Tis true I have no faith in make-believe
Nor swayed am I by goals I can’t achieve
But live with hope that this old world can change
To give all lives and dreams a greater range !
ALONE ( 2016 ) 2016/04/24
There is this fact that I have known
We are each born to life alone
When our time comes to say goodbye
We’re solitary as we die
We travel on that lonely path
With all the power that we hath
For life with Him is fairer still
And all we are is by His will !
TRUST ( 2016 ) 2016/04/21
I love you God can You not see
Dear blessed Lord You are the Key
How natural it is to be
Included in Your company ?
JUST CALL ( 2016 ) 2016/04/08
Long have I thought, to be quite clear
This world I’ve loved and held so dear
Should harbor you forever now
But will that be alright somehow ?
As Satan’s angels and their crew
Do all their devil work pursue
Seem to have won this dirty war
Destroying all worth living for.
I pray for those I’ve left behind
That peace one day is what they’ll find
Our God does not forsake us all
But heeds each plea if we just call!
LOST PARADISE ( 2016 ) 2016/01/30
The earth moves slowly round and round
So still we barely hear the sound
Our world’s comprised of life replete
The waters, an aquatic street.
The airborne throngs do mill around
With destinations to be found
This paradise is incomplete
For without faith there dwells defeat !
THE WATCHMAN ( 2016 ) 2016/01/27
This lonely vigil we need keep
Ere we shall find eternal sleep,
God’s watchman waits for deeds to show
In which direction we each go.
And who is he, this chosen guard
Who watches those who’ve worked so hard
To reach the goal God has in mind
That we perchance may heaven find ?
HIS WORD ( 2016 ) 2016/01/25
I’m learning to live in a different way
Taking all of my chances from day to day
Trying to be a better version of me
By sharing my dreams and the hopes that I see.
So come and take part in this new escapade
Together we must try to stand unafraid
We’ll join in the chorus that praises our God
Let’s have faith in His word, it won’t be that hard !
BLIZZARD ( 2016 ) 2016/01/23
The waters rush upon the shore
The winds outshout the ocean’s roar
The frigid air invades each room
While sharing its contentious gloom.
The winter’s storm arrived at last
And left us stunned and all aghast
Well toughen up, display your grit
And pray to make the best of it !
TONGUE IN CHEEK ( 2016 ) 2016/01/09
I hear a rustling in the tree
And wonder now who can that be
See there a flash of mottled coat
A vision of especial note.
Oh precious bird, what do you do
Is there a way I can help you
I wish I had some cracker crumb
I’d be so pleased to feed you some.
But you and I are at loose ends
There seems no way we can be friends
For what you have is your sharp beak
While all I have is tongue in cheek !
START AGAIN ( 2015 ) 2015/12/30
The snowflakes fluttered to the ground
And fell in soft peaks all around
The winter winds blew brash and bold
And shimmered in the midnight’s cold
The sting of frost left on my face
Like numbness of our last embrace.
When I was young and dreamt a bit
I thought my dreams could never fit
But now I’m old and understand
Sometimes fate deals a losing hand
And we must make another plan
To manage fear and start again !
HE WON’T FAIL YOU ( 2015 ) 2015/12/21
For all of those who are alone
And to the Lord their prayers intone
To those who’ve lost far too much sleep
O’er worry how their home to keep,
Or health that is in need of care
Some crisis that they cannot bear
For help to wake and greet each day
True faith is there to show the way.
The Lord’s beside you never fear
He feeds your soul from far or near
He guides you in what e’er you do
Have hope, believe He won’t fail you !
HOMILY ( 2015 ) 2015/12/18
The fallacy of life may be
That we are born to live quite free
Of course this does not make much sense
No freedom thrives without defense !
THE CODE ( 2015 )
There is this fact that I have found
To keep my feet upon the ground
We’re all the same from inside out
We think, we feel and move about
There is a code that matches few
To thine ownself be ever true !
OUR CHOICES ( 2015 ) 2015/12/16
There is a heart that wells inside of me
And wonders where our lives may chance to be
What miracles will happen as we grow
What chips and cracks with time begin to show ?
How will we age and do our level best
To please our God and pass His greatness test,
What we do now decides what we’ll become
Fraud, hero, student, scholar, wiseman, bum !
THE COST ( 2015 ) 2015/12/13
The serpent slithers on the ground
And waits in crevises around
Sometimes he slips his skin aside
To cloak his strike or presence hide.
