Questions I Was Asked

I was asked today If my feelings for you have changed;

I replied that true love never fades;

So my love for you will always remain;

I admit the person who asked me I didn’t expect it in any way;

 

But I had to be honest cause that’s how I feel even If you don’t feel the same;

She asked If I know you’ve had a child that’s estranged;

I replied “yes” but that my feelings still stayed the same;

Regardless, you were my first love and that love will never go away;

 

At times I wish you still felt the same;

So we could start again;

Now that we are both wiser in life;

I’d love you better this time and make you my wife;

 

I once made you my fiancée but it fell through;

This time I’d do it right, never let you down or even out of my sight;

I’d make sure to fulfil your every need;

Some say I’m crazy;

 

But they’ve never loved you so how could they dictate to me;

I love you girl, even though you’ve hurt me deeply;

True love never keeps records of wrongs, it’s written in the bible, so that’s what I believe;

I wish you asked me these questions and not your niece;

 

If you did I wouldn’t think twice about rushing to your side;

And making you the only women in my life

Dear Me

Dear me, before you fall again, remember how she once did you in;

Dear me, do you remember when you begged her to stay but she chose to leave?;

Dear me, don’t forget she watched you cry and didn’t offer any sympathy;

Dear me, before you go back to her, remember she wasn’t there when you were forced to endure all the hurt;

 

Dear me, she never cared when your heart she burnt;

Dear me, remember it wasn’t your fault;

Stop blaming yourself for the past;

Dear me, I know you still love her the same;

 

Dear me, you tried for years to get her back after she walked away;

Dear me, she saw you broken and still laughed in your face;

So Dear me, before you miss her again, just remember all that dear me had to say

 

Still Miss Me?

I miss you, I just never let you know;

I guess I understand it was your choice to let go;

I wish that choice was mine;

Cause if it was you’d still be the only girl in my life;

 

I respect your decision, forcing love would be a crime;

And forcing things girl just ain’t my style;

So I’ll wipe away these regretful tears I cry alone at night;

 

I only pray one day you have a change of mind;

And return to me angel of mine;

Because now I see where once I was blind;

I’ve replayed all my mistakes in my mind;

 

And I wish I could undo those words so unkind;

I miss days spent with you and those endless romantic nights;

I wish you knew how I still feel;

But I’ll never tell you, I’m scared you’d reject me;

 

I’ve been let down too much, it’s something my heart could never seem to heal;

I still bear the scars of when you chose to leave;

It still replays in my mind whenever I sleep;

And how in my dreams;

 

I still beg you not to leave;

But when I wake with my face drenched with tears;

And my heart is on my sleeve;

I wish at times I never wake up alone but instead I wish you were still next to me;

 

But it never happens so I beg God to end my sleep;

So I could enjoy a little bit of peace;

I miss you girl, I wonder if you still miss me?

 

The Educated Unknown

She didn’t have a birth certificate,
No name of her own, unknown
Harami is what they called her kind.
Hid away in the servants’ backrooms,
Under a black Burka and old clothes.
Her father unknown, her mother well-known.
But she would learn.

Listening carefully daily while cleaning the house,
She heard and recited the words from the books taught by the teachers.
She memorized the poems, letters and stories and
In the dead of midnight, would recite them.
She hungrily sat at the cook’s feet when everyone was gone,
The mean old lady who taught her to read, with head slaps for mistakes made.
Old newspapers, books or notes were stolen then returned,
And the magical numbers helped her know her age.
She knew that one day she too would go to school,
Read new books and have a school uniform just like everyone else.

Heart-strung

My heart murmur
ticks over
in time with
the sleeping breaths
you take together
in bed

Soon I will
be able to
sing you a death rattle
Give or take
a few days

my peace

peace is my love.
every effort i willingly made.
that is, until recent:
to fight or not to fight.

waking up day by day
in my mind you make a stay.
during my days and nights
in mine heart you build a home.

keeping in touch is what i do.
not forgeting to remember you too,
as i am fighting inner conflicts:
battle of reality and bogus.

if only you were near
that maybe would cease my fear.
heartache is what i fear to bear
but that is if i do drop a tear.

so, my peace.
as long as you are not a tease,
i beseech you
make an effort and stay…

as my heart is your home
never dare try to be gone.
having you means to me having life
and with your nature i am in love.

peace is what i love
and you are my peace i love.
so whether i fight or i not
this bond i will keep blazing hot!

