My heartfelt thoughts are sped your way
To each of you alone today
I send you kindness with much love
And prayers for you to God above
Keep safe and grateful, don’t forget
The best of all is coming yet !
EVERYTHING ( 2017 ) 2017/12/07
There is a song lives in my heart
I don’t know how it got its start
But I adore its every word
The sweetest sounds I’ve ever heard.
It fills my mind and brings me peace
And from life’s sadness grants release
It raises hopes where none survived
And helps laughter to be revived.
How wonderful the Lord loves all
Who stand in line to wait His call
He is the Master and the King
Son of the God of everything !
I HATE WAR ( 2017 ) 2017/12/04
How I hate war, oh Lord, how I hate war
What is the point, what’s it intended for
Where is the end, tell me what shall we do
How can we comprehend life’s carry through ?
I see those faces that once were unlined
But now to agony are thus confined
I hear the rasping sound of raling breath
The gasping halt that’s prone to preface death
Be gone this hate, the anger too, I say
Please Lord we beg of You show us the way !
SEEMS ODD ( 2017 ) 2017/12/03
It does seem odd that you and I
Are simply strangers passing by
We’ve spent our days upon God’s earth
Testing our values and their worth.
We’ve come this far to validate
The things we love and some we hate
Our time is brief and waning fast
Tis now each move may be our last.
Oh Lord we’re grateful that You’ve heard
And need the courage of Your word !
INVITATION ( 2017 ) 2017/11/14
There is this place so faraway
Where angels and God’s cherubs play
It’s full of dreams and atmosphere
And lots of love and laughs and cheer
A perfect spot we cannot share
Until our Lord invites us there !
TAKE A LOOK ( 2017 ) 2017/10/30
There is a God, I know it’s true
I’d really like to share with you
However that is not my choice
Each must decide with their own voice.
I cannot but supply the facts
Depends on you how one reacts
There is a book, you know which one
It’s older than the Sugar Plum.
This book was writ on parchment roll
And wound up in clay jars of scroll
Hidden away two thousand years
Written by scores of ancient seers.
It is the world’s most famous book
Perhaps one day, you’ll take a look !
INFALLIBLE ( 2017 ) 2017/10/28
I sight the sunrise o’er the hill
It’s vision sends my heart a thrill
How wonderful it is to see
A world wrapt in God’s symmetry.
I hear the rustle of the leaves
They whisper in the morning breeze
What is it they all preach to me
Regarding God’s infinity ?
I feel the impact of His power
Increasing with each passing hour
The mark He leaves, indelible
Because He is infallible !
HE’S A WHIZ ( 2017 ) 2017/10/25
The morn awakes and yawns aloud
The sky is clear, there’s ne’er a cloud
A breeze o’erhead begins to blow
We’re in the midst of autumn’s show.
Her colors changing every day
Glow brighter still along the way
How wonderful God’s palette is
Creating pigments, He’s a whiz !
ELEGY FOR DENO ( 2017 ) 2017/10/08
I hear the echoes through the trees
Life’s shadows move with each new breeze
Old voices carry loud and clear
And fall upon the listening ear.
The book has closed the story ends
And bids farewell to all our friends
To leave one nothing more to say
Ere we are forced to look away.
But let us go in peace and calm
Believing one must do no harm
Remembering those days of yore
And all of paradise before !
THIS IS HIS SHOW ( 2017 ) 2017/10/04
There’s no time left, we’ve lost our way
We cannot fail, not one more day
As angels in the clouds above
Extend to all unending love
Our Lord on high is waiting there
He feels our pain and hears our prayer
For there is nothing He won’t know
The world forgets, this is His show !
LITTLE LEFT TO FEAR ( 2017 ) 2017/10/03
From the plains of Jericho to el Alamein
Men have been fighting wars, their freedom to sustain
These battles never end, each climax moves more near
But with God’s help we learn there’s little left to fear !
OUTSTRETCHED HAND ( 2017 ) 2017/10/01
Love doesn’t die much like life, it just fades away
And withers in the darkness with each passing day
Many dreams lie wasted remembering the past
There within shadows that were never meant to last
And the world continues as if there were no end
Many will survive without lover or dear friend
God is always listening, try to understand
He is there waiting with a steady outstretched hand !
IT’S TRUE ( 2017 ) 2017/09/30
In truth, we learn that life does fly
And soon we all must wave goodbye
We turn a corner, close a door
What is it all are waiting for ?
We cannot say, we do not know
Life’s mysteries won’t tell or show !
