This is the first I can recall
I find my back against the wall
It all seems strange with no debrief
There is scant time to seek relief.
We flounder in life’s deep morass
Without the aid of skill or class
I wonder what the future brings
Along with normal happenings.
Shall we survive until the end
In need of courage and a friend
Let’s say the prayer we all know well
And to the Lord our wishes tell !
Lord, I won’t sing this song once more
It’s not the same as ’twas before
Our innocence has disappeared
Perhaps it’s worse than what I feared !
I do not recognize the score
And don’t know what we’re fighting for
I can’t determine what to do
We need Your help, please send a clue !
My dearest child what can I say
To get you through your darkest day,
Which words of peace may I impart
To help you ease your aching heart ?
With all the love time mayhaps bring
Like joyous songs we learn to sing,
The word of God is what we’ve got
To keep us safe, no matter what !
There is a place beyond our dreams
Where life is peaceful so it seems
But nature never is at rest
It struggles long to keep abreast
We cannot claim we do not know
It follows all where ere we go.
The world itself can make no change
Without man’s aid to rearrange
The complications that we see
Placed there by inhumanity !
There is one joy each day may bring
Your choice to laugh or dance and sing
To smile, enjoy or to correct
Some error made or to expect
Perhaps a chance to walk with God
And tread the path our forebears trod.
To share a bit of helping hand
Pick up the pieces or expand
Then comprehend the value of
Undaunted courage laced with love
A time to aid when there is need
Or teach another to succeed !
Sometimes it’s hard to believe God sees
All the troubled souls upon their knees
Like those broken children still confined
To a system that’s both deaf and blind
And the hungry masses on the road
Have no one there to lighten the load.
Their dreams of glory shrivel and die
As the rest of the world passes by
While you and I don’t know what to do
Please help us Lord, we haven’t a clue !
I often wonder where I’m at
And if the world outside is flat
I get so tired of searching for
A place to put my head in store !
I really need another chance
To take a stab at true romance
And give life’s wheel a healthy spin
To learn what stage of age I’m in.
Oh, Mother Nature have you heard
My prayers for help, my every word
It can’t be too extreme a task
I beg it’s not too much to ask !
There is no way I understand
How tempers get so out of hand
I’ve never seen such anger shown
From persons both known and unknown
What is there that can rile one up
Enough to overflow the cup ?
We’ve seen the foolishness of some
Who cannot seem to overcome
This sad behavior they have used
On those they’ve bullied or abused
Perhaps through faith and time alone
They’ll seek God’s wisdom to atone !
I’m glad to say with no regret
That I’ve not met my Saviour yet
There still is time left to erase
Those hidden failures that I face.
Oh Lord, I try so hard each day
To follow closely in Your way
But I have faults as most folks do
And other quirks I need work through.
Well I’ll keep trying best I can
And with Your help may understand
That You will keep an eye on me
Helping to seek my destiny !
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 !
The world we know is in a spin
Look at the trouble we are in
We’ve lost our way and are off course
We need employ another source.
How shall we live, what can we do
We must now ask for help from You
Don’t leave us here it’s far too late
Disaster’s waiting at the gate.
Oh merciful and loving God
The road ahead is rough and hard
Desert us not we are distraught
Help us to live the way You’ve taught !
Who has not shed a thousand tears
To rid themselves of earthly fears
And all of this to no avail
As man’s inclined to often fail.
Now what are we but impotent
In this our world of God’s invent
Let’s settle in remembering
That He determines everything !
I’d like to believe that I am strong
That I can handle what comes along
Because my courage is loathe to fail
As I’m not a ship without a sail !
Some lessons in life have taught me well
I’ve tales of my own that I may tell
Please help me dear Lord to stand up tall
Or extend Your arms ere I should fall !
Oh dearest Lord, please hear my plea
Create a stronger need in me
Help me to learn a kinder way
To face the challenge of each day !
I do believe that most try hard
To keep their faith and honor God
But stuff keeps getting in the way
It seems to happen every day.
