Time keeps flying, like birds in flocks
Across the mountains, fields and rocks
O’er meadows wide midst giant hills
With rapid rivers, rushing rills
How wonderful to hear the sound
Of nature spreading all around
Be sure, our God is always there
To save each from this dark despair
Oh blesséd Lord, You do not fail
And with Your help, all will avail!
Hypocrisy is all around
It emanates up from the ground
And fills the world with poison air
To propagate our great despair
How little do we know or mind
Of all the history we find ?
The whole truth is what all should crave
If we are to be strong and brave
Can we survive this huge attack
When will we have our honor back ?
The future’s grim, misunderstood
Without God’s love there’s nothing good !
Lord help us to remember this
That life is not a hit or miss
Its purpose has been clearly known
And pathways have been rightly shown.
The way ahead may seem obscure
We need to know that road’s secure
Before we take our dreams to task
And of our God all favors ask !
There is a sound that I can hear
It seems to whisper in the ear
Is it the wind that steals about
With soft whispers and ne’er a shout ?
What must I do to make it clear
That God’s rebuke is all I fear ?
The wheels of time turn slowly round
Wherein the scale of life is found
The hours are counted one by one
Until each lonely day has done.
We’ll dream our dreams and pray that we
Accept the rule, freedom’s not free
Oftimes the cost goes far beyond
A price of which we are not fond.
Since discipline is what it takes
And safety is the rule it breaks
We’ll try again to make it clear
The only thing to fear is fear !
We need one man to lead us now
We need this special sacred cow
To him we’ll give fidelity
He is the one who’ll set us free.
Let’s raise our voices to thank him
To save us from a future dim
He offers us another choice
To help our people and rejoice.
We’ll hail this chief and pray for him
Because he takes it on the chin !
The tide flows in all swift and fleet
And almost knocks me off my feet
The water moves at a quick pace
And comes and goes with ne’er a trace
It makes no sound as it moves on
But silent, seeks its echelon.
For all we know, what do we see
One’s vision of sobriety
Hold on, hold on, do not let go
God’s beside us, this is His show !
I’d like to think that I recall
The tender years when I was small,
I sat upon my grandpa’s knee
And snuggled while he read to me.
There was a story I loved best
Both head and shoulders o’er the rest
About the night our Christ was born
And how the world rejoiced that morn
As angels sang and skies did glow
The world did kneel and honor show.
God placed His star high in the sky
With earth to note its passing by,
His promise of eternal peace
And from all sin, at last release !
AMEN.
Half hidden here behind the eye
Of all the stress now whizzing by
Many events do come and go
Disclose or hide facts we need know.
Time will invoke the common sense
Grownups require in their defense
However will the youth now learn
The value of each truth discerned ?
For without truth how shall one find
The straightest path to help unwind
The answer is, twill always be
The truth alone shall set us free !
I see the rooftops through the trees
The sun now bouncing off the eaves
The sky is clear and ever bright
I do not see a bird in sight
The silence echoes in my ears
Allaying all my aged fears
But soon the sun must fade away
To morph into some yesterday
My life continues as it goes
Just on and on till heaven knows !
Man cannot live without a dream
Believing elsewise is extreme
How difficult without a cause
Our lives are dull and lack applause
There is a vision all do need
To raise each up, to help succeed
We have a God, be not afraid
He is our Friend, our Help, our Aid
And in the end when life seems done
Tis when our journey’s just begun !
Oh little cat with four white boots
It’s clear to see, we’re in cahoots
Together you and I will be
Two partners in disparity.
Your coat of striped grey’s thick and bright
Your neck cowl is so furry white
Where do you go when you leave here
Is it too far or really near
What will you do when fall has done
And winter cold too soon has come ?
I’ll miss you if you go away
What can I do to make you stay
I’m trying hard to comprehend
I’d like our friendship not to end !
Oh blessed Lord, I am so sad that I
One day will soon be forced to bid goodbye
And so to leave here with one fond farewell
Hence to the world our sad, sad story tell.