KINGDOM COME ( 2017 ) 2017/09/24
My thoughts return to years ago
To someone that I used to know
A someone who looks just like me
The person that I used to be.
I have survived the time between
Can you imagine all I’ve seen ?
Seems God and me, we have a pact
I’m training for the final act
He greets each as their turn is done
This Lord of our true Kingdom come!
TO OPT FOR FAITH ( 2017 ) 2017/09/23
The Lord can see right to the core
He knows what each is searching for
He follows as we wend our way
Through every moment of the day
I’d like to think He gave us choice
To opt for faith and raise our voice
In praise of those powers that be
Who’ll guide us to eternity !
HEAVEN FULL OF BLISS ( 2017 ) 2017/09/22
I often wonder as I peer into the sky
Where do all the clouds go after they’re passing by
Do they have a mission or a schedule to keep
What happens up above when I am fast asleep ?
I try to stay alert and do not want to miss
A single moment’s joy of heaven full of bliss !
MY HEART RECALLS ( 2017 ) 2017/09/18
I left my heart behind so long ago
On a sandy beach where it doesn’t snow
Where the wind is brash and the waves ride high
And the cliffs above try to reach the sky.
Now my heart still yearns for that touching sight
That I’ve dreamt about too many a night
In that foreign land far across the seas
Where our boys lie in graves beneath the trees.
I pray to God that we do not forget
War is the devil that we all have met !
NOTHING IS HARD ( 2017 ) 2017/09/17
I’ve this feeling I’m in a vise
And pretty sure it’s not my size
While this faint tightness in my chest
Accompanies all of the rest,
Speaks words to me I can’t ignore
What else is there life has in store ?
The time is now to make amends
Reach out to all including friends
Hold on to faith, remember God
For with His help, nothing is hard !
IN HIS CARE ( 2017 ) 2017/09/06
Oh little child so full of dreams
Life isn’t always as it seems
The door of hope is not quite free
It may not open up for thee.
Just wait awhile and softly pray
That God above will save each day
For it is He who blesses all
And answers when the children call.
Be not afraid He’ll keep you there
Close to His heart and in His care !
OUR EVERYTHING ( 2017 ) 2017/08/14
I love you Lord, where ere I go
Your fingerprint is bound to show
The fields, the hills, the clouds above
See how the earth displays Your love.
The creatures that fill all the seas
Like those that form our fantasies
Both in the air and on the ground
Enjoy our earth and its surround,
You are the Maker and the King
Creator of our everything !
BECAUSE IT MUST ( 2017 ) 2017/08/12
I’d like to think that life is kind
And prejudice is always blind
That government put to the test
Will always do what is the best
And children all will realise
That strength does not depend on size
Simple beliefs that most can trust
Should happen now because it must !
MY CREED ( 2017 ) 2017/08/10
A little love, a little care
A smile or two for all to share
A kindly word, a firm handshake
A promise that we’ll not forsake
An open heart with willing hands
To aid our friends in foreign lands,
Respect for freedom’s rule of law
With truth for all forever more !
THIS GREAT FAMILY ( 2017 ) 2017/08/09
I know that God is everywhere
He hears my thoughts and every prayer
I am so glad He’s on my side
From start to finish, He’s my ride
How sweet it is for me to be
A part of His great family !
I LOVE YOU ! ( 2017 ) 2017/07/23
Three words resound upon my ears
And play a role deflecting fears
They lend me strength beyond my years
And help me to absorb life’s tears !
SPREAD HIS WORDS ( 2017 ) 2017/07/10
I’ve lately come to understand
That memories are ever grand
But only last a lifetime long
And to our history belong.
While words we place upon a page
Remain forever throughout age
With many lasting years and years
To heal our wounds, allay our fears.
We would not know about God’s word
If all those crowds had only heard
And scribes had then not set it down
For men to spread His words around !
GOD’S TRUE LOVE ( 2017 ) 2017/07/08
I wish I were a child again
Returning to remember when
Those days gone by that I recall
When I was young and oh so small.
I never questioned for one time
That I was in some unsafe clime
I wish that I could do the same
For all those children I can’t name
Who need to seek the safety of
A world chock full of God’s true love !
VALUE FAITH AGAIN ( 2017 ) 2017/07/07
The days are fleeting this I know
As dreams and heartaches come and go
The time is now to loose the chain
And learn to value faith again !
SURRENDER ( 2017 ) 2017/07/03
I know that I must move beyond
Those dreams of which I am so fond
To take my place among the rest
Of those who meant to give their best !
Claire V. Bogdanos 