08 January, 2015

Autobiography of a Baby




They pull my cheeks
And pinch my nose
They make funny faces
And tickle my toes

They baby talk
When they can speak!
I want to hide my face
When walked down the street

'Goo goo', 'Ga Ga' is all I know
Still I'm expected to put on a show
Where is your nose? And where are your ears?
I can't take this silliness anymore

I think up of ridiculously simple ways to repel
I fart, burp, throw up and poop
I give my best to stink up the joint
This should put an end to all the 'coochie coo'

Some days are bad
While some are worse
Itchiness, anger, sleep deprivation
Makes me want to let loose

I know I'm adorable
That's stating the obvious
Still doesn't make it okay
To create a mighty stupid fuss

I know it's my birthday
And I will turn one
But stuffing me in velvet and lace
Is not my idea of fun

It's bad enough you committed a fashion faux passé
Now I'm passed from hand to hand
Trust me when I tell you
Babyhood is not all that grand!

I would be a billionaire if I was paid
Every time someone said
'Show me where your feet are
And where is your head'

What do you know?
It's a lot of work to look this darn cute
I put up with oily massages and hot baths
And rigorous powdering and fluffing up too

But I'll let you in on a secret
This one is no lie
Though I hate being a baby
I love being the apple of your eye!





07 January, 2015

Shards of Brilliance


His dreams are dreams of distress 
The agony that alights from anguish
The grief that accompanies his every waking hour
Stillness of the ache to be cherished  

The sorrow that descends his soul
Glorious peace that has seeped through cracks of melancholy 
Where will one find a state of greater numbness? 
Tranquility levitates lolling in the muck of despondency 

The trepidation that bedfellows evade 
Seduces him into its silent waters 
Icy fingers caresses his already frozen spirit
Suffocating him as he sinks under 

Striking are the icicles of unfeeling pain
Sadistic is the song of this simpering sadness
How then is he so obsessed?
Obsessed with this strange kind of madness

The ecstasy that he awaits in anticipation  
The hope of anonymous allure 
The knowing of what is to come 
Throws him into throes of something delightfully obscure 

His best creation awaits revealing 
Unearth it he shall 
Now he’s experienced the soreness of misery 
Effervescence of genius creeps a cunning crawl 

The world beholds with bated breath 
Greatness conceived in excruciating alliance 
Beauty that glints through the broken shards
Beautiful are the shards. The Shards of brilliance.


Freedom: a mirage



It shines and ripples
Like a pool of water
It seems so close
And yet so far
He waits and waits
Watching it through prison bars

It belonged to him
Once upon a time
It seemed so cheap
But now he knows its price
He waits and waits
For time that doesn't pass by

He has happy dreams
Of doing what he pleases 
What seemed like a waste of time
Were life's precious moments 
He waits and waits
For a second chance and a second life 

Like a parched traveller
Lost in a vast  desert
The pool of pristine water
Beckons to him from afar
He waits and waits
As he conjures up his happy mirage

Oh! What will he not give 
For his mirage to come alive?
To run wild and free
To come alive just for one more day
He waits and waits
For freedom that will never be his again