And so our days just roll on by
Some with a tear, some with a sigh
Now there are times when it’s worthwhile
That all of us employ a smile
And so we move from day to day
Accepting life as come what may
Though hoping truly that our dreams
Are not as distant as it seems.
These dreams are made of fluff and stuff
Perhaps we cannot get enough
But time will know when we are done
Twixt tears or cheers, to end our run !
I’ve often thought how bold are we
To dream aloud of victory
There is a path we all must take
To learn what values are at stake
We strive to be a people free
Oft caught midst chains of tyranny.
As winds of war rage fierce and wild
A challenge to each man or child
We’re wrapt in our leftover tears
And chastened by impending fears.
There is no way to make amends
With God alone to help our friends
Beyond this sight what will we see
Still flying there, old Liberty !
Does man get lost in hopes that are not fair
While ever wanting to seek paradise,
As trees lift up their arms to God in prayer
Are men then left alone to their device ?
Life has a vast divide existing there
To reach in darkness feeling no alarm
For man’s oft judged by trappings he may wear
And so has learnt how to evade this harm ?
But still in God’s lost idyllic garden
Where fragrant roses will forever bloom
Lie shadows of those soon forgotten
Not unlike whispers in a silent room !
Oh what a place this nation is
Full of vim, vigor, pep and whiz,
Like bottles of rare bubbly wine
From grapes of joy grown on the vine
Transformed to champagne in our lives
Granting all goodness that revives
Ask that one Special Force above
To bless us with unending love !
And so it is that what we seek
To calm the poor, the mild, the meek
Are promises we all must keep
Before we to great futures leap !
If only I could reach the sky
To count the stars all passing by
Or urge each cloud to weep or cry
O’er arid lands that are too dry,
A lonely eagle up so high
That sails on wind with wings that sigh
Perhaps to dream this will not die
While other hopes may multiply,
To live a life time won’t deny
And praise this land we occupy !
Seems all that is left of the life I once knew
Are old photographs and a mem’ry or two !
The fall just seems to crisp one up
Like cocoa in a steaming cup
The air is brisk the odor sweet
I felt my heart, it skipped a beat.
The years are ending far too soon
My fondest wishes sadly hewn
And left to nought piled in a heap
While dreams undone have gone to sleep !
There are times I rest idly on my bed
While many visions spin around my head
And I am caught in pages of the past
Among those hopes and dreams that did not last.
Now I’m sure hopes are prayers we cannot say
And dreams must keep until a later day
Lose not your faith in all that is to come
This Power we trust is neither blind nor dumb
And all we ask is that we may but share
The smallest bit of our God’s loving care !
While in the land of make believe
Where fallen dreams perhaps collide,
When all the plans that you conceive
In shadows dim do there abide
Just stand erect and truth receive
Or from your future choose to hide !
The leaves of life our stories tell
As all our days with living swell
Though events happen slow or fast
Some may be short while others last.
Each committment we guarantee
Does change our path or set us free
Times are troubled and full of woe
And with the seasons seem to grow,
There is no answer clear or sweet
That shouts aloud win or defeat !
Our Lord in heaven up above
Does spread His undeserved love
Do you believe that He is there
To hear each sad or wishful prayer ?
I’d like to think that it is true
He’s listening to me and you
And hears our thoughts before we speak
In English, Farsi, French or Greek,
Perhaps one day we’ll understand
That all our dreams are in His hand !
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 !
As I look out o’er rooftops drear
I sense a world so full of fear
A world succumbing to a crowd
That knows too little, speaks too loud.
The truth at best now gone astray
Leaves nothing left for one to say
Of all the answers to perceive
Pledge to our God to still believe !
I wish I knew a leafy bower
Where I might rest for but an hour
And there among those pleasant scenes
I’d pass my time and dream my dreams !
I’ve reached the crossroads of my life
The way’s ahead replete with strife
No matter where I search to find
The road I seek does wind and wind.