Oh evil spirit, this we know
Who spoke to Eve so long ago
For it was he inspired the pair
To disregard God’s warning there.
And thus man’s paradise was lost
There is no way to count the cost !
THE LIGHT OF WISDOM ( 2015 ) 2015/11/27
There is a light that burns so bright
Its luminescence floods the night
It is the light that knowledge brings
Into our lives where freedom rings.
The song we hear is incomplete
Its notes sing out both clear and sweet
All promising that we shall learn
How to address one great concern.
Our safety lies within that glow
Where wisdom’s power does constant grow
Else who is left to keep the lights
Forever burning through our nights ?
MY TRUE FRIEND ( 2015 ) 2015/11/21
I have wandered lost near my journey’s end
In the search to find my forever friend
And as time has passed I am sure that I
Have met many that were but passing by.
There is one I’ll miss to my final day
Aft the angels came and took her away
Twas my true buddy, my mom and my friend
All her love bides with me until my end !
THE PRICE OF PEACE ( 2015 ) 2015/11/20
Now who are we to judgement make
While this whole world does shake and quake
The time has come for all to see
The price of peace is never free !
WHAT IS TRUTH ( 2015 ) 2015/11/16
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 !
CLOSE BY ( 2015 ) 2015/11/14
Oh blessed Lord give my heart wings
To fly away above the crowd
To where the sweetest angel sings
With voice that’s been by God endowed.
This tiny star that shines so bright
It’s luminescence fills the sky
No matter if it’s day or night
We know that He will be close by !
LOOKING GLASS ( 2015 ) 2015/11/13
I feel the mist that covers all
While winding through the shades of fall
Seems life survives beneath this tent
Of autumn days that God has sent.
The leaves that fly along the street
Now dog the foosteps of our feet,
Ambitious winds that heave and sigh
Impatient now await goodbye.
The seasons come, the seasons go
This is the pattern that we know
So little changes as we pass
Our lives before God’s looking glass !
GENTLE GIANT ( 2015 ) 2015/11/08
There is a magic genie that I’ve never seen
His spirit works quite hard and all behind the scene
Though we have not yet met I’m sure that He exists
Else how do we explain why our belief persists ?
In spite of all our setbacks, chaos on the way
We’ll manage to get through if only day by day
It’s amazing how much help we’ve found everywhere
Thank you Gentle Giant for all Your love and care !
A FROSTY MORN ( 2015 ) 2015/11/07
The dampness slips beneath my sheet
From hips on down to icy feet
The chill pervades the very air
I can no longer linger there
Tis time to rise begin the day
And try to wish the cold away.
I look beyond my window glass
To watch the cold of morning pass
It’s not that I don’t favor snow
The warmth just seems to please me so !
MEDIOCRITY ( 2015 ) 2015/10/23
Oh that we might remember well
The classic tales that wisemen tell
Of love and pain and avarice
And joy and fear and fate amiss.
See how the world progresses on
From Eden into Babylon
The changes wrought may interfere
With what you’re taught year after year.
I yearn to taste the glory old
That laces stories I’ve been told
The magic’s gone from all we see
Leaving but mediocrity !
HYPOCRITES ( 2015 ) 2015/10/15
There’s so much now that used to be
A segment of our history
Forgotten days and glory old
When men who ruled were brave and bold.
They raised our hopes and promised dreams
None have the courage now it seems
Their service is with lips alone
Mass fallacies which they intone.
God save us from the hypocrite
With whom no honor cares to sit
Return us to our glory days
Help us redeem our honest ways !
RESPONSIBILITY ( 2015 ) 2015/10/10
Each day that I awake in the haze of early dawn
In that special moment, I thank God that I was born
And ask the Lord above for another useful day
While I beg Him once again to bless me on my way.
I’ve been praying on my knees since I was very young
In these last twenty years there’s no way it could be done
I try always to remember faith is never free
Weighted on its shoulders rests responsibility !
I’M GRATEFUL ( 2015 ) 2015/10/08
I am a child of God, I am
Through all my years, He’s held my hand
I’ve treasured life, not all of it
Times were I searched through bit by bit.
There’s still much that I need to fix
The good, the bad and nature’s mix
I speak to Him, I’m sure He’s there
I’ve leaned on Him and sought His care.
One thought that must each life enhance
Be grateful for that second chance !
Claire V. Bogdanos 