GOODBYE MIRAGE

Goodbye Mirage

I must go

I cannot hold on to promises

never to be kept

beautiful as they are

I'll never know.

Goodbye Mirage

I cannot lie

you may be blue lagoon

but let's face it

you're just thin air

once you die.

 

 

 

DEATH

 

The hour was now

The time was day

Your thoughts eternity

And Death -

Just a moment

Leaving no time for

Philosophies

Prayers

Goodbyes

 The players move on...

For them

The hour is still now

The time is still day

Their thoughts eternity.

 A drop evaporated the ocean

Some ripples, 

and then none.

 

LITTLE STREET URCHINS

Ten-year-old little street urchins

little boys..

hanging around - 

voices up a tree

little dirty figures

perched on high walls

eating wild fruit.

How did they get there?

Little urchins

somersaulting into the ocean -

funny fish that are born knowing 

how to swim and dive.

Little urchins

thrive on wild fruits and leaves

play cricket

with sticks for wickets

and branches for bat

and stones for ball.

Litlte urchins...

where do they come from?

living in a parallel universe

living precariously between life and death

all the time!

But it's now past 7 in the evening...

it's time to go home

"Mummy will search."

 

CAT CALL

Cat slipped off the wall

and landed on its feet;

Nine-lived cat

lives each time - 

unlike my ninth call 

that went dead

 

RAIN AND CHAI

It's a dark, rainy day

Rain-splattered, 

I take shelter in a wayside teashop

Shopkeeper places a

steaming hot cup of chai in my hands

I gaze at closed shops across

and trees bent in the wind

Someone runs into the shop,

pulling their coat closer for comfort

and stands against wall, shaking off the water

Shopkeeper places a hot cup of chai in his hands

Gratitude and Thanks, this is all I need

Shopkeeper gives me a plate with a samosa in it

And I think,

At this point in my life

I am exactly

Where I want to be.

MONDAY MUSINGS

monday muse and musings...

if you will...

the blues...

the grind...

coffee-lingering...

the neverending stretch of week ahead...

horrid bright sunny faces

and horrid happy 'good mornings!'...

grrr!!  hate!

monday morning

deep breath -

HERE GOES!

I CAN DO THIS!!

 

slouch.

 

PEACE THAT PASSETH ALL UNDERSTANDING

I heard voices -

Left and right.

On the left I heard

"Your words are wrong

Stop speaking"

On the right I heard

"Your God's not there

Stop believing"

To the left I heard

"You're not perfect

Stop judging"

To the right I heard

"You hypocrite! You liar!"

On the left, the fanatic screamed

"Not religious enough!"

On the right the cynic goaded

"You're just half and half"

To the left, the demon screamed

"I don't love you, you fool!"

To the right, the voice of venom

"I hate you"

The demon, a woman in his arms, scoffed

"She is the one - not you!"

On the left was deadly purpose,

"I shall see you destroyed"

 And amidst the cacophony,

I sat

Peacefully playing the harp.