Fleeting Feeling

For long
I wiled in solitude
Till you came along
To change my attitude
Concerning this feeling
That is never stable
But ever fleeting
And never predictable.

Inexplicable happiness
Came with your presence
But soon
Like the moon
Hidden by a dark cloud
You went with the crowd
And as you strutted away
Your invincible high-heels
Dug holes in my heart
Letting in pain
And letting out blood.

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Green And Greener

Reminiscent of dark days
When ancestors were
Fettered and ferried
Across oceans
Into servitude
In distant lands
Pent-up compatriots
Sleep at embassies
Waiting to pay
Through their noses
For admission
Into subjugation
Indignation
And discrimination.

With time
They realise
A bitter truth
That greener pastures
Are not grazed

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An Apprentice's Song

On my exit today
Master
I recall with nostalgia
My first humble step
Into your intimidating workshop
Half-trepid, half-smiling
My feet trembling
And my heart racing
Contemplating the expected.
Your experienced eyes
Shot into my timid eyeballs
Like darts
Accurately hitting the bull’s eye
I shivered within
And would have bolted
But for the assuring hands
Of my uncle
Resting warmly on my shoulders
He, with fatherly candour
Claiming with all pleasure

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