Author Archives: montecyril

Cloaked are our eyes, but our minds are bare  Riches are our goals, but our souls are threadbare  The symphony of the conscience goes silent within ourselves  As we starve the inner lambs and feed outer wolves  Integrity is not weak-kneed, it is the steel of the bold  Goodness is a priceless treasure never toContinue reading “Bravery: A poem “

In wisdom, choices of free will  are a path to resist evil  For in living the lie  does conscience hopelessly die  Minds that do not deign  cannot avoid material pain  But lies the true success  in ignoring establishment’s duress   Virtue is indifference to advocacy’s haunts  And the simile of icons  For their glory is brittleContinue reading “Unsung and unwept is the true hero: A poem “

Many intricate gifts we do bear  in talents that we deem to share  Great lives are conjured up as if by magic  But if they are selfish, they become tragic  Genius is a score whose music is fortune  But only lyrics of humility embellish the tune  Gems sparkle brighter with education and opportunity  But withContinue reading “Inspiration: A poem “

Isn’t it love above all that we cherish?  The gift for which we earnestly wish?  It is the what, where, why and which  Of both the poor and the rich  Love’s lighthouse time’s distance bravely outwits  It is not infatuation’s crevice nor obsession’s pits  The selfless, unconditional throb of a mother’s heart  A lover’s pushingContinue reading “Love: A poem “

The cloud that bears rain  is wanted time and again  Promises made for their keeping  prevents the earth from weeping  Leaders who make a charter  not their virtues to barter  reap harvests with no shame  and seldom get the blame  The magic of deeds  that prioritise not wants but needs  and make equal all souls  sumsContinue reading “A leader in deed, indeed: A poem “

We are made of dust, to dust we go  Death is a motion as much as life a flow  A dispassionate mind knows mortality is the door  That the horizon is the sky that meets the floor  We are but a grain of sand on the shore  Our beauty in flesh is not the dress weContinue reading “Ashes: A poem “

The pride and ego of being judgmental  is in one own eyes to stand tall  Prudence sacrificed at prejudice’s altar  Proclaimed self-virtue is on humility a war  The castle of the righteous is in silence  Opinions like scales must be devoid of bias  Conscience is in chaos when morals tumble  Priggishness is a high groundContinue reading “Judging others: A poem “

If of our temples we are the lord  The voice from within is the beseeching of God  For, the joy of the fruits of the haloed womb  is the right of procreation not of a tomb  Plucking out a bud in its bare infancy  A cradle thus undone deserves no clemency  For mother nature solelyContinue reading “Abortion and suicide: A poem “

The time-worn walls of the crumbling edifice  like the phoenix lived for sacrifice  Suffering, for some, is omnipresent like the skies  In its throes, the vigour of individuals and nations dies  How inclement is stormy weather  Causes a docked boat to lose its tether  When harvests are dry, the arid earth  looks in vain forContinue reading “Suffering: A poem “

In the tourist hubs of plenty we prefer to be in action  Disparity’s landfill grows larger when generosity takes a vacation  To own our precious idols our temples must not be soiled  The lamps of our privileges must burn with honour’s oil  Undeserved are the harvests of choice if we fail to see  what ourContinue reading “Of rights and duties: A poem”