Ailill, 18 december 2013
Transformation is in the air,
celebrated everywhere,
written in human history,
in every mythology
an ancient theme that we all share,
In this season, as we prepare
For a day that has been declared
A holiday, remember the key:
Transformation
Spirituality when compared
promotes this common prayer,
contemplating the Christmas tree
a mystery, its meaning holy,
this time, let us be aware, it bears:
transformation
Devon McElveen, 17 december 2013
I was once a child,
A phrase all of us may say.
As children we dream,
Dream as high as the sky is blue.
We dreamed plenty,
Every night was magical.
Dark nights of wonder.
Hopes to make these dreams come true.
As time passed,
Our dreams soon faded away.
Those thoughts in our minds
Disappeared as we all grew.
These new nights of sleep
Seem to feel so much more empty.
Blankness clouds our minds.
Where are those dreams that we once knew?
We used to aim so high
Always aiming for the stars.
Now our aim is off
What could be obscuring our view?
Should we make a change?
Awaken the child within?
Let the child run free
So that we can dream anew.
Gert Strydom, 17 december 2013
Every night
the same stars shine above us
and the night brings darkness
that does separate
and at times it feels as if all beacons are gone
but on every new morning
we do again see the light of the sun
and it turns that which is between us
to days of hope
when together we walk life’s road of love.
Satish Verma, 17 december 2013
It is neither end nor beginning, I am
still suspended between punishments, primrose
gives one answer, hollyhock another, I
catch the moon in flight to west and
enter a sand grain to probe the universe
for the sexual selection of a terror bomb,
harbinger of mass destruction, give me some
asparagus to uproot the cancer for the sake
of a humane evolution: bougainvilleas are
not blooming and in twilight I wait for the two
eyes of a panther which start blazing in a dark cave,
she was expecting to deliver her first progeny
of gentle cubs
Satish Verma
Gert Strydom, 16 december 2013
As a believing human being
I want to daily trod
in the shadow of the omnipotent God
and find Him in every beautiful thing.
In a world where the darkness brings doubt
like a mere child I want to hope and trust
that our existence goes much further than just chance and dust
that a superior eternal love continually drives the darkness out,
that all of the planets and stars in the sky
are beacons of the eternal everlasting King,
that a superior being created everything,
even that which is unseen by the naked eye.
Renato N. Mascardo, 15 december 2013
orb
such is the slippery surface of this hueless globe
cold to the touch so smooth and hard
its solidity hides the dark emptiness within
palpable yet ungraspable
this ball of void remains and cannot be flung away
after all these years since you went
and left this orb of solid emptiness
to vex the cockles of my heart//
renato
sunday 15 december 2013
(in memoriam: E.T.A.)
oluwatosin olabode, 15 december 2013
Dear silence,
Ssshhh!!!
Please keep quiet;
Without a word,
I hear you too loud... too clear…
You are a comforter when I'm depressed,
A shelter whenever I'm lost,
A home for my self-pity,
My breath in low self esteem-
Yet I'm still here
Dying on the inside
For some reasons to be made known,
annulling the thought of suicide; again.
Ssshhh!!!
I tell self,
Deceiving myself with this lie,
"No one will understand you,
but if you must, tell it to yourself
no one else will understand you."
And so, for too long
I wallowed in loneliness,
Though I was surrounded by people
I was very much always alone.
I was eclectic with my decisions,
I felt I couldn't have been wrong;
I was in so much pain, it made
Childbirth’s pain, look as painless as
bathing a childand so I thought,
"This has to be my best option
Being silent meant I was on the right track."
I couldn't tell anyone,
Not my lover
Not even the Lover of my soul,
I became isolated,
An embodiment of sadness…
I learnt how to fake a smile,
I learnt how to be defensive,
I learnt how to read people;
thus picking meaning from almost anything-
It wasn't always like this though,
I once tried to talk,
But I was induced with more problems,
Rather than a simple hand of solution
I wanted a friend,
But I got someone that grew distant.
I wanted a brother,
But I got someone that didn't bother.
I wanted a listener,
But I got someone that was just hearing.
I wanted you
But all I got was someone that didn't care enough.
With this much pain,
I found me a sedative,
I found succor in SILENCE
Keeping the pain to myself;
seemed to be the best option,
at least no one will induced more hurt…
Ssshhh!!!
…Silence...
I hear you too loud... too clear…
For too long-
But, things are different now,
They are getting better,
I see a light in my tunnel,
Someone reminded me of JESUS,
The one who allows me cast my care upon him,
The one who isn't judgmental
as he is careful in caring for me,
The one who gives rest to the heavy laden,
The one who gives peace to the soul,
The one with understanding,
The one who LISTENS,
The only one who heals no matter how deep...
My trust-
Its been abused once to many
Honestly, it has made me pessimistic,
Nonetheless... I felt I should give him a try,
And so I opened up to him
I told him about the weight I had been lifting
My tears fell right on his shoulder...
It became crystal clear,
He is the light in my tunnel.
Do not misread the next couple of lines;
I'm still in the walking process making progress-
I feel lifted
I am calmer
I feel joy
I know I have someone that will listen;
a friend always closer than a brother
I'm lighter
I know I have someone that understands
"You need to speak up
Silence spreads within you like cancer,
And kills faster than a bullet to the heart-
It's when people HEAR you,
that you become more depressed.
Find someone that will LISTEN:
Family, counselor, mentor,
Boyfriend, Girlfriend, neighbor,
Whoever... but don't be desperate as to anyone,
Make sure it's someone that will listen,
Someone with the active heart of God-
Don't keep silent
You need to speak up"
Silence; be quiet!!!
I want to speak-
Christ in me is as well as in others
I've found someone I can talk to
In whom I find God's PEACE
(D title ascribed to d heart that listens)
I pray you find yours too…
steve, 15 december 2013
It's way past time to say goodbye...
for decisions you have made...
You treat love... like its a game...
and think people should be played,
So let me tell you how I feel...
and say goodbye to you...
I never thought I'd say the words...
much less believe its true,
You don't love me anymore...
the way a lover should...
And I can't stand... three rows back...
and play like its all good,
This heart will always love you...
and I wish you the best...
And pray that "God" watch over you...
and hope your life is blessed,
I hope you find.. what I call truth...
before the truth finds you ...
The things I've learned about you lately...
I wish I never knew,
You've changed so fast.. and so much...
I don't know who you are...
And the distance now between us...
has never been so far,
If this is who you really are...
you hid it well from me...
But now the truth has come to light...
and the truth has set me free.
steve, 15 december 2013
There's not much you can say..
when your heart is on the line...
Everything you say or do..
can hurt you everytime,
Knowone really seems to know..
just what you feel inside...
And knowone really cares about..
just how much you've cried,
So I try to grab a moment..
when a moment comes along...
Because I believe whats from the heart..
could never be that wrong,
A moment passes quickly..
but the memory's there to stay...
Its all I have to hold onto..
that gets me through the day,
So please don't think.. I'd ever want..
something you can't give...
I'm just grabing at a "moment" ..
from this lonely life I live,
sg
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