I see the willows in the wood
The branches wave like willows should
They sweep the air in mock surprise
To shake the dreamdust from my eyes
For dreaming is what I do best
When I no longer can protest
The world about me and its pain
That cries aloud again, again
Oh Blessed Lord, have mercy please
I come to You on bended knees
Help save me from old Satan’s might
Should he discover me some night !
Lord save us from old Satan’s might
And guide us through each lonesome night
Protect us as we wend our way
From morning’s light till end of day
Forsake us not, we do believe,
We’re grateful for gifts we receive.
Lord, how much longer must we wait
To greet You at God’s Golden Gate ?
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 !
I cannot wait for dawn to show
From whence the sounds of life doth flow
The darkness of the night will fade
As sunbeams from daylight invade.
The shadows that are left behind
As all the early hours unwind
Do leave with us this lucent sight
Escaping emptiness each night !
The open window invites the breeze
To sashay in from beneath the trees
Take a dance around a room or two
Sharing fresh air between me and you.
Enjoy the night times secret pleasure
Amidst the joys we all do treasure
Remember how fast the seasons fly
Before we each have to bid goodbye
As the nights grow cool before the dawn
And the years we loved are too soon gone !
See the calendar pages fly
The days are fleet and passing by
From March to June, so seeming blest
Continueing through all the rest
There is no halting summer, fall
Or any time each year at all !
Oh how I wish that we may speak
If I were strong and not so weak
And had a chance to beg the Lord
That we might be of one accord
Thus sleep with God and bird, may I
Perhaps one day grow wings and fly ?
Oh how I wish that I could fly
On magic wings into the sky
To visit in that storied land
Where dreams come true and hopes expand.
With love and joy in every nook
And shelves chock full of toy and book
A special place devoid of fear
Where no one ever sheds a tear.
There is no hunger anywhere
And there are beds for all to share
Nor is the sound of anger heard
All seem to have a kindly word.
How marvelous if we could see
Our world bathed in such harmony !
Oh how I wish that I might be
The brightest star upon the tree
And with the words of every hymn
Sing praises loud adoring Him
In sight of God and man today
To spread my wings and fly away !
The time is now, the end appears
We can’t escape, the climax nears
Tis karma for the empty years
We are prepared to face our fears !
Like the ashes from the ember
We have promised to remember
Will it last this way forever
I can hear the answer, never !
Oh Lamb of God, I come to Thee
The bastion of our liberty
I beg of You to set me free.
Untie my wings and let me fly
Into the reaches of the sky
Ere pride and love have passed me by !
IN HONOR OF BERT TUCHMAN 2/23/2018
I’ve walked among the shadows that cloud our troubled days
And wondered how the angels escaped our human ways !
Sometimes the heart is more inclined
To seek respite and courage find
Among the days of lesser times
When this world bode in older climes.
For where we are, not where we’ve been,
Is caught in chance and grief and sin
There’s scant honor left, we may find
In all the hours to still unwind.
Oh blessed Lord, take care that we
Escape this time of infamy !
Oh for my life that used to be
When I was young and truly free
With all those passions I did feel
The foolishness and thought unreal.
I spent my life much like a child
Manner sweet and a temper mild
It took a lot for me to pout
I never felt I was left out
How I do wish that I could find
A place to leave the past behind !
The trumpets sound, drums beat away
The voices have so much to say
Is this the future soon to come
What is it we are fleeing from ?
Is there some place that we may hide
From all the fears we’ve deep inside
Pick up the pieces, stand up tall
Let’s learn to walk before we fall !
If I were a goldfish in a large round glass bowl
I’d circle water all day long ’til I was old
I’m sure it would be lonely, morning, night and noon
Who is there to rescue me from my own lagoon ?
Since it possesses no front door, none I can see
It might take a giant flood to help set me free
Best that I can wish for is on one special day
Someone brings a goldfish to visit here and stay !
