vise
This should not come as great surprise
I’m sad we are a nation lost
With no truth to compute the cost.
The principles that we once had
Have lost their way and turned to bad
The wolves have clad themselves like sheep
While foxes now the henhouse keep !
When Moses prayed upon the Mount
The people fled, their gold to count
They sinned and all their idols cast
But God knew best, they came in last !
When will these endless wars be done
So man may freely greet the sun
And close his eyes in peace each night
Assured he’ll wake to morning light ?
The simple truth is we can’t wait
The time grows short the hour late
And anger that bursts into flame
Claiming to be in God’s own name
Is truly Satan’s fight to live
Beyond the scope God will forgive !
The time is near, it soon will die
What can we do to speed goodbye ?
Where in the darkness hides the light,
Where in the battle was the fight,
Where in the world can men be free,
Where in the future will we be ?
Questions asked with no answer found
This simple task turns round and round !
The speech of fools does foul the air
They cannot know, they do not care,
There is no lesson they have learned
There is no honor they have earned !
The snake has left its skin behind
In hope that those who watch are blind
To cuckold all before their eyes
And speed their cultures quick demise
All values lost the powers lag
Who will defend the heroes flag ?
I miss the dream that slipped away
It fluttered by and did not stay
I’ve missed it all these many years
And always will recall the tears.
This dream of ours that was so sweet
Left me alone here incomplete
My heart was lost and insecure
Too sad to say there’s been no cure.
My love was strong my heart was true
I hoped somehow yours could be too !
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Claire V. Bogdanos 