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 !
DO YOUR WILL ( 2018 ) 2018/07/11
There is this world outside our door
Filled with guilt, rancor, so much more
A place where sadness multiplies
As lives are trashed before our eyes.
How many more are traumatized
By actions less than civilized ?
Please Lord, accept our gratitude
And in our lives kindness include
Teach us to be the best we know
To do Your will where ere we go !
LACK OF MANNERS ( 2018 ) 2018/06/11
Sometimes I think I’m lost in space
Or living in a foreign place
Well, certainly no spot I know
No matter where it is I go !
It’s up or down and all around
It’s in and out or underground
Chock full of people with no couth
Millenials and most our youth.
How sad to notice, worse to be
Midst all this incivility !
THE SAME AS YOU ( 2018 ) 2018/06/01
A little bit of heaven’s scratching at the door
With sounds of adoration I cannot ignore
Each morning when I wake I sense the anxious plea
Tis not another creature seems so fond of me.
We come from different worlds, this I comprehend
But I’d be quite lost if he couldn’t be my friend
I want to thank You Lord, You sure knew what to do
Teaching all Your creatures to love the same as You !
FILL THE VOID ( 2018 ) 2018/05/24
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 !
OUR FATHER ( 2018 ) 2018/05/05
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 !
STILL BE FRIENDS ( 2018 ) 2018/01/01
There was a time that’s now gone past
When we dreamt dreams that seemed to last
And compromise was but the thought
Of all the lessons we’d been taught.
When life meant more than recompense
And most espoused good common sense
Consideration was the key
To all of God’s humanity.
Alas for most this disappeared
Replaced by arrogance and fear
Is it too late to make amends
To garner strength and still be friends ?
WE ARE IN NEED ( 2017 ) 2017/12/30
There is great joy that words may bring
Words that can cause one’s heart to sing
Sweet words that need remembering
Like peace and calm and happening.
Those gifts conceived that cannot wait
Like ice cream cake on lacy plate
Or breakfasts that begin at eight
With maple pancakes tasting great.
Christmas stockings filled to the brim
When all our blessings are from Him
A helpful thought, a kindly deed
An effort sought for those in need !
AULD LANG SYNE ( 2017 ) 2017/11/11
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 !
NARROW ROUTE ( 2017 ) 2017/08/21
Oh how I wish that I might find
A path that’s safe and does not wind
The straightest road without a curve
Is more a choice than I deserve
For narrow as the options be
It is the route that pleases me !
EACH DAY ( 2017 ) 2017/08/20
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 !
TO STILL MY VOICE ( 2017 ) 2017/06/25
There is this battle that I fight
From early morn straight through the night
It is a war I cannot win
Sometimes I think I should give in
But that is not left up to me
And leaves no option I can see.
As much as I may choose to stay
Such choices do not pass my way
My God supreme does have control
O’er conscience, body, heart and soul
And He alone does make the choice
To stop my heart or still my voice !
MANNER KIND ( 2017 ) 2017/06/12
Sometimes my dear, the world we know
Is not the one we’d like to show
Sometimes coditions are not clear
As we are caught in doubt or fear
Please help us Lord fine tune our lives
In manner kind where goodness thrives !
TO MOTHERS ( 2017 ) 2017/05/15
I cannot bear the thought of life without
Their special love that never leaves a doubt
A love that permeates the air we breathe
That has not learned to lie or to deceive !
TRUTH PREVAILS ( 2017 ) 2017/04/27
I hope I never see the day
When all my words have fled away
And all the thoughts that fill my head
From morn to night are left unsaid.
But when that happens, heed me now
I pray you will recall somehow
My words have been both kind and wise
And taught you truth prevails o’er lies !
FAIR AND BLIND ( 2017 ) 2017/04/14
Where has it gone, integrity
How do we live in mockery
What rule is left that is not broke
What part of honest is a joke ?
Help us oh Lord, our children save
Their time is short, from birth to grave
For only with the saints we’ll find
That kindness is both fair and kind !
CHARITY ( 2017 ) 2017/03/25
A little care, a little love
What is it we are dreaming of
A little hope tinged with a smile
Will carry us for quite awhile.
The way is long, the road is steep
We have a rendez-vous to keep
There are those jobs that we must do
With obstacles we need get through.
To aid the lost their strength to find
The weary to seek peace of mind
And help the indigent ensure
A future with their lives secure !
TO MAKE AMENDS ( 2017 ) 2017/03/06
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 !
PLEASURES ( 2016 ) 2016/12/28
I’d often thought how great ‘twould be
If all God’s children could feel free
And how improved our lives would seem
With each endowed to chase their dream
Another chance to reach the goal
Which is the anchor of one’s soul
While God to us His treasures bare
In hopes that all may pleasures share !
GOD IS LOVE ( 2016 ) 2016/12/15
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 !
COPING ( 2016 ) 2016/11/23
Not long ago I ventured out
To learn what life was all about
I took a turn and soon got lost
My error bore too great a cost !
Since then I’ve kept myself aware
Word of the day to all, beware
Your silence is much keener heard
With kindness shown and gentle word
So be alert remember this
All love is captive to a kiss !
FULLNESS ( 2016 ) 2016/11/05
There is a hole deep down inside
You try your darnedest to deny
It doesn’t matter where you hide
The emptiness just will not die !
With time one learns to get along
Because that’s what our Lord does teach
He fills our lives with love and song
And helps us to our fullness reach !
THE PAST 2016 2016/10/22
Oh for my life that used to be
When I was young and truly free
With all those passions I did feel
The foolishness and thought unreal.
I spent my life much like a child
Manner sweet and a temper mild
It took a lot for me to pout
I never felt I was left out
How I do wish that I could find
A place to leave the past behind !
PEACEFUL DREAM ( 2016 ) 2016/07/14
Now words are just those thoughts we say
Aloud to help us make our way
Around this world that shelters us
From acts too vile or ominous.
It seems the crass and most unjust
Use voices louder than they must
And overshout the gentle souls
To stop us reaching our true goals.
Let’s show them by one act supreme
They shan’t destroy our peaceful dream !
KIND AND TRUE ( 2016 ) 2016/05/20
To live a life of no regret
To dream until that last sunset
To know what one is waiting for
Or how to seek the proper door,
To find a light when it grows dark
Or follow pathways in the park
To lend a hand to all who need
Or understand when one must lead,
These are the things that men should learn
When time does come to be their turn.
Our God has writ what all must do
To be His servant kind and true !
SOTTO – VOCE ( 2016 ) 2016/05/18
Speak softly now, oh my sweet soul
And we shall make it to our goal
Let kindness be the guide we use
While arrogance must we refuse.
For who is there will bear the pain
Of impudence again, again
The folly of impatient fools
Will put to waste all proper rules.
Beware my dear we have small choice
Tis better far speak sotto voiced !
HIS TRUTH ( 2016 ) 2016/05/05
Let’s sing a song of joyous praise
And to the Lord our voices raise
Let’s cheer Him from the citadel
And to the world His glory tell
Let’s fly His banner in the sky
And aim to keep His love close by
Let’s build a pathway to the stars
And pray His truth’s forever ours !
YOU AND I ( 2016 ) 2016/04/28
I wish I knew that you and I
Would never have to say goodbye
And that our friendship would live on
Until the day we both are gone.
How foolish since that cannot be
For we both share mortality
And so old friend we must prepare
When you and I no longer share !
Claire V. Bogdanos 