There is no path that ‘s straight to tread
Both for the living or the dead
My body’s weary, my heart worn
As peace and rest from me are torn.
I fail to see the sense of it
Sometimes I’d simply like to quit
But I’m sure God will still be there
To help us face our last despair !
I find myself enchanted by
The way all days just seem to fly
How weeks and months now quickly pass
Like shadows in a looking glass.
I wish that I might halt the clock
And silence all of time’s tick-tock
Before my life does pass away
And I should lose my yesterday !
The afternoon light sifts through the curtain’s lace
I feel the warm shadows skirt across my face
While sunrays flood specks of dust into my space
And for one moment, I soar above life’s race !
The winds have swept this coat of white
Across the rooftops through the night
The streets lay silent and pristine
With winter’s stamp upon the scene.
The birds seem quiet deep in sleep
For how much longer may we keep
This peaceful picture in our mind
To help us all some comfort find ?
My thoughts do turn to silly things
Like hugs and kisses and brass rings
Like elephants and tiger eyes
A world chock full of wild surprise
A heart that’s packed with joy and peace
And music that will never cease.
Ballet shoes made of satin white
That keep on dancing through the night,
The love of God and angels sweet
Who choose to walk with unclad feet
Chocolates and marshmallows too
To help our sweetest dreams come true !
Now I have dreamt a million dreams and realised a few
The ones I value most of all are those I’ve shared with you
My heart has hardened to the pain of those who stand and wait
I cannot bear to face this world that is so full of hate
The time is come, please look about, so much for us to see
Fullfillment of His end of days and of His prophecy !
A little bit of heaven has nestled next to me
An angel without wings I’m convinced that he must be
He is a precious package and smells so extra sweet
His daddy’s pride and joy and his mommy’s dearest treat.
Oh tiny babe, with chubby cheeks, hands of doll-like size
You are God’s gift of true love, His blessing in disguise !
There’s a world that’s out there, one that I shall never see
With all its magic music and such happiness for free
It reaches now to touch me with sights I have never known
Though I shan’t live to see it for my time is not my own.
I can sight the lights afar and do hear the distant sound
Distinctly in the twilight as the darkness closes round
And I’m sure that someone else will be right there to share it
As for me the truth is this, I’ve no strength left to dare it !
Once you and I walked hand in hand
We dug our toes into the sand
Salt water lapped about our feet
The ocean air was crisp and sweet
The breeze seemed to caress our hair
Twas such a pleasure to be there.
I can remember that last day
The one before you went away
All wars have costs that rise too high
With little chance for much goodbye.
War has not changed these thousand years
Great danger bides beyond our fears
Tis sad to say but true it seems
That youth still pays for old men’s dreams !
Good morning world I’d like to say
I wish you all a bonnie day
With hugs and kisses in between
Lots of love and sweet whipping cream.
A bit of chocolate everywhere
The smell of taffy in the air
But what I think I’d like the most
A walk in sand along the coast,
Remembering those days long gone
Recalling life’s lost halcyon !
Oh how I wish that I could be
A riv’let running to the sea
That constant trickles down the drain
The remnants of the night time rain.
A drip, drip, drip upon the wall
Now gathers fast at evenfall
And makes its downward way complete
Runoffs from gully, stream and street.
The volume growing as it flows
Cross valleys, fields and tall hedgerows
Until at last its task is done
And we have breached the river’s run !
I had a dream the other night
And woke from slumber with a fright
The late air whined it seemed to say
A storm is due some time today.
The wind rushed through the limbs of trees
And shuddered quickly in the breeze
The darkened clouds did hesitate
While all about were in a state
There in the gloom one ray of light
Did pierce the sky and caught my sight,
Perhaps the storm may change its mind
Now wouldn’t that be super fine ?
There is a world that lives within the magic of my mind
And in this place I know exists the actions that I find
A road that twists along the way and creatures that I meet
Are there to greet this stranger as I travel on their street.
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Claire V. Bogdanos 