While all the dreams one dares to dream are due
We’re not without the help and care from You
We beg of You to trust each in this way
Thus join our hands and walk God’s path today !
The world we’ve known waits outside the door
Where it may be what we’re praying for
A kindly word or a tender heart
To grace the day with a healthy start.
Outside the door where true life exists
Common sense should forever persist
For each needs the strength to carry on,
Passion to follow when hope is gone,
Then reach for the sky to touch a cloud
Praising the Lord and his power aloud !
Trust is the factor we each need
If we’re expecting to succeed
As it’s required to understand
We clasp our hands across the land
For we can’t work together if
Between us still exists some rift
Let’s try once more, learn to agree
Achieving perfect harmony !
Turn on the lights, the dark is here
It is that dismal time of year
After the harvest and the fall
Winter becomes the king of all.
Since we are captive to its power
Day after day, and hour by hour
To learn the lesson is a must
If we are e’er to earn His trust !
My heart’s so sad I cannot bear
The thought that I may never share
Or see the end of all we’ve wrought
And what has been or heard or taught.
The dreams of all our yesterdays
That in this life do garner praise
Are kept quite safe in memory
Reflecting our identity
For dreaming is a part of what
Life is about, like it or not !
There is a sound I remember well
The joyous peal of our Christmas bell
Resting there in its lofty steeple
Reaching out to all of His people.
Granting each one love, peace and surprise
On Christmas morn as all do arise
Thank God for our blessings great and small
May the Lord above gift hope to all !
There’s been a moment I recall
A moment that came first of all
Before we challenged all the rules
And listened to the sound of fools
When sense was part of every day
And kindly words were ours to say
Tis time to get our values back
And keep us all on a right track !
Dreams are part of each one’s life scheme
For none exists without some dream
The good, the bad, the discontent
Have dreamt those that from God are sent.
The Good Book tells tale after tale
Of those angels that are regaled
The simplest babe while fast asleep
Reacts to dreams the while he sleeps.
No one eludes reality
Of this wide world of mystery
Through which all fears do ever wind,
The place where our doubts are confined !
Without a word, where would we be
If this world found it’s harmony,
Ten thousand years seems time enough
To figure out the going’s rough.
I’ll never understand the why
The choice is not to live or die,
But can we hope or chance to dream
That life holds more than what we’ve seen !
This heart of mine has grown so old
As weather now turns wet and cold
The spring is just too far away
To ease the tensions of the day.
Perhaps this winter will prove kind
And happiness we each shall find
Together with the peace and calm
We garner from His Word and Psalms !
I took the path along the way
Because I knew I would not stray
The trail was long, the road was straight
My caution was I must not wait .
While age and time have much to share
About the ways in which we care
For in the end what e’er we do
Determines what and where and who !
Because I was and am no more
Before all hope slips out the door
And leaves me here out on my own
With what I fear is yet unknown
I beg You, Lord, bide with me still
Until I’ve learned to do His will !
I have met an angel in my dreams
Who’s more helpful than an angel seems
All shapes and sizes is how they come
Short and tall, while slim or stout are some.
An angel is a child of the Lord
Whose aim is true and of God’s accord
I’d love an angel for my best friend
Cause they’ll be there till the very end !
A special bit of heaven came knocking on my door
And sounded so familiar, I’m sure we’d met before
Oh my dearest child, you are a wonderment to me
Please come visit me again whenever you are free
I pray that you will share all the laughter and the joy
That God does offer gladly to every girl and boy !
The storm, it thunders all around
With ne’er a silence to be found
The light’ning crashes in the dark
Illuminating all in spark
Its odor makes the air smell sweet
As rivers flood through every street
I wonder if old Noah feared
The wrath of God when it appeared,
Those moments when the clouds did burst
Do you believe that he felt cursed
Or was his faith in God so strong
He held no fear his whole life long ?
Oh my dearest angel wherever you may be
My arms still long to hold you ever close to me
The years may come and go and never shall we meet
Until the final day, perhaps on heaven’s street
And if that day can’t happen, I shall understand
That all I have prayed for falls under God’s command !
AMEN.
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Claire V. Bogdanos 