Today is our music teacher's birthday He is celebrating with the Ultimate Musician We had much to do together He is deeply missed May he rest in music
Category: relatioNships
Silent Words
Silent words carry potent curses Unheard but spoken Unconstrained by language Unreleased anger Incomplete goodbyes
the sound and the fury
the sound and the fury of suppressed anger hovers behind them smiling eyes I wouldn't taunt her if I were you ...
Stranded!
Stranded! Beyond the sand dune I noticed him Grateful to find a saviour How was I to know He was thinking the same of me...
building a bridge
building a bridge is futile if you haven't taken pains to calm the troubled water only one wave, one day . . . dismantled!
the last chapter
slowly reading the last chapter knowing i must soon lay it to rest wondering if the next book will captivate or disenchant me *** A problem I have always faced while reading a good book getting involved with the characters and feeling comfortable in the location And when I reach the end, the last few … Continue reading the last chapter
remnants of identity
trapped within a name remnants of identity like a veil, torn but precariously screening me like the partition between two lands like two eyes that synchronize but can never meet past the delicate bridge of the nose a delicious longing a secret passage.. the third eye *** from where this poem started off to where … Continue reading remnants of identity
The Importance of Being Nothing
I need you, but only So you can break me, tenderly Into tiny particles, crush Me into the finest powder, whiffed Away by your precious breath, such That eventually, in an instant I become nothing, because Nothing, Nothing is of more importance than you
broken, slightly
the life between two breathsthe breath between two thoughtsthe thought between two promisesthe promise between two heartsthe heart...broken...a slightly broken heart The poems I am particularly pleased with are those where I have used two outwardly unconnected concepts and merged them. This poem was inspired by the meditation course I attended over the weekend and … Continue reading broken, slightly
lovers and haters
don't judge love by the lovers nor determine hate from the haters fervor is fickle, flighty few pass tests of integrity
SONYA KASSAM 