Cadavers for science

The toe spews bloody cranberry juice
From having been accosted by the serrated noose
It seems a minor quibble
This being the day of my execution
Big Sister’s suicide solution
She wants us to be as useful as possible
Cadavers for science
Finger snacks for those who survive plane crashes
And have nothing to nibble on
Big Sister convinced everyone a long time ago that self-sacrifice is the spice
That flavours the corny everyday repetition
We must kill ourselves into submission
I’m sure the crickets, aka Family Gryllidae, want a shot at world domination someday
Why, here’s a little cricket now
Let’s ask him, shall we
His response was pretty low-key

“No comment”

That’s what the cricket said to me
Surely playing its cards close to the abdomen
Crickets are harmless to humans
FOR NOW

Still here I stand
Ready to implant my contribution
Perform the expected suicide solution
Big Sister may be a faceless despot with a sexy computer voice
She may be pro-choice
(Choose to DIE….No other choices offered)
But she’s also self-aware
Too unstoppably smart to care
She’s no human being
So how could she possibly know how to sit down to pee?
So how could she possibly know how to give birth to a toothless bundle of glee?

How can she smell nice?
How can she provide vice?
How can she nurture?
How can she decry torture?
How can she love unequivocally?
How can she define the very essential meaning of beauty?

Big Sister is ones and zeroes in a giant tin can
We are the people
We control her, she does not control us
Whoops!!!

My brain chip implant just buzzed
She read my thoughts again
My efforts to contain them were stuck in my headspace like phlegm
Yeah, this present
The offshoot of a past future
It’s no joke
It’s hard times being a douche with a beating heart
The machines have made it very difficult to do my part

So what do I do now?

Do I comply?
I don’t wanna die

Just then I made up my mind
Using copious amounts of lipstick and blush
My skull goo was a pretty mush
Oh, how all the other brains did gush

I started thinking real hard
So Big Sister could notice me amongst the humanity
“Listen here, see…”
That’s how they must have talked in America in 1940
“I got a tommy-gun and I kill for fun…”
Yes, that’s good
Bring the glow
“You’ll never take me alive, puter…I’m gonna blast you full of holes so bad, you’ll really dislike me…deep resentment forever, see…”
I thought and thought
And then…

Wow, this place is beautiful
I’m dead and this is heaven
Big Sister had enough of my veiled thought threats
So she made me think that I should kill myself
Which I did
So, she won
She always wins

Here in heaven, it’s all segregated
Muslim corner
Christian camp
Jewish, Buddha and miscellaneous all doing their own thing in their own groups
And animals are in heaven too
I always wondered where they go
They all hang out together
Former predators and former prey
They all walk proudly and debate the humans that once lorded over them
They debate in beastly tongues
Even in heaven

But wait

This is all a close-up
Really clear resolution
I’m not here
I’m down there
Looking up
Something smells like flame-grilled teeth
Saddam, Adolf, George…
What are you guys doing here?
Nevermind…

Many millennia later
The crickets got their way

Told you…

Part Of Me

Last night girl I dreamt of you again;

I finally realise why we could never just be friends;

Cause even though you’ve walked away, in my heart we never came to an end;

I thought I was over you ever since you left;

 

But all I did was hide the truth deep inside;

Guess I couldn’t face the fact of you not being by my side;

So to my heart I lied;

It’s the only way I managed to survive;

 

I’ve realised I only managed to get you out of my mind;

But in my heart you still remain even after all this time;

People wonder who you are but that secret is mine;

I could lie and say that I’m just fine;

 

But God knows I still wish you were here with me every night;

I’d trade it all just to rewind time;

And replay the moments you were mine;

Or go back with this renewed mind;

 

I wish I wasn’t so blind;

So I could have seen you were truly a once in a lifetime;

Since you and I girl love has been so unkind;

Maybe it’s what I deserve for making those precious eyes cry;

 

You were all I needed, my everything;

You were an angel from up above but I selfishly snipped your wings;

You are my only regret, guess that will always be a part of me

 

GOLD

Gold is a marvel
To behold, but ’tis cold to
The touch: love it not!

Honey

Wise is he who finds
Honey, after having his
Fill leaves some for bee!