I see the world through portals bound
By all the objects that we’ve found
To fill our lives with great excess
Of foolishness that we possess !
REGRET ( 2020 ) 2020/06/15
A simple thought just for today
That we mean everything we say
The truth is what this world’s about
Because of this we have no doubt.
The lies are but another ploy
Of all the tricks humans employ
To twist and turn each form of strife
Into an enemy for life.
How sad that we perchance forget
Too many days spent in regret !
ARE YOU AS TRUE ? ( 2018 ) 2018/10/27
Oh Solomon, where is thy wisdom now
What confidence your heart and you allow
What kindness does it take for you to live
With all that wisdom that is yours to give ?
Oh foolishness beyond your every dream
Are you as true or only that you seem ?
CARELESSNESS ( 2018 ) 2018/04/12
Our hearts are full with eyes cried dry
Why must our youth so sadly die ?
How many dreams have withered there
Upon the vine of unkempt care ?
PERIPHERY ( 2017 ) 2017/06/24
I find the world is occupied
With selfishness and foolish pride
Such nonsense to cast sense aside
While from the truth forever hide !
WHO’S NEXT ? ( 2017 ) 2017/04/21
Slowly, slowly, as years unwind
What kind of future shall we find,
Where are the endless ways we’ve lost
And who is left to count the cost
Oh foolish ones of no context
Please tell us what will be the next !
JULY 1, 1916 BATTLE OF THE CENTURY ( 2017 ) 2017/02/11
There was a bridge in the Great War
That both sides had been fighting for
So many died in that one fight
From early morn to darkest night
Tis true that they performed their best
Though in the end all failed that test.
They died there by the River Somme
As back and forth all hell did come
Of Brits alone some price to pay
Fifty-eight thousand fell that day
Now this occured lifetimes ago
And none are left who really know
But tell me please if any can
What does this say about a man ?
REPRISE ( 2016 ) 2016/08/17
I now have dreamt a thousand dreams
Not one of them came true
For they were naught but crazy schemes
And foolishness we knew.
Our dreams are meant to give us hope
Perhaps a brand new chance
No matter what the age or scope
Reprise is our last dance !
TRAGEDY ( 2016 ) 2016/07/25
There’s nothing left that one can say
About the sadness of this day
We wish that we could melt away
This hurtful pain that’s come our way.
Oft times our lives turn upside down
And can’t be saved with smile or frown
As these our hopes seem apt to drown
Some other action must be found !
CRISIS ( 2016 ) 2016/03/17
It seems the heart returns to childhoods past
Where all of our dreams were designed or cast
The innocence of those now bygone days
Got lost in the grip of our foolish ways,
And the times we dreamt have now disappeared
To leave us caught in the crisis we feared !
IGNORANCE ( 2016 ) 2016/01/04
The world we know is changing fast
The hopes we held can never last
Our dreams now seem far out of reach
No lessons left for us to teach.
How sad it is that we are lost
How great will be the final cost
What warning signals did we miss
Remember ignorance is bliss !
OUR CHOICES ( 2015 ) 2015/12/16
There is a heart that wells inside of me
And wonders where our lives may chance to be
What miracles will happen as we grow
What chips and cracks with time begin to show ?
How will we age and do our level best
To please our God and pass His greatness test,
What we do now decides what we’ll become
Fraud, hero, student, scholar, wiseman, bum !
CAUTION ( 2015 ) 2015/09/08
There is this observation that I’ve lately made
About the disposition of all the plans we’ve laid
I try hard imagining what we may expect
There’s no point in struggling if we allow neglect.
OLD MEN’S DREAMS ( 2015 ) 2015/06/08
Once you and I walked hand in hand
We dug our toes into the sand
Salt water lapped about our feet
The ocean air was crisp and sweet
The breeze seemed to caress our hair
Twas such a pleasure to be there.
I can remember that last day
The one before you went away
All wars have costs that rise too high
With little chance for much goodbye.
War has not changed these thousand years
Great danger bides beyond our fears
Tis sad to say but true it seems
That youth still pays for old men’s dreams !
FARAWAY ( 2015 ) 2015/04/12
Long time ago and faraway
I dreamt a dream one special day
That someone real would come my way
And when it happened that we met
Twas such a thrill much like kismet
I felt we were on track and set !
Dreams may not be all that they seem
Perhaps pure fluff with lots of steam
I hoped we were on the same team,
Who knew what changes would be made
Or if some foolish game was played
Sad in the end when dreams just fade !
FORBEARANCE ( 2014 ) 2014/12/29
If we could see into the past
Oh what deeds we’d discard fast
Words we wished were never spoken
Promises that we have broken.
Oh what challenge this world now shows
And watch just how our wisdom grows
With all the courage we can save
To keep us smart and safe and brave.
But we this gift not yet received
While in our lives too much deceived
We know at last it is too late
We’re not the owners of our fate !
LITERATURE ( 2014 ) 2014/10/07
There was a place that kids could hide
When they did not feel safe inside
A pleasant place where they might be
Until the time that they felt free.
It used to be about their dreams
In which they would escape it seems
But since this world is upside down
There’s no replacement to be found.
They still can join in Games of War
That’s what these instruments are for
X – Box and IPhone, who knows when
Our children will be safe again ?
NONSENSE ( 2014 ) 2014/03/06
My life is like a slippery hill
Sometimes I fall or take a spill
And there are times I cannot see
A feckless bump in front of me.
My eyesight dims, my courage fails
And all my strength in shadows, pales
I know I should be better at
This game of playing mouse and cat.
I find such things a childish chase
My life has need of richer pace,
Dark monsters hurry, fast away
I have no time for games today !
REGRETS ( 2013 ) 2013/09/13
I met a boy I know not when
So long ago remember then
How is it that I can’t forget
Within this life a deep regret ?
I’ve turned a corner in my mind
While searching but I cannot find
The special closeness that we shared
And like most hopes were unprepared.
We did not meet, no not today
As other strangers had their way
And yet the past is always there
It mattered not how much we cared.
In all our dreams it’s far too late
No matter then how long we’d wait
The sadness that I can’t deny
We never got to say goodbye !
ENOUGH ( 2013 ) 2013/08/28
I’m so tired of war and rumors of war
That I find myself severely obsessed
With the thoughtless acts of a heartless core
Who strut about with much power possessed.
Can’t we return to the lost days of yore
When men had the courage to fight distress
And agree upon an alternate door
As the waste of war did wisemen impress !
Claire V. Bogdanos 