Month: March 2025
OH LORD MY GOD
Oh Lord my God
I am in awesome wonder
I am aware and awake
And see Your wonder
Earlier today at about two
I see the sun reflecting off
Of the waves in a strobe-like way
It was very hypnotic and
I knew I must look away
There was the promise of
A rain storm this night
Thunder and lightning came
In ways that made fireworks look small
The water that fell filled brooks
And streams that flowed into rivers
Harm and disaster came to someone
And still being presumed safe
We look away and concentrate
On the brilliance in the sky
The light strikes; we see the horizon
The thunder roars; Your power is acknowledged
We have a storm at our border
Foolishness in leadership has
Allowed this to happen
People have reacted from all over the globe
The invitation was made clear
The costs of “benevolence” has
Not been considered
Borders must be protected or
We will have no country
This rush is part of the plan
Socialism brought in to destroy
The last great hope of the world
We have legal immigration which is good
If carried on in an equitable manner
We abandon our principals
As though we were god like and
Knew the consequence of our actions
Open up, open up, but ignore the plight of Cuba
The storm moves east, but rumblings
And slices of lightning still strike out
We have no power as the climate changes
Our great lake was made by a glacier
Now the false god of climate becomes a religion
Bold men make a fortune with their lies
Man cannot make floods or drought
These people do not care as they
Fly away in their private jets to
Give a lecture or receive an award
They spend countless millions
Promoting nothing but a lie
We all know that it is warm in
The summer and cold in the winter
Nothing we do can change that
Yes, Lord, when I consider
All the worlds Thy hands have made
And when I see the stars, the strobe lights
And all the power You have displayed
I feel the sadness of how we have looked away
Unwilling to simply follow You
I am not ready to come home to You
There is still much work to do
I pray for grace, and bow in adoration
And I proclaim, how great Thou art
Your power throughout the universe
Should be seen and acknowledged
But trifle people ignore your blessings
And seek power in order to control
The dark angels lost their battle
And these fools will perish, too
Because You will come like
Lightning and thunder and we
Will shout with acclamation and
Bow in humble adoration and
Sing our souls how foolish we are
And how great art Thou
The thunder still roars and
The sky lights up and sadly
We forget to connect with Thee
Until maybe it is too late
Stanski
Mar 20,2025, ^
ST. JOSEPH’S DAY
GOING BACK
I like to go back in time
From time to time
Not because I liked it so
Or couldn’t forget
It was a little different
A much slower pace
Party line telephone
A land line
Long distance calling
Something special
Colonia bakery delivering bread
Sealtest milk the same
Both used horses to pull the wagons
You knew their names
The driving crew
And after a while
They knew yours, too
Twenty seven houses on a city street
Twenty different churches attended
Eight schools at least
A diversified group
We got alone pretty well
Those times were good times
And I like to dwell there
Think about it a little
Go back for a while
But not for keeps
I like today, too
Don’t know about tomorrow
Stanski
March 19, 2025 ^
WHAT SONG TO PLAY
We are in troubled times
This is not the first occasion
People individually suffer loss
Nothing new about that
There is always a joyful side
To tragedies of every kind
The band played on
When the Titanic sank
The song was “Nearer my God to Thee”
It was appropriate for many
Other songs could have been chosen
Amazing Grace, What a friend we have in Jesus,
How great Thou art, Abide with me and
It is well with my soul all would have sufficed
What kind of music should we choose?
We are in a crisis and must keep our spirits up
Country and Western
Blue Grass
Classic
Operatic
Rock and Roll
Jazz
The Blues
Any or all will do
Just play it my friends
You know the tunes
The ones with meaning
That make you laugh and cry
Just think of jazz and the jazz musicians
They came together after hours and would jam until dawn
Hearing it could make your heart stand still
But tomorrow you will be glad that you listened
Stanski
March 18, 2025 ^
BEING RUN OVER
I have been denied the opportunity
To engage in conversation with one
Or ones whom I have had an interest in
In order to develop a relationship with
There are legitimate reasons which I accept
But still I wait until I make a breakthrough
And in my opinion, some fine female person
Will be engaged with someone; that would be me
I would love, honor, and respect her and
Make a covenant with her that will
Leave us bonded for life. It may be a dream
But I am a dreamer and believe in the Hand
Of the Lord. I continue to pray and never
Know what His answer may be, but
I wait, content to be myself and stay
Within myself. Life is a precious gift and
With it come many opportunities
We may serve and in the end be served
Humankind works that way; you give
And as a result are given back many
Times over, a gift beyond expectations
So I keep moving forward and wait
Someone is bound to speak positively
I want that day to come
Stanski
March 17, 2025 ^
WHO ARE WE AND WHAT ARE WE DOING
Disinformation to fit their Trump-hating narrative
It is because of him that Asians are being attacked
Mostly by black activists, paid to do so by the left
This is going on but not covered by the media
We encapsulated the Japanese during WWII
Turned around a ship with 300 Jews who were
Fleeing from the Nazis’ during the same war by
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt
This fact was not apparent in the media and
Those who knew praised the President
And so it goes and continues
Responsibility denied and then transferred
Then the opposite takes place—Blame Trump
And then take credit for his accomplishments, which
Took place during five years of duress and investigations,
As well as impeachment exercises which failed
We can count the lies told to the delight of the haters,
Later discredited, but too late to make an impact
Power is the name of the game. The election was lost
But many questions remain including the integrity of
The United States Supreme Court which failed to hear
Valid objections because they arrived too early or late
So we have what we have, which includes buyer’s remorse
Our new occupant cannot answer questions unless
They are softball, predetermined, with the answers on Teleprompters
His first address was dour, sour, no real stimulation
We may have hot dogs on the 4th of July with our families,
That is if Comrade Napoleon Fauci says it is okay
Why didn’t he ask for schools to be reopened or businesses
To reopen? Because it goes against the socialist agenda
People are talking—separating fact from fantasy
Most do not want dependency on the government
The occupant’s speech is Pablum—expectations are low
Goals already disconnected as the puppeteers
Cannot get their stories straight, but what else is new?
Stanski
March 16, 2025 ^
Steve Haarman 