From Your Care
By Saah Millimono
From your care and consolation,
Spring forth the pleasure of others,
Blossoming in your dedication
And strength of will that never falters.
You have walked many a troubled road,
Your faith tested as though by fire,
Your shoulders bearing many a heavier load
But refusing to retire.
Your heart is like an iron wood
That outlives a generation,
And rises in a triumphant mood
That leaves no cause for indecision.
You have had your doubts,
To be sure, and which is only human;
But even in those very doubts,
You have emerge triumphant like
Ceasar the Roman
May the consolation that others find
And have found in all your years
Bring the best of every kind,
Leaving no cause for tears.
I RISE
By Matenneh-Rose L. Dunbar
Though the words down my senses
I still rise
Though loved ones demoralize me
I still rise
Though all paths seem clouded
I still rise
Though my valley stretch up high
I still rise
Though tons of filthy water covers up
I still rise
Though the same old bench gives way
I still rise
Though ten trucks fall in my passage
I still rise
Though the voice of the soul pierces
I still rise
Though my tears run to bathe my cheeks
I still rise
Though it is day but darkness surrounds
I still rise
Though buddies plan to strike your back
I still rise
Though the task faces many uphill trudges
I still rise
Though history says I can never make it
I still rise
Though men desire to suppress that dream
I still rise
Though my eyes thin out due to near fear
I still rise
Though no one think it is possible for me
I still rise
Though rain burst fill the once blue sun sky
I still rise
Though the pens tremble bare in my hands
I still rise
Though purple splurges wild next to hazel
I still rise
Though I am weakened and cold from words
I still rise
Though teeth and tongue cohabit they clash
I still rise
Though time and events rips hearts far apart
I still rise
Though clamor fills the suppose to be calm
I still rise
Though in the hands of the all Almighty King
I still rise
GUILTY CONSCIENCE
By Varney L.S. Gean
The enemy won’t have that feeling when so forlorn
The fraudster won’t even ponder about it one minute
The babies care less as they make the most of everything
The robbers want all and think less about our grievances
The silent rival won’t hesitate to make a huge benefit
No Guilty Conscience
The cheating husband won’t think of your affection at all
The nagging wife won’t mind you need some quiet time
The fastidious boss will be all in shredding you apart
The murdered won’t even give you moment for last prayer
The judge won’t smile as he slams the gravel ever so hard
No Guilty Conscience
The priest won’t laugh while telling you of your many sins
The teacher won’t bulge to mark the red on the report card
The opponent only aims to bring you down and wins it all
The cab driver will exploit you and think little of your situation
The person loved so much could be the game you never win
No Guilty Conscience
The police will thrash you without the single feeling of mercy
The torrent will pour down tougher without any consideration
The sun blazes and thinks little of the warmth suffocating you
The heart beats the minds, the body chills, the feet itches
The friends won’t mind if you fall whilst they make some gains
No Guilty Conscience
CHERISH THE MOMENT
By Matenneh-Rose L. Dunbar
Everyone has someone out there
Maybe a rustic molded old gnome
In peace wait for the right moment
Go in search of it for all of eternity
Tango happily with a pig in a wig
Cherish the Moment
If not written will not happen as now
Take careful strides how to voyage
In each breath place the Great so
With hope of a child expect much
Even a pig with a wig will suffice
Cherish the Moment
LIFE
By Varney L.S. Gean
If time is so fleeting
Live it well before it speedily ends
If life is so fragrant
Enjoys it before it loses it savor
If life is filled with agony
Eliminate it and fill it with happiness
If life brings forth success
Enjoy but share with others to make memories
If life comes with misfortune
Hang on till fortune knock at your door
If life is the worst envisions
Close your eyes and dream again
If life is filled of long chapters
Shorten it to style a paradise
If life bears of abysmal curse
Bless it and pursue more blessings
If your life makes you smile
Share it with others and make them smirk
If life possesses too many abstracts
Filled it no less with thousand concretes
Time
By Lekpele M. Nyamalon
You’re a tranquilizer
I heard
This is your time
Clean up the shreds
Wash up
Leave behind only memories of you
Time
It’s your turn
Take it
Grow up new memories with your fertilizers
You Poststockade
By Lekpele M. Nyamalon
Don’t smile at me
I was kept in your basement
Like a rabbit
And you never budged.
Fed like a rat
While you looked on
Beaten with catridges
And you looked away.
Why now?
Do you need a friend?
Keep doing your thing
I dread your name
You know it
You can’t grap me
Not anymore
