I’d like to spend my time imagining
What life is all about and reason why
The Lord decided it was smart planning
And gave us choices to help make us try !
MAKE A CHOICE ( 2020 ) 2020/01/16
The heart gets worn and tired too
As through our lives we’ve much to do
When shall we find one day to spare
How can we make the time to care ?
We know that God is on our side
That’s brought about through love not pride
Lord help us please to understand
Show us our pleasure second-hand.
Grant us the power to make our choice
To use our heads, our hearts, our voice
How wonderful that it would be
To share in God’s posterity !
HARMONY ( 2020 ) 2020/01/14
Trust is the factor we each need
If we’re expecting to succeed
As it’s required to understand
We clasp our hands across the land
For we can’t work together if
Between us still exists some rift
Let’s try once more, learn to agree
Achieving perfect harmony !
ASPIRATIONS ( 2020 ) 2020/01/11
Now I’ve loved God my whole life through
Without my faith what would I do ?
The sum of all the good one does
And past visions of what once was
Are the reasons to carry on
When it appears all hope is gone
Let’s take a chance with one last try
Before time fades into goodbye !
A PERFECT FIT ( 2019 ) 2019/12/10
I waken to the light outside
It’s pale and dull, on the flat side
The sun’s smile has been hid away
By clouds above, some sad and grey.
Tomorrow brings a better chance
Of love and joy mixed with romance,
Our lives are full of ups and downs
With happy smiles and miles of frowns.
Let’s spice it up, just for a bit
Perhaps, we’ll find a perfect fit !
WAIT OUR TURN ( 2019 ) 2019/12/05
This life is full of mix and match
Grab anything that you can catch
Hold on because you never know
What opportunities will show.
It may not seem to be enough
Though often when the going’s tough
There is a lesson we need learn
That each of us must wait our turn !
THE WINDS OF CHANCE ( 2019 ) 2019/11/17
The sun is rising in the sky
To peer o’er roofs of homes nearby
And shine a ray of bright sunlight
To veil the darkness of each night.
The winds of chance are more discreet
As they blow change across the street
And every single breath we breathe
Is one more memory to leave !
HIS WORLD ( 2019 ) 2019/11/09
The earth is round and full of strife
From sea to sea it teems with life
It’s full of valleys, mountains high
Where giant peaks reach for the sky.
Trillions of acres garbed in green
Four hundred billion birds are seen
Where eighty billion souls may be
Before this life will set us free
A world of sound, eclectic light
An image of God’s Own insight !
FREE HEARTS TO TRY ( 2019 ) 2019/10/07
Slim fingers of the breaking dawn
Are shining through the window pane
While shadows signal early morn
And capture fractured light again.
How sad this world that has no chance
To teach their children how to fly
Or find some path to seek romance
Enticing all free hearts to try !
NO GUARANTEES ( 2019 ) 2019/09/06
There are no guarantees in life
For mother, child, husband or wife,
We all have travelled on life’s road
Unburdened or with heavy load
There is no crowd to cheer us on
No magic words to lean upon
No tragic curse that we’re aware
Or law that says what must be fair.
We understand that on each path
There can be times of doubt or wrath
Yet often seems so very sweet
When hope and joy with love compete
I do not know the why of it
And pray most times that we shall fit !
WHAT CAN I DO ( 2019 ) 2019/09/05
What is it I can do for you
Encouraging each wish comes true,
Seeking for you a safer place
Increase the smile upon your face ?
How may I ease your weary day
Help chase your fearful cares away
Decrease the lonely burden of
A life’s existence without love ?
Is there some joy that I may gift
Ensuring you that spirit’s lift
And promise that I shall try hard
To be there as you search for God !
A NARRATIVE ( 2019 ) 2019/07/12
When I was young and words were few
Seems that I knew just what to do
I’d “ape” the sounds that I had heard
Turned out that each was but a word.
Soon I was there upon the stage
At rather quite an early age
With words and syllables to speak
Like some enchanted childhood freak.
I never thought back in those days
That I’d wind up in high school plays
I learned to sing and tap dance too
With lessons from the age of two.
Quite long I’d been an only child
Forever charming and beguiled
With discipline supplied on call
And kisses shared with every fall.
Today we miss what used to be
Safe childhood and security
Our faith is great it’s taught us this
All lives were meant to share God’s bliss !
HEART AND HEAD ( 2019 ) 2019/07/04
I hear the whistle on the track
It seems to signal “hurry back”,
So many indications sound
That help us to get all around
A whistle blows, a bell may ring
Birds in the trees, their voices sing
There is a message to be heard
Tis time to treasure every word
Be ready to accept the call
We know that pride precedes a fall
Take care to listen to what’s said
And love your God with heart and head !
DIVERSITY ( 2019 ) 2019/05/25
My dearest friend, I miss you so
The depth far deeper than you know
The “used to be”, that is, once was
My heart was thrilled, my days abuzz.
