VISIONS
Sample Poems
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Imeje Fidelis
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UNFRIENDLY NEIGBOURS
We shall built us a wall against us
We shall erect a fence to separate us
For by so doing shall we have peace of mind
Living as separate entities of men among man
Our veranda shall be prohibited to us
Our corridor a taboo to us
Never shall we co-exist in peace and harmony as brothers
Because with different faces and words we’ve come to dance
None is a brother or sister to be embraced with warmth
None is equal in status to be treated with respect
Only those that share our colour and tongue shall we call our neighbour
Only those that share our believes shall we allow to rest
As lone warriors shall we be devoured by our adversaries
Even as individuals shall we lay our pit-falls and multiply our perplexities
Our squabbles, affrays, and tiffs shall continue on daily basis
Till we fall without reputation and dignity.
THE CONVERT
He longed to serve God
With all of his heart and might
This he had desired for his life
But in his life he finds it hard to defeat lies and trials
At last he obliged to pitch his tent among the monks
In that sphere he grew spiritually strong
With his entire strength he struck staunchly
Prayers and praises persisted promptly
Divine consolidation and counselling characterized the confessor
Who admonish and exhort the convert to follow the upright path
Presently, the fiend and forces of the dark realm struck a foray
Desperate to frustrate this converted soul with dark loads
Thus a war is declared that he must wage on his own
To determine his stance and fate
With much ado he fought with faith to prevail
Against his downfall the mighty hand of God
Vivify him so that he does not slump and faint
Yes indeed he vanquished without stress and much travail
Leaving behind trails of regret for the dark forces and its followers
Now at rest he sees the beautiful gate
Not many souls behold its magnificent ornament after their days on earth
Nothing there is like to serve He who sits up above the blues
With cordial lilt he walked his way through
To the lake of glory and happiness, chorusing praises
To the Lord God Almighty
THE TRAITOR
The scuffle was hot and tough
All fought with great might and valour
In the hope to retrieve the foes
They thrashed and prevailed without hopes
So that they fumbled demurely into holes
Not in capitulation but fortification
They must not retreat in shame and veer home
For such humiliation that await them they already knew
So there in the caves they dwelled like brave cowards
In their fears they tightened their strength
To estimate and debilitate the strategies of the enemy
Their strategies they had devised not to be divulged
Their mettles they had treated with no taints traced
Their strategies they treated without strains attached
Determined to fight on to victory in honour of fame
Patently all worked out just as thought
Until a traitor hero claimed he can fake fame
And he the feeble hero planted a treacherous seed
His timid thoughts he thought can fraud his folks
So that he bore a hole through the bags of their secrets
Forcing its contents to leak to the banks of the river
There the enemy heard of it and embraced caution on their side
Quickly he changes side and battles from behind
How foolish he was not to have foreseen and forestall his lapses
Although he sold their plans: he could not sell the determination of their hearts
Once again the battle line afresh is drawn
And both forces clashed without wanting a draw
But this time the enemy fell sunken and drown
Also he the traitor went down dull and hard
ELEGY TO MY DEEDS
My expressions and thoughts die not with me I pray
For of what benefit is it to a man to spend a fruitful life
And yet his name travels with him to the grave
But let my humble name
Die not together with my body
A living witness should my deeds be
To testify to my late life
I disdain cowards who faint
At the mention of the murderer “death”
Why puzzle?
Is death not always present?
Even every day beside you here-
Let not the cold hand of death scare you
For nothing have you loose
But mere breath
In as much as your name still lives
By way of your expressions and deeds
We are like animals and animals are we
Whose breath is uncertain
Life itself is nothing but expression
I pray that my thoughts, deeds’ and expressions
In life travel not with me to the grave
But serve as a reliable reference
To my departed soul
Back in the world I leave behind.
DOOMSDAY
Like the failure of the moon
Like the fall of the sun
Like the fierce of the fire
Unlike the rampage of the waters-
As was in the beginning.
So shall doomsday come.
Roaring furiously like a leopard
With the strength of a lion
Consuming every sinful soul
And destroying every beauty of the world
So shall doomsday come
A curse that is irrefutable
A curse that is irreversible
A sin that is unforgivable
And a day that is unforgettable
So shall doomsday come
A horror to every creature
A day of intense remorse
A day prayed against by all
Yet a day is not avoidable
So shall doomsday come
Make haste while given the chance
Prepare yourselves for doomsday
And make a shelter of refuge
Doomsday is merciless
Doomsday is heartless
So shall doomsday come
To condemn every unprepared
Creature to eternal damnation
So join the righteous Calvary
Hastily and escape the ferocity
Of doomsday
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