From my youth, I observed my grey strands. I moaned for a while And I vainly began to ponder Why would the signs of aging Descend upon one with such youthfulness as I? For surely youth and aging
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Now that the world is shutting downMy own world feels unhinged‘Your’ world has constringed the world within meLike I never dreamt it would or couldI’ve lived distractedBy what ‘your’ world pervaded my world withAlways had something to doSome place to go; something to worry overI called myself busySome called...
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Where does inspiration come from?It comes from within and from without It comes from here, it comes from thereIt comes from today and the dreams of tomorrowMy inspiration comes from pain and from joy Suffering and my redemption From the highs and the lows; mountain peaks and valleys so...
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I have habits, both good and bad But hate living as a creature of any habitNot for me the routine, the mundane and the predictableI might have a 9-5 but it sure doesn’t have me! My heart already given to the non-habitual and the non-commonI look for the uncommon in commonSo...
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It is one thing to have noble convictions and principles and another thing to face up to the daily challenge of having to live by them. I don’t know about you but I’m often surprised at how often I fail myself and my ‘fiercely’ guarded principles and convictions when...
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Some say love is blind. Perhaps so I want to be blinded by the love that can seeSee beyond the unspoken and beneath the gloss Blinded by a love that sees the hurt Love that feels the pain and cherishes the hope that love nurtures. I want to be...
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They often say; patience is a virtue and impatience a vice But I ponder this; that there is a negative side to patience And a positive side to the impatience that frequently burdens my soul. Someone tell me how to be patient with injustice With sufferings and distortions of...
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I am black, I am proud. I’ve got to say it out loud!I am more than just a colour, I’m not just a shade or a hueMy blackness is my statement The totality of my mental, spiritual and emotive consciousness My black is entangled in chains of cruel history...
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As a meteor you were.A genius the world lost before it grasped your worth.One minute you were; the next you were no more. So full of life yet in an instant stung by death’s cruel sting. I will never comprehend. Knowing this makes me want to live out my...
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It is sometimes said that evil thrives not because of the evil that evil people do per se but because good people do nothing. The concept of society is an age old construct, probably as old as the advent of mankind. Societal dynamics have evolved over centuries into various...