Author Archives: montecyril

Though I put my shoes intrepidly on this path,  at times, I thought I touched stone in your heart  I may have cut my fingers on jagged edges  as I clutched precariously at risky ledges  At times, I believed there was steel in your veins  To love you was a romance with all its pains Continue reading “Diamond you: A poem “

The leaves drop dead with summer’s departure  But the tree will survive the wintry future  And the hatchlings will determinedly learn to fly  For daylight always permeates through the sky  The wind can be shallow, the wind can be rough  Every change is signature that the earth is tough  It can wipe out the relentlessContinue reading “O life, Earth!: A poem “

I sense the laughter among the trees  But can it blow all over like the breeze?  Humans have laughter clubs, say it’s medicine  Yet some laugh their guts over living in sin  My Mum and Dad smiled a lot, but seldom laughed  Their responsibilities and duties had them scarved  And there are grimaces for thoseContinue reading “Laughter: A poem “

The lift is not working for the moment  And the walk upstairs is a testament  to my knees. Moses climbed a mountain  and saw God. I only see blinds  that shut out the light. My imagination has no flight  Can I figure out duties? Am I confused by rights?  Did Moses dither at the TenContinue reading “Anger and prejudice: A poem “

How can I tell the story of the wall I sense,  that I constantly come up against  It is like a persistent fog, and dense  It shuts out my every sentence  I feel like an embryo in a hostile womb  A living person buried in a granite tomb  I have no contingencies against its subtleContinue reading “The wall: A poem “