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Category: Poem

  • The Journey To The Past

    The Journey To The Past

    In a blink of an eye
    We have travelled back
    to the past from the future
    From a better future back
    to a bitter past

    We have come to our past
    from a wonderful future
    where every child has the right
    to education to a society where a
    child is denied of education

    We have come to our past
    from a secured state to
    an insecured state where our shield
    becomes the weapon against us

    We have come to our past
    from a promising future
    to a world of vanity

    We have come to our past
    From a sanity world to
    a world full of insanity

    We have come to our past
    from the Future where men
    ruled with good heart back
    to the time where men ruled
    with greedy heart

    The future we ought to
    live in have been lived
    now we are stuck in the past
    we ought to have forgotten

    It is an adventurous
    Journey in a life time
    the journey from the
    future to the past.

  • Absent Friend

    Absent Friend

    I am an absent friend
    But you will always see me
    I won’t be faraway
    So you can always get to me

    I am an absent friend
    But I will go out of my way
    To give you any help you need
    When you need one

    I tend to live in my own world
    Embracing my loneliness with warmth
    I am bad at keeping up communication
    And I am really sorry to
    Those who takes that personally

  • Loneliness

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    The loudness of this silence is deafening.

    This emptiness in me is frightening.

    Flanked by people and still by myself

    A lone book on this huge shelf

    A giant chasm between me and you

    With no bridge to get across through

    I smile at you with the brightness of stars in the sky

    And I retire to my room at night to cry

    I take long strolls to feel like I’m part of this world

    Talk to people to convince myself this is my homeworld

    “I’m not an alien.” I say to me

    “They’re all like me.” I lie to me

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    Listen. Can you hear the silence?

    Do you see how it stares at me in defiance?

    You know, its funny how we’re not lonely all alone

    How the number of lonely people has grown

    My loneliness tried to crumble my being but it’s amusing

    Me reinforcing the cement on my walls with sad music

    We spent a lot of time together and now we share a closeness

    Again, funny how the one who saves me from this loneliness is my loneliness

    A companion close to me 24/7

    Made this confinement a safe haven

    He’s not so bad when you get to know him

    You just have to get used to the pale and grim

     

  • Hidden Scars

    Hidden Scars

    In the depth of my heart
    there lies my pain
    the pains I get when
    my emotions turn jagged
    and my inside tight

    Waiting with wide eyes
    my heart hanging in my mouth
    hoping for kindness
    like a child I longed for
    soothing
    Instead I get balked

    Pushing back against pain
    for so long
    medicating with friendship
    yet returns in my weaker moment
    and devastating my mind

    I’ve come to realise
    what endless pain would be
    When I would wake up one morning
    realising I was dead
    buried and forgotten by those
    who are dear and close to me
    but alive and kicking to strangers;
    people who don’t give a damn about me

    I have known pain
    when I go to sleep with it
    every night and seeing myself
    being lowered in my own grave
    when I scream to those
    mourning and burying me but
    no one hears my scream and whimpers

    I’ve never been a person
    to hold a grudge instead
    seeking to understand the
    motives of another

    It doesn’t mean there
    is no scars
    only that I have no
    forgiveness of them
    to forgive I must first resent
    or at least that’s my understanding
    Perhaps that’s how I heal so well

    Anyhow, perhaps my scars
    are my road map
    maybe I’d be lost without them

  • Things I Never Had

    Things I Never Had

    The things I wish to have
    Never became mine

    The things I desired
    Were always unbearable

    The unbearable
    becomes desirable

    The love I dream of
    Was never always mine

    The happiness I seek
    Was never found

    I searched for trust
    I got betrayal as a trophy

    I longed for happiness
    I won sadness as a prize

    All what I got
    Are never the things
    I wish to have.

    My heart ache
    My soul bleeds
    When I miss the
    things I never had

    What do I to do
    To get the things I
    Never had?

  • Bloody Cloak

    Bloody Cloak

    She has been keeping it in,
    Hard as it has been,
    The sword she wields against those tearing her apart,
    The cloak she uses to keep warm against the cold attacks.

    She’s been keeping it safe and reassuring herself,
    A reminder that no matter what they say she’s not someone else,
    Her most priced and most valued fortune,
    One she handled with utmost caution.

    In darkness and cold you appeared,
    Along with what she most feared.
    Without thought or remorse you ripped her cloak off,
    Even as she tried defending in fear and shock.

    You took her fortune, feeling no rue
    Took her dignity and ran her through.
    Left her in the mud dejected and bitter,
    I’ve never seen sweet and innocence leave any faster.

