The sun’s grown pale, the moon is red
One dare not speak, words are unsaid
See how each leaf twists in the breeze
Erase the pain Lord, if You please
There is no solace in the grave
There’s no time left, no cause to save !
INTIMATION ( 2018 ) 2018/08/14
I cannot bear the tragedy
That is about to o’er take me
And wills my life to sadder be
From now until eternity !
MOMENTS OF CLARITY ( 2018 ) 2018/08/13
In age one learns to appreciate
God’s sweet pleasures as they meet our gait,
What was, has faded into the past
Leaving remnants to soften the last.
As time alone fast winnows away
Visions return to lighten the day
Although the picture’s not always clear
Moments of clarity do appear.
God in His wisdom which we may share
Guarantees all the depth of His care !
HELP FOR STORMY DAYS ( 2018 ) 2018/08/12
Dark storm clouds gather up on high
While shafts of light shoot cross the sky
The rain it tumults to the ground
And fills each crevice to be found.
The thunder and the lightning roar
As darkness creeps inside the door
The streets are full of glistening streams
That flow forever, so it seems.
All lives encounter stormy days
Both cold or sad in countless ways
With this exception each may take
God helps us up before we break !
GIVE OUR BEST ( 2018 ) 2018/08/11
The heart does wander in sheer delight
In the quiet darkness of each night
How still the air in silence remains
While the soul regroups and peace maintains
Long after the sound of midnight chimes
Bringing back memories of past times.
We thank You Lord for the needed rest
Ever grateful, we shall give our best !
I’M WISHING ( 2018 ) 2018/08/05
There’s an awesome place which I once knew
Where I was sure childhood dreams came true
As the children played the whole day through
Like those angels up in heaven do.
Oh how I wish I could join them there
With peace and joy, happiness and prayer
And spend my days alive and aware
In the glowing kindness of God’s care !
OUR LAST SIGHT ( 2018 ) 2018/08/02
In the quiet of the evening
As shades of night begin to fall
And the time of our believing
Gently whispers goodnight to all,
Grasp the moment and remember
The days of old we used to know
Be it May or late December
In sunshine, rain or early snow,
Where we have learned to close our eyes
Each waiting the advent of light
With no assurance of surprise
This is no longer our last sight !
VAST SOCIETY ( 2018 ) 2018/08/01
There is a path that leads to God
The road is long, the way is hard
We none of us do know the date
When each is called to meet one’s fate.
The nature of our lives is such
That what we spend won’t matter much
Not if our hearts are full of cheer
For all the days throughout the year.
God stands with us and guides our way
We follow Him both night and day
Begging that we may always be
Part of His vast society !
THE BEST INTENT ( 2018 ) 2018/07/30
The sky grows dim and darkens now
As ocean spray whips cross my brow
The storm clouds gather o’er my head
As lapping waves do seashells spread.
The beach is rippled, cold and wet
Where muddy footprints cannot set
While clams submerge in tidal sands
Betrayed by holes from siphons glands.
Each of us has a tale to tell
And each new thought, a wish to spell
We thank the Lord for His invent
And praise Him for the best intent !
HAVE NO FEAR ( 2018 ) 2018/07/29
I’ve tried so hard for many years
To bolster courage, stem the tears
Reminding me day after day
That memories don’t fade away.
There’s no way left to heal the burn
When love’s been lost or not returned
Love lingers long and leaves a scar
That shadows one both near and far.
I thank You Lord, and understand
The beauty that is still at hand
It’s free to all that have no fear
And keeps Your Presence ever near !
PEEK AND SEE ( 2018 ) 2018/07/27
Oh little wren where have you been
I do so want you to come in
But I can’t find the window catch
That let’s me open up the latch
So you and I may nod and greet
Like strangers who meet most discreet.
However I believe that we
Might get along quite famously
If only you and I could share
Some friendly bastion of fresh air
It seems as this will never be
We’re simply bound to peek and see !
CHANGING EVERY DAY ( 2018 ) 2018/07/26
There are so many dreams I’ve had
Some old, some borrowed, some brand new
A few turned out to be quite sad
But there were winners, one or two.
I thank You Lord, for all the luck
And wish my friends much of the same
This effort took most of the pluck
To help save each one in the game.
I know that dreams will never end
Fact is they only fade away
In time, conditions all must blend
While dreams keep changing every day !
TO SAVE A PLACE ( 2018 ) 2018/07/24
You love me Lord, I’m sure of that
Without Your care my world is flat
For very long I was this child
Consumed by disposition mild,
I’d always been a fan robust
Where manners are thought of as must
And try so hard to save a place
Here in my heart for God’s sweet grace !
OUR FRIENDS ( 2018 ) 2018/07/22
Here am I wrapt within the tide
Of where all hopes and fears reside
As surging life and death are found
Beneath, above and all around
While time bides with us to the end
And God and angels all befriend !
