The air is thin and smells lke snow
When winter comes where does one go
And where will all God’s creatures hide
If there’s no warmth to find outside ?
Oh Lord, have mercy on those souls
Whose lives are lost and without goals !
HIS BEAUTY ( 2019 ) 2019/10/23
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 !
TO THE CORE ( 2019 ) 2019/10/22
This is my life with all its faults
The love of God my heart exhaults,
When I feel down and sort of rough
It’s faith in God that keeps me tough.
I’ve seen a lot and been through war
I’ve lived the pain right to the core
And wonder if the Lord does know
How very much I love Him so ?
RELEASE ( 2019 ) 2019/10/21
The world we know is crass and cold
Its conversation brassed and bold
And leaves no kindness in its wake
Just policies that crash and break
With no thought for tomorrow’s child
Inheriting this place gone wild.
God help us all to find our peace
Before He grants each soul’s release !
ONE MORE NIGHT ( 2019 ) 2019/10/20
My heart is heavy, laden down
As my whole world is turned around
My face is veiled and hidden by
Shadows of tears I cannot cry.
The silence of the night is there
To masque the cloak of fear I wear
Oh blessed Lord make my way light
Please help me get through one more night !
REMEMBERING ( 2019 ) 2019/10/18
Today’s a day for reveries
Of love and tears and memories
Of sadness and reproach, it seems
Of fear and of aborted dreams.
I’ve lived a life so full of pain
And will not pass this way again
I wait here in the silence of
My lonliness and derth of love.
Dear Lord, protect me from myself
And place me on the “keepsafe” shelf
I know Your heart’s with every child
In manner kind, loving and mild !
MAN INSIDE ( 2019 ) 2019/10/17
These are the days have been foretold
By sages in those times of old
When men were there to oversee
The rules of our society.
Then manners were a part of all
We thought or knew or did befall
Our faith in God was not denied
He is our Light, the Man Inside !
CHOOSE GOD ( 2019 ) 2019/10/16
My wishes for a pleasant day
To you are wending fast their way
I hear the church bells as they sound
With joy and worship heaven bound.
For all who listen to my voice
Your time’s arrived to make a choice
Choose God and learn how to obey
To love your neighbor and to pray.
Be kind remembering the need
Of all God’s children and their seed
For all are meant to heed His Word
And cherish all that they have heard !
LEARN TO COPE ( 2019 ) 2019/10/14
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 !
UNREQUITED ( 2019 ) 2019/10/09
There is one thing I’m searching for
To be some place I’ve been before
And feel the warmth of your embrace
The peace of love upon your face.
It’s too late now there’s no time left
As I am here, alone, bereft
I’m sorry that it could not be
Life found an altered destiny !
ALL MUST ANSWER ( 2019 ) 2019/10/08
This heart of mine cannot erase
The image of that gentle face
I’d noticed oft how kind you were
To passerby or some stranger.
The paths we trod as each grew old
Echo our values wise and bold
The Lord above shall judge us all
And we must answer to His call !
CHASE THE COLD ( 2019 ) 2019/10/06
The days grow short, the night grows cold
The wind becomes increasing bold
There is a chill pervades the land
Before the grasp of winter’s hand.
Tis soon ere Mister Frost is here
Let’s reccommend a cup of cheer
To keep us all in spirits gay
And help us chase the cold away !
KEEP TRYING ( 2019 ) 2019/10/05
To live one’s life in humble ease
No anger or excitement, please
Accepting what life dishes out
O’ermounting any signs of doubt
Keep faith in all that you believe
And do your best to help achieve
That single goal you’re striving for,
To knock upon the Saviour’s door !
FULL OF LOVE ( 2019 ) 2019/10/04
Dear Lord, when pain is so intense
I turn to you for my defense
And beg You please to hold my hand
To bring me peace and understand.
There is nought else that one may crave
But act the hero and be brave,
The answer comes from God above
Who’s good and kind and full of love !
A SIMPLE THANKS ( 2019 ) 2019/10/02
I’m sure there is so much to say
To help us all save every day
With plans in place to find a way
To thank the Lord without delay !
