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How I Take Care of My Loved Ones

Is to handle my world right, really be a 'go getter',

Still I gotta be kind, considerate, thoughtful, and nice,

While I’m making my world full of sugar and spice!

Trusting in God to rock my life steady,

Is the one way I know I can always be ready,

Moving my life in a better direction,

Is the proper way to get positive attention,

Counting the love losses I’ve had in the past,

Is no way to make my future dreams last,

Sitting here lonely, still steaming and brewing,

Is no way to get things done that I should be doing!

Gotta keep reminding, remembering and knowing,

Things that make me feel good and help me keep growing,

That’s keeping myself in good health and good shape,

So I can walk around all the time lookin great!

Yeah, I want to always take care of myself,

Or they’re gonna come take me, put me back on the shelf,

I need to keep thinking that the things that I do,

Are gonna make me feel better or make me feel blue,

And by taking good care of #1 in my book,

People will see how good from the inside I look,

So by helping myself I do everyone a favor,

Looking good and feeling good’s something everyone can savor,

I look out for my loved ones by taking care of me,

And being the best is something everyone can be! (carefree or family!)

by Carolyn Dickerson

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At half past ten the class almost out

As the alarm went out and the closet quite a sight

I prayed my God, oh please be my light

A light through the maze that they sadly call life

The light to the class that’s on the campsite

A light through the darkness that gives me a fright

I prayed my God, oh please be my light

I took all my books and headed for class

I carried my bag while trotting on the grass

Tired of the load that I had and my tasks

I prayed my God, oh please help me out

Out of the misery that this life starts to bring

Out of reality and materialism

Out of the greed and imperialism

I prayed my God, oh please help me out

I got in the class and started with the task

I neither knew what to do nor who to ask

I looked at my work and hours ran past

I prayed my God, oh please let me pass

Pass this repetition of puzzles to be done

Pass with distinctions although the work weighs a tonne

Pass through this journey coz time left is none

I prayed my God, oh please let me pass

I finished the work in an hour less than I thought

In a minute I prayed, it was an hour I bought

A minute with him you can save quite a lot

My God, I praise you for the Son You have wrought

By: Hlomla Dali

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Peace

I look around the world and sigh,

Then I think and wonder why?

Can’t we stop this hue and cry?

We can give Peace a try!

War brings turmoil and blood,

People are dragged through mud.

Peace dies in that gore and flood.

Let the Peace flowers bud.

Terrorism and bloodshed on the ground,

I cringe when gun shots sound.

Bomb blasts in all our towns,

Terrorists are killing around.

Innocent people lose their lives,

My heart is pricked with sharp knives,

I hope Peace soon arrives,

Only then our nation survives.

Through the city a noise booms,

Sirens of ambulances wail with a zoom.

Every heart is filled with gloom,

When will Peace flowers bloom?

Peace is hope, Peace is light,

It’s the sweet scent in the night.

It’s the bright shining light.

That gives darkness a dreadful fright.

Peace is the music of hope and love.

It comes down from the heavens above.

Remember the flutter of the white Dove,

Let’s unite and spread the love.

Peace is rainbow, love and care,

Come join hands and say a prayer.

Love each other in trouble and despair,

Otherwise Peace will become rare.

Let’s join hands and look for Peace,

Let’s be tolerant and love will increase,

Help each other and hatred will cease,

Be forgiving and jealousy will decrease.

We will leave our sorrows behind,

If we think and free our mind

Make Peace and we will find,

A wonderful world for mankind

By: Oneeb bin Nauman

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The Spell is Broken

At the frog who turned

Into a Prince

Or the Beauty

Who woke from her sleep;

It was only a fairytale.

I stand today

By the magic

Of your kiss;

Amazed by its power

To liberate.

It is almost as if

A long spell

Has been broken.

By: Buddhika Perera

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My Secret Butterfly

How much loneliness life had brought

What did I do to deserve all this?

What Keys to happiness did I miss?

Where was my help, as a child I was promised?

Butterfly's kiss brought about a quiver

Deep inside I felt a shiver

To my amazement came a feeling

On whispered winds... Her gossamer wings

So thrilling!