ANTICIPATION ( 2018 ) 2018/07/17
There is this dream in which we’re caught
Wherein our hopes and fears are fraught
A place where passions that we knew
One day at last will follow through
To fold us in God’s circle of
His unabashed enduring love !
THIRTEENTH MOON ( 2018 ) 2018/07/14
I’ve come closer to the truth in my simple ways
Then performers on a stage who come seeking praise,
I need no intervention, special treatment there
Only what is accepted in primary care.
Since time is on the move, I’d like to catch up soon
Anywhere at all between now and thirteenth moon !
SEE EXPLANATION: 13th Moon
“RETURN TO LIFE MORE SPIRITUAL AND HARMONIC”
DARLING CHILD ( 2018 ) 2018/07/12
Lord, You’re in charge of wrong and right
The sun by day, the stars by night
The winds that blow, the rains that fall
The light and dark, life overall.
You are the wisdom and the brains
The loss that memory retains
With dreams that we’re all guilty of
When all are young or bold in love.
The changes come, the changes go
Time flashes by the more you know
As God and all the angels smile
Because each is His darling child !
DO YOUR WILL ( 2018 ) 2018/07/11
There is this world outside our door
Filled with guilt, rancor, so much more
A place where sadness multiplies
As lives are trashed before our eyes.
How many more are traumatized
By actions less than civilized ?
Please Lord, accept our gratitude
And in our lives kindness include
Teach us to be the best we know
To do Your will where ere we go !
MAKE A CHOICE ( 2018 ) 2018/07/09
There is a choice that one must make
About the path that each shall take
And of the road that lies ahead
With twists and gaps and bumps instead.
Our trail through life is seldom smoothed
It’s crammed with ruts and slightly grooved
Where we who struggle on alone
Will stumble o’er both rock and stone.
Tis best remembering to swerve
When we approach curve uopn curve
This course we’ve taken is intense
But God’s our Help and our Defense !
THIS IS SUCCESS ( 2018 ) 2018/07/08
Have you seen smiles upon each face
Of winners who complete the race
It’s not about their speed or pace
But difficulties they’ve embraced !
CANNOT FORGET ( 2018 ) 2018/07/04
Oh to be the hero who lived to see the sun
Early in the morning after the battle’s won
Or to feel the wonder that follows in the morn
Now that all is quiet and hope can be reborn.
Sadly in the shadows, their voices silent now
Those who can’t return or will ever take their bow
Dreaming in a twilight that will not rise nor set
Those men that we’ll remember and cannot forget !
OUR WILL ( 2018 ) 2018/07/03
When is the moment we shall know
Our race is run it’s time to go
How can we learn if we are done
Seems we have barely just begun ?
Perhaps tis best to trust our fate
No matter what, it’s not too late
Our faith in God is not misplaced
We live within His world and space
Let’s trust in God and thank Him still
He is our Purpose and our Will !
HOME AT LAST ( 2018 ) 2018/07/02
The night awaits the coming dawn
To waken with a chance reborn
The sun will rise to set no more
Upon a strange and foreign shore
And we are home, at last we are
To bide near God among the stars !
SINCERE ( 2018 ) 2018/07/01
The steeple bells ring out quite clear
And peel so sweetly on my ear
Day after day these sounds I hear
Allay my cautions and my fear.
I am God’s child and full of cheer
Because His Day draws ever near
In all respects I am sincere
He is my Lord and Overseer !
SECURE ( 2018 ) 2018/06/30
Now I have dreamt so many scenes
And planned my share of happy dreams
I’ve had my fill of weepy tears
Mongst happenings of years and years
But overall God has been kind
And helped me leave my grief behind
I love You Lord, of this I’m sure
Whatever comes, I am secure !
AND JUSTICE HEED ( 2018 ) 2018/06/29
There is one comment I have heard
About God’s Truth and Holy Word
It is the garment we should wear
The word of saints and those who care.
I love to amble through His Book
We need to take a deeper look
There’s not an issue left behind
It answers all and every kind.
I wish this world could take a break
And finally decision make
That God alone is what we need
To keep our faith and justice heed !
REWARDS ( 2018 ) 2018/06/28
There are some words fall on my ear
So full of joy and hope and cheer
A message from our Lord above
Sharing His true and endless love
Teaching all who express their need
To worship Him and to succeed.
We’re flesh and blood not rock or stone
Bred by the pair, God’s word has shown
To do His work as we were sent
And follow where it is He went
Let’s pray that we are not deceived
And one day our rewards receive !
THE BAPTIST ( 2018 ) 2018/06/27
Two thousand years ago or more
When God’s own Son did tred the shore
And angels still had free access
To every spot that earth possessed
There was a man of great repute
Round whom there was a huge dispute.
This humble man of power and fame
Then known as John, his given name
Who thrived on honey and locusts
With leather belt round his waist trussed
O’er his robe of camel hair made,
So sad that he won’t make the grade.
The “Baptist” was how he’d been called
Beheading was his final fall
Remember Herod’s Salome
It was her dance did John away !
Claire V. Bogdanos 