Lord help us to remember this
That life is not a hit or miss
Its purpose has been clearly known
And pathways have been rightly shown.
The way ahead may seem obscure
We need to know that road’s secure
Before we take our dreams to task
And of our God all favors ask !
Out of the quiet of the hour
Tis now the time for peace to flower
When angels rest the air turns still
So hope may shine upon yon hill
Thus power rests in present thought
Of all the lessons life has taught.
We need replace man’s lack of love
With kindness shared from God above,
Take heart and dream what life’s about
And learn to live with faith devout !
Now I have dreamt a dream or two
And spent a lifetime loving you
I’ve prayed and hoped we two would be
Together through eternity !
I see the clouds caught in the trees
They all seem frozen in the breeze
Oh how I wish that I could try
To touch their fluff while passing by
But heaven is so far away
Is it a space where angels play ?
I guess that I will never know
If it’s a place I’d like to go
There is so much right here to see
It might just take eternity
Appears I have more time, it seems
To gather up forgotten dreams !
Nightshades have fallen, all is dark
Tree limbs above are bare and stark
There is this silence that abounds
As nature softens all her sounds.
Yet I can see stars in the sky
That clouds keep hiding from the eye
Oh how I wish that I could be
Some wise old owl perched in a tree
Who comprehends that hopes unwind
To help us each our dream to find !
We do not know through all these years
A time so full of angst and fears
Is this the war from days of old
That ages have this story told
The one the prophets have declared
For which we now must be prepared.
Whomever dreamt that we would be
Faced by this great calamity,
May God have mercy on our souls
Help us secure our end time goals !
When I was sweet sixteen, long time ago
The world was all mine to worship and grow
I promised me that I’d try hard to be
The bestest girl that anyone could see.
I’d make my mark with the greatest of ease
Doing whatever it would take to please
Now life has come and gone with fewer dreams
Leaving me falling apart at the seams.
I’m sure that the Lord will always be there
To buck up my shoulders, teach me to care
While I’ve discovered after beaucoup years
To make peace with myself, dry up my tears
Cause it’s not the results that count at all
It’s whether you rise up after each fall !
Throughout my youth and ageing years
I’ve known the company of tears
My rainbow has appeared at last
The final role my life has cast.
I’m still on hold, accepting too
As life has taught me what to do
I wish I had the patience of
Each saint and angel up above !
The sun is rising in the sky
To peer o’er roofs of homes nearby
And shine a ray of bright sunlight
To veil the darkness of each night.
The winds of chance are more discreet
As they blow change across the street
And every single breath we breathe
Is one more memory to leave !
In dreams we find life’s small escape
Some dreams are meant to keep us safe
While arms are meant to wrap around
And keep us warm with love unbound.
How wonderful this world would be
Wrapt up in God’s divinity !
Oh, how I pray that I can hide
These tears I shed on the inside
For all God’s children that I see
Who dwell in abject poverty.
They never really had a chance
For all their dreams to be enhanced
Or find a safer path to take
That guarantees a better break.
Our Lord is just and answers prayer
He comprehends we all must share
It’s left to us to learn and teach
The world we love to kindness reach !
Now I have trod ten thousand miles
Up hills and dales passed country stiles
I’ve climbed the steps to reach the sky
Both night and day as clouds rolled by.
I’ve dreamt the way that scholars do
Mindful of all that can be true
My heart and soul are caught in it
Somehow it all just seems to fit.
Let’s thank the Lord for His great gifts
As through our lives His beauty sifts !
I’m looking through the window glass
Observing as my life rolls past
Still wondering where I have been
Or if I’ll pass this way again ?
How strange is life when one is young
And from the heart, love’s song is sung
The words still echo on my ear
They bring me calm and soothe my fear.
Be kind dear Lord, now that tis o’er
Too soon I’ll knock on Your front door !
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 !
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 !
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 !
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 !
