30 November 2007

The corner of war and peace

What exactly do you define as peace?
or what do you consider is war?

here's the story of a boy,
a boy whom fought for his dreams
but wound up hurt and lost.
A boy who has lost all motivation

he wanted peace but no one knew,
that kind of peace that he longed for,
can be provided.

he knew something was wrong,
he swore he started out at the wrong foot,
but he persevered,
he drove on thinking that mistakes
could be corrected if he walked tall.

he is at war with his mind
and his heart is not an ally.
in this battle, he took sides with his heart,
he tried his best to win this war.
yet again, he realised that
this war, could not be won,
his heart has betrayed him.

he was blind, he was blinded by
his lust for peace in his soul.
who could blame him?
everyone wants a better life.

it was a cold night, the rain was
pouring. he saw and witness the
struggles of a soul,
he was told to keep her warm.
he should have minded his business.
but his desire for humane touch
and his heart, brought him warm.

he allowed himself to be immersed
in the warmth of a beating heart,
the warmth his heart could not give.
this feeling so great, his mind was
clogged.

the rain miraculously ceased,
he then heard voices of his fears,
he had failed to remove them.
he was crashing, he wanted to run
this time, for real, he had to run,
to a place where no one could find him
and he had left in a heartbeat,
without so much of a word,
his shillouette would soon disappear.

"She calls out to the man on the street,
'sir can you help me?
It's cold and i've nowhere to sleep
is there someplace you can tell me?'
He walks on, doesn't look back
he pretends he can't hear her.
Starts to whistle as he crosses the street
seems embaressed to be there."

28 November 2007

Rhythm, Music

Nature creates itself in rhythms,
when things move in rhythms, they create sounds.
sounds in rhythm is music
the soul of the world.

27 November 2007

Lapse of Memory

Who is that?

I ask again, who is that?

Why does it feel so different now that I think about it?
I mean how often do you suddenly feel that overnight,
you get this rush of change and suddenly, you are a
stranger again?
It happened once too many this year, hell no, this month.
I happen to have guessed the outcome of everything,
let us now try to give your life a complete assesment,

-you currently have your family and 1 person you'd trust.
-you don't want to talk to your family.
-you are no longer ready to bring an extra person in.
-you just realised and now you feel like shit.
-you no longer know how to even express yourself'
-you don't want to cause misery but it increases the pain

that's what you are. that's who that is, just a stranger,
but get to know him,
you'd most probably hate him and look at him
judgementally but oh well, that's how life is,
he has to start, all over again

12 November 2007

underneath the words

you knew this would happen.
but you'd never expect it to happen so soon
i knew you guys would make my guess true
what does life hold for you now?
a million more bad suprises
i knew we couldnt be friends foreva
it's not over.

a prayer found during the war:

Lord, when you come in your glory,
do not only remember the men of good
remember too the men of evil

On the day of judgement,
do not remember only the acts of
cruelty, inhumanity and acts of
violence that they carried out,
but remember too the fruits that they
produced in us because of what they
did to us.

Remember the patience, courage,
brotherly love, humanity, generosity
of spirit and faithfulness that
our executioners awoke in our souls.

And then Lord, may those fruits be
used to save the souls of those
men of evil