My heartfelt thoughts are sped your way
To each of you alone today
I send you kindness with much love
And prayers for you to God above
Keep safe and grateful, don’t forget
The best of all is coming yet !
GOD’S CHARITY ( 2017 ) 2017/12/14
Well here we are, believing what
With all this detail we have got ?
There are too many who will say
There is no God, not here today.
I can’t recall who said it first
But I am sure their bubble’s burst.
Just look around what do you see
A world that needs God’s charity !
ELUSIVE REST ( 2017 ) 2017/12/10
The snow is clinging to the bough
The weather’s turning cold and how
The winter chill cuts to the bone
I think I’d rather stay at home.
I’d like to be inside for now
So I may keep warmed up somehow
And pick a spot close to the fire
Therein imagine sweet desire
Where in the end life does attest
Our souls do seek elusive rest !
LIFE’S LAST SLEEP ( 2017 ) 2017/12/05
There’s been so many friends along the way
That have gotten lost or have gone astray
While their faces blur and the names escape
Memories get caught in the charged landscape !
As the past rolls by and the time moves on
I will wait here like an old mastodon
In a silence that I would like to keep
Until I close my eyes in life’s last sleep !
I HATE WAR ( 2017 ) 2017/12/04
How I hate war, oh Lord, how I hate war
What is the point, what’s it intended for
Where is the end, tell me what shall we do
How can we comprehend life’s carry through ?
I see those faces that once were unlined
But now to agony are thus confined
I hear the rasping sound of raling breath
The gasping halt that’s prone to preface death
Be gone this hate, the anger too, I say
Please Lord we beg of You show us the way !
IT’S POSSIBLE ( 2017 ) 2017/11/26
What is it that life offers all
The chance to shape what may befall
A hope to curb our every whim
Control those steps outside the rim
To spend our days pursueing peace
And from all powers find our release
For somehow time gets in the way
When love does steal the heart away !
GOD’S SOLUTION ( 2017 ) 2017/11/13
I’ve grown through all these many years or so
It seems there’s really no place left to go
There’s no way yet to thrive in outer space
In truth it’s not a safe or happy place.
I’d rather be stuck in a cardboard box
Or forced to walk without both shoes and sox
Than sacrifice the pleasures that I’ve known
Among my family and friends at home.
At this stage of life I find I’m confined
By the strings of our love and joy combined
I believe that I’ll simply hang around
Until God’s solution at last is found !
TO ATONE ( 2017 ) 2017/10/22
There is no way I understand
How tempers get so out of hand
I’ve never seen such anger shown
From persons both known and unknown
What is there that can rile one up
Enough to overflow the cup ?
We’ve seen the foolishness of some
Who cannot seem to overcome
This sad behavior they have used
On those they’ve bullied or abused
Perhaps through faith and time alone
They’ll seek God’s wisdom to atone !
THE FINAL ACT ( 2017 ) 2017/10/21
I find that life at best is strange
Though I’m not opting for a change
Nor am I saying that it’s bad
What choices are there to be had ?
It seems to me, we have no say
As lives evolve from day to day
Tis time that we accept the fact
It’s God who pens the final act !
BY STYLE OR DRESS ( 2017 ) 2017/10/15
We search and search most everywhere
To seek some peace we all may share
There is no safety chaos brings
More joy is found in circus rings.
The labyrinth of life goes on
According to the airs we don
For when we’re done each must confess
One won’t be judged by style or dress !
WILL WARS CEASE ( 2017 ) 2017/10/11
I’ve often wondered why it’s so
That sadness follows where we go
And life is never thought complete
Without these stories of defeat
Or why we rally to the cause
Of infidels and unjust wars
And so the cycle carries on
When will all wars cease and be gone ?
LITTLE LEFT TO FEAR ( 2017 ) 2017/10/03
From the plains of Jericho to el Alamein
Men have been fighting wars, their freedom to sustain
These battles never end, each climax moves more near
But with God’s help we learn there’s little left to fear !
IT’S TRUE ( 2017 ) 2017/09/30
In truth, we learn that life does fly
And soon we all must wave goodbye
We turn a corner, close a door
What is it all are waiting for ?
We cannot say, we do not know
Life’s mysteries won’t tell or show !
JUST AND FAIR ( 2017 ) 2017/09/28
The night outside is dark and cold
I am so tired and far too old
Oh how I wish that I could sleep
But we have promises to keep
For in this world of let’s pretend
A few may care but more must mend.
Take a deep breath for a short while
Lift up your spirit, try a smile
Remember that the Lord is there
Depend on Him, He’s just and fair !
REMEMBER TO PRAY ( 2017 ) 2017/09/27
I’d like to believe all of my prayers
Will be reviewed by His crew upstairs
I keep on talking an awful lot
Cause talk and truth are all that I’ve got.
Perhaps I’ll write a letter or two
Where shall I send it, I have no clue
Can I be sure that my every word
Will reach God’s ear or even be heard ?
I must continue trying each day
To speak my heart, remember to pray !
OUR HERO ( 2017 ) 2017/09/26
I am so glad the world’s not flat
We sure have had enough of that
And super heroes do not fly
We’ve put an end to that big lie.
