Our history is a rapacious bloom Where guns have borne the victims’ doom And did the victors bleed the flesh of ice to scale the walls of prejudice? Pale faces darkened with greed Did justice lie among the weeds Power wore the robe of impunity Lies were masqueraded as honesty A pretty reflection in aContinue reading “Human justice and divine retribution: A poem “
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Seeking, on the hot dusty streets: A poem
Out on the hot dusty streets where the swift wind lurked as if seeking amid the petty stores And circular swoops of laughter emerged from piquant fires burning within. Sharing such secrets gave us a subtle grace, an acquiescent wit That feeling the sacred and profane our thoughts encompassed, both, the intense and the puerile Continue reading “Seeking, on the hot dusty streets: A poem “
Will you be mine, when…?: A poem
Will you be mine? When the stars lose their shine When the skies turn over Like the underside of a cover Will you greet me? When dignity is a dead tree When the desert of age Sweeps over me with a rage Will you console me? When my four walls are misery When with painContinue reading “Will you be mine, when…?: A poem”
To be but cattle, or not…: A poem
What makes a leader a hate breeder? Clutching at power Like sepals at a flower The masses are herded like cattle The bricks of freedom are all too brittle Hope’s moon doesn’t shed light against clouds of arrogance, and goes out of sight Power is the famine of individual rights when evil pugilists win the fights Continue reading “To be but cattle, or not…: A poem “
In the wilderness of ignorance: A poem
I feed my fears like a child Thinking of the cruelty of the wild The hunger and panic of the hunt and kill And our world ruled by an oligarchy’s will That wisdom is slaughtered by advocacy No storms of awakening in a cup of tea The stones of civilisation have no roofs History, albeit,Continue reading “In the wilderness of ignorance: A poem “
To all those out in the cold: A poem
The icy wind plays havoc with my walk As dusk comes stalking at the clock The hairs on my skin stand like bristles of a brush in the shine of the early moon that seems in a rush The bowing flowers fight, in vain, the dying light A steeple silently silhouetting the sky comes inContinue reading “To all those out in the cold: A poem “
My little rhyme: A poem
The sun spills its gold like a freshly cut mango Its juices I behold at my window I let the breeze in to feed my dreams My breakfast sings with honey and cream My breath is shallow as I walk to the door Hoping it’s someone that’s warm like the sun A wind-swept mind AContinue reading “My little rhyme: A poem “
Bitter truths: A poem
I am looking for little cheering truths A fair price on my humble needs and goods Honesty in a loved one’s fleeting rapturous kiss A yard of dignity and self-worth to enhance my bliss The lilt of a morning bird’s sweet melodious tune Fortune’s tiny castle standing on my dune Not the desperate hunger ofContinue reading “Bitter truths: A poem “
Deceit: A poem
The cloth of our skies Is woven with their lies When cruelly they did slit a throat And in their victory, they did gloat The sheafs of history are stolen fruit Truth is in the flotsam of deadwood And justice is only but clay To the order that rules the day Our pride lies inContinue reading “Deceit: A poem “
My shadow and me: A poem
In the vacant park, with none to greet With my shadow I guiltily meet That I have, in vain, counted the leaves of trees And failed to see the beauty in each Have I oft shed a sullen, blind tear When so many live in despair and fear My shadow examines me in my furtiveContinue reading “My shadow and me: A poem “