the crescent, so slender so delicate, so coy plays hide and seek impishly aware they all await her just a glimpse...
More Than Words
I’d rather be the rhythm than the lyrics I’d rather be the paper than the ink I’d rather be the ears than the tongue I'd rather be the photo than the caption Recognise me through my deeds Rather than my vows Identify me with my smile Not my prayer May my utterances Be overpowered by … Continue reading More Than Words
trapped in paradise
trapped in paradise eternal solitary confinement where are those promised houris or... was something lost in translation?
Sunrise
How you siege light shatter darkness Have you never before experienced the stealth of a sunrise? Dewdrops deliquesce, drool off lazy leaves stretching at sunrise melting moments of the morning Each day the sun rises permitting you to measure time what you call God's mercy is little more than nature's precision and its self-sufficiency So whether … Continue reading Sunrise
unknown
unseen faces unheard voices unthought ideas unlived memories when all is unknown to me i will begin to know
a mound of earth
i am simply a speck of dust but observe for a minute i am made with patterns symmetry of body regularity of breath a doodled mind a distinct design in the architecture of creation evolving with erratic errors through which i drift towards the peaks of my patterns vales turn into victories a composition of creation i am … Continue reading a mound of earth
innocent eyes
innocent eyes belie latent mischievous intent windows of the soul stained by the instinct to survive *** if only we could transcend our own need to survive recognise that others too, need to survive perhaps we could all survive together perhaps we could take each other beyond the mediocrity of survival
insecure leaders
nothing quite as lethal nothing as contaminating as leaders who are insecure about their leadership placed in a position of power they spew out fear as an exaggerated means of control like a depraved shepherd promising protection whilst leading the herd to the slaughterhouse behind luscious grass well fed, tender meat reclaim your identity secure … Continue reading insecure leaders
the point that turned
and when i reached that point i found no courage to change and that point reappeared again, and once again seemed easier to stay put but then life had its own plans graciously, tenderly it diverted a mild deflection and i was unaware did i evolve just a little but i had done nothing or, had … Continue reading the point that turned
Tempt Me
If she had declared "Tempt me not, Serpent!" Would we have destroyed paradise The way we are depleting earth?
SONYA KASSAM 