Monday, August 4, 2008
Sorry I didn't stop. I walked on by. I have no idea why. I should've stopped to ask how you are but I thought it would've been bizarre. Maybe I'm insecure about how I look or talk, walk, smile or even cook. But we'll never know what makes you you for I walked by before I knew. We passed each other,... Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Just Be
A man wearing a Panama hat sat next to me and said, "Why aren't you the person you are meant to be?" I laughed and replied, "Who can I be when who I am is not what I want to see?" "Then you must change, " he said to me, "and be the person the world is meant to see." "That's easier said than done as... Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Final Request
It's something I've written a thousand times: a complete list of all my crimes. So here I go, balancing on the border. The list: in no particular order. My crimes are of passion, of greed and lust. Of happiness, eagerness, and possessing a dark sorrow. Guilty of laughter, pain, regret and loneliness... Sign in to see full entry.
Monday, July 28, 2008
2039
And from the skies they came to teach an infant race to walk. Trapped for so long in our vanity we'd also forgotten how to talk. The years had gone by, our history forgotten. Our time had been shorter than we thought. The earth drowned in sorrow its people dying and the saviour never came as he... Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
The Guilt of God
And He looked down upon his creation with a heaviness in His heart. He thought, this was not my plan nor my intention from the start. For upon the world that He so loved men used Him to spread lies. The same men He'd created now searched for power as the bigger prize. They grew enraged, started wars... Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
The Veil
There are angels among us who claim that it's unfair that they can only talk to us by means of a prayer. They weep and cry out, "Why do they not open their eyes? We stand behind you and not in the skies." "We are trying to help," they argue, "can't you see?" "Our voices are real, our hands touch... Sign in to see full entry.
Monday, July 21, 2008
Weapons of Love
They are the instruments capable of creating beauty. They are the tools capable of inhumane cruelty. They are the shapers of destiny or fate. They are the weapons that spread love or hate. They are the expressions of how we feel when a lover's skin is close. They are the expressions of anger when we... Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, July 20, 2008
Hi All, Just to let you know that I haven't abanoned 'The Poetry Pages.' My mom arrived from South Africa and for the past two weeks I've been showing her around the Netherlands. Sadly, she returns home tomorrow so I'll be back posting more poetry. Hope you'll join me once again as we journey... Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Confession
Shall I tell you something? Shall I be brave? And mention I’m afraid to go to the grave. I’ve said it, but I don’t feel any better. Maybe if I wrote it slower, letter-by-letter. I guess I’m scared because I don’t want to die even though it watches me with a sturdy eye. It’s that cold rush of fear... Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, July 3, 2008
One True Voice
A million voices all saying the same thing, "Listen to me! Follow me! Let me make your choices!" We listen, we hear for that single voice that sounds like the truth to be free of our fear. But the voice is lost amongst the lies amongst the others that come at the cost of you.. of me... of your... Sign in to see full entry.