GENTLE PEACE Lord! My tears don’t seem to want to cease from flowing. Lord! My heart is heavy and ripping. Lord! My soul grieves with shame. But who am I oh lord! That you are mindful of me? Your face I do not seek because I will not see At least not until I come to meet you Your voice I do not want to...

The Game of Survival   To be sincere, there are really no hard and fast rules in this game All that is needed is: be open and sensitive Let your heart and thinking be in sync Also, always be prepared. Others call it cheeky, You call it survival. Others tag it cunning, You call it survival. But be careful my...

THE ACCURSED DIRGE They sang it again today, Tears streamed down faces, The priest said the last prayers, while the widow was held from jumping down They started to sing the dirge; toothless witches who had seen scores of decades Others joined in as the funeral came to an end The walk back home was a long...

WORDS Once said, cannot be unsaid Can be so soothing Can make a day, a month, and a year! Can change a life forever Can do and undo Can make Can build Can create When the heart is clean And the tongue is bridled! Words they say can rip open up a healing wound Words can stab They can sting They can distort...

YOU Why? Why do think you should cook your meals And not poison them Why do you think I should lay you? And not pay you Why do you think you deserve a life? Drunken always like a toad Sobered all up, you lay our girl Numbed all up, you charge at me Cheating still Why do you think I shouldn’t cheat your...

TILL I DIE He walked home in triumph Its been a long day The adage that says the fruit is only for those who labour Now means a lot more to him He scurried down the path Imaging the smile that will be on her face When she sees the game It is worth every of his sweat Far ahead looked smoky Never mind, my...

Jump off It was on a breezy night After an evening with the social elites, A dance with his fairest And a cuddle with his children He took the jump off his suite’s balcony In the garden he laid, twenty four floors away from his life He was his parent’s favorite His childhood was perfect But deep down, he...

One’s Tunnel ‘Twas sighted afar off, Is it because I have been starved? Or is that truly a light? A walk ahead, through bumps and thumps The more I walked towards it, The farther away it seemed to move But it surely is a ray of light Streaming into the tunnel of my fate Not stopping, still...

TO FADE What is the right word to say to a soul that hurts? What is the right way to clean a heart that bleeds? What is the right art to draw on a paper that is torn? What would you say if you are the victim? What will you do if all of your sunshine is gone? What will you do to fix a ripping mind? What will...

PERFECT LOVER She wakes up to find him praying for her Tell me why she should not love him? He makes dinner on her busiest workday Tell me why she should nag him? He shampoos her hair every fortnight Tell me why she shouldn’t be his? Offhand he knows her statistics, Now, tell me why she should leave...