Have you e’er pondered over angel wings
How they could get caught in our worldly things
Such as doors, windows and archways or screens
Or limbs of trees or in branches of greens ?
How do they manage to dress up each day
Looking so sweet in angelic display
I wonder if they wear stockings or boots
Do they prefer eating ice cream or fruits ?
Isn’t it strange that we know nothing more
Of where they’ve been until now and before
I’d sure like to find some lessons to use
To help me decide which pathway to choose !
Now you and I have been around
Among these feelings we have found
Though they are not of wide import
Somehow we’ve managed to have caught
This glow that captures happiness
And triumphs love o’er great success
For life is more than what it seems
It’s smiles and hopes and all our dreams !
The feelings that this season brings
Much like the songs God’s nature sings
Filling the air with scents and smells
That to us all her story tells
While life, enhanced along the way,
Keeps growing better day by day
And helping us rejoice in peace
Before we meet our souls’ release !
The sun is fading in the west
At twilight time it’s oft the best
The colors all a vibrant scene
With sprays of magic in between.
How wonderful each evening seems
A part of all our finest dreams
So off to sleep as even falls
Ere mystery of nightfall calls !
I find myself out on a limb
Is there some one to let me
How shall I save myself on earth
What is the value of my worth ?
I know that God is always there
And that He hears my every prayer
I’ve tried so hard to do what’s right
Each morning, noon and through the night.
My clock is running out it seems
Like all my hopes and all my dreams
The time is now to close the book
I wish to take this one last look !
I often think it’s sad that we
Must live with each infirmity
Yet it may make us stronger now
If we could learn the why and how
This life is not a sack of dreams
Filled with a mass of wasted schemes.
It’s real, it’s here, we need take care
This is a concept all may share
God offers us a second chance
To live, to hope, to circumstance
It’s up to us to carry on
The Lord’s our strength here and beyond !
Memories last forever, we can’t forget
Years may disappear so much to our regret
There gleaming through a twilight that will not set
If we chance remember with no ending yet !
AMEN.
Sometimes love happens fast
And takes our breath aghast
Tis odd we should depend
On love to help one mend
For it is each who’ll chance
To gamble on romance.
How shall we make it clear
We hold this value dear
And live on borrowed time
With life wrapt up in rhyme !
My dearest friend, I miss you so
The depth far deeper than you know
The “used to be”, that is, once was
My heart was thrilled, my days abuzz.
I still recall with no regret
Too many hours we shan’t forget
The little which we understand
Of all that lies in our command
Our tender days that ought to be,
Got lost within diversity !
WRITTEN FROM THE CONFINES OF MY LITTLE CUBICLE IN
HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY HOPSPIAL, THANX TO MARYLOU
Our world is made of fantasy
Of wishes, dreams and ecstasy
Of worry, hope and dignity
With many other traits you’ll see
Despite how we may try agree
We are awash and blind asea !
There is a tale I wish to share
Bout teenaged feelings, love and care
There was a girl of but fifteen
He was a boy of just eighteen
Each Sunday sharing the church pew
Who can decide what each one knew ?
What was it they were thinking of
Because quite soon it looked like love
Though young and silly girls may be
Assured were both she cared for he
He was a lad, handsome and tall
In every way, he seemed her all.
On Sunday morn, dad passed the plate
She taught a class, they walked home late
Along the Boulevard they’d chat
They walked and talked of this and that
Soon the young man was her best friend
Perhaps with each their lives they’d spend.
Now at this time the world was sick
Young men fought wars in battles thick
That was the year her daddy died
When she felt so alone inside
So many issues war creates
Among those most when faith abates.
How could they know before that day
The war would filch their love away
Of all events that I have seen
And all the places I have been
Too precious now those days bygone
That their first love was based upon.
So sad the pain that war does bring
As all their dreams took flight and wing
Thus never to return that way
Not then or any other day
Too bad this story has no end
No memory nor any friend !
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Claire V. Bogdanos 