What is it that I’m searching for
Will I unearth the hidden door
That leads to God’s exotic place
Wherein one finds His secret space ?
Thus live my life without the pain
Of losing those I love again
Seek help from God high on His perch
Beg Him to aid me in my search !
What is this madness that we face
That’s taking up our total space
There is great danger spreading here
A danger that we all must fear.
Beware, because the Devil’s come
He is destroying everyone
This is a warning that’s come late
When ever will this hate abate ?
Oh Blessed Lord, we beg You please
Observe Your children on their knees
Reach out to all who are in pain
To save them from this world insane !
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 !
There remains certain moments we encounter every day
When we are at our leisure and the world’s prepared to pray
Aft the silence has been broken and eventide occurs
And times spent all together aren’t his or aren’t hers .
When all our simple pleasures are aligned there side by side
And the honeymoon is over without some silly pride
May the Good Lord take the measure of tasks already done
Guaranteeing life’s diversion twist happiness and fun !
THANX TO SECOND CHANCES
There is a numbness that I feel
An emptiness that’s so unreal
Sensation lost and caring less
All part of my renewed distress
I am so weak, my strength is gone
Great effort just to carry on.
Oh how I wish to stronger be
And stand up to adversity
Perhaps one day I’ll find success
With God to teach me all the rest !
Take a good look around and tell me what you see
The beauty that is God’s and life’s infinity
Please hold me by the hand and teach me how to pray
Help me to love God and to worship Him each day !
AMEN.
The shades of night are closing in
As skies outside now fade and dim
There is a hum that one can hear
The sound keeps whistling on the ear.
A silence overides the halls
While darkness of the night time falls
Somewhere a hush has settled down
As clicking heels reecho sound.
Hush, hear the rale of breathing now
God help me to survive somehow
The quiet of these empty halls
Until at last, destiny calls !
Oh, how I pray that I can hide
These tears I shed on the inside
For all God’s children that I see
Who dwell in abject poverty.
They never really had a chance
For all their dreams to be enhanced
Or find a safer path to take
That guarantees a better break.
Our Lord is just and answers prayer
He comprehends we all must share
It’s left to us to learn and teach
The world we love to kindness reach !
My wishes for a pleasant day
To you are wending fast their way
I hear the church bells as they sound
With joy and worship heaven bound.
For all who listen to my voice
Your time’s arrived to make a choice
Choose God and learn how to obey
To love your neighbor and to pray.
Be kind remembering the need
Of all God’s children and their seed
For all are meant to heed His Word
And cherish all that they have heard !
Oh charity, be kind to me
Please help me set my body free
How much longer can I persist
What shall I do to pain resist ?
At times I’m sure there’ll be no end
More like a life without a friend
I didn’t think I’d have to bear
Unending pain or deep despair.
I am not angered or divorced
With all the issues time’s enforced
I only know that God is there
To ease all pain and answer prayer !
I’ve often wondered what it is I’d do
If I had the chance to begin anew
I’m not so sure that I should venture there
Without someone Special willing to care,
For life on one’s own can be a bit much
Especially if you have lost your touch
How I do wish that tomorrow may bring
Another day with a sweet song to sing
To open my eyes and give me the will
To reach out to God for His magic pill !
Oh blessed Lord, help me to find
The path that does to heaven wind
I want to aid and clear the way
For all of those who wish to stay
I can’t believe the time grows near
The day of judgement soon is here !
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 !
Oh little birds you crowd my door
What is it you are waiting for
A bit of bread or cracker crumbs
That from my kitchen table comes
Leftovers from a berry tart
I meant for you right from the start ?
I want to share my feast with you
The way most thoughtful persons do
The Lord above has taught us this
Some joys in life we must not miss.
Perhaps one day when I am old
And all my senses have grown cold
You’ll sing to me your old time song
Reminding me that I belonged !
AMEN.
When I was young, my world brand new
There were so many things to do
So much to learn with time to share
With excess and enough to spare
Well, things have changed, it’s not the same
The world we knew now plays a game
I get discouraged, don’t you too
Have you decided what to do ?
It seems as though we have no choice
Until we learn to grow a voice !
AMEN.
Help me, oh Lord, to find the way
Back home to You at end of day
Give me the strength to carry on
When all my energy seems gone
Show me the path that leads to peace
Where all my pain at last will cease !
It seems our nation’s drowning fast
The world at large appears aghast
Oh, tell us please what can we do
To save ourselves and cleave to You ?
Our time is slipping past too soon
The path ahead leads but to ruin
Let’s say a prayer that this won’t be
Another page in history !
My heart is full, I cannot bear
The loss of ones no longer there
My day begins with hope and prayer
Away, the gloom of dark despair.
With those now gone, we shall compare
A memory that all may share
Tis now, by chance won’t seem unfair
We’ll carry on, but do we dare !
It happens every day I wake
My early morning “thankful” break
When I meet God ’bout halfway there
And offer up a simple prayer.
There can be tears I must admit
Sometimes I find it hard to quit
But even harder through the day
When I would rather run away.
That’s not an action worthy of
The special depths of mother love
I’ll have to learn as best I can
That God must have a better plan !
Once was a place called Paradise
It existed longtime ago
We knew it was special and nice
There is this book that told us so.
We often wonder, growing old
If admission there is still free
Or does it take a journey bold
For simple folk like you and me ?
Who knows what is tomorrow’s share
The most we can do is to guess
And beg our Lord to take us there
It’s the key to our happiness !
The past, it was, but is no more
It tip-toed out of my back door
And left behind so much regret
Twill take a lifetime to forget.
Though I don’t think it ever will
Until my heart at last lies still
I miss you now, it won’t abate
A mother’s love has no due date !
My dearest boy I miss you so
How sad was I, you chose to go
Of all those dreams that you did spin
When did your fear of truth begin ?
Your spirits rose with every thought
How could your inner self get caught
With real foresight that you possessed
What was it cost you your success ?
Who was it told you all would fail
And stole the wind from out your sail ?
I pray for you, my darling boy
With all the strength I can employ
There is no way I shall escape
Concern for you, to know you’re safe !
Whomever thought this heart would break
Knew right from wrong, make no mistake
I miss you now and ever still
To meet again, pray God we will !
There’s so much sadness that I see
It hollows out the heart in me
Sometimes one can’t tell day from night
Or when the path turns left or right !
How does one question up or down
Or if it’s time to smile or frown
Just keep on easing forward now
Praying all will be safe somehow !
I have browsed through many a page of time
And wandered lost in the vast world of rhyme
I’ve traveled alone or in company
From ocean to ocean and sea to sea
And all that I’ve learned and all that I know
God walks beside me wherever I go !
AMEN.
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 !
This dream of the young, our burden to bear
The weight of the pain, too heavy to share
As life comes and goes
The burden it shows.
The sadness we carry fades in dawn’s light
Like the leftover shadows of the night
Let’s pass the true test
And pray for the best !
GOD BLESS US ALL !
Sometimes the pain is so intense
I cannot aid my own defense
The only drug I wish to find
Is what’s propelling my own mind.
No complicated opioids
Nor any “cillins” or steroids
I’m so much stronger than that crap
Who needs to fall into the trap ?
There are some words we all should say,
“Please help us Lord get through this day
Grant us the strength to overcome
The evil that this world’s become!”
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Claire V. Bogdanos 