Friday, October 24, 2008

pain in vain

life of pain
amidst plenty
for a few others
little or none
for many
ours is a life
away from the hive
of economic activity
of getting rich with no sweat
the fruits of our hard-won freedom
is all pain
as though all was in vain
and I was born for the drain
where their excesses are dumped

Thursday, August 21, 2008

free/unfree

cry rage
get out of the cage
of mind-control
lest you miss the call
the cry
of voices suppressed
of the free unfree
cry rage
and start another page
of minds freed from chainage

Thursday, July 31, 2008

now that you are gone

time was
when we were together
inseparable
siamese twins only death could separate
that was then
genesis before exodus
that rent us asunder
left us bleeding
gone now
am left alone
a void never to be filled
i stare into space
before me scary emptiness
that neither time nor space
can fill
life has lost colour
taste
and feeling

love

to love
to have
to be happy
when ready
for the future
that only you will feature
a seed
at my feet plented
never to be blighted
love I need to have
that only you
can provide

All

how does it feel
to have it all
and more
to have needs no more
or wants
my fate or hate
is to scrape the bottoms
of bins
to see me into tomorrow
as I time borrow
for another day of misery

street sweeper

the street sweeper
is no shopkeeper
he gets to keep nothing
as he sweeps away everything
doen`t even get to keep
a bit of dirt
hardly seen or recognised
just like the dirt he gets to sweep away
he goes about his work
like it was life itself
in song and dance
the street become an instant stage
but where is the audience
blind in self-importance
miss out on the magic
of the street sweeper

Monday, July 14, 2008

it starts with love

It starts with love
ends with death
birth, live and death
pain, happiness and pain
a vicious circle of life and death
happiness and pain
that is love
as you will like to have
not without pain
thunder with rain
born to live
and love
live to die
in silence to lie
it ends where it starts
above are stars
to light it all up
as I fill my cup