Transient Saints

Tradition It Is Becoming
When Power Is Snatched From Your Hands
When Your Influence Is Gone
When You No Longer Have A Say
When You Are No Longer Acting On Stage
You Are Accused Of All Wrong Doings
"Past Administration" You Are Labelled
Any Little Mistake Is Yours


Those In Power Think They Are Better
In Fact They Want To Be Seen As Saints
But Saints Are Made By Their Actions
Saints Never Accuse Others To Hide Their Weaknesses
Saints Are Careful Not To Blow Their Trumpets


They Are Judged By Prosperity
Never Define Their Sainthood
Their Good Deeds Tell Who They Are
Those That Now Call Themselves Saints
Will Not Remain As Saints When They Leave Office
Nay They Will Also Be Like Their Predecessor,
Sinners.

When you looked at me that way

When you looked at me that way
With your beautiful unblinking eyes
Its narrative seem to suggest accusation
But I am not a hideous monster
Who breaks people’s heart and am not ungrateful


I did not break your heart my dear
You shouldn’t now look for vengeance
I have given you every chance you know
You refused to open up and I fear


You concealed your deep love for me
Now that I realised you do really love me
I felt not only cheated but also betrayed


So stop looking at me like that
You ruin your chances your self
You also ensure you ruined mine
Let the narrative be reviewed and revised

23/1/2007

Are you going to give up?

“Are you going to give up?”
Not yet my dear, but am getting tired

I will hold on for a while longer

Until I make you a rainbow

And give your soul a lift

Comprising everything that stands on my way

So that when I finally give up

You would graciously remember my courage!


11/12/06

A CIRCLE

The ancient Sumerian and Egyptians
Invented writing to keep record
If not for the letters of the alphabets
Nothing could have been written


But for those who draw and design
A circle is as important as ABC
Straight lines, triangles, squares or any shape
Are the building blocks of geometry
Lines are to geometry what letters are to words

18/11/2006