These final words that I recall
“A happy time was had by all”
Too many conversations heard
Repeat the very selfsame words.
So blest are we remembering
The greater joy families bring,
The love and care that we receive
Help all once more in hope believe !
Oh for the days of what might have been
With memories of remember when,
As the heart recalls the times we knew
When children were as all children do.
Their names are tatooed upon my brain
Like loving words of an old refrain
That tugs on those chains of kindness past,
Of the days long gone that did not last !
There is a joy the season brings
That dwells within rememberings
Of times long past and those to come
In this old world so worrisome.
What used to be our yesterdays
Have been recycled to todays
And we’ve recaptured our best chance
To feel again the warm romance.
The world that was, has disappeared
To be forgotten as we feared
Tis sad that time must runaway
To leave but hours to love and pray !
What I leave behind, of little note
Are so many words, through life, I wrote
Perhaps some few that you may here find
With time through memories, shall rewind
My heart is true and oftimes quite sad
Because I miss all that I once had
I thank the Lord for the gifts He gave
And the joys we knew that each has saved !
To those I’ve known and loved before
Whose memories my heart has stored
Here in the reaches of my mind
Midst joy and feeings ever kind,
Remember that I’ll miss you all
And pray the Lord is at your call
While angels spread their wings above
And bathe you in God’s constant love !
Our world is made of fantasy
Of wishes, dreams and ecstasy
Of worry, hope and dignity
With many other traits you’ll see
Despite how we may try agree
We are awash and blind asea !
I’ve trod the road uncounted miles
And shed more than a million tears
While time evoked a thousand smiles
As life revealed a hundred fears.
I cannot know the why of it
From each angle life has displayed
I only know I hope to fit
Before all of my cards are played !
To find oneself alone at last
With memories of things now past
Of happy days and lazy times
Some foolishness, some silly rhymes
Or moments when tears cannot stop
As dreams we’ve had did a flip flop.
Tis strange how life’s misunderstood
In quite many a neighborhood
But we must carry on, you see
For that’s a part of destiny
The path that each one has taken
Leaves some winning, some forsaken !
Could we but know the history
Of all God’s miracles we see,
That every minute of each day
Are playing out in grand display,
Oh, what a wonder we would learn
For every fraction of life’s turn.
As occurs here before our eyes
This program happens in disguise
The simplest flight of birds on high
Got their direction times gone by
God’s world is perfect as can be
Except for fools like you and me !
At times I feel I am obsessed
By hopes and dreams and fears possessed
The hope that we shall find a way
To seek a greater role to play
A dream to be the brighter star
Than what we ever really are
The fear to put our dreams to rest
And hope that all will do their best !
Well, here it is, the early morn
Where shades of night melt into dawn
As shadows pale then disappear
Into the light now grown more near.
When I was young I found that joy
So vital to each girl and boy
My heart grew wings, I learned to fly
To heights that reached beyond the sky.
How little did I know back then
It never would return again
And wishes I’d been hoping for
All failed to knock at my front door !
Sometimes I can’t help remembering
My great grandma’s house in early spring
Oh such joy those old visions bear
Of beaches, sand and the salty air.
The wonderment of childhood may be
The remembrance of past memory
And lifestyles that have all gone astray
With the pleasantries of yesterday.
I wish that I could capture the time
Instead of watch as our lives decline
So sad, dear Lord, what was meant to be
Got lost in this new posterity !
The wind, it whistles through the trees
Staccato bristling in the breeze
The air is crisp, its clean and clear
Sounds of autumn fall on the ear.
The Ides of March have come and gone
And Labor Day has since moved on
Ere long it will be Halloween
With other days squeezed in between.
All lives serve seasons in their turn
Each with some lesson we need learn
Our victories may have no date
Sometimes we simply have to wait !
