We have seen the soldiers marching
And have heard all the cannons roar
In the distance, rockets launching
There in the middle of this war
To find ourselves thus encompassed
In a battle we cannot win
Where the madness is upon us
And the world’s drowning in chagrin !
Who hears the sound of running feet
Our world reverberates defeat
While strangers view the failing trend
When will this anger ever end ?
How tired have we all become
With vision clear to only some ?
My passion washes down the drain
Promising no, not e’er again
The silence closes in once more
Too soon our Lord may bar the door !
The serpent slithers on the ground
And waits in crevises around
Sometimes he slips his skin aside
To cloak his strike or presence hide.
Oh evil spirit, this we know
Who spoke to Eve so long ago
For it was he inspired the pair
To disregard God’s warning there.
And thus man’s paradise was lost
There is no way to count the cost !
The sky is clear the sun so bright
A welcome change and sheer delight
The wind caresses all the trees
There’s salted breath upon the leaves
The water washes on the shores
The river hums the ocean roars.
Think back to times long gone away
When stalwart ships entered the bay
Folks came with baggage sparse and lean
Unknowing what the trip would mean
To greet this new world of their dreams
This foreign land where freedom gleam’d.
For most it was a great success
Each garnered something to possess
Those lessons learned seem long forgot
Replaced by greed and unctuous rot
Our government the gross suspect
Has changed our land by forced neglect !
Oh how this world has changed since I
Was young and only stood knee high
The universe has grown much more
So many went there to explore.
We’ve learned how to communicate
With sound and vision up-to-date
Our satellites now fill the skies
All are results of enterprise.
Midst all the challenges we face
Like limbs and organs to replace
With all the changes we have seen
Has faith become an act obscene ?
The days are charged with fiery speech
But soon we shall an ending reach
What do we need that can’t be sought
With weakness and our wealth be bought ?
The time for courage has emerged
Though we are bankrupt and submerged,
Our ruling class is self-embraced
And few are left without disgrace !
So this is how our story ends
There’s little left, not even friends !
Where sounds of silence fill the air
And winds of time do memory spare
The depth of emptiness will stare
Into a crowd that does not care !
When will these endless wars be done
So man may freely greet the sun
And close his eyes in peace each night
Assured he’ll wake to morning light ?
The simple truth is we can’t wait
The time grows short the hour late
And anger that bursts into flame
Claiming to be in God’s own name
Is truly Satan’s fight to live
Beyond the scope God will forgive !
The time is near, it soon will die
What can we do to speed goodbye ?
A growing chill pervades the room
I sense the angst of spreading gloom
How sad that we must victims be
Of anger and anxiety !
What is it that has power to rule
Converts us each into some fool
And robs us of our humankind
To leave us weak and false and blind ?
A lack of faith and knowledge too
Our schooling with a perverse view
Rejecting that which made us great
Replaced with laws of fear and hate !
Do you often think
We’re perched on the brink
In a world insane
With values inane
An outcome preset
The most godless yet ?
It’s in times as these that we thank our star
And are grateful for blessings near and far
When this world collides with truths we believe
We come face to face with those who deceive.
We learn once again how evil can win
By the use of false words and spin, spin, spin.
Without conscience or trust they pursue gain
Discounting the ill and those in great pain
Pretending to be defending the weak
Proud of themselves and the lies that they speak.
Sincerity’s lost in what we have heard
Far from the teaching of God’s Holy Word
The Wisdom above will true judgement call,
Tyrants and egos together will fall.
I’ve known an angel here and there
They’ve helped me in my deep despair
Some angels did get left behind
Another goal they chose to find.
They fell from grace in record time
Their wings were clipped and edged with grime
Their deeds of good did fade away
Their faces bright turned dull and gray.
I’ve seen a few and touched their wings
But shy away from evil things
God saw their work and turned His face
He would not help those in disgrace.
They lost their good and all their mirth
And fell from heaven to the earth
Their tales of weakness followed here
Too soon they will all disappear !
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Claire V. Bogdanos 