Nightshades have fallen, all is dark
Tree limbs above are bare and stark
There is this silence that abounds
As nature softens all her sounds.
Yet I can see stars in the sky
That clouds keep hiding from the eye
Oh how I wish that I could be
Some wise old owl perched in a tree
Who comprehends that hopes unwind
To help us each our dream to find !
And so my love as we’ve grown old
And nights are long and days are cold
And all we knew has been forgot
With dreams that we remember not !
Wild animals that roam the fields
Are kinder than great power yields
For men may so much conflict feel
In conscience, kindness can’t be real.
The cruelties of their insane need
Of which the world pays little heed
Convinces all who’ve dared to see
Of what they deed to history !
There’s an instant lonesomeness in the whispering of the winds
That fills the heart with loneliness before each day begins
There is a moment of darkness that dims all of our sights
A prelude to the blindness that precedes life’s true delights !
How my heart yearns for the days of yore
Before life’s heartbreak slipt through the door
And left behind an unholy mess
That I deal with now without redress
I have learned to accept God’s decree
In its unbending finality !
I feel a chill that’s in the air
The dampness seems to curl my hair
Tis time to face another day
And push my early fears away.
How marvelous that God does share
Our heavy burden of despair
I am so grateful for this chance
To see beyond each circumstance.
I crave the comfort of His care
And feel His presence everywhere
Oh Blessed Lord, I beg of Thee
Please stay in close proximinty !
To the youth it is invincibility
To the student, academic scrutiny
To the homeless, it’s acceptability
To the wiseman it is probability
To the aged inevitability
And to God, it is infallibility !
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Claire V. Bogdanos 