Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Twilight

She was clouded in the ambivalence of the unknowns
She ran from watchful eyes n' got trapped in the shadows
She struggled to find tears when she wanted to cry
She was filled with tropes of emptiness that set her dry
Till love found her when fading hope shattered her will
And -
She rose like a phoenix from her own ash fill
She faced life's trials, scathed yet strong
She led through the darkest nights, awaiting the dawn
She searched for transcendence in all her quests
She mused over her past and her vacant pursuits

The twilight in her life blossomed her spark
As it eclipsed the cusp of light and dark
She set herself free from the captivity of her past
With her new found freedom, she found out what she'd lost 

Embalmed with love, enthralled in mystic bliss
She glowed as she sang her own twilight twist!

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Reflection

I look into 
my reflection
n' what do I see
a moving soul
caught in
festered life
chaste innocence
trapped in a
labyrinth mind
of strewn emotions
n' sodden eyes
that reflect pain

I look at her again
n' all I see
is a damsel in distress
calling out for help
to be freed from
captivity of 
her traumatic past
to be the one 
that she wants to be
the real child-woman
that she is

I know by now
that what I see
is not an illusion 
it is me
yet, it can't be true
but it is
n' there is 
no escape
for it is
the reflection 
of my face

Monday, June 8, 2009

Stay Afloat! Stay Ashore!

when the ripples come alive with each stroke n' wonder
how in the yonder, the sea n' sky embrace each other
when the soft hues of sunset, replenished by night
uphold the pristine waxing n' waning moonlight
when the only source of light away, shimmers
illuminating everything as it saunters
Stay afloat! Stay ashore!
 
when shadowless waters, brim with froth
adrift as a soul in peril n' appear lost
when dark cloudy storms bellow, with no escape
stumbling through waves in a shrouded haze
when rustling breeze bounce over the streams
n'then disappear like a silent dream
Stay afloat! Stay ashore!

if you don't brave the storm, don't tackle it by horn
you won't survive the tide, you will be gone
so ride the waves, take the plunge
for life's a flow n' its true
hang in there, be it high or low,
for this is what you got to do
Stay afloat! Stay ashore!

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Dark Night

not just at the dawn of dusk
when sunlight alludes us
do we come across the dark night

every moment is a dark night
each day is a dark night
we got to endure the dark night
n' move forward

in the helm of the lows
when fear envelops the mind
we must not cry in the dark night

every moment is a dark night
each day is a dark night
we got to endure the dark night
n' not sigh inward

baskin' in the moonlight
seekin' company in thy shadow
we must look out for signs in the dark night

every moment is a dark night
each day is a dark night
we got to endure the dark night
n' not let go off will

oblivious to what's in anvil
armed with hope as the shield
we must have faith in the dark night

every moment is a dark night
each day is a dark night
we got to endure the dark night
n' not stand still