lifelong lessons
The same atmosphere existed The sun rose and set as always The boundaries were not separated And land margins were undisputed Then things started happening Waters were demarcated* amongst them Plagues and curses separated them The one atmosphere bore boils The other remained calm and unaffected None on any side fully understood But the cause was not unknown Death even came visiting Yet it was limited in course All this happened in a land Co-existing within […]
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David killed a bear And the lion didn’t go free Experience had taught him that A dead ant and a dead lion are the same Then came a man, a mortal man Who stood head high And challenged the God that Israel served He challenged the God that made him Not knowing that he was Fearfully and wonderfully made He challenged his right to live And he lost it If only he hadn’t Perhaps the bear killer wouldn’t Have let […]
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SUNSET When the rays are golden pale Signaling the end of the day When the shades of black close-in And the birds fly home to roost When the joy fades from age And birth is a thing of long ago When no claim can be laid ahead As moth and rust have dined in full When the world draws its curtain And heaven awaits its own When the sun is indeed about to set Stray men will know […]
Read moreTwo gone in recent times!Could it be better than limes?When you least expectYou pay your last respectDeath sounds no clarion callYet it would never stallPleasant memories still fresh Present thoughts in a mesh That wishes could just stay Whether or not we pray Then i`ll never lose anyone Or mourn a single one They were gone before my eyes Like the throwing of dice Doubtless to say we all are sent, Though our destinies be different Each with a […]
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