I give over; I am willing!

I thought...

From the smallest creature an amazing feeling grew

She landed on the dew, my hair made --

Afraid She'd (Butterfly Angel) bid me adieu

A violet golden shower engulfed my aura

On the Crown Chakra the Golden Butterfly Angel landed

Giving glorious friendship/ guidance

To Me She handed!

What miracles when needed we are given

When to depression we are driven

to despair, to worry, to sadness

Forming us into a ball of madness!

Mired in hopelessness and fear

Fearing to show a cleansing tear --

Will others think I'm crazy?

Does the Butterfly Guardian think

my will to live is lazy?

Confused, where to go?

What to do?

To make my blueprint of life come true.

The Butterfly Angel fluttered her gossamer golden wings...

She looked into my heart and sent me reeling!

Why are you so stubborn with your feelings?

You search the outer realms for knowledge

A school, university or college --

It's there inside you!

In the middle

Subconscious has the answers

So draw the golden bow across your inner fiddle

And trust in us!

We'll help YOU win

Love, Trust Yourself

TO GO WITHIN

By: Theresa J. Walton

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Anita

Can I say to you now, what I dared not back then,

What my lips dared not speak, I shall say with my pen,

With my pen, I shall pick at the bars locked of fear,

And reveal what behind, could have taken me where?

One moment so long ago, Our eyes once met,

And my heart went soaring, I can never forget.

To a sky that before had seen little for sight,

As my heart glanced off dead stars, that burst into light.

For in those eyes, a memory stirred so it seemed,

Of a soul once touched in the midst of a dream.

My love sprang free and was filled with delight,

But my mind was also paralyzed with fright.

For within this world I and love were such strangers,

And what we know not is fraught with dangers,

Still when you spoke, It was music I heard,

In my castle of fears, I could not speak a word.

So my feelings remained hidden deep within.

I could not tell you, It seemed such a sin.

I cannot pass on with these words unexpressed,

And if you race off, afraid, I guess it's what's best.

But know. I loved you then.

I look at your picture, now and again.

The feeling, so precious,

So awfully rare. is always there.

By Michael Van Meter

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Never Can Change Anything?

Never can change anything?

Why everything seems like a challenge?

How something just becomes far away?

I don't know, just stay confused till the end of the day!

Fear inside the heart in hell,

Only shun posted causing love fail,

RED plus BLACK joined hands promising to dwell,

Laughing at Naive whose bloody hands painted the mighty cell!

Triple Giants standing around,

But another giant approaching to break the bound,

To run away, far away, to say without any sound,

At the end hands going down,

Realizing emptiness reigning the surround!

Questioning that Darkness is absence of light?,

Yes, but what if there's no light, only fight,

Just stay confused as before, is it Dark or weak is my sight?

Only way is to hope to find WHITE in the Very Height!!!

By Bhavika Dangol

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YOU...!!!

You are my reflection
My smile
My food
My happiness
With You I have no boundaries

You my inner voice
My song
My plea
My cry

Some say i`m crazy
When one smile at me, I know you are here
You presents is felt
The unborn is touched
Miracles are seen

Today I vow beyond doubt, before reasons circumcise my mind
In Your shell like an unborn hen
I feel safety and love
With you I can walk without feet.
Talk without words, and
Fly without wings
Because you are in me,
The inside has gloomed my intellectual mind

With You
I fought won combat battles without fear
I thank you for the toil you’ve brought upon my shoulder because with You, I know
I shall not suffer
I went classes with you in me you thought me not slumber

You the seed in my garden
I crop fruit to feed the hungry with your love
With you the world is at peace
You the sun, stars and moon above
You the day during night
You are the summer before seasons come and go
You are my reflection
I talk your voice in me, your rhythm in my steps when I walk
I shall not be lead into destruction

You are my reflection
Without you I can never exist
Life is desert with water
We sheep without Sheppard
For real we would be lost
You my eyes
My hands
My voice
My legs I shall not be left

You are the silent in noise, You the peace behind hatred
You slice of bread a cream of life that I indulge without guilt
you the apple of life, the good fruit in Nabbot`s garden for it his blood was shed
You the love in Cane before Abel

You are my reflection
You the love behind enemies
You are my inspiration, you’ve woke me up
I managed to smile
You are the birds, cattle the marine and occupants
You are the world and life in it
You give meaning to life
You are my reflection,

When I look in the mirror
I see you in me, a new day has come
Now, with you I see

You’ve brought me this far never aborted me
You gave courage to my mother to carry the burden
You always got me crying
You send angels without wings
In them I see you and me
You are my reflection
You are me, I am You
You are my reflection!

