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Undeniable fake smiles Unfeasible goals set Ungiven authority speaks Unseamed possibilities occur Unforgivable past resurrects Unpredictable future destructs Undone deeds rewarded Unspoken taboos followed Unreasonable tantrums soothed Unloving wars fought Unstoppable ones die Unforgettable bonds tied.

The Earth is Dying

Earth our great mother, For thousands of years you have been raising us to your arena. Though our lives are like candles in the Wind, through absurdity that fills your Surface.   Mother still your raining blessings overwhelm our desert,…

Our Guards

Long ago, we tend to be a happy society a society of great happiness a society of cool area a society of the Blacks a society of great influences.   Not until the Whites came, and make us apart thereby…

Wind’s War

A blustery day of early Fall, a war ‘between wind and trees The broganned breeze trumps boldly into strip the mottled leaves Its icy fingers grab and pull with swirling, gusty fists Coloured leaves before the storm of rain and…

My Suitcase

I have been carrying this old suitcase for my entire life It is now a scarred and battered container of memories and reality Some might call it baggage, but it contains all that I am And each time I open…

The Fifth Plague

Darkness has formed a thick veil over our gazes Even gross darkness is glooming before our faces Like the atmosphere surrounding the earth she has surrounded our hearts Her irresistible enchantment has seized our sights like a masterpiece of art…

I Dance

Do not be fooled when I dance Born  to survive I dance Born to resist I dance To feed on memories of conversations, moments lined with stars.. When emptiness invades my heart sinking with heavy dullness, I dance When keeping…

Reality

To understand the truth of anything ignorance superstition and apathy are the enemy of humanity.

How Do I Tell You Ma?

Ma, You say psychology was your favourite subject. Then why is that you fail to understand me? You ask me “What problems can you possibly have? You’re only seventeen” But how do I tell you Ma? How do I tell…

Careless

For years, we smelled smoke. The facade was on fire, still measurements went un-taken. Flames carelessly set by those who ignited lives as if humans were candles. The bent spoons and broken bowls courted cracked cups? Many lessons floated yet…

I Will Stop Loving You

  When the sun doesn’t shine And dreams are no longer mine When hopes run out And volcanoes no longer shout When all the oceans become dry And you count all the stars in the sky When all the trees’…

How To Stay Alive

For myself and perhaps for some others it is all about watching, no, admiring the crystalline examples of intelligence found at times in the shade on a far-too-hot afternoon, those winged ones I share this staying-alive thing with flutter about…

Nightscape

Fog horns sound though air soaked in blackness. All evening long listening to hiss of trucks, cars.   Shadows brush across walls as trees trace their branches. Gathering and waving together then swaying apart.   While I sleep, stars glide…

Unkn(own)

I’ve been to far off places, Not one of them were as queer as you. You’re like a strategy dug so deep, I sense sadness when I hold you Melancholy, at the rim of your throat; Like a place I’ve…

Nightscape

  Fog horns sound though air soaked in blackness. All evening long listening to hiss of trucks, cars.   Shadows brush across walls as trees trace their branches. Gathering and waving together then swaying apart.   While I sleep, stars…

The Dark Keys

I have the piano keys, Printed on my body. Black and white, Dull and bright. At some points, Notes are the darkest. At others, Just an unheard sigh. The darkest ones, Took the most beating. Play these together, To hear…