We need a plan to get us through
To teach us all what we must do
Dear Lord above we need You now
Whom else is there to show us how ?
Have you seen the trouble we are in
Our world’s tilted and in a spin
We’re upside down, we’ve lost our way
There’s nothing left for us to say.
We are not what we used to be
Our freedom is no longer free
The world we’ve known has disappeared
Transformed by lies and avid fear !
Oh mighty owl high in my tree
I pray you do not pressure me
I’m not prepared for your bad news
Luck is the thing that I could use.
There are some stories I have heard
About your wisdom and your word
How you instill a certain fear
In all of those who dare to hear.
Please help me out sir, if you can
For I am born of mortal man
My needs are small, my chances few
I sure would like some help from who ?
Be still my heart, I hear your beat
And from my forehead to my feet
The numbness reaches to my toes
Tis strange the way this feeling grows.
At times my heart seems in my throat
I think that I could almost float
The fear it rises, comes and goes
When will this end, nobody knows.
But God’s here standing by my side
He holds my hand, He is my ride
I know that He is still my strength
However long be my lifes length !
Tis true that tears are often sweet
That courage rises from defeat,
That wisdom needs to curb its cheek
With all those words that it may speak.
While silence is the calmest way
To channel all our fears away
It’s working hard that is the call
To save us from decline and fall !
I have been taught my whole life long
To love my God and to be strong
To help my neighbors and my friends
To pray for peace and make amends.
Yet still I find the world I see
Is rife with much hostility
The days grow old, deep in morass
When will some of this anger pass ?
In all our lives we find no peace
When will God grant our soul’s release,
I don’t know how to fight the beast
Help us, oh Lord, make wars to cease !
I’d like to shout from rooftops high
To all of those just passing by
Is there compassion in your heart
What must we do to reach a start
Let’s try once more to make amends
And see if we can’t all be friends !
I wonder, God, if it’s okay
To ask You for another stay ?
I sure could use a second chance
To search around for life’s romance
I do get, oh, so tired of
A world that seems devoid of love !
Of all the evils that exist
That constant are and do persist
The worst of these remain to date
Those filled with unrelenting hate.
Oh what a sadness that must be
The cost of anger’s never free
And leaves an emptiness inside
That sometimes is too hard to hide.
Perhaps these feelings do abate
Oft times occuring far too late
It seems we’ve no solution there
Our only hope is God and prayer !
The years just seem to whiz on by
The days are short, the nighttimes fly
Hang on, hang on, don’t get upset
There’s no time left to do regret !
So hoist your sails and carry on
Oh captain, we depend upon
A little kindness here and there
Pickup your spirits, learn to share.
Show God that you will never shirk
Please let Him know that you can work
There’s so much more that needs be done
Let’s spread the word, enjoy the fun !
I wish, I wish I had the words
To tell the crowd how to become
A connosieur of the absurd
Or prophecy of dumb and numb.
This world grows smaller day by day
And madness has now grown a voice
I wish that I could run away
Or help dear God to find a choice !
We are asea, so far afloat
Without the aid of oar and boat
Awash upon the stormy sea
Lost victims of life’s mutiny.
Reach out, reach out to touch God’s hand
To take us to the promised land
Our arms outstretched to touch the shore
Find peace restored forevermore !
Now I have trod a long, long road
Upon my mind this heavy load
My burden is too great to bear
I can’t be sure if I’ll get there
It is Your help I’m searching for
A beggar here outside Your door.
I only hope that You will hear
My urgent plea upon Your ear
And comfort me so that I know
I shall have peace before I go
As You assume the burden of
A mother’s last unfettered love !
When I was young I used to pray
“Please help me Lord, show me the way ”
And then as I began to age
My life soon turned another page.
I spoke to God quite frequently
It seemed we shared true empathy
At least that is what I believed
And do not think I was deceived.
Now that I’m old I understand
Our God is always close at hand
He is our comfort and great friend
Remaining so until the end !
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Claire V. Bogdanos 