MY DREAM ( 2019 ) 2019/09/28
This heart that beats here in my chest
Sometimes it needs to pause and rest
The problems that my life conveys
Oftimes puts me into a daze .
I wandered lost in distant lands
As time slipped through my trembling hands,
My voice it failed and shan’t be heard
No, not one single spoken word.
Perhaps with luck I’ll pass the test
And mayhaps time will heal the rest
Tis now to demonstrate the love
That my heart has been dreaming of !
ALL YOU DO ( 2019 ) 2019/09/26
Oh precious Lamb, You are so sweet
This world is kneeling at Your feet
You are the world’s bright shining Star
All that we hope and dream You are.
The times we knew are fading fast
Have we the stamina to last,
What must we do to prove to You,
Praise God and honor all You do !
BECAUSE TIS TRUE ( 2019 ) 2019/09/24
Oh Lord, protect us from our sin
Open Your heart and let us in
Please hear our every humble prayer
And let us be sure that You’re there,
Life is so full of joy we know
Because tis true, You love us so !
AMEN
IMPROBABLE ( 2019 ) 2019/09/23
Because I was and am no more
Before all hope slips out the door
And leaves me here out on my own
With what I fear is yet unknown
I beg You, Lord, bide with me still
Until I’ve learned to do His will !
NOW SING ALONG ( 2019 ) 2019/09/20
Long time ago when I was young
We had great songs that could be sung
About our nation and our lives
And thousands over time survives.
These words of courage carry on
With impact of the clarion
They sing of life and love and care
Of hope and joy, grief and despair.
Let’s lend our voice to all we feel
Because our sentiment is real
Like all the verses we have heard
Repeat to us God’s promised word !
JOYOUS AND FREE ( 2019 ) 2019/09/19
A little bird there on the wing
His pretty song did choose to sing
The notes did travel on the air
To lend the hour a special flair,
Oh how I wish that I could be
So like that bird, joyous and free !
QUIET PEACE ( 2019 ) 2019/09/15
The air is damp and holds a chill
The wind is wet and oh so still
There is no sound that can be heard
No peep or chirp from any bird.
Tis like a prelude to a storm
Wherein the clouds have yet to form
Help me, oh Lord, to find release
To spend my days in quiet peace !
AMEN.
ABOVE THE CLOUD ( 2019 ) 2019/09/14
From my perch here above the crowd
I see the sun behind the cloud
The light it filters through the blind
To focus on my troubled mind
And brings to me a message of
The peace of God’s eternal love.
I feel the warmth of love and care
It fills my heart, it’s everywhere
Oh what a joy each day does bring
True love that from our God does spring !
WHO MADE THE RULES ? ( 2019 ) 2019/09/12
There is a chance that you and I
One day will have to bid goodbye
But who knows when or wonders why
Who made the rules that do apply ?
FINAL REST ( 2019 ) 2019/09/08
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 !
NO GUARANTEES ( 2019 ) 2019/09/06
There are no guarantees in life
For mother, child, husband or wife,
We all have travelled on life’s road
Unburdened or with heavy load
There is no crowd to cheer us on
No magic words to lean upon
No tragic curse that we’re aware
Or law that says what must be fair.
We understand that on each path
There can be times of doubt or wrath
Yet often seems so very sweet
When hope and joy with love compete
I do not know the why of it
And pray most times that we shall fit !
WHAT CAN I DO ( 2019 ) 2019/09/05
What is it I can do for you
Encouraging each wish comes true,
Seeking for you a safer place
Increase the smile upon your face ?
How may I ease your weary day
Help chase your fearful cares away
Decrease the lonely burden of
A life’s existence without love ?
Is there some joy that I may gift
Ensuring you that spirit’s lift
And promise that I shall try hard
To be there as you search for God !
SUMMER SKIES ( 2019 ) 2019/09/04
Today we rose to sunny skies
While not expecting some surprise
The winds that blew seemed well behaved
Tree limbs and branches all were saved.
Soon autumn will reach our front door
And summer breeze will blow no more
Before too long the year shall pass
Like shadows in the looking glass
Oh Lord, give all the pow’r to rise
Once more to sight sweet summer skies !
Claire V. Bogdanos 