What is it that life offers all
The chance to shape what may befall
A hope to curb our every whim
Control those steps outside the rim
To spend our days pursueing peace
And from all powers find our release
For somehow time gets in the way
When love does steal the heart away !
The world is full of lonliness
With dark amidst the emptiness
The only light that still exists
Is that in which God’s love persists !
This world’s full of magic, I feel it every day
Truth, I wouldn’t change it for any other way
Along with all its beauty, courage and elan
Like the great white egret that wades amongst the swan.
Seems to me the angels are watching all the fun
Sharing laughs in heaven with almost everyone !
There is this thought I entertain
From winter snow to springtime rain
The summer’s warmth, the leaves of fall
Sweet memories we all recall
They fill my heart, my brain implodes
With pleasures set to soon explode.
Oh how I wish that all could see
Our strength in great diversity
The young and old, the halt and lame
The large or small, we are the same !
Once was a war, the worst we’d had
With consequence both bad and sad
Most of our men who truly tried
Did all they could before they died !
LINCOLN’S ADDRESS TO THE NATION WAS 11/19/1863
I relish the thought that God loves me
And ponder o’er this quite carefully
I’ve come to the conclusion that He
Is the boss of all eternity !
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 !
This gentle thought does make its way
Into the musings of each day
What is it that our God has seen
As He looks down upon earth’s scene
Can it be that our numbers grow
Who wait on Him to start His show ?
The early morning fog begins to clear
I hear each leaf’s staccato on the ear
The wind whips through the clutter at the curb
While seeming to declare, do not disturb
The hollowed silence of forgotten days
Now echoes through this empty canyoned maze !
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 !
I’ve grown through all these many years or so
It seems there’s really no place left to go
There’s no way yet to thrive in outer space
In truth it’s not a safe or happy place.
I’d rather be stuck in a cardboard box
Or forced to walk without both shoes and sox
Than sacrifice the pleasures that I’ve known
Among my family and friends at home.
At this stage of life I find I’m confined
By the strings of our love and joy combined
I believe that I’ll simply hang around
Until God’s solution at last is found !
The sun, it filters through the leaves
Its shadows bouncing off the eaves
Upon the rooftops round about
Seagulls and pigeons thawing out.
The frosty chill of early morn
Gives rise to wishes yet unborn
That men and nature be discreet
Learn how to share, reject defeat !
True friendship is the kindest thing
It moves the heart to smile and sing
And raises all our hopes and joys
Like birthday gifts and children’s toys.
It’s a blessing that loving shares
To soothe the beast midst worldly cares
For without friends one’s cast aside
Into life’s emptiness outside
To languish wasted on the vine
Without the warmth of auld lang syne !
There is a place where I can see
This nation’s flag wave over me
The flag it flies with colors bright
It is an oh so wondrous sight
And promises this great surprise
To open every stranger’s eyes
Instilling confidence and pride
With love that wells up deep inside
Old Glory may she ever wave
And all our dreams, help us to save !
What madness does this world possess
That causes all such great distress
What petty nonsense fills our days
We’re sure is nourished by malaise ?
For eons we’ve endured the pain
And fought evil most times in vain
This has become the earth’s sad scourge
There’s no more action one may urge.
Now we are here with shattered dreams
Leftover tears and useless schemes
The best there is, it’s all we’ve got
With chances to succeed or not !
The stars that show in night time sky
Remind us all that God is nigh
Oh such great treasure we can see
That shines through all infinity.
The skies are ageless evermore
A world in which exists no door
There are no limits no restraints
This place where angels bide with saints !
My tears are for the many men
Who never will go home again
Like those who pledged to give it all
In battle’s heat as they did fall.
Oh Lord in Heaven hear my plea
They gave their lives for me and Thee
Their sacrifice was far too great
With rewards that arrive too late !
There was a child born long ago
It is a story we all know
A sky bathed in celestial light
With one star burning ever bright.
That tiny babe lay mongst the sheep
With angels guarding Him asleep
The heavens knew and marked that place
With holiness time can’t erase.
That baby boy would grow to be
The saviour of humanity
A whole world knows His blessed name
There’s been none else of greater fame !
Why do we dream, what’s that about
And why is life so full of doubt,
I cannot question, God exists
My trust in Him ever persists !
This world is all there is to share
In time with love and hope and care
Though lives of men have limits set
We promise Lord we’ve no regret !
I see the flag o’er coffins draped
Our values and our nation raped
And youth that we look forward to
Who shall inherit all we do ?
These are the victims of the crime
That worsens with passing of time
Oh Lord, please say a special prayer
To save us from this dark despair !
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 !
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 !
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 !
Our world is full of so many things
Like flightless birds and squirrels with wings
Plants that eat insects and fish that fly
All a gift from our God up on high.
A pattern of perfect He has planned
Covering oceans, skies and all land
Aren’t we lucky He’s so intense
And Master of all of life’s events !
And so it is each day begins
We are all equal, no one wins
The wheels, they turn and turn again
But who’ll survive remember when ?
The moment comes then fades away
In all of this, who gets to stay
As life continues its short climb
Then faces change time after time ?
Though no one wins in this relay
Existence spans without delay
The days of man all numbered are
And no one ever gets too far !
Christopher Robin and Tigger too
These are the friends of Winnie-the-Pooh
There in the woods where they all do go
That’s where it happens, best as I know.
In a tree’s hollow under a beech
See Piglet run and hear the Owl screech
I’d love to be a bump on the log
As Eeyore and Roo go for a jog.
Many a child’s been given a thrill
Hearing their tales and many more will !
PLEASE READ THE ORIGINAL “TEDDY BEAR” BY A. A. MILNE
A WONDERFUL POEM OF 102 LINES ! YOU’LL LOVE IT !!.
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 !
I find that life at best is strange
Though I’m not opting for a change
Nor am I saying that it’s bad
What choices are there to be had ?
It seems to me, we have no say
As lives evolve from day to day
Tis time that we accept the fact
It’s God who pens the final act !
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Claire V. Bogdanos 