My Diary for Michael

This poem is based on the experience where instead of providing assistance to the needy, people in charge take things for themselves and also try to stifle the progress of others.


Rejected, abandoned to this place
Dwelling in a discarded place
Lying between second-handed sheets
Half-broken bed, chairs and table
Uneven, abandoned and unmatched utensils
With wild and unfriendly insects
Lean and alone we smile together

There are times when the days seem long
Inside this gloomy and humid place
The world outside exists not
Our rhythms are non-traditional
Bathtub is the laundry mart
Laundry deterent is for hands
For hair and also polish for the floor

We create a world of laughter and hopes
Except when the caretaker comes
But how annoying when one finds
Someone who has no desire
But to take away our joy
A large and most unfriendly caretaker
Comes in to see what we are at.

That caretaker with pagan mind
She says she thinks she is God’s chosen
And yet she is a caregiver
It’s rather odd
This time you are charged with indiscipline
I am guilty of poor furnishing
Still she continues to store our needs

With heads like ears of corn, feet like daggers
Who thinks she is too holy and high
Under the cover of our grief
Sneaks and eats offerings at the altar
Yet somehow doesn't think it wrong
To munch through harvest offered
While we must scramble

For human beings only do
What power and greed tell them to.
And always, night and morning, pray,
They are like the church mouse,
Pray and worship in God's own house,
But all the same, it's strange to me
They steal the offering from the altar.

Deceitfuls

Close your eyes to them
They come as friends to slaughter
Men who bear children to kill
Sitters to smother lives
Acquaintances to bury dreams
Like leeches, they passionately wander

Close your heart to them
They enchant like heaven
Without blood they live
They carry hearts of stones
Fearing good and beauty
Simply evil day and night

Watch out for them
Satan’s image they bear
Draped in elegant garments
Polished hair radiantly shaped
Buggy eyes painted to seduce
Their tongues trace smooth lies

Stay afar of them
They relentlessly lust blood
Like untamed winds marching
Seeking unsurpassable innocence
To disastrously devastate lives
Loathing harmonious happiness

Shield them not
They are evil and dark
Boldly despising humankind
In hell’s cage they shall linger
Basking in passionate distress
Bonding with their comrades’ beats

Rise Above Their Claws
Soar higher absorbing paradise
Savor life’s boundless bliss
Dance, glow with rainbows
Captivating melodious sounds
Enrich your life with candid smiles

A Song for My Son

Michael, happy third birthday to you, my dearest one
You are the beauty and essence of my heart
Sweet child of my love and joy
Always has been, and forever my star

As we begin to celebrate your day of birth
I want to make this time very special
I want you to know that you are my angel
But I have said that again and again

I know that I tell you I love you everyday
On your birthday, I love you more anyway
Than yesterday and the day before
My love grows immensely with each year
It’s like a tree that grows slowly each year

On your day, I pray everything bright
Be yours from the moment of dawn till night
The stars brighten up the years ahead
And may each day be filled with life’s best
Like a song that lightens the stars, bright and sweet

My Valentine

Valentine’s Day for lovers, so they say
I say, this one is yet to be
Dreams of love… you and me
Face to face and what would be
Signs of love, clear and real

You held me so close to your heart
Our love forever, your words to me
I felt your breathe as you said those words
So true, dream love, just you and me
Dancing on the rainbow…just you and me

Here, today, on Valentine’s Day
I am reaching out for a new day
Eyes opened, searching for my love
Let this beautiful dream come true
Cuz, I really want to be with you

A Post Card for Michael

Here, at the end of this journey, we stand
With memories beyond mountain steep
Bruises, disappointments, detours
Trails, buried deeply inside forever
Portrayal of strength and love

Beneath the stars and shadows of the sun
Side by side; you and me always
Your strength you give freely
Unrelenting, when hopeless looms
My guide, when I linger in doubt

You have taught me a thing and two
The value of confidence of others
Beautiful and most valuable asset
Sublimates and enriches every task
Amid roughness and serenity, hope beckons

With you, I eagerly liven up every day
Forever clinging to what's ahead
Not stonewalled by the dim and dense past
Nor paused to wrestle back in fear
And never turned away by qualms

It's like a dream; me and you, a team
You are always there, at my side
No time to lament what’s lost
Wearily leaving fixed imprints
Everyday; faced with a challenge or thrill

Here, at the end of another voyage
Know that I delight in the gift of your company
And so, this day belongs to you
Underneath your happiness is my pride,
And it shall ever be the base of my strength

Rejoice also for what lies beyond today
The sunrise and sunset of the new and the old,
Gripped with pride in all that you have given me
I will not bid farewell to the day nor the night
For moon and stars are unfolding; a new day begins

My Dream Will Never Die

I am a beautiful lady, newly risen
To partake in a story for noble reasons
An African lady as cheery as the seasons
My heart is pure love fountains
The goddess of courage, love and I, one

I am a lady with the love of a child
Spring beauty spreading like wildfire
Love flows within me, dance inside me
Moving slowly like a gentle stream
A beauty that captivates everyday dream

I am a lady of the shadow and the light
A proud African lady sparkling with firelight
Nurture beauty of creation without fright
I am a black and proud, with pride say I
For my love and dream will never die

My Promise to You

I say it again, I love you, and shall never let you down
Take my hand, and I'll always be around
It's my promise; my love for you will never perish
Remember, now and always, it's you, I cherish

Sometimes, I want to show the feelings inside me
Let your beautiful eyes reach deep inside me
You'll know, I give you my everything with ease
Just an honest lady is what I'm being

I'll take you through the nights; hold you tight
Let the sun to kiss your face in the morning light
Clear your path and make it always bright
My love to keep you warm and make you shine

I want to blossom for you at every sunrise
I want to write poems that will make you rhyme
I want to share my kingdom with you, be my king
You know I’ve given you my heart; I've done it all right