The moment’s come to bid goodbye
To all I love ere I should die
For time is swift as we all know
One can’t command it stop or go.
The end is quick, affords no choice
We are adrift without a voice
It matters not the age we are
Or if we’ve traveled wide or far.
The goal is clear enough to see
Just how each one is dear to me
Since all must pass, as is the case
It ‘s still the rule none can erase !
Now I have traveled long and far
By foot and train and hired car
I’ve searched across the world’s domain
By boat and mule and aeroplane
Where’er I’ve gone it’s clear to see
That home is still the place to be !
I knew a man once long ago
Who told me that life was a show
Where ego pranced upon the stage
Like temper tantrums or a rage.
That some preferred an audience
To fill their lives with confidence
While others still opted to be
The bastions of hilarity.
That underneath we’re all the same
With each one playing at the game
Some quiet, thoughtful, strong and bold
Or loving, kind, a heart of gold.
There is no gauge to measure man
We all make do the best we can !
Quite clear to see
It’s only me
Lost and confused
Not much amused.
No will to fight
Far left or right
Great passion there
Full of despair.
A lonesome place
One dare not face
Too late to try
By chance to fly !
This lonely vigil we need keep
Ere we shall find eternal sleep,
God’s watchman waits for deeds to show
In which direction we each go.
And who is he, this chosen guard
Who watches those who’ve worked so hard
To reach the goal God has in mind
That we perchance may heaven find ?
I have viewed God’s holy mountain and I’ve dreamt to touch His star
But I know that in my mission the long journey is too far
I have questioned every moment and my purpose is select
I remember every detail with true passion and respect.
I have trod the ancient pathway in my search for joy above
In the end I have examined certain qualities of love
I’ve considered all the factors and weighed each choice I have made
And now come to one decision only God can make the grade !
This heart of mine has learned to wait
To step aside, to hesitate
For life is not all that it seems
Sometimes it’s smoke, sometimes it’s dreams.
For us we only visit here
With no control of day or year
Life is our stage, performers we
And subject to adversity.
If life to us opts to be kind
Then all its treasures we ought find
But if its winds should blow astray
Then we are bound to lose our way.
Take heart my friend all is not lost
Those ships asea, those tempest-toss’d
May find safe haven in a port
With love and joy they never sought !
There is a heart that wells inside of me
And wonders where our lives may chance to be
What miracles will happen as we grow
What chips and cracks with time begin to show ?
How will we age and do our level best
To please our God and pass His greatness test,
What we do now decides what we’ll become
Fraud, hero, student, scholar, wiseman, bum !
Today seems just another day
In our long journey on the way
We pass the signs along the road
Our hearts bowed down with heavy load
Where will this lead, how shall we fare
How soon before we make it there ?
But better yet I’d like to know
Is God still with us, yes or no ?
I looked for love I searched in vain
I thought that I had missed that train
So long ago I cannot say
I can’t recall upon which day !
There is no reason I can give
Or cite one person to forgive
Why it just happens who can know
For some to stay while others go.
The wheel spins round and round, you see
And stops where it is meant to be
Tis true to note we need control
It is our choice, our aim, our goal !
I have travelled the road and seen the light
In the early dawn or on darkest night
I have wandered far from the common way
And wondered where was it I’d gone astray.
Well I pondered long and I queried hard
And the answer I heard was a mixed card
The truth is always about the right take
God teach me how not to make a mistake !
There are these things that we hold dear
The right to life that’s free of fear
A sense of self we must not lose
A love of God, our right to choose
And faith in those who will not fail
To keep our values unassailed !
Sometimes we dance in different shoes
Why is it that the pair we choose
May not fit well first time around
Yet proper size can still be found ?
Shoes help us pace life’s hidden things
They come with laces and with strings
Some that we like or might have known
With soles of cork or leather sewn !
A shoe is meant to tread the ground
To help us keep the path we’ve found,
Along some lane or lonely street
Who dares to walk with barefoot feet ?
Today is just another day
I won’t agree, I cannot say
For days are how we mark the space
From birth to final resting place.
The life of man is counted so
Weeks, months and years do come and go
We rise and fall and make a choice
We silence keep or use our voice.
If useful life is what we choose
The path we take may win or lose
When all is done and we are free
The goal we seek, eternity !
Could we but know what life may hold
Would we perform in manner bold
Or take the path of lesser ways
To weaken failures of our days ?
I’m never sure what I should choose
There’s much at stake to win or lose
Somehow I’d like to think that I
Might opt to give love one last try !
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Claire V. Bogdanos 