A simple thought just for today
That we mean everything we say
The truth is what this world’s about
Because of this we have no doubt.
The lies are but another ploy
Of all the tricks humans employ
To twist and turn each form of strife
Into an enemy for life.
How sad that we perchance forget
Too many days spent in regret !
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 !
Why do we dream, what’s that about
And why is life so full of doubt,
I cannot question, God exists
My trust in Him ever persists !
This world is all there is to share
In time with love and hope and care
Though lives of men have limits set
We promise Lord we’ve no regret !
When I was young and not too wise
I saw the world through clouded eyes
And often made an error in
My judgement to my great chagrin.
It took a lifetime of regret
To change some choices and reset
The values that I knew were right,
Accepted in God’s proper sight.
I’m sorry that I did not see
The terrors that affected me
Oh what a waste of time it was,
The vanity of youth because
Our God knows best He is the boss
And judges all, win, pass or loss !
All our dreams are battered and worn
The flag we love, tattered and torn
Our values distorted and bent
Who knows where our future went ?
Perhaps we dreamt a bit too much
Or trusted those of questioned touch
We followed paths that were unknown
Where seeds of doubt had long been sown
And so it seems we’ve run offtrack
We’d like to take our power back !
There is a place that I recall
Where visions wake when twilights fall
It isn’t very far from here
In fact, in time it’s very near.
I like to visit now and then
Because I need remember when
The price is right, an hour of sleep
To transpose dreams my heart will keep
While I return to yesterday
Before our love wasted away.
I have never cried so many tears
In the length and breadth of all my years
As I did then in that foreign land
On the heights above a beach of sand.
Ten thousand crosses rise in your sight
Lustrous shining in days brilliant light
Row upon row where the eye may fall
Each one had answered his country’s call.
It’s a sacred place you can’t forget
The sight of which will share deep regret
We haven’t learned how to really live
In God’s world of peace, pray and forgive !
The darkest days that will obscure
Those times in life we feel secure,
And overshadow happiness
To leave in place some deep distress
While never understanding why
Some choose these passions to apply !
Tis sad to know this can be true
And comes between both me and you
To leave behind a tragic rift
That is to none a helpful gift,
But rather claims unhealthy cause
Engendering eternal wars !
How sad it is to bid goodbye
To close the door and wonder why
The past is never far behind
It lingers long upon the mind
And carries on its tethered wings
The burden of forgotten things.
I thought with time I might forget
Those moments bearing deep regret
To be so sorry for the day
I should have said don’t go away,
But you are gone and time will tell
We had no chance to say farewell !
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Claire V. Bogdanos 