Our noses will no longer spread
Spite of the fibs that we have said
We have been told so many things
Of spells and charms and magic rings.
The time has come to play it straight
And say a prayer we’re not too late
The truest hero we all know
Our Lord above, He loves us so !
MY DESTINY ( 2017 ) 2017/09/25
I’m glad to say with no regret
That I’ve not met my Saviour yet
There still is time left to erase
Those hidden failures that I face.
Oh Lord, I try so hard each day
To follow closely in Your way
But I have faults as most folks do
And other quirks I need work through.
Well I’ll keep trying best I can
And with Your help may understand
That You will keep an eye on me
Helping to seek my destiny !
KINGDOM COME ( 2017 ) 2017/09/24
My thoughts return to years ago
To someone that I used to know
A someone who looks just like me
The person that I used to be.
I have survived the time between
Can you imagine all I’ve seen ?
Seems God and me, we have a pact
I’m training for the final act
He greets each as their turn is done
This Lord of our true Kingdom come!
TO OPT FOR FAITH ( 2017 ) 2017/09/23
The Lord can see right to the core
He knows what each is searching for
He follows as we wend our way
Through every moment of the day
I’d like to think He gave us choice
To opt for faith and raise our voice
In praise of those powers that be
Who’ll guide us to eternity !
BORING BLISS ( 2017 ) 2017/09/19
Every day starts out the same
I’m getting tired of this game
I do believe I’d like some change
Although I think it could feel strange.
I’ve been a creature of routine
My life is calm, sweetly serene
And I don’t know if I’d survive
An increase in excess or drive.
Perhaps I’d better rethink this
And settle for my boring bliss !
NOTHING IS HARD ( 2017 ) 2017/09/17
I’ve this feeling I’m in a vise
And pretty sure it’s not my size
While this faint tightness in my chest
Accompanies all of the rest,
Speaks words to me I can’t ignore
What else is there life has in store ?
The time is now to make amends
Reach out to all including friends
Hold on to faith, remember God
For with His help, nothing is hard !
HEED HIS CALL ( 2017 ) 2017/09/14
I wish that I had nerves of steel
So every pinprick that I feel
Would never bring a single ache
Into my life or cause heartbreak.
I always thought that I was strong
But I know now how I was wrong
And find myself in quite a mess
I’m so confused, I must confess.
Seems all the stuff I did believe
Was part of my own self-deceive
When will I learn to standup tall
Keep faith with God and heed His call ?
CREATOR OF ETERNITY ( 2017 ) 2017/09/09
Dear Lord above, I’d like to know
When day is done where do You go
Is there one place that You’re fond of
Some hideaway or spot You love ?
So glorious it must be grand
A product of His own blest hand,
How wonderful that God is The
Creator of Eternity !
NOTHING REAL ( 2017 ) 2017/08/17
I hear the sound of marching feet
Parading down lengths of main street
I heard the voice of those who died
With their last breath, they gave us pride.
The earth ran red with their lost blood
The tears they cried were like a flood
One cannot know what they would feel
Or understand there’s nothing real !
A CORNER JUST FOR ME ( 2017 ) 2017/08/15
My heart is in the heavens, knocking at His door
I pray that God will hear me as He did before
And when my life is done and I have been set free
I pray that He will find a corner just for me!
NO ANSWER ( 2017 ) 2017/07/27
At times I find myself uptight
Caught in a terror of the night
I cannot rest or close my eyes
Recapturing sweet sleep’s reprise.
The angels have deserted me
My world is wrapt in apathy
There is no answer to be found
Help me to turn the mood around !
SOME JUSTICE ( 2017 ) 2017/07/22
At times I find I’m in a bind
That life has been unfair, unkind
I’m hopeful as new days unwind
There is some justice left to find !
DATELINE : HOBOKEN, NJ, USA ( 2017 ) “ANGELS OF MERCY” 2017/07/18
EXCUSE ME but I have just returned home from another one of my medical adventures which are becoming more frequent as time passes. I am impelled to applaud many of the professionals who take their ER duty to the Nth degree ! There’s Danielle who daily travels from south Jersey to Hoboken regardless of traffic or weather. Or Joy, who moves around helping the patients attached to varied drips or machines reach the facilities or get a food tray or liquids, or Ado as he endlessly smiles and tends the infirm. And Frank who constantly manoeuvers the beds from one area to another during his shift, never making a sound ! When you have at last secured your bed space in the proper department, with the helping angels, nurses, aides like Marichelle, Maria, Michele, Kathy, Paolo and many others with their stream of endless care. We even experienced a real fire emergency on the 2nd day ! There are myriads of other workers, laundry, cleaning, maintenance like Carmen or Billy on their toes and alert. And the doctors, Simon, Orbelyan, Lim or Krish on the floor moving from room to room. There are nurse managers like IJ overseeing procedures and needs. But my favorite is the Chaplain Marjorie who has words to bring peace to all, group prayer, sing-a-long hymns. She is the soft spoken disciple of God who utters kind words of comfort and reason ! God bless all and thank you for being there ! Sincerely, Claire B.
Claire V. Bogdanos 