I hear the whistle of the train
It keeps on calling out my name
And sings to me its lonesome tune
From morning’s rise till afternoon.
It brings to me the memory
Of days gone by that used to be
Filled with excitement that suggests
Times were when we shared happiness.
The chance has come and now has gone
For hooks to hang our dreams upon
We’ll transport them where e’er we go
And pray there’ll be a repeat show !
Each day begins with shades of gray
Before sky blue decides to stay
The clouds are neat all in a row
They start to gather, come and go
And fill the heavens with their fluff
We never seem to get enough.
Oh how I wish that I might see
Angels hop-scotching over me
I’d laugh and giggle right out loud
I do believe we’d have a crowd.
But just for now I promise you
I’d offer God a huge ” thank You ” !
Oh blessed Lord, accept my plea
Grant me the strength to set me free
Open my eyes that I may see
The love and care You’ve offered me.
I am Your servant meek and mild
Your aged and obedient child
I give to You all I possess
My dreams and hopes, my happiness !
I waken to the light outside
It’s pale and dull, on the flat side
The sun’s smile has been hid away
By clouds above, some sad and grey.
Tomorrow brings a better chance
Of love and joy mixed with romance,
Our lives are full of ups and downs
With happy smiles and miles of frowns.
Let’s spice it up, just for a bit
Perhaps, we’ll find a perfect fit !
Seems life has been a timeless one
So full of gladness, joy and fun
Along the way there’s been some pain
T’was part of lifetime’s growth and gain
Oft I’ve wondered what it’s about
If I should laugh or cry or shout
It is a choice that we’ve all made
With circumstance let’s pray won’t fade
Now here we are at this road’s end
At last with God who’s our good friend !
When I was young and words were few
Seems that I knew just what to do
I’d “ape” the sounds that I had heard
Turned out that each was but a word.
Soon I was there upon the stage
At rather quite an early age
With words and syllables to speak
Like some enchanted childhood freak.
I never thought back in those days
That I’d wind up in high school plays
I learned to sing and tap dance too
With lessons from the age of two.
Quite long I’d been an only child
Forever charming and beguiled
With discipline supplied on call
And kisses shared with every fall.
Today we miss what used to be
Safe childhood and security
Our faith is great it’s taught us this
All lives were meant to share God’s bliss !
Oh robin red, in your best suit
You loudly sing and look so cute
I wish I knew how to convey
The joy I’ve felt with you today.
You bring me hope the gloom can’t hide
The warmth I feel for you inside
Your perky song and boldened ways
Bring happiness to all my days !
Mocking bird, mocking bird, sing me your song
Help keep me amused through all the day long
Sing me a garrulous tune with your notes
Including for me, your mocking bird quotes,
Love your clear whistle each morning I hear
Wishing me well with an earful of cheer !
As I awake to morning’s sound
The dawn’s exploding all around
I hear bees hum and cats meow
The birds all sing while dogs bow-wow.
The noise of traffic fills the air
While beeping horns annoy and blare
The sidewalks soon begin to crowd
Street vendors hawking goods aloud.
Oh what delight each daylight brings,
A joyous heart that hums and sings,
Along with happiness and glee
Contributes to comradery !
I’ve shared my bit of tragedy
As all the emptiness I see
Became a vital part of me
Impacting my philosophy.
The strength I knew that I possessed
Has helped me triumph over stress
I’ve tried to learn to find success
And fill each space with happiness !
The wind comes rustlng through the trees
And whistles wildly mongst the breeze
It echoes up and down the streets
Embracing everyone it meets
The cool night air is muscling in
Tis time to take it on the chin
The Ides of March will soon be here
Lets try to keep our options clear
The winter wind must fade away
Before the spring will come to play !
I do love happy endings, yes I truly do
That is when our dreams really could be coming true
It is the time for joy and happiness replete
The stars begin to shine and all the world seems sweet
I like to work with others, help them feel the same
Try to be realistic, manipulate no game.
Sometimes we cannot help if dreams do go astray
We simply need to pause to cast our fears away
For God will still be there, He knows how much we care
He feels our deepest pain when no one’s left to share
He helps us to remember what life’s all about
Seeking our happy ending ere time should run out !
I never thought I’d rue the day
Once that I gave my heart away,
I stored my dreams upon the shelf
With no reserve about myself.
