Some souls get locked into infinity
Their long goodbyes lost to obscurity !
ANOTHER CHANCE ( 2014 ) 2014/08/18
Where is it that our faith has been
We seem so weak, so pale, so thin,
So lost and truly out of sorts
Here in this land of last resorts !
We need to take a second glance
Perhaps to seek another chance
On what went wrong along the way
So we won’t have one more delay !
This we have learned, that God is there
He reaches out He hears our prayer,
And each performance that we give
Helps us to breathe and hope and live !
I WANT TO HELP ( 2014 ) 2014/07/08
I cannot bear to see your pain
And need to help you heal again
I do not truly understand
But mean to stay close by your hand.
One simple wish I’ll try to fill
To strive to keep you safe until
Angels appear upon the scene
And God has time to intervene !
ANGELS SING ( 2014 ) 2014/05/26
The angels sing their voices raised
To laud our God and spread His praise
While common folk like you and me
Are asked to join their ecstasy !
The joyous words with hope resound
To share the news peace will be found
And pray that we’re not left behind
When God collects His humankind !
BACK OFF ( 2014 ) 2014/05/13
The empty sounds that fill the air
The people who are slow to care
The places that no one has seen
The wishes that we do not mean,
The foolishness that life can be
Does jolt and overpower me !
I want to know my dreams are mine
Here on my own I will be fine,
I do not need to reinvent
Rules guiding how my time is spent
Or how I work or think or play
Especially the way I pray !
HANDLE WITH CARE ( 2014 ) 2014/02/13
Life has taught me so many things
To walk with God and sup with kings
To speak with angels and the saints
Enjoy the pictures nature paints,
To love myself and show respect
To souls who suffer from neglect,
To treasure peace and do my part
To heal lifes pain and ease the heart.
This precious gift I wish to share
Bears this label, “handle with care”
I pray I will not fail this cause
God help me please to tame my flaws !
MY HANDS ( 2014 ) 2014/02/09
Here in the deepest reaches of my mind
I treasure all the happiness I find
The chaos of this world about me flies
Encouraging a weakness faith denies.
While each new day must make me stronger now
The battle looms ahead that won’t allow
My trembling hands to fumble as I play
Instead I’ll clasp them tighter as I pray.
The Lord will guide me in this need I’m sure
To help me find one goal that is secure
Direct my hands to forge a brand new start
And bless me with His kind and loving heart.
CONSTANT ( 2014 ) 2014/01/02
I thought one day I would be old
I knew sometimes I’d feel the cold
I never thought I’d be alone
With no one here to call my own
Though all of this is now the fact
I have survived with faith intact.
The constant loss I could not bear
Would be the absence of all prayer
But if I cannot speak a word
I have no doubt my thoughts are heard !
OUR BELIEF ( 2013 ) 2013/12/02
Where is our help, where is our care
What should we do if God’s not there ?
We’ll slog along with a full pack
Upon the breadth of our own back.
We’ll carry on as though He were
We’ll keep our faith and hope in stir
He will not fail that cannot be
God is with us eternally !
LEAD ME ( 2013 ) 2013/12/01
Oh blessed Lord, please hold my hand
As I traverse this barren land
The peace I need no longer here
Replaced by doubt and dread and fear
I know not what my heart will do
I won’t feel safe till I’m with You !
ADIEU ( 2013 ) 2013/11/04
I am so sad I’ve lost a friend
Much too soon for ones life to end,
Seems time had only just begun
Replete with love and joy and fun,
And now to bid this last goodbye
Ere the angels teach her to fly !
TAKE TIME ( 2013 ) 2013/10/22
Just one simple act in the course of each day
To keep hope alive and chase sadness away
A moment to pause and spend time with old friends
Sharing our love for God on whom life depends.
ETERNAL FAITH ( 2013 ) 2013/09/25
I love you Lord, you have my heart
Without Your name my day won’t start
Each one is Yours as is each hour
With no God there is no power.
I find myself in cautious awe
I hope to learn what my help’s for,
To praise Your name and do Your will
I’ve made mistakes, You love me still.
I comprehend that we may be
Together for eternity !
MORNING THOUGHT ( 2013 ) 2013/09/10
Wishing cannot alter conditions
But praying changes attitudes and
Attitudes can affect our behavior
Radically ! So for God’s sake
And yours, PRAY !!
( my Nana taught me that prayer changes things )
IRREVERENT ? ( 2013 ) 2013/08/08
Oft times I fear God may get tired of my prayer
It’s alright if He does ’cause angels will be there
To hear my plea and understand each and ev’ry word
Knowing they report to Him everything they’ve heard !
Isn’t that just how it is and how it has to be
In this world that was first made Paradise for we
To be His earthly family and cheering crowd
To sing His praise openly and worship Him aloud ?
TAKE CAUTION ( 2013 ) 2013/06/21
I guess that life may be a mix of good and bad
A challenge of courage with outcome sometimes sad,
While thinking about it in modest simple ways
Let’s pray that we should learn to balance all our days
With care and moderation, cautious as we try
Beware of foolish aims that scheme to reach too high.
We do not wish to fail the last and final test
For in the end who dreams to be just second best?
