The Underdog Not the crowds favorite,The one with no bet stake,You? No, you don’t have what it takes.You are not going to last here,You will not survive.You don’t look the part,You are too young,You don’t have the experience required.What do you bring to the table?No, you can’t!The unexpected one,The one with the big dreams,The one…… Continue reading The Underdog
Category: poetry
POWERHOUSE
it took only a few months for the lights to go off in her head, she wondered how her mother before her had done it, how her grandmother before her mother had done it, how her great-grandmother before her grandmother had done it, she wondered because she could never find out, from three generations of…… Continue reading POWERHOUSE
Until Further Notice
Take a few deep breaths, I tell myself, It will be bittersweet memories until further notice, My last recollection was a still blur, But I’ll be holding on to that until further notice, Take my advice, will you? I’ve said it many times, Let’s lay it off until further notice, Until you are ready to…… Continue reading Until Further Notice
Fireproof
We said we wanted to do great things, and so great are our challenges We set in our hearts to break the cycles, and so they purposed to break us first We said we wanted to be different, and so they tried to wreck us We said we wanted to stand in the gap, and…… Continue reading Fireproof
Doctor’s Orders
5 am and excruciating pain,Like two peas in a pod,They go so well together,Breaking out in hives and occasional flare-ups,I rub my arms and go back to sleep, Happy thoughts, happy dreams,Doctor’s orders: 5ml of self-affirmation, morning, afternoon and evening, before as well as after meals,No negative-talk during this time, he says,Side effects: none, Likely…… Continue reading Doctor’s Orders
AVANT-GARDE
Take off the rose-coloured glasses, It’s time to face reality, they said, When you’re on the brink of depression, Remember that no one is coming to save you, “Vive La Femme” and other pretentious bull, Spare me that will you, “They” is really the voices in my head, The ones that will take a reasonable…… Continue reading AVANT-GARDE
I SURRENDER NOT
I could raise up my hands and say I have had enough,I could take in a deep breathe and sigh,I could let go and leave all to chance,It’s been a long rough ride,It’s been speed bumps and roadblocks,It’s been one hell of a roller coaster ride.I could surrender.Played all my best cards,Run through option A…… Continue reading I SURRENDER NOT
GHOSTWRITING
Severed ties, Ghosts in odd places, Love and lies, Outcasts in closed spaces, You heard me but did not listen, You saw me but did not let me in, I want you to know that you deserve an award, For the role that you played you will be fondly remembered, Hollywood’s greatest actor, Liar extraordinaire,…… Continue reading GHOSTWRITING
This too shall pass
It feels like an unending journey of comebacks and setbacks,Setbacks and comebacks,From frying pan to fire to a pot of boiling water,A circus and a freak show.This too shall pass,This too must pass,This too has to pass,It always does!At some point the curtains close and the circus ends,The noise dies down,The flame quenches and the…… Continue reading This too shall pass
Art by: Lois Smokey Lullaby Go back to sleep now, my darling, Even though you’re wide awake I’ll sing you a lullaby and hope that you get a good nights rest, Your auto-pilot mode during the day is an awful experience, Huffing and puffing through piles of anxiety, And overthinking it all at the crack…… Continue reading
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