I am grown bold and chance to have the thought
To exit from this web in which I’m caught
A web spun of old thread and newer dreams
Escape’s not always easy as it seems !
The winter winds of change creep round the bend
As late fall exits after summer’s end
The icy gray grip of frosty morning
Is the master of each daily dawning.
I hear the cold sounds rasp upon my ear
Increasing as the year end grows quite near,
Oh to join that moving mass exodus
And escape this winter’s freeze and excess !
I saw an owl perched in a tree
He meant to hide himself from me
He seemed so quiet, somber, wise
I was not fooled by his disguise.
Oh mister owl you cannot sing
What message is it that you bring
You turn your head and blink your eyes
You will not win a beauty prize.
It is your wisdom that we seek
But who can learn, you do not speak
This wizened omen of the day
He turned his head and flew away !
Just close your eyes, what do you hear
The sound of chaos on your ear ?
Oh what a joy that it would be
To hear the surf beside the sea
Or deep within a leafy glade
To cherish sounds God’s creatures made
Or like the quiet of the air
You sense in fields as you stroll there.
But all that I can do today
Is shut the windows, run away !
I look around what do I see
A world that’s built on fantasy
It’s all about the vampire’s touch
Super heroes, witches and such.
While Spiderman or rich Bruce Wayne
Are concepts both wild and insane
Star Wars, Aliens and Doctor Who
Bewitched, Bedazzled, through and through.
I find my world is quite enough
I’m not yet ready for this stuff
I fear for what may be in store
Seems true, nothing’s real any more !
Oh Cinderella are you still there
Is that you hiding beneath the stair
I’m sorry if your life went awry
I know you’ll give it another try
There’s a lesson I have learned from you
To myself I shall remain true blue.
And when my back is against the wall
I won’t be shy I will make that call
One-eight-hundred fairy A-I-D
Won’t you please come and help set me free
I’ve been a grownup for far too long
It’s time I chose to just tag-along !
There is a bird still sings to me
From way up high in God’s great tree
He sings so sweetly in the air
Sometimes I wish he weren’t there
Because he makes me think that I
Would follow him if I could fly
While birds were born to fly and sing
Both you and I wear God’s clipped wings !
Lions and tigers in a row
And when they move where do they go
Into the jungles of the mind
Midst fantasies we yearn to find.
Camels and horses are there too
Waiting faithful for me and you
With rainbowed colors they all wear
In their wild flowing sculpted hair.
Seems right for us to ride away
When organ music pipes to play
As round in circles we must go
Until it’s time for life’s next show !
I am a saddened stranger lost
Here in this world so tempest-tossed,
Its fury which does much abound
Leaves none unscathed upon the ground.
It rages through this honeycomb
Of life that is to peace unknown
Oh Lord, be kind let calm abide
There’s no place left for us to hide !
Have you ever seen a mermaid when you’ve been out to sea
I’m sure that I have not nor anyone that’s known to me
Seems mermaids were a help to men at least a thousand years
There is a place on the Rhine I’ve been told that one appears,
Unlike the Disney creatures who know all the rights from wrongs,
The sailors call them Lorelei they sing enchanted songs.
Like Homer’s Sirens tempted those from Troy who homeward bound
Did flounder on the rocks about on hearing their sweet sound,
I’m sad that I might have to spend another thousand years
To hear a mermaid chant her song into my waiting ears !
The morn arrives both bright and new
With fragile hope soon overdue
The day awakes midst tender light
Seems we’ve just bid the world goodnight.
How fleet the time does pass us by
As youth to age will quickly fly
We barely touch what might been
Then wander off into the wind !
I wish I were a lily pond
With fronds so large frogs sun upon
Where bees that buzz and zap about
Do forage there to find a spout
Of honey dip where they may sup
Like queens who nip from golden cup.
Or fragile birds who’ll take a sip
And clean themselves or have a dip
Like magic faun who deign to hide
From human eye by waterside,
Oh such sweet paradise is there
Let’s all rejoice and choose to share !
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Claire V. Bogdanos 