February 2012
1 post
blog #45: Patch Adams Couldn't Fix This →
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It’s been a rough couple of weeks. But not as rough as it’s been for Mishkat, my 21 year old niece.
Mishkat was diagnosed with Typhoid - a not so rare occurrence in our humble Sudan. The doctor who diagnosed her prescribed the necessary medication. Mishkat also has an ulcer. She knew that Typhoid…
January 2012
12 posts
A Broken Song ©
A remake of Maya Angelou’s ‘I know why the caged bird sings’
Why does the caged bird sing?
I’ll tell you why,
a part of it dies when it gazes at the sky,
Its romance with the big blue forcefully terminated,
it’s insides clench when it tries to fly,
only to be told otherwise by the chains tied to its little bench.
And the memories of the freedom its...
#Generationalist ©
I once heard that Our generation will leave scar on the earth,
That the torch passed down to us would combust from the hydrogen that is our arrogance,
That the future mothers and fathers will fail their children starting a line of ill blood,
I heard from our predecessors that walking a mile in their shoes would be too far for us.
Everything sounds negative when said with a sadistic...
A Broken Person ©
So he said he’d be there till the very end?
That he’d be there for you more than your closest friend?
and you believed him when he said you need not worry of his ways,
Saying he’d take care of you until the end of your days,
Wasn’t this the same guy that said you’re nothing without him?
Wasn’t this the same guy that made your life about him?
the same...
Reborn ©
Let it go, ease the weightload on your shoulders,
there’s no use in carrying boulders,
The world has a lot of land and people to support the weight,
so let it go, before its too late.
Let it go, let the aftermath of your endurance pass,
leave reality behind you, it’s temporarily irrelevant,
you can move a lot faster if you put the past where it belongs,
a lesson to learn...
Tick Tock ©
Inspired by LOVELESS.
Tick, tock, the clock ticks for you,
because there’s something I was promised, and it’s way past due,
I ponder it’s arrival, subjected to suspense like flames are to smoke,
thoughts of you corrupting themselves, but you can’t break what already broke.
Fate is cruel, and it casts it’s merciless eye upon what I thought was a promise,
...
I Am ©
I am the words you find so hard to say,
I am what you want to hear from those around you each day,
I am what you ponder when you gaze into the starry sky,
I am what I am, so you ask, what am I?
well I’ll tell you.
I am a weapon of the merciless, feared by my victims,
A life changer, to liars I am but a stranger,
I destroy what lies have built,
I am the main reason you’re...
Humanity ©
We say life is hard when we have nothing to compare it to,
We complain that life isn’t fair, but make it worse is the only thing we do,
We border our lives with made up rules and live under our own curse,
And we exile those who don’t abide by our made up ways,
Leaving them swimming in self doubt, wasting their days.
The meaning of ‘Humanity’ has been replaced...
Oil & Water ©
We used to be brothers, none like any pair,
we used to share one pair of shoes should one of ours tear,
but now you’ve changed for the worst, and it’s me you try to scare,
And to think, I thought we were brothers.
You lay in watch like a crocodile, planning my demise,
you throw darts at my face, piercing my eyes,
you spend days and days perfecting your disguise,
And to...
Misled Rose ©
Dear misunderstood, delusional rose,
just what are you trying to accomplish with that pose?
another night with your pillow swimming in tears?
did you think he’d be around for years?
Just Who do you think you’re trying to attract?
another fly by night guy with a cold act?
another tailor made suitor, who cares too much of himself,
and reduces you to a used toy on a shelf?
...
One Of These Days ©
One of these days they ground below you will split in two,
with one leg on each side the pain of the split will brew,
and burn you shall the disrespect you carelessly blew,
one of these days.
One of these days they sky above you will shatter,
and as it becomes one with the ground nothing more will matter,
than the apologetic words you replaced with insulting chatter,
one of these...
Hallelujah ©
What will you do to aid yourself in time of need,
when a time comes for you to recall your creed,
when it’s either you act, or laze and bleed,
then someone comes to save you,
and you shamelessly utter Hallelujah.
would you rather sit around and hide,
or would you rather face it with dignity and pride,
would you hook yourself to a set of wings and glide,
on the bird that came to...
Echo ©
Standing on a stump, before him is an empty space,
where only his voice is present in this gloomy place,
his words head for the end of the empty void as if it were a race,
only to find their way back to his face.
The void listens well, but it never understands,
it wont remember a thing after the echo disbands,
and he’s left there talking to himself, staring at his cursed hand,
...
