Stand up my dear and look around, what is it that you see
Nonsense and foolishness that’s steeped in inequality
How sad that this is all that’s left of sensibility
When will the guilty be returned to culpability ?
AN OBSERVATION.
TRY TO SURVIVE ( 2020 ) 2020/03/26
Dear Lord above please set us free
From much of life’s indignity
Please teach us now how to survive
These terrors which all seem to thrive
Be thoughtful of each act performed
And to the rules try to conform.
Be kind to those who are alone
And left to linger on their own
Beg God remember everyone
Whose suffering is not yet done
Protect us Lord from daily fright
With rising sun to closing night !
TEACH ME HOW TO PRAY (2020) 2020/03/25
Take a good look around and tell me what you see
The beauty that is God’s and life’s infinity
Please hold me by the hand and teach me how to pray
Help me to love God and to worship Him each day !
AMEN.
THE WONDER OF GOD (2020)
Outside the window the world awaits
For the Lord to raise the pearly gates
And for all the clouds to disappear
Before we have spent half of the year
The time has arrived and gone away
To leave us bereft and in dismay.
Dear Lord above forgive us our sin
Open our hearts and welcome God in
May we forever live in the glow
Of every wonder God has to show !
UNDERSTANDING ( 2020 ) 2020/03/24
Oh little child who dotes on sweets
With dancing shoes attached to cleats
Black patent taps that click away
And to the world new steps display.
This child to theatre newly brought
With skills and talents often sought
Hear now the sound of tapping feet
Proceed to stage, steps and the street.
How shall we serve our Lord the best
Accepting every sort of test
And understanding as we do
That all we are belongs to You !
FREE ( 2020 ) 2020/03/23
So many words spring from the pain
That is attacking me again,
Oh, how I wish one day to be
From all of this forever free !
JUDGEMENT DAY ( 2020 ) 2020/03/22
Oh wind that breaks upon the waves
And breeze that shares each morning’s gaze
Teach me to chant a pirate song
That I to seafaring belong.
Oh save my heart from lonesomeness
While all my handicaps confess
Help me to strive for constancy
And all my weaknesses foresee.
Hand me the light that I might shine
It’s endless glow on yours and mine
God let us put our toys away
Make ready for our Judgement Day !
BORN TO DIE ( 2020) 2020/03/21
My heart calls out His holy name
And searches for the way He came
To Calvary onto the cross
To suffer there man’s greatest loss,
But who am I to question why
The Son of God was born to die !
HELP NEEDED ( 2020 ) 2020/03/20
Angels from heaven are tapping on my door
I’m not upset cause I’ve heard them tap before
I comprehend their job and what must be done
I sure could use hands on with some help for fun !
EBB AND FLOW ( 2020 ) 2020/03/19
Our Father who abides on high
His wisdom reigns down from the sky
Have pity on the earth below
Where man and beast do ebb and flow
We crave Your Help and Tender Care
For soon there will be nothing there.
If man could but sustain his faith
Arising o’er the power of wraith
To triumph and reclaim his right
Hence revel in his God’s delight
Achieve that goal before one dies
Upon God’s help whence love resides !
MEMORY LANE ( 2020 )
I’ve wandered down on memory lane
Hoping to visit old friends again
Trying to recall what used to be
Traveling back in my memory
So many shadows along the way
Of all we have met here day by day
Celebrate occasions one by one
From early morn till each day is done !
GOD BLESS ( 2020 ) 2020/03/18
Too soon, my Lord, I give and share
For You, my dreams of hope and care
Begin and end in joyful praise
I beg of You, Your peaceful ways.
Protect me Lord, I’ll ask no more
Than that Your heart’s an open door
That offers me a final choice,
Lift up my heart and hear my voice !
AMEN
THE ECHOES ( 2020 )
Oh blessed Lord, do hear my plea
Have pity on a child like me
I am Your servant sad and low
That folows ever where You go
I wait Your Word with rapid breath
For I am Yours until my death.
There is no day without Your Light
Nor any love that shines so bright
The angels sing Your praise on high
Their voices reaching for the sky
The flutter of their wings is heard
They echo every single word.
I love You Lord and always will
Until earth’s sounds at last are still !
FOUL OR FAIR ( 2020 )
Oh how my love plays tricks on me
And gathers up my sympathy
My eyes are full of sweet surprise
With all the joy of each sunrise
Observe God’s will with constant heart
Stay true to values from the start
Believe in your own destiny
Keep faith alive and courage free
Always remember God is there
To save us whether foul or fair !
GOD LOVES US ALL ( 2020 ) 2020/03/16
There was a street that I used to know
When I was a girl so long ago
With an old house that had three large floors
Lots of windows and quite a few doors.
