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 "The
lunatic, the lover, and the poet,
Are of imagination all compact."
Shakespeare
The Lonely One
 Before the stars have
faded from the sky,
Before the sun has risen from the hills,
(Those distant mounds of dark and eerie gloom)
He walks alone across the salt-caked rocks,
By silver sea that laps on golden sand.
He pulls the seaweed from its watery bed,
And digs for crabs in damp and gritty sand.
He watches foam blow in from desolate seas,
And strolls across the soft and reedy dunes,
Singing a lonely, tuneless funeral dirge.
The sky is rosy, slowly growing lighter.
The idiot sighs, and winds his way towards home.
Janice Honeyman - 1963
Life
 What
is life made up of?
Is it love, happiness, anger or fear?
Or maybe it’s the hope of peace
that one day a pure white dove will
break free and fly away.
Maybe
it’s the threat that war
could break out any time killing
whoever tries to stop it.
Life
was supposed to be good
and fund but all we hear now
is violence, crime, abuse, rape.
When did the times change
from good to bad to spiral
us into this mess.
We’ll
never get out of the life we’re in.
We live with the good and the bad
everyday of our lives sometimes not
even knowing it.
Chances are we’re never getting out
of this trap we’re in but there’s
always the hope that good will
overtake the bad.
Gudrun Grunder - 2005
Who are
you?
 As
i look at you in the mirror,
Your eyes captivate me,
Your thoughts intrigue me,
Your feelings invade me,
Who are you?
You
see me when i cry,
You’ll be by me when i die.
You are there when i am alone,
I’ll never be on my own.
I
have nothing to give you,
But yet you still are with me.
I have nothing to say to you,
But
again, you still are with me.
You are my Shadow,
You are with me everyday.
Even when my nights are dark,
You will always be with me.
Aislinn Louis - 2005
Rape
 The burning fire deep
within
The feeling of utter hatred and sin
Not sure whether AIDS is eating you alive
Scared that you might not survive
This is the pain a victim will
feel
A pain so harsh and yet so real
His eyes are hate his soul is bare
He steals love and does not care
He takes away your dignity
And walks away so freely
How can a human be so cruel?
It's not the cure for AIDS you fool.
Bianca Smith - 2005
Coming to my senses
 Today
my eyes saw a rising sun,
But i was unable to feel its warmth.
Today my mind is cloudy,
Blocking all my thoughts from escaping
Today my mouth is raining,
Washing all the foulness of words away.
Today my heart is pounding,
Pounding to be set free.
Today my voice is screaming,
Screaming out to those who will listen
Today my nose smells the aromas,
Aromas that will guide me.
Today my ears hear the birds chirping,
But i can not hear myself speaking.
Is it only me, can i not speak?
Can i not hear, can i not see?
Can i not smell, can i not feel?
Am i losing all of my senses?
Is this a new change,
A second chance at life?
Whatever it is, I will make the most of it.
I
will help others to see the dangers.
I will help people to think things through.
I will help others to speak about it.
I will help others to listen.
I will help people to see the beauty of life.
I will.
Aislinn Louis - 2005
 ANGER
Anger is black
It tastes like burnt toast
And smells like blood
Anger looks like people's wounds
Open and swollen
It sounds like the cries of our nation
Anger feels sad and cross
Rendani
Molubo - 2005
LONELINESS
Loneliness
is purple
It tastes like a grain of salt
It smells like dew in the morning
and looks like a small grass plot
It sounds like a clock ticking in your head
It feels scary and sad, and of course lonely
Jamy
Delcarme - 2005
LOVE
  You
stole my love, I borrowed your heart
You made me who I am, I set you apart
You held me close, I gave you my all
You confused my mind, I tried to ignore.
You became
my life, I forgot about everyone
You changed who I was, I believed we were one
You showed your true colours, I was left blind.
You left me alone, I was controlled by your mind.
You were
the breath in my lungs, the love of my life
Now you’re the pain in my heart, cutting me like a knife
Instead
of a want, you became my necessity
You have no idea how good and bad you are for me.
Bianca Smith -
2006
WAIT FOR THE LIGHT
 You
have everything to look forward to
who cares what others say!
If ever someone hurts you
He’s always there to guide you, if you go astray.
If you find a dream inside your heart
don’t ever let it go,
for dreams are the tiny seeds
from which beautiful tomorrows grow.
Right now, if you look towards the future
you might not see the light,
but give it a couple of years and you’ll see
that once dull light, will shine so bright.
Rasheeda Sarguro -
2007 |
