The sun is fading in the west
My world unravels as a test
I bear the weight of my belief
Too soon there’s nothing left but grief.
Awake my heart and try to say
Great words before you melt away
Like Dorothy ere she is caught
In winds life’s misery has brought.
Command the soul, be steady now
And to its pain refuse to bow
Then keep your place in heart and mind
Until God’s rest that you’ll soon find !
WALK WITH ME.
We’re standing in a line where we must wait
Tis not a journey we anticipate
The day is not too sunny nor too cool
Nor meant to be a space for fake or fool
So here we stand before God’s final gate
And wonder how much longer is the date
Before we enter into paradise
Where we’ll no longer suffer Satan’s lies !
I’ve wandered down on memory lane
Hoping to visit old friends again
Trying to recall what used to be
Traveling back in my memory
So many shadows along the way
Of all we have met here day by day
Celebrate occasions one by one
From early morn till each day is done !
Oh little lamb so pure and sweet
You lay there at your Saviour’s feet
How long before your time has come
Your destiny will be undone ?
We each one have to make our way
Learn to accept it day by day
And pray that all we touch in life
Will help to heal this world in strife.
Move on, move on, without a pause
We carry on, it is the cause !
Oh tell me Lord, where do I go
What is it that I need to know
How shall I carry on each day
Please help me Lord, show me the way.
With all my heart, I’m not afraid
You’ve taught me well, I made the grade
I’ve found my Comfort once again
My true Love and Forever Friend !
We do not know through all these years
A time so full of angst and fears
Is this the war from days of old
That ages have this story told
The one the prophets have declared
For which we now must be prepared.
Whomever dreamt that we would be
Faced by this great calamity,
May God have mercy on our souls
Help us secure our end time goals !
Throughout my youth and ageing years
I’ve known the company of tears
My rainbow has appeared at last
The final role my life has cast.
I’m still on hold, accepting too
As life has taught me what to do
I wish I had the patience of
Each saint and angel up above !
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 !
Can you see the clouds all drifting by
While summer days, they do swiftly fly
The wings of time quickly fade away
Leaving shadows of lost yesterday
With those memories we shall recall
We have entered into shades of fall.
Past the windows of the mind we’ll see
Sweet beginnings of our victory
As the church bells toll for me and you
And the adventures we have been through
We shall face tomorrow hand in hand
Prepared to enter Forever Land !
All of life’s good things come to an end
Please have no fear, oh my dearest friend,
As you and I have known far too long
In the scheme of time, where we belong.
I oft wonder where the days have gone
With all of those we’ve counted upon
Let us say a prayer and thank our Lord
Keep body and mind with one accord !
There was a dream that I once knew
When you loved me and I loved you
So long ago in years gone by
Before we had to say goodbye.
I stood there all alone that day
The day that God took you away
Somehow I didn’t comprehend
Was this the way our lives would end ?
Now here am I still standing tall
Awaiting God’s last curtain call
Stay with me Lord, I need Your strength
To get me through this final length !
A little bird whispered to me
The secret of eternity
Have faith in God and trust His word
It is the best that all have heard.
We cannot doubt, we must believe
Have hope in Him, we shall achieve
Each has a goal, no two alike
From aged man to little tyke.
Like every flower that will bloom
With varied scent to fill each room
Or all the wings that fly on high
To reach our Lord in distant sky !
The rain it tumbles to the ground
There’s not a dry spot to be found
The wind it whips among the trees
Embracing all the sodden leaves
The morning’s light turns into dark
The air about is still and stark
While clouds do pass and fade away
In their circuitous display,
The seasons change from day to night
Without a single goal in sight
How simple all our lives could be
Accepting God’s equality !
Far in the distance I can hear
The sound of all the passing trains
The wail that echoes loud and clear
Repeating its wistful refrains,
Across this world the trains hold court
With language we can’t comprehend
In climates cold or damage fraught
Or crises we don’t understand.
Oh sad the trail of distance brings
To circumstance beyond our reach
It is the sound of dying things
The skill of God will soon impeach !
A little voice within my head
Whispered to me, “get out of bed,
Stop feeling sorry for yourself
And rise up from that dusty shelf. ”
“It’s not as bad as what you think
Please move back safely from the brink
Tis time to pay attention to
All that the Lord has done for you !”
“Wake up, wake up, ere it’s too late
Just how much longer will you wait ?
This scene is coming to an end
Make haste to mend your fence, my friend !”
I hear the wind, it stirs the trees
And whispers softly to the breeze
Please help me Lord because I’m lost
It matters not what e’er the cost
For I am old, prepared to die
And learning how to say goodbye !
I hear the chapel bells they ring
While songs of praise to God they sing
With sounds of joy aloud they shout
Their Hallelujahs reaching out !
Today is one more Holy Day
O’er which belief defends their way
And helps them on this steady path
With all the faith their passion hath.
These blessings keep them channeled in
To constancy and lack of sin
They do the job the best they can
To share God’s love with every man !
What is this sound falls on my ears
It is the echo of our fears
There’s no recourse, we cannot wait
Barbarians are at the gate !
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 !
I’ve come closer to the truth in my simple ways
Then performers on a stage who come seeking praise,
I need no intervention, special treatment there
Only what is accepted in primary care.
Since time is on the move, I’d like to catch up soon
Anywhere at all between now and thirteenth moon !
SEE EXPLANATION: 13th Moon
“RETURN TO LIFE MORE SPIRITUAL AND HARMONIC”
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 !
I’ve heard the stories told by men
Of events took place way back when
Catastrophes of world wide note
About which men of science wrote
Sagas of danger we have heard
Chock full of facts in every word.
They spin tales of this our Lord’s earth
In detail and for all its worth
Assured that God creates it all
Through summer, winter, spring or fall
I find in this no mystery
Just part of His Divinity !
The storms of winter blow wet and wild
Enough to threaten both man and child
With the fury of weather’s power
Enough to caution both day and hour.
God’s creatures must hide or run away
As these conditions seem here to stay
There appears to be little to do
But sit back and say a prayer or two !
The sky is grey, the weather’s drear
Last days of summertime are here
The air is heavy, full of scent
I wonder where the sunshine went ?
Let’s sing a song of sweet goodbye
Take a deep breath and heave a sigh
The day’s arrived to pack away
Those remnants of our yesterday
I cannot promise I’ll be here
To celebrate, same time next year !
Sometimes I find I cannot speak
My voice grows thin, my limbs are weak
The spirit wanes, my hope grows dim
All I can do is wait for Him !
There is this thought that life is sweet
That happiness makes all complete
That beauty pledges joy unbound
And wealth does penury confound.
However there’s much more to bliss
Than finance or sweet passion’s kiss
A heart that feels, a mind that knows
A God from whom all blessing flows !
At times life hangs upon a thread
Or teeters on a word unsaid
Tense moments caught before a scene
Or shouted words just too obscene,
Who knows what happens in a flash
Or what may cause a fatal crash ?
Tis smart to always take great care
Be conscious of what, when or where
For life comes with no guarantee
Take time to think, wait, watch and see !
There is a garden in the sky
I’m sure of that, I’ll tell you why
For heaven is His special place
That mystifies the human race.
Just picture all the pleasures there
God stores His treasures with great care
He tends to all His flocks with love
And grants us peace here and above.
I know that one day you and I
Will rendez-vous somewhere up high
For all I’ll ever want to do
Is hear you laugh and be with you !
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Claire V. Bogdanos 