Poetry

To live, to breathe; For there is Joy and there is anguish. To die to sleep; Such sweet slumber none awaken yet a tragedy to those who bear that that was.   That that was? Yes a being no different to thine yes a soul, a mind that never foresaw the ultimate destiny, yet the […]

A child moved far from the road, To let a grownup pass. A student quickly arose, On sight of a teacher near A worker straightened and saluted, Due to a senior approach. Now they say: we have lacked respect For we no longer move. For we no longer stand. For we no longer Straighten and […]

Still and quiet An old man sat in a corner; And us all looked into his eyes The man was blind For he had seen so much wrong he didn’t want to see no more He was deaf for he had heard of to much wrong he didn’t want to hear no more and he […]

If truth be what it is Then we know so little of what is So there is none among us who is wise: Let us all be lovers of wisdom, Searchers of truth.   We should let truth be: What we have agreed upon to be what is At the present time Given our present […]

I have walked far and wide In Rwanda, Northern Ireland, Bosnia I am tired, My toe is hurting I weep but not for my toe I weep for Almad, Isote, Rose. Who watch their sons’ graves. I weep for Husain, Joseph The remaining few batting death Yet they struggle to destroy more   For I […]

The river A joy for them that live by it A provision for survival an, inspiration, a hope For it is the non-ending flow of life It’s beauty for those that see it For even the strange water falls Are of the most immense splendor   But yet There comes a time of sadness, of […]