LIFE ASPECTS

2012-01-20T21:41:00.000Z

THE HORIZON Passing clouds like fluffy gentle giants Change shapes as they lightly drift by Seemingly near, yet remaining so far Keeping an earthly watch from the distant skyThey reveal an illusionary horizon Where the earth seems to meet the sky Making the traveller hopeful Of distances he could fulfil On approaching close, nothing seems to changeThe sky still aloof, keeping the same

2011-12-31T20:15:00.000Z

HAPPY NEW YEAR Do a little prayer as another New Year dawns In yesterdays past, let bygones be just bygones A new morrow brings with it new rays of light Promises of changes, hopes so you can rewrite A new chapter, new characters, new story lines Free your mind of surrounding walls that confine Do something different every single day To keep life's sparkle as you walk along its way This year

2011-12-13T13:58:00.000Z

THE GARDEN The patch of land, she inherited Every day, she watched it from afar Barren and dry, ruled by the weeds Every kind, every variety, left free to breed As cold days came to pass And sunny rays peered through the clouds The yearning in her began to grow The patch, a makeover would have to undergo Out came the gloves and tools of every kind The weeds had nowhere left to hide The ground,

2011-12-03T23:22:00.000Z

AUTUMN - THE LAST DANCE Like the candle burns bright just before it dies One last flash hoping to regain its dimming light Leaves too perform a last dance And herald a new season with flamboyance Winds remind them of colder days to come Gently coaxing so they willingly succumb And let go of mothering branches that held them so That saw them bud, that saw them grow Defiance takes the reigns,

2011-11-24T17:44:00.000Z

THE DAY AFTER...... It was the day after you left us I was alone, my world had fallen apart Lost in your memory, my eyes overflowed with tears No will to live, life seemed an unwanted gift And then I felt you by my side I closed my eyes not knowing what I would see of you It was as if you sat by my side Touched my arm and then held my hand My senses alert to what they were feeling I squeezed your

2011-11-15T09:39:00.002Z

WE ARE WHAT WE FEEL What complex creatures we earthlings are Slaves to our emotions, the only feelings we truly comprehend Happiness, laughter and joy the side that uplifts Anger, sadness, hurt and sorrow downside of life's see saw And as we feel it all so do our bodies Every emotion reflected in the heart, the mind and the soul Self hate manifests into bulimia, you don't feel good enough

2011-11-14T13:45:00.000Z

THE BOOK OF LIFE So full of happiness, life seems so complete Every day eagerly awaited, anticipation mountsBeauty in the face, body so voluptuousIn her book she writes her own pagesUntil she finds the book of life The first thing she reads, fills her with dread Whatever goes up, has to come downSadness is the sister of happinessAge the other side of beautyForever the optimist, she shuts the

2011-11-12T11:43:00.000Z

DEATH He appeared as if from nowhere This creature neither man nor animal To take what he had been told to take No one to be favoured peasant or royalThe woman was praying, her eyes were closed She appeared calm, but her heart raced The waves of pain shot through her body Beads of perspiration appeared on her faceMaybe her time had come The pain in her heart seemed to tell her so What would her

2011-11-09T16:39:00.000Z

THE DARK AGES At first there were the dark ages When mankind's struggles against ignorance Were removed by the candle of Enlightenment With time, the light of the flame dwindled When hands of greed grabbed all they could When hands of division rent asunder all that stood Let loose on earth, to rape and to plunder Men now watch with a sense of unease As darkness threatens an ominous return....

2011-11-08T18:36:00.000Z

NATURE Nature presents to us beautiful views Different snapshots of its vast terrains A momentary earthly opportunity To experience its immense diversity Creatures of all shapes and sizes roam Guided by rules that mould their destinies In each an intrinsic code implanted To each its place intended Different colours blend with an invisible harmony Reminding of seasons that

2011-11-03T11:03:00.000Z

HIDDEN GEM Today I discovered a gem Lying unrecognized amongst the stones Busy feet, going about their business Walked by, never even gave it a glance I picked the gem and wiped it clean In my loving hands, it gleamed and shone I closed my fingers around to keep it safe This one, meant just for me Hidden amongst many other stones Today, I discovered a gem.....