I still recall with no regret
Too many hours we shan’t forget
The little which we understand
Of all that lies in our command
Our tender days that ought to be,
Got lost within diversity !
WRITTEN FROM THE CONFINES OF MY LITTLE CUBICLE IN
HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY HOPSPIAL, THANX TO MARYLOU
THE NEW YEAR BEGINS ( 2018 ) 2018/12/31
The willows in the wood reach the ground
Stretching their branches down all around
The stars in the sky shimmer and shine
With greetings they bring to yours and mine.
This year’s ending with no alarm
Leaving us with past wealth and old charm
Let’s look ahead to days that soon come
Sharing with others a bit and some
Forgiving all our errors and sins
How wonderful each New Year begins !
YOUR LAST CHANCE ( 2018 ) 2018/12/14
One day you’re here and then you’re gone
While every other soul moves on
The time’s arrived when you are done
Tis soon an end to all begun.
There really is no second chance
Except for that last parting glance
So soak it up, the final perk
Tighten your belt and get to work !
EACH FRONT DOOR ( 2018 ) 2018/11/05
The early dawn creeps o’er the hill
The world about seems calm and still
Tis all this peace at breaking morn
When hopes and dreams must be reborn
The silence brings a short respite
Escaping most of night times fright
As aspirations rise once more
To knock again on each front door !
KEEP UP YOUR GUARD ( 2018 ) 2018/10/26
Tis true, tis true, all heaven knows
There is a feeling, grows and grows
We need You Lord, the night blows bold
Tis sad to think, but youth gets old.
They too must trod this selfsame road
Perhaps bearing a greater load
Remember that each breath we take
Has many varied paths at stake.
Make sure each step is firmly gripped
Without a chance, footings have slipped
Take care secure one true regard
Think safety and keep up your guard !
HOME OF THE FREE ( 2018 ) 2018/09/27
Our America had its birth you know
Over two hundred forty years ago
Through the thunder, lightning and fire we grew
Into this nation of red, white and blue
In the rockets great glare we won the fight
And created a star that shines so bright.
With welcoming heart and book in her hand
The Lady in Green in the harbor stands
As she holds the torch for all who will see
This home of the brave and land of the free !
THE STATE OF MAN ( 2018 ) 2018/09/18
Morning shades of drab tans and gray
Are always getting in the way
Of peach and golds to shocking pinks
That welcome most as sunrise sinks.
Oh what I’d give at last to see
The rainbow this world used to be
Where all felt a great need to share
With those who chanced to visit there.
I’ve often wished that I might find
A fairy wand, the magic kind,
To do the job tales tell it can
And much improve the state of man !
FINDING COURAGE ( 2018 ) 2018/09/11
How little do we know of life
Its loss and gains, its joys and strife
How soon before we all must find
The courage to all fears unwind ?
DO NOT FORGET TODAY 9/11/2001.
FADE AWAY ( 2018 ) 2018/08/25
There’s little time for childish games
As now most face true adult aims
The chances lessen day by day
For those who choose a calmer stay.
More stamina is what we need
If all God’s values we pay heed
Remember life is here to stay
It’s only we who fade away !
ANTICIPATION ( 2018 ) 2018/07/17
There is this dream in which we’re caught
Wherein our hopes and fears are fraught
A place where passions that we knew
One day at last will follow through
To fold us in God’s circle of
His unabashed enduring love !
HEAVEN’S DOOR ( 2018 ) 2018/05/15
The world is dying all around
I sense a shaking of the ground
What is this that’s now happening
God’s prophecies awakening ?
Has time run out and left us here
To ruminate or shed a tear ?
What does this mean to all of us
And will it cause a giant fuss ?
I’m not sure of the sound it brings
Sometimes I think it’s angel’s wings
Perhaps that what I’m wishing for
Some path to open heaven’s door !
PERCHANCE ( 2018 ) 2018/04/06
Good morning Lord, this is another day
With all new miracles spreading our way
Among the olden dreams we still expect
Like fantasies perchance that we reject
Who knows what favor God will deign to show
Let’s give it time to spread and shed and grow !
I SEEK MY DESTINY ( 2018 ) 2018/04/05
I feel so empty deep inside
Like I’ve been on a rocket ride
Perhaps to Venus or to Mars
Out there in space among the stars.
Quite like the stranger I’ve become
To find myself grown cold and numb
Will someone help explain to me
Where shall I seek my destiny ?
LIFE’S DEBRIS ( 2018 ) 2018/02/03
Tis true that I would like to know
Which way the busy winds do blow
And how steep will the waves all be
Crashing in the cold winter’s sea ?
Will the tide come rushing ashore
Just as the moon rises once more
To greet its eventide asea
Amidst life’s crisis and debris ?
INTERMISSION ( 2018 ) 2018/01/28
I feel somehow a pending urge
As all my fears and passions merge
The path to seek a higher road
Henceforth to carry life’s great load
And find a place where each may rest
Before attempting life’s contest !
Claire V. Bogdanos 