    Up she stood feeling the blood seep and flow,
    But, she will never let it show.
    Gently, she cleaned up and wore a smile,
    Wondering why the world was so hostile.
    She promised to only cry when she’s alone,
    She’ll only portray the image of a Queen on throne.

    She never imagined the first time will be so cruel,
    But she’ll always wear her smile like the perfect jewel

  • Save Them

    They gaze at the stars
    Heart quavering, beating like drum beats
    Stream of tears pouring on the pale land
    Memories full of dreams
    Cut off, aborted
    O! Save them
    They have a tune to dance to

    Dwelling in Poverty’s compound
    Clad in tattered rags
    Undetected sickness breakthrough
    Waiting for neighbour’s
    So as to welcome a square meal
    In the middle of the day
    To feed the rumbling stomachs

    Difference in language is a barrier
    Lack of communication arises
    No higher place to go without the key
    Education the key to any door

    Gathered on the field
    Laying down their dreams
    Reflecting on their innocent eye balls
    Trapped in darkness of doubt
    But never lose hope
    All shall never remain the same
    There’s a reason their life started like this

    Help the living dead build their hope
    And make your promises come true
    Education you promised
    Where’s it?
    Has it vanished to an unknown land?
    Or has it been fed on by your greedy blood?

    The innocent children are dying
    Save them!
    Security you promised
    Not fulfilled, while fresh pepper is planted
    On the pale land
    SAVE THEM!
    SAVE THE PEOPLE!
    SAVE THEIR DREAM!!

  • My Mouth Not Always My Friend

    When strength lies in quietness
    My mouth refuses to rest but catches
    My strength to rend
    With fretful words, it takes away my gentleness
    When fools in silence are counted wise

    My mouth through myriads of
    Words, bring me lower than a fool
    Crushing me with weighty constructions
    It stands atop me like a bull
    When my life craves its blessing
    And would have loved my mouth to pray

    My mouth refuses bit chooses my
    Blessings to fray
    Through murmuring and complain I watch
    Lifes goodness running far, far away
    My mouth you are the traitor, I therefore
    Will strive to quiet you.

  • May The World Sail Again


    In a world once peaceful
    Now overtaken by oppression
    A world without rule
    Where deceit reign and
    Might is right

    A world of hunger and suffering
    Of treachery and horror
    A world of adultery and infidelity
    Of gambling and perdition
    A world of vanity

    Of loneliness cold and harsh
    A world that never smile
    Of sinister laugh, grief and despair
    A world that invites but is never at home.
    Of plenty but scarcely offers


    A world without priorities
    When man strive to become beast
    A world where life has no value
    But death is hated yet revered
    A world that your are the nucleus

    Give us a new world
    With love filled with happiness
    Reassuring real for me, for me
    For today, for posterity
    A world yet only you can put
    The wind
    Back to its sail

  • You Are Not Alone!

    You are not alone!
    I know how difficult it is to get a place over your head, I know
    I know how unbearable it is to earn a living each waking day, I know
    I know how hard it is to put food on the table, I know
    I know that feeling of failure when despite all your efforts, nothing works, I know
    I know how easy it is for people to ignore, neglect and look down on you when no results is in view, I know
    I know how tough it could be to have no one to talk to and reason with, I know
    I know how it kills having loads of debts around your neck to pay off, I know

    BUT;

    No matter what it is now, you are not alone!
    It may be hard but it is not impossible
    People may not believe in you, but I believe in you.
    It may be all dark now but there is light at the end of the tunnel
    You may have come this far and be tired of going further but you are closer to the finish line than you think
    Hear the voices of the generation gone past and those coming behind you cheering you on
    You can’t give up now!
    It is too soon to let go!
    Hold on, the wait is almost over
    You are the hope of generations to come
    They believe in you, they trust in you
    You can’t fail them
    For the sake of your pains, don’t give up
    For the sake of years of labor, don’t give up
    For the sake of your secret tears, don’t give up
    For the sake of your past failures, don’t give up

    People may desert you, but know that you are not alone
    You are not alone, your years of trying and failing are your companion, urging you not to let go
    You are not alone, your days of hunger is right beside you to testify soon of how you remained steadfast
    You are not alone, your nights of sleeping in the cold is right beside you to tell the world how your dreams refused to be frozen
    You are not alone, your weeks of earning little or nothing stands with you to share the story of how your vision refused to lack provision
    You are not alone, your months of loneliness desires to tell of how your discomfort became your closest companion that will never let you give up!

    You have come this far to go further
    It may be lonely but you are still not alone!
    Keep striving, you’ll soon arrive at the finish line!
    I know how it feels right now, I know
    But you are not alone!

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