Loneliness
It is down deep in one`s being
It is feeling alone in a crowd
It is speaking without being
listened to.
It is singing without a tune.
It is dancing without rhythm
It is eating without taste.
Loneliness comes and dwells
in one's own being uninvited.
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Love, Acrostics
L= is for life to be lived, developed and protected.
O= is order in creation of giving, receiving and
renewing.
V= is a vine of network for the life to live and survive.
E= is for eternity that measures time in terms
of hope and longing in the heart.
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The Power of Words
They can be written
spoken, whispered,
hidden, forbidden,
remembered,
forgotten.
They have their power
to be listened to,
to be read,
to be reflected,
accepted
or rejected.
They can build,
and rebuild
They can destroy
They can comfort
and heal.
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Tears and the Lillies
Tears in the valleys
water the lillies.
They are salty.
They are not so sweet to taste.
But they are there
as we swim down deep
into the waters
where the lillies live.
Let the beauty of the lillies
transform the bad taste
of tears to sweet nectar
of courage.
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Advent(Acrostics)
Arise, wake up and watch the coming dawn
Days are counted before the Christmas morn
Valleys and hills herald the coming Messiah
Eternal Saviour to people's hopeless groping
Nations light their candles of great expectation
Time of waiting is now reached to consummation.
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Mothers, We Salute You!
The homemakers that build up the house with
the robust hammers of joy, hope and faith,
The life givers that breast-milk the child
with the liquid of trust, patience and confidence,
The miracle magicians that turn the dark days
into colourful feasts of expectations and openness.
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Stars Above
Look at the stars above-
grand destiny to the eyes
They are there to behold
as one struggles for freedom
and peace in mind.
Look at the stars above-
heavenly abode of silence and light.
Beautifully they shine over us
moving before your eyes
and letting us dream of
beautiful life.
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The Healing Touch of Music
It is difficult sitting here alone,
feeling the cold from the windows,
the sound of the running cars,
the confusion in my thoughts.
Music sings to my soul,
soothes the pain in my heart,
lulls me to hope, to dream
and to walk again on this
pathway of confusion
in our own time.
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Woman's Defeat
Riding on a lonely sea
Of being not wanted
Of being not asked
Of being not listened to
Of being not loved,
She cries and laughs.
The lonely journey
Is cold and stormy
Far away from the Tower Light,
She then plunges herself
Into the arms of the waves
Accepting her lonely fate.
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Divorce
Why do we have to slaughter
our love in the gallows
of rudeness and indifference?
Why do we have
to chop off our love
with the sharp knives
of hate, anger and fear?
Why do we have to come
to these gallows
and slaughter our love?
Why do we have to proclaim
the death of our love?
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