This life I planned of magic theme
Would ne’er become idyllic scheme
It didn’t take too long to see
True happiness is never free
No matter how we try and try
There’s no kind way to say goodbye !
For all of the joy that the holidays bring
There is this bit reminding us of one thing
That through all the pleasures each season may bear
Sometimes there’s a reason that we daren’t share.
The heart’s just a muscle that rises and falls
Yet treasures the moment and often recalls
Those times that were real, much before used to be
When some had to leave for a new destiny
Wherever they’ve gone, we have bid them adieu
As we must carry on, the remaining few !
We need to be careful along life’s weary way
So that we do not waste one solitary day
For days are short and lives are somewhat shorter too
Before we are aware our time is overdue
I think that life is so full of varied blendings
Though I prefer to wish for more happy endings !
I can remember days long gone
When we had trails to hike upon
That wound through forests clad in green
Up wooded hillsides by a stream
Along the bend where moss rose grew,
Look up you’ll catch a patch of blue.
Hundreds of trees of every size
Parade before your very eyes
Oh such a sight it was to see
What I would give once more to be
Alive upon those mountainsides
Where bits of God’s true wealth resides !
I’ve seen the little children play
Around the park along the way
I’ve heard their jumbled shrieks of glee
While hiding there behind a tree !
They laugh and skip and jump and run
It’s heart warming to see such fun.
Sometimes I feel the strongest yearn
To be a child who can return
I’d put my grownup cares away
Just to be young for one last day !
Where do all of our memories go
Recalling things we knew long ago
To remember when I was so small
And my world about seemed ever tall.
These remembrances still fill my mind
Days sometimes glad and sometimes unkind
Some days when I felt lost or confused
Others as we laughed and were amused.
Plain and simple joys that used to be
Committed now to each memory
That won’t be lost and keeps flowering
With its virtues overpowering.
I’d often thought when I was young
Of all the songs that children sung
As in the morn they’d skip to school
And chant about the golden rule.
These songs were full of magic things
And bursting with imaginings,
Like fairy wings, angelic bells
And pirates gold that time foretells !
A scary bit ’bout Halloween
And “little” folk we have not seen
Or frogs that speak and brooms that fly
A dish and spoon that dance on high !
Oh, how much fun childhood has seen
One might pretend to be a queen
And I could wish for one more chance
To meet my prince and find romance !
Happiness is a state of mind and
love a condition of the heart
Without which man is an empty shell
awaiting life’s meaning to start.
There are times the sadness of this life is overbearing
While our days are spent without the hope of ever sharing
Such a painful thought of never truly comprehending
Why and if there is to be a simpler happy ending.
Those cherished values scorned by raving heretics amused
Hold faithful to a code that waits discarded and abused.
These unsung heroes thus having forged our destiny
Awaken from the sleep that took them to eternity
Engaging in a task so powerful it never ceases
Leaving us employed in scooping up the tattered pieces.
Waves of all the talents that marked our yesterdays
By those who earned the right to claim a share of glory’s praise,
“ Fidelity” a word once hopeless lost among the rules
Now challenged by this useless cadre of important fools !
The candles in the window, the frost clings to each bough
The holly climbs the lamppost, the weather’s colder now
Tis time for sweaters, muffs and gloves and season’s merry glee
Yet with each falling snowflake my thoughts drift back to thee.
I hear the Christmas carol they sang that Christmas Day
And all of this it happened to someone far away.
This season brings to many a hope of untold joy
To me it means a memory time refuses to destroy.
I saw you first that Christmas Day and knew it had to be
That I should fall in love with you and you in love with me.
Fate seemed to speak to both of us the selfsame words we heard
I saw the laughter in your eyes my heart held every word.
Though slow to speak as then you were, I waited one long year
My hopes began to crumble as that Christmas time drew near.
This time you did not fail me, my dream at last came true
You loved me my beloved as much as I loved you.
The joy we knew that Christmas will never come again
In vanished in the springtime in the mist and foggy rain.
And so again each Christmas when the snowflakes gently fall
It’s the time of sweet remember not the parting I recall
And I say to you my darling, wherever you may be
That you think of me at Christmas if you ever think of me.
I should hope that you remember not the springtime and its rain
But the love and tender kindness not the sadness and the pain
Not the years of endless waiting and the promises untold
But the laughter and the happiness that remembering doth hold.
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Claire V. Bogdanos 