My eyes are full of wonder
My heart so wild with glee
What is this spell I’m under
How does it affect me ?
I’m a child who loves my God
And wishing all I could
That most lives are not that hard
And mercy’s understood !
AMEN.
TO THE LEAST ( 2019 ) 2019/11/03
All creatures lives are full of fear
As they survive from year to year
Some lifetimes that they share are cruel
Still their love sparkles like a jewel.
While all the legacy we leave
Are what we’ve said or do believe
The animals can’t speak their mind
But truer love this world won’t find.
How sad that few may chance endure
To cruelty there is no cure
Beg God protect each simple beast
From giant-sized down to the least !
WHAT IS YOUR GUESS ( 2018 ) 2018/04/16
At times I’m sure I hear the sound
Of children laughing all around
I hear the patter of their feet
In clitter-clatters from the street.
Oh how I wish that I were there
As joy was rising in the air
Remember how it used to be
When hearts were young and love was free ?
Those days are gone, they won’t come back
Our lives today under attack
Why must we suffer such distress
I do not know, what is your guess ?
EMPTY CANVAS ( 2017 ) 2017/12/18
Lives are like the canvas all white and clear
That too soon begins to cloud up with fear
Add a hint of ochre as we all grow
With colors God paints into each rainbow
If circles or squares lapse into the breach
May they be beyond lost destinies reach.
As each canvas becomes part of the dream
Of what we’ve reached for or where we have been
Or the brushes get tired or weather worn
Take care we don’t all get tattered or torn !
ANGELS FLY ( 2017 ) 2017/06/01
There is no way one can explain
Why children love to splash in rain
Or why the mud is so much fun
In which to slide upon one’s bun.
There’s no accounting for the joy
That comes to every girl or boy
To screech as loudly as they may
To frighten every bug away.
Or why each babe will play with you
The game grownups call “peekaboo”
And truly I do not know why
They all believe that angels fly !
HIT OR MISS ( 2017 ) 2017/03/18
I thought that love had come to stay
One knows true love won’t run away
For you and I were born to be
Two partners through eternity.
I’d always dreamt that this was so
No matter what or where we’d go
Though sometimes I did have a doubt
If this is what all love’s about ?
I tried so hard to stay the course
I didn’t care who was the boss
Since you and I had one intent
That for each other we were meant.
Somehow, somewhere it went astray
While all our hopes did melt away
So much for dreams and plans well made
Like future joys that got mislaid.
I often wondered what went wrong
Was I too weak, were you not strong
After the bliss of that first kiss
Why does love fade to hit or miss ?
PANDORA’S BOX ( 2015 ) 2015/07/21
The pitter-patter of the rain
Now dancing on my windowpane
Reminds me of that long ago
Forgotten game of tell and show.
Oh what great fun we all had then
I do not think that I was ten
We lived our lives from day to day
Simplicity that was our way.
Depression had not loosed its grip
Our world much like a sinking ship
The war had not yet reached our shore
Though it was gnawing at the door.
And when it came none was prepared
For most believed it wasn’t there
Like all our games of show and tell
In truth it all went straight to hell !
IN THE BEGINNING ( 2014 ) 2014/11/15
There was a time when man was free
He knew where lay his destiny
The needs were small and simple too
His feelings ran both deep and true !
That empty space now lonely waits
For dreams our hope anticipates
To fill our lives with God’s great joy
Time and patience must needs employ !
What shall we find beyond the bend
Of this long road that has no end
Escape to God’s reality
Reach out for His morality !
CHILDREN ( 2014 ) 2014/07/29
The tiny child is full of grace
Such sweetness and quite fair of face
This peaceful babe that cuddles so
Does warm the heart with inner glow !
I never thought that I would be
Enchanted by each small baby,
How wonderful that God does show
To all the way our love should grow !
HEAVEN KNOWS ( 2014 ) 2014/06/19
The little babe with smile so sweet
Whose tiny hands and wiggly feet
Are perfect as they move about
Is pure within and snuggly out !
Imagine what the years may bring
Dreams and hopes are just beginning
But it could take a bit more time
Before each child begins his climb.
Let’s beg that God will be right there
To guide him and to hear his prayer,
Do not forget him as he grows
Life’s hard enough all heaven knows !
LITTLE GIRL ( 2014 ) 2014/04/16
There is this little girl I know
Who is as sweet as sweet can be
And when her grey eyes smile and glow
She brings great happiness to me.
I need to add she is quite smart
And uses words with charm and grace
She brings much joy to this old heart
Her kindness beams upon her face.
I find her ways are just and true
This gentle child that God has wrought
Her laughter sings and filters through
The wisest lessons we’ve been taught !
Claire V. Bogdanos 