Blog about Art, Poetry and Prose

Blog about Art, Poetry and Prose

Saturday, September 12, 2015

MY CALABASH


My calabash is filled with hope
Pure, carrying the wisdom my ancestors
The villagers might not believe in me
Yet we all walk on the sand with sanders

No one knows where the stream flows from
Yet it never runs dry as she flows down the valley
The sun may set in the morning from the east
It may rain heavily today down the south

It never stops a child from dreaming
I hold my calabash with expectations in my head
To fulfill the desire of a weary heart
Laugh at me if that's all you care

I will drink on behalf of you my foe
While you watch the stars Carrying my dreams
Someday I will sweep away the doubts in your mind
I will ask the birds to sing to your past

The gods to put on you, a garment is worn of pride
My calabash holds not just my dreams
But dreams of every soul lost or cast
Doesn't matter what you believe in

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Monday, September 7, 2015

A BETTER DAY










The storm came calling

Life tossed and turn

The sea over flooding

Yesterday all gone



The sky lonely and sad

Hope fighting to survive

Grass on the field withered

Love yearning to revive



The cloud, dreams un-sustained

Life at the edge of sorrow

If today's completely drained

A better day awaits tomorrow



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A THOUSAND TIMES








When hope is lost, the heart problem filled

The world crowded with regrets and greed

When life can't accommodate friendship and love

Suicidal thoughts the mind triggered off

The body weak, doubts can't fight

The cloud deserted of stars at night

I will hold firm the crutch that lifts the spirit

I'll find where countenance resides in the heart

If a thousand times over I fall

I will pick up the pieces from the start



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