By Bongani Mzayiya, South Africa

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Raining Night

A night full of stars
and the grey moon glowing
in the dark clouds.
The days when the rain beats
like bullets on the
thatched roofs...

And there is no sound but the
swish of water in the
gutters. The soft wind howling
at the wooden window panes,
as i try to trace the
falling rain drops that
were streaming down the cold
window glass.

The streets seemed quiet and
lonely, except for a sad
drenched dog that was limping
slowly in the rain.

It was a time of sitting
around the fireplace
and being sad..
A time of watching television,
reading bedtime stories
and playing cards.

And in my dreams..
snowballing with friends
in the snow.

Happy on a sad dark raining night...

By Gerald Dilibe, U.S.

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Spiritual Liberation

I have rid myself of the material mind
And now stand in spirit totally free
Timeless and deathless beyond all human-kind
Drunk off the taste of true liberty

I no-longer exist among the walking dead
I am immortal, at peace and ineffable
I now walk with light above my head
And have grown spiritually and immeasurable

I am fleshless, thankful, and filled with everlasting light
My heart is as clam as the Caribbean sea
My senses response to the vibrations and sight
Boundless to the ego and earthly gravity

Beyond earthly planes I have reached peaks
I have embraced the manifestation of no end
Spiritual liberation is what drove me to seek
A reality, an understanding, an existence, an eternity

Behind the structure of stars and abyss
I am aware and I am tuned with the infinite
I have made contact with the Immortals of bliss
Existing in a fathomless light waiting to commit

Themselves to my guidance across the sphere
So there within the rhythms of the universe we are one
As I left my ego behind to ascend like the air
To meet the one whom I am known as his son

By Olutunde Olufemi, 2007

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I am Poisoned

I am poisoned by the eyes,
And the dark outlined eyebrows.
I am poisoned by the word,
And the thoughts.
I am poisoned by the calmness,
And the lovely shy.
I am poisoned by the action you take,
And the lovely moves you make.
I am poisoned by the touch,
And the way I feel is just too much.
I am poisoned and taken by the hallucination,
Every act I do is your imitation.
I see it’s you in my vision.
I am poisoned and I feel the pain,
I shall loose everything for you to gain.
I am poisoned, poison me one last time
Let the poison run in me all over again
Come hold my hand
Take me to the world
Devoid of time and tide
Nothing to regain
No happiness no pain
Emptiness all over again.

By Nikhil Sheela, India

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Only Love

Love can sometimes be fresh.
Love can sometimes be new.
Love can sometimes make you happy.
And sometimes make you blue.
Love is the light that radiates from your eyes.
Love is your image floating in the skies.
Love is true.
And darling, the only love for me is you.

By Lamar Cole, U.S.

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The Best Mans Speech

The best man’s speech
It is indeed a blessing in disguise
For so long I’ve known the story
His life is a fairy tale
For he lived in trepidations, in fear of reality
So I say ladies and gentleman
No man is an island

As for me, I’ve waited in eager expectations
To welcome the bride
The groom surprised me with a
Tremendous guest

This goes for the lady in white
Marriages are made in heavens
So are thunder and lightning
Behold, for the journey has just begun

As you sit side by side
Through the roller coaster of life
Remember to scream from the peaks
And hold hands, and laugh through
The loop and enjoy every twist and turn
For the ride is better because
You will share it together

For you are not alone
4 better, 4 worse
4 richer, 4 poor
I have done my calculations
16 more are to come
As I said: the ride is better because
You will share it

May you live as long as you want
And never want as long as you live
Good fences make good neighbours
I salute!!!

By Mpho Moshapo, South Africa

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