2011-10-20T15:12:00.000+01:00

WHEN YOU LEFT US....... When you left usThe home you built for us became just a houseWarm laughter filled roomsEchoed with silence, cold and hollow When you left usThe links that had kept us togetherNow lay broken in piecesScattered, never again to ever gather When you left usRelationships seemingly strongShowed hidden weakness Moving swiftly on not wanting to belong When you left usWe

2011-10-18T08:04:00.000+01:00

FALLEN ANGEL Nameless, faceless, to us an unearthly being An angel flew above carrying out his routines His attention distracted by a woman of the earth Hair so golden, surrounded her face like a halo The angel flew down to take a better look Her earthly beauty shone more when up close As time ticked on, the angel started to tarry The sound of thunder reminded him he had to hurry An

2011-10-13T20:39:00.000+01:00

THE SONG OF LOVE Keep your love hidden in the depths of your heartLest it gets crushed by the judging of many eyesSo keep it safe and don't let anyone seeWhat you hide, keep it just for me Made into something it was never meant to beIt will be misread, mistook, misinterpretedSo keep it safe and don't let anyone seeWhat you hide, keep it just for me No one need know what you and I knowWhat's the

2011-10-12T10:20:00.000+01:00

HOPES FOR A FUTURE, UNTAINTED Everything you ever wanted, but could never have Things looked so near, yet remained so far Like a ghost, of human body devoid Knows not how love can be enjoyed Fate’s plans, no one dare rent asunder What is once written, sets itself in stone Finding your path in that stony maze Is like being in a fog thick with haze Many seem to have it all, lives of plenty A

2011-10-04T13:29:00.000+01:00

PEARLS OF WISDOM The words that flowed from your mouth The pearls of wisdom, I gathered and held so dear Helped me through times when trials grew tall Tried to tower and take over, a spirit so young It was then that I searched inside my heart Each wise word, carefully, took out of its safekeeping Read it and understood it and made it my guard The pearls you left for me, pure and

2011-10-02T19:11:00.001+01:00

GO ON......... Go on to seek further pastures The world lies in wait for adventures Go where no one has been before Wake the desire in you to explore Do not be afraid to be different Or you will end up being indifferent Shake those shackles loose Come out of those walls that enclose Let the butterfly in you be free to fly And let it roam the big wide sky Leave that cocoon to wither

2011-09-25T11:33:00.001+01:00

NEW CHAPTERS They opened books that were closed years agoTaken out of storage, long forgotten archivesTurned pages fragile as if reluctant to showHalf told stories that had shaped their lives Eyes glistening with held back tearsNow found relief as droplets found an outletMemories of stifled youth over the yearsFinally cleaned the slate, repaid the debt It was time to move on and reviewWhat

2011-09-21T16:01:00.000+01:00

GYPSYNot tied to any land or material thingsWhere he stops, becomes his homeHis heart's door left open to new experienceHis mind's eye awakened to impermanenceA gypsy roams God's vast earthA soul who never quite found his wayRich in tales of lands he has traversedGypsies, Some psychic and some so mysteriousWomen in long skirts and bangles that jingleCross their palms for stories of life and

2011-09-16T21:33:00.000+01:00

WANDERER Wanderer, let those tired feet come back home Close the door to that curious brain That won’t let you stop and pause….. New experiences will play hide and seek Like mirages in the sweltering desert Entice the thirsty traveller to lose his way Let that tired body find comfort In the loving arms that wait with patience Give those seeking eyes some solace Let them

2011-09-12T15:18:00.000+01:00

THE BREATH OF LIFE Once Earth revolved around in spaceJust wilderness on its vast surfaceA planet so desolate, so lonely and so darkNo human, no animal not even a larkAnd then a miracle took placeThat changed the fate of the human raceThe hand of God touched the dead earthAnd filled it with colour and re birthAnimals roamed and birds flewFish swam in seas so blueCreatures that crawled and

2011-08-26T22:49:00.000+01:00

WHEN DO ANGELS WEEP When human beings grow greedyAnd want to grab all that they can seeNo thought of the poor man that yearnsWith a hungry stomach that churnsWhen human beings don't help the poorThose that toil and those that laborAll they do is to turn a blind eyeAnd never ask the reasons whyWhen human beings begin to hateBy colour and race they discriminateDivisions grow, distances widenMinds

2011-08-25T10:02:00.001+01:00

TIME She opens the dusty old box Pulls out the white satin dressThe smell of dust mixed with the perfume of time Fills the room, intoxicates her senses Holding it to her face, she drinks it all in This was her youth, her beauty, her passion The hand of time has ticked many times now Some memories too hazy to remember now Her tired eyes glisten with tears Life has moved on like the wave of a

2011-08-11T12:57:00.001+01:00

DREAM WONDERLAND The waves of sleep take over, slowly but surely My tired eyes losing their struggle to stay awake I am now entering that other world The world of our dreams I can fly from place to place here, if I want Countries are no barrier here Strange people I meet here Some so strange and some weird and wonderful They take different shapes and forms In .... my dream wonderland People

2011-07-29T17:43:00.006+01:00

THE HOME OF THE MIGHTY SEA The ocean waves call to me from a distance A wild animal as if caged, its will not allowed to be The tide is out, the sea bed free for me to walk on A carpet of sand spread out under my bare feet Picking little shells, watching the crabs scurry past me I walk miles on it, the sun beating down upon me Slowly, the waves start making a comeback Each time the water