As light is hope and all that’s bright, Learning to love in the sun illuminates Your perception on values, character, that fight To blot out negativity that’s darkened puss
That festers as an abyssimal blight To optimism whose courage roars in Flight to piece together poems whose bite Is only a loving caress, as their images pin …
My poetry book, Perfectly Flawed poetry for change, is available on all eplatforms including Amazon. It was on the finalist list for the Canadian Book Club Awards 2023.
As light is hope and all that’s bright, Learning to love in the sun illuminates Your perception on values, character, that fight To blot out negativity that’s darkened puss
That festers as an abyssimal blight To optimism whose courage roars in Flight to piece together poems whose bite Is only a loving caress, as their images pin …
My poetry book, Perfectly Flawed poetry for change, is available on all eplatforms including Amazon. It was on the finalist list for the Canadian Book Club Awards 2023.
She sits on the cold unforgiving ground, Ground that has absorbed her bountiful tears, Tears of a broken heart, Heart that has seen too much loss, Loss of family, spouse, innocence, Innocence of the unaware of the world, World gone mad from the needs, Needs that are illogical, depraved, Depraved in their unethical destructive, Destructive nature of familial bonds, Bonds that help communities grow, Grow in compassion and humanity, Humanity, that’s our commonality, Commonality of blood and origin, Origin in Adam, the first prophet, man, Man who made a mistake and fixed, Fixed it for his progeny to prosper, Prosper In an empty, arid land, Land where possibilities are endlessly, Endlessly varied for doing Doing good or evil. Evil that makes her ruminate, Ruminate on her actions that’ve gotten, Gotten her into her lonesome state, State of depression, if she’s not careful, Careful to an optimist working to achieve Achieve her dreams without failed faith, Faith that has driven depression into Into its watery death in the river of her tears.
My poetry book, Perfectly Flawed poetry for change, is available on all eplatforms including Amazon. It was on the finalist list for the Canadian Book Club Awards 2023.
To lose or not to lose, That is the question that’s not a ruse.
Failing to achieve your goals Can be a piercing knife to souls
That fall into depression if their Goals are delayed or failed, their flair
Is indomitable in its will to overcome obstacles That bend your will, but it’s never broken or stills.
Betrayal (exert)
Of my country and of my family I have little to say, except that funny Interactions are not always sunny …
A country’s politics and sense of justice Can disappoint. Its favor is sandy grace That’s gritty, scratchy, and hurts in place Of unity that proves our solidarity in face
Of torment, terror, injustice, that train Citizens in complacency that will rain Upon them death, disillusionment that fain A reality that exists in dreams that are slain.
If “Love opens the most impossible gates;” and “Love is the gate to all the secrets of the universe.” Then, love is all powerful, eternal, rebellious, never bland, But compassionate, understanding In a universe
Filled with dissent, competition, a love of money, And sin. I give thanks that my love, husband, Is my rock, my motivator, and one key To my writing that’s unwavering and always holds my hand.
My love is there for the difficult decisions, Guidance and friend to our children, Has sleepless nights when they’re in positions Of upheaval that require strategic precision.
For me, he is star in a dark night, The shoulder I cry into when life’s unbearable Losses enrobe my heart in darkness, as he helps me fight The devouring abyss making it acceptable.
As I embrace the quiet night, I let the calm moon flutter through my thought: Plans, schedules, frivolity, wonder That wanders in the quagmire Of broken dreams that I will My fortitude to take note and grill The negativity, charred into dust Of solitude that is a necessary gust.
This quote from women supporting women is a modern business model to be followed with honesty, if and only if you believe it to be true; and I do. When you smile in the face of adversity while surrounded by those with frowns and aggression, you show the epitome of someone in control, logical, and can make decisions at the hardest times. Your smile, to me, introduces your personality, which shows the world a facet of who you are: positive, optimistic, problem solver, and cognitive thinker. At the same time, your smile puts people at ease, makes them react more calmly, smile back, think positively instead of with anger, and always makes the other feel better.
So, SMILE, and don’t let anyone convince you that smiling is for the ignorant. No, it’s a tool, wielded correctly in this social quagmire we live in, and will always have a positive outcome.
‘Smile and life will smile back at you,’ is an Arabic saying that is cognizant of Karma. In my opinion, it summarizes the above quotation in simpler terms.
Exert from, ‘Belief’s Immortality ‘, my poetry book, Perfectly Flawed
“… there’s toughness, impregnability, optimism, That resonate and endure your ability to smile When the world within and out are depraved, Depressing, and contrive to oust your faith’s vigor.”
Poetry for Change 