Keep to the path you’ve chosen and follow ev’ry rule
Abide by all you trust and use each proper tool.
Near to the end be wise, accepting each new role
And thank those stars above you’ve earned your earthly goal.
SEEMS THIS PIECE GOT LOST ALONG THE WAY, ANYONE ?
A PRAYER ( 2013 ) 2013/06/14
We need to be reminded that God’s love is always there
Along some darkened corridor or up a lonely stair
Or else where on the precipice beyond all cautions call,
How can His help be summoned to protect us from a fall,
It’s with our faith and true repentance and His loving care
That we beg our steadfast God that His angels will be there !
GOOD MORROW, SWEET MASTER ( 1985 ) 2013/06/06
Today I looked out o’er my roof and reached into the skies
And wonderment consumed my mind ere I did realize.
“ Why spring is coming soon” I thought, my mind became alive,
I sent a little prayer to God my garden would survive.
Sometimes I think that I react too swiftly and too soon
Yet all the seeds that earth has hid are readying to bloom.
My garden spreads much happiness where calm and peace abide
And if the world’s in deep turmoil, I’m safe and sure inside.
Now soon the bulbs will sprout again and showtime will arrive
And aims that went to sleep last year will somehow be revived.
Last night I shivered in the cold and thought what dark provides
A resting space, a quiet place, a niche where challenge hides.
The healing need for body sore or tired limbs implore
When all of life’s complexities by choice I may ignore.
And as I pass my time this way no creature will I mar
I simply wish to join God’s host that waits upon His star.
While here and there some snow remains reminding me of pain
The dripping ice above the wall vows warmth will come again.
Should I awake this way once more and wonder what I am
I will remember that each day has purpose and a plan
And while my life continues this timeless hope I knew
To be a part and follow in His countless retinue.
ANTICIPATION ( 1983 ) 2013/05/20
A wretched mass we lonely be
We draw our lots of destiny
And fearful though our days may seem
We’ll not forsake the growing dream
That time has furrowed on our brow
And hope can only but allow
To breathe and swell within our soul
And make it seem but one more goal
For man to grasp the will to live
And every moment courage give.
The wind blows wild across the plain
Another soul to seek acclaim
Like shipwrecks shoaled on foreign shore
Their voices raised, God’s grace implore.
As trees their arms do upward sway
The whole world kneels , her prayer to say
Where ancient Moorish castles rise
Their towers reaching for the skies.
This prayer of man that heaven sent
Begs only for his heart’s content,
Bold edifice of legendry
Now stirs the soul to poetry
And wills the weak to stronger be
And make fast friends of you and me.
TOO OFTEN ( 2001 ) 2013/05/08
Oft I have heard a stranger say
That home is but a mile away,
And oft I’ve heard a comic say
That laughter’s but a smile away.
Oft I have heard a suitor say
That love is but a kiss away
And oft I’ve heard the preacher say
That God is just a prayer away.
Oft have I heard the wounded say
That help is but a cry away
And oft I’ve heard a soldier say
Peace is just one battle away.
Oft have I heard an artist say
Achievement’s just a task away
And oft I’ve heard the dying say
Salvation’s but a breath away.
Oft have I heard my own heart say
Tomorrow’s but a day away,
More oft I’ve heard a wiseman say
The truth is but a lie away.
SAFE ( 2013 ) 2013/04/30
The dark of night envelopes me in clouds of pain I
cannot bear
Pain that’s like an old companion whose ugly fashion
I won’t wear
Or bow beneath its will to tame me or yoke me
in its wide scope
I’m not a hostage in its grasp who’s doomed
to suffer without hope
I’ll fight the way that God has shown
with prayers of faith that my lips sing
While angel arms save and guard me
and carry me upon their wing.
IMPERFECT ( 2006 ) 2013/04/29
Somewhere I saw a smiling face
Somehow I can’t recall the place
And once I heard sweet laughter’s ring
Too late I learned a heart could sing.
I thought I grasped time’s fleeting hour
And bent its course unto my power
I knelt upon a meadow’s grass
And begged of God my fears would pass.
Once more I looked into the sky
With hope that faith would guard my eye
I prayed so hard and chance forgot
That some have peace and some have not.
I wished upon each falling star
To reach for love but not too far
I prayed that days would swiftly flee
And timeless grace might bide with me.
I wished so hard and then I saw
A clearer view much as before
Of all my flaws and then I knew
Mistakes I‘ve made as we all do.
MY PLEA ( 1998 ) 2013/04/25
Therese of the Flowers will you help share my load,
May we walk hand in hand by the side of the road?
Can you tarry with me along time’s weary way,
Will you grant me some peace in each troublesome day?
As I bid you good morn, please smile kindly at me
Till my worrisome life in the end is set free.
In the hush of night’s dark when we two softly speak
I sense tears in your eyes and a flush on your cheek.
Oh little Therese as you wait silent and still
I can guess that you’ve tasted life’s cold and death’s chill.
Have pity on me, ease the dull hours of my days
With your sweetest of prayers in the smallest of ways.
Therese of the Flowers help me carry my load
As we walk hand in hand by the side of the road,
You may tarry with me along time’s weary way
Till we rest in God’s arms at the end of His day.
Claire V. Bogdanos 