When I reflect o’er my lifespan
And try hard as I ever can
There are these things I greatly miss
The sweetness of my mother’s kiss,
The pleasure of my father’s smile
He made my life a world worthwhile,
The treasure of each tiny tot
Whose hugs and kisses meant a lot,
Such moments cannot be erased
Nor somehow get to be replaced.
I know all this is from the past
These memories I pray will last !
I’ve seen the world about me cry
And heard its whispers of goodbye
I’ve felt the tremor of its fears
All through these recent lonely years
I’ve known the truth and heard its lies
And seen them revel in disguise.
I’ve prayed for help in my distress
And been denied proper redress
I’ve hoped that opportunity
Would visit soon and set me free
But most of all I’ve asked of You
Dear Lord above, please see me through !
Of all the wishes I have sought
Or presents that I’ve ever bought
Like treasured dreams that I have thought
Are in my heart, forever caught !
When we were young so long ago
Seems each one had places to go
Our world held opportunity
At least a million sights to see.
Before the young had dreams to share
Or found someone that truly cared
There was a path that each might take
Beside the promises they’d make.
In youth we’re prone to fool around
And fail to keep our feet aground
There’s always one more thing to do
Some song to sing or dragon slew
Rooftops to scale or mountains climbed
Oceans to cross with not much time
Hopes, schemes and plans, all praises sung
Tis sad gets wasted on the young !
Our aims got tangled and went adrift
The spirit’s drowning and needs a lift
While our dreams have somehow gone astray
Pray this confusion soon melts away.
At the root of all that we believe
And a part of ideas we conceive
May the love of God instill great peace
And from life’s distress grant all release !
Have you seen smiles upon each face
Of winners who complete the race
It’s not about their speed or pace
But difficulties they’ve embraced !
I miss the peace of morning sounds
The tender tug that calm expounds
The smell of coffee in the air
It seems to be most everywhere
The gentle hum as life revives
Before the world becomes alive
The quiet lull before the dawn
That signals all, here comes the morn !
The night was dark and cool and clear
The air around was free of fear
As I recall it used to be
When life was happy and carefree.
We laughed and cried and fussed a lot
About what’s fair and what was not
Though not one person would declare
That their own treatment was unfair !
We lived and dreamed our lives away
Believing each, from day to day
This was our homeland, small or large
Where bullies never were in charge !
We are a generation praying peace will come
Meant for God’s entire world not only but for some
We are here dreaming miracles will light our way
With the arrival of each bright and newer day !
Today’s the day I lost my friend
It seems the pain will never end
There is no way I can replace
Her kind and gentle smiling face.
She made me feel all warm inside
I was her precious joy and pride
It seems that we were meant to be
Best friends through out eternity.
Well here I am, it’s still the same
This hurtful, ugly nagging pain
I guess I’ll learn to live with this
The memory of her last kiss !
Oh how I wish that I could be
A twinkling star that all can see
Far up above the world so high
Like God’s own beacon in the sky.
So like a dream as it appears
Full of our hopes and often fears
For God will not our futures make
Tis left for each to mold or break.
And only when the journey’s done
May we acclaim we’ve had our run
The problem is we oft forget
There’s no place left to sound regret !
There is a dream most wish to see
Lasting throughout eternity
A chance to blend both heart and mind
As truth and fantasies unwind
A place of safety and great care
Where hopes and joys are ours to share !
Do feel the sun, its warmth is there
As is the scent upon the air
That flutters sweetly on the breeze
And waltzes lightly through the trees
Oh pleasures all, where have you gone
Where is this dream we’re counting on ?
Do you wonder what the morrow brings
Besides the tunes that each songbird sings
What would it be like without that song
Perhaps a place one shouldn’t belong ?
Some pleasant words or a grateful chat
We’d speak about either this or that
And turn away with a smile or two
While friendship’s shared between me and you.
Oh how I yearn for the days long gone
When friends were those you might count upon
Life used to be full of many dreams
But the magic’s gone or so it seems !
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Claire V. Bogdanos 