Dozens of roses, black iron torch
Both back yard and front, plus a great porch
Tomatoes, peppers, carnations too
A home full of love much overdue
As I’ve wandered down memory’s lane
Couldn’t help singing a glad refrain
Reminding myself God loves us all
Whether we’re skinny, fat, short or tall !
REVERSE GEAR ( 2020 ) 2020/03/15
How often is it that we think
This world of ours is on the brink
That maybe we’ll fall off the ledge
Or slip as we sit on the edge
I’m truly stuck in reverse gear
What happens next can hold no fear !
REAPPEAR ( 2020 )
Oh sad the day the Christ did die
And bid this world His last goodbye
He suffered there upon the cross
While the whole world endured the loss.
God’s darkness fell that distant day
And since then has not passed away
We’re ready Lord, and waiting here
For You at last to reappear !
AMEN.
I’M NOT AN ANGEL ( 2020 ) 2020/03/14
Oh how I wish that I had wings
To fly up high where angels sing
And visit in their choir loft
As day begins, the light is soft
How sweet and clear their voices are
The notes ring out both near and far.
Oh how I pray that I might be
A part of their community
Just think of all the joy we’d share
If somehow I could tarry there
Truth is that cannot be the case
Cause I’m part of the human race !
PROTECT US ALL ( 2020 ) 2020/03/12
There she is our Lady Liberty
Symbol of this safe home of the free
She’s the grandest of all that we sight
There in the Harbor each day and night.
She spurs us on to do greater things
Like prayers we say and hymns we sing
We’ll join our hearts and hands together
Through pleasant days or stormy weather.
Let’s ask our God to protect us all
In case old Satan decides to call !
AT LAST RELEASE ( 2020 ) 2020/03/11
I’d like to think that I recall
The tender years when I was small,
I sat upon my grandpa’s knee
And snuggled while he read to me.
There was a story I loved best
Both head and shoulders o’er the rest
About the night our Christ was born
And how the world rejoiced that morn
As angels sang and skies did glow
The world did kneel and honor show.
God placed His star high in the sky
With earth to note its passing by,
His promise of eternal peace
And from all sin, at last release !
AMEN.
GOD’S MAJESTY ( 2020 )
I hear the bells, they call to me
They ring aloud in harmony
A song of sweetness that is clear
Falls softly on the list’ning ear.
I’m sure the angels hum the tune
Both morning, night and afternoon
The music swells into the air
It’s magic meant to linger there.
How glorious that all should be
Our praises to God’s majesty !
COUNT THE COST ( 2020 ) 2020/03/10
Rage, rage against the coming storm
Its days are here before too long
Look to the sky, approaching morn
Ere their currents become too strong.
The times are changing oh, so fast
As all our values soon get lost
Into one role they shall be cast
With no way left to count the cost !
THE TRUTH IS ( 2020 ) 2020/03/09
Half hidden here behind the eye
Of all the stress now whizzing by
Many events do come and go
Disclose or hide facts we need know.
Time will invoke the common sense
Grownups require in their defense
However will the youth now learn
The value of each truth discerned ?
For without truth how shall one find
The straightest path to help unwind
The answer is, twill always be
The truth alone shall set us free !
YESTERDAYS ( 2020 ) 2020/03/08
I see the rooftops through the trees
The sun now bouncing off the eaves
The sky is clear and ever bright
I do not see a bird in sight
The silence echoes in my ears
Allaying all my aged fears
But soon the sun must fade away
To morph into some yesterday
My life continues as it goes
Just on and on till heaven knows !
OUR JOURNEY’S JUST BEGUN ( 2020 ) 2020/03/07
Man cannot live without a dream
Believing elsewise is extreme
How difficult without a cause
Our lives are dull and lack applause
There is a vision all do need
To raise each up, to help succeed
We have a God, be not afraid
He is our Friend, our Help, our Aid
And in the end when life seems done
Tis when our journey’s just begun !
FORGOTTEN DREAMS ( 2020 ) 2020/03/06
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 !
MAKE A JOYFUL NOISE ( 2020 ) 2020/03/05
When I was small and but a child
I spoke in manner sweet and mild
Twas not a time of angry ways
For kindness dwelt in all our days.
We spared each other any pain
Determined to help and explain
Our words displayed the constant grace
Of honesty while face to face.
How clever that our role should be
To echo God’s integrity
And live with honor all our days
To seek God’s love and sing His Praise !
FOLLOW IN HIS WAY ( 2020 ) 2020/03/04
My dearest child, I miss your voice
I know there is no other choice
In times as these we need be strong
To caution’s cause we must belong
Be kind to those who’ve tried so hard
To keep the faith and walk with God
Remember always to be fair
That of God’s bounty all may share
Please grant us peace day after day
Help each to follow in His way !
AMEN.
Claire V. Bogdanos 