What is it? Who is swirling around? Making you so anxious. Make me see, Where is the storm? Here, stay close to me, Don’t worry too much, You’ll drown in your own tears, Nothing gets in your way, Not when I am around. Yes, cry and smile, Then think and change, Tuck in your shirt,…
Category: Poem
Just to say thanks
It’s that time of the year, When we all congregate, After a long day’s work, By the park in settings social, With colleagues past and present, And a ball or two in hand, Sipping both soft and stiff, Snacking on salted nibbles, The competition getting heated! Way into the depth of the night, But when…
Viva Zimbabwe
It’s the 18th of April! My home country’s birthday, When I get to experience the best two words ever, Free alcohol! In that right order, Not alcohol-free. Garbage everywhere, There has been carnage here, The party must have been catered, No one cares for a cleanup, Eating, drinking and dancing is all that matter today,…
Morning drive in Provence
It’s the middle of a French winter, Yet it doesn’t feel that cold at all! Below ambient but no sub-zero climate, Grey skies giving way to a bright day, As I began my early morning commute, Driving past the most magnificent terrain, Through hectares of desolate farmland, Only filled by Mediterranean gull flocks, Amazingly white…
Freeze (Covid-19)!
Ghost town in broad daylight, Phantoms all out and partying! With but their evanescent forms, Unearthly and deadly terrifying, Haunted souls dare not step out, Pandemic dread, out of this world, Unpredictable by palm readers, Even the greatest fiction writers, Did not see this one coming! No creature, no bird is flying, If not out…