The winds of March blow bleak and cold
The air outside grows stark and bold
In my long life I’ve never known
A season where no seeds were sown
Seems God has chosen to reject
Requests for weather circumspect !
I’d like to believe there is hope
To train our lives with broader scope
And come prepared for challenge made
To seek and find not to evade
The knowledge that can teach us how
To live with nature then and now !
Life is one living circle awaiting God’s commands
I do not know the reason it shrinks or it expands
But I know that we are here serving at His leisure
Whether it results in our pain or simple pleasure,
The happy thought we exist is an indication
He cares and watches all deeds in anticipation !
Do you question who my tears are for,
All my loving friends who’ll come no more,
Those who challenged all my fantasy
With these faded visions I still see ?
Faces haunt me both the night and day
I can’t shrink their images away,
No matter if it is great or small
Sad because they can no longer call !
I loved the tenure of their wise speech
And the bridge to freedom they could breach
I’d be grateful if we’d meet again
God choose the day, I’ll do where and when !
The storms of life ride on the winds and round again
While noses pressed upon the frosted window pane
As closely as one can should sight the lights below
Of cars that creep and crawl and skid in midnight snow.
The safety and the eloquence of night time charm
Encouraged to protect us from intrinsic harm
Far wiser to outwait the storm and greet its end
Than try to force a circumstance and not unbend !
I wish I were a happy song
Whose merry tune played all night long
I’d like to be a story old
With ending bold and twice retold.
If I could climb a tall, tall tree
And find a bird who’ll sing with me
Or take a turn upon a swing
To spy upon what’s happening,
I’d try to reach up to the sky
To touch the clouds as they drift by
Or speak to God with His own Word
So He may know that I have heard.
It seems to me as our frantic life moves on
There’s one book of wisdom we can lean upon !
I wonder now if I was ever meant
To find lifes happiness and be content
Somehow the stars on high lost sight of me
Neglecting to secure my destiny.
While on my own I tried and failed alas
Each way I turned I met a wall of glass
I never gave up trying though I knew
It was so hard no matter what I’d do,
Until I found the Master of my fate
Who taught me that it never is too late.
God is like the parent we all wish that we could be
He follows all our doings with sensitivity
And heals our damaged hearts with His loving faithful care
Teaching us hope and reason when we’ve learned how to share,
Like an earthly Father sometimes getting in the way
As He helps to save us from our problems day to day.
We must try to shadow all His footsteps if we can
Comprehending His true wisdom with the mind of man !
It would be sad if I should wake
To find my life one great mistake
The road I took was meek and mild
I trusted God, I am His child
I sought His love and gentle care
I chose His way to learn and share
I never thought that I should doubt
What His wisdom was all about
Now that I’m sure that I was right
I’ll see no fear in day or night.
Small matter what great deeds men do
With actions witnessed by the few
Who dying fall by roadside bend
Await the words of passing friend
Or stranger who without a cause
Did notice and took time to pause
And comment in a feeling way
About what happened on that day
And that is how the story grows
Turning lads into folk heroes !
that poets see
with the eyes of the heart
but hear
with the ears of the mind
I wonder ?
If today should be my last to keep
I’d deed to you, before I sleep
Those treasures which I’ll leave behind
To seek the rest that I will find.
There are these gifts to give away,
One is the peace youth will delay.
While I have many dreams to share
I also have some love to spare,
I’d pledge that love to fill your heart
Next to the wish your fears depart.
I’d bid you learn to live like me,
With courage, truth and dignity.
If this day were my last to spend
I’d will to you before its end,
The glow of joy and calm of mind
That through our destinies must wind,
And pray then as we say goodbye
There will be ventures you will try,
Perhaps a mountain you will dare
Because your future may be there
And if you fail, shed not a tear,
I leave you cause and faith sincere.
I can but beg your grief will see
The wisdom in my legacy.
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Claire V. Bogdanos 