A DELICATE BALANCE

Balance enhances awareness,
increased consciousness enforces balance.
When rocks are delicately relaxed
on top of each other with slightest contact,
amazing equilibrium is achieved
and perfect balance is attained.
Take a rock laying passively on a beach,
having been ground down to present size
by waves, winds, the forces of nature,
grinding against other rocks, constantly
relentlessly throughout the millenniums
carved by time and nature until recently.
We can surely rescue it from oblivion,
as it’s balanced upright, in equilibrium
it gets exalted, liberated, transformed
into a ballerina delicately light on toes
so harmoniously and gracefully erect
instigating a peacefully radiant effect.
Balance has an amazing tongue
spoken in silence, a kind of slang
which may be sensed by anyone
should everyone balance a rock
there might be peace in the World

so please pass around the word.

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DUTY FREE

It's the easiest thing to say

'This here is the right way!'

but when it is time to play

with your neck on the line

much has been left undone.

Integrity should demand

that you take command

but first make a stand

once you understand

the nature of the trend.

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If you encounter wrath

while walking on the path

take a deep breath

face forced disgrace

with amazing grace.

Before you engage

get rid of your rage 

the task at this stage

is to unlock the cage

as you turn the page.

VINTAGE DREAMS

I can visit the garden of my youth

at the leisure of my lucid dreams

in the muddle of distant memory

I would be climbing a mighty tree

look as far as my eyes could see.

Should I not have my lucid dreams 

I might not know where I would be

it seems, they are a vital part of me

clears my mind, keeps me in touch

what is buried, yet means so much.

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ZERO THE FOOL

What I have so far witnessed in this life
has driven me to the idiom of the absurd
not only have I learned to laugh at things
but have been compelled to play the fool. 

The privileged fool is a fool of indulgence
the popular fool is a fool through capacity
excess is by no means a proof of potency
a genius could be a lunatic with tendency.

A wit versed comic exploits a powerful tool
the message is delivered to targets for sure
only fools dare tread in the tracks of threat
they march ahead, while others are scared.

Jokers are the wild cards in a complete deck
often discarded, dismissed but what the heck
I have been often inclined to stick out my neck
once the head is gone, there is no getting back.

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CROSS CURRENT

There are so many layers of time unfolding simultaneously

progressing on some levels, while regressing in the others
cross-currents moving from past to future and back again
half way in life we might catch a glimpse of the other me
moving in reverse, from the old age towards birth stage.
As we cross each other at  crossroads, we might deduct
this point in time marks the centre of life, a middle age
Wherefore, distance travelled equals remaining stage.

COLD SHOULDER

Going back a while

at the dead of night

as I passed you by 

in the darkening sky

without even a hi

the reason why

was not because

dust was in my eye

just wanted to deny 

a taxing goodbye.

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METAPHOR

Slow cooking simmer on back burner

frogs in top form bathing in lukewarm

nice and steady, easy does it, leisurely

with kid gloves on, stirring constantly 

bringing them to boil ever so gingerly.

This method whilst politically correct

could potentially have a chilling effect. 

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VERSIFICATION

Traces of verse were sprinkled in between the lines
the poet and entourage had less than nothing to say
not a single drop of rhythm was spilled over the poem
tempo was assumed once the dormant note was aroused.

LOST & FOUND

Walked straight through a gate

approached the lost and found 

inquiring about a broken heart

in dire condition, laying around.

I was accordingly apprehended 

concerning subversive activities

interrogated by dubious devices

once cleared of ulterior motives

taken to an undisclosed location

where I spotted a desolate heart

whom I salvaged for a fresh start.

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SURVIVOR

The last man left on Earth
all alone, terrified and lonely
sheltered in a ravaged space
buried in dirt inside the earth
left behind since life was kind
never mind, he must be blind
since he still expects to find
some other soul of his kind
hard to handle the last hurdle
without a loved one to cuddle
banging his head on the floor
he hears a knock at the door.

WRATH OF NATURE

Spreading message through cyber passage

I'm just a conduit, the poet is mother nature

We aught to be paying heed at this juncture

Should we have the wish for a better future.

Inarticulate words are wasted on this matter

It could be for the worse if not for the better

Slaughtered mighty trees to build us shelter

Depleted the forests while we became fatter.

What we have here is just a stark reminder

That we are slowly going under, no wonder

We have taken it all, this is time to flounder

The fatal consequence of historical plunder.

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NOT TO MENTION

There is impending failure in an ideal 
yet an idealist should not fold or falter
however relevant may be the intention
the end result is all there is to mention.

SHEBANG

Tuning up the chord of this poetic word
which I could record and abruptly export
if you took me to court, I would find support 
in simmering slang, I ate the whole shebang
at the end of the rant, I swallowed my tongue.

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IF YOU CATCH MY DRIFT

I was drifting in my dream, the current took me

I did not resist the flow, a matter of wait and see

when it comes to the crunch, I'll need the energy

to snap out of a situation that don't render me free.

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FALSE SELF

Some of us have been locked up in a personality

only in the deepest dreams may truth show face

we know very well the false aspects of our nature

yet, we often hide behind a disguised disposition.

Our vanity will make us put on appropriate attire

have the appearance of what we supposedly are

odd as this may sound, we are willfully impaired

permanently so, when distinctions are compared.

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AWAKENING

There was a wake up call promptly intercepted

sophisticated methods used by spying oglers

picking the message like a thread from butter

in a matter of moments blinders were fluttered

orders were released to locate loose roosters

eyebrows were raised, beaks were tightened.

Fractured were relations in draconian quarters

oligarchic vestiges facing absolute extinction

nerves were sharpened, sabers rattled in vain

as pain would remain in a threatened domain

the meek would get shuffled again and again

at the tip of the iceberg there is plenty to gain.

Sweeping changes in exchanges is long due

sleeping herds were alerted to take their cue.

A century old promise is finally coming true

there is little difference between me and you.

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SUBORIGINAL CROP CIRCLES

A scribble enables the germ of an idea to attain expression 
From this deluge of abstract shapes Suboriginal art emerges
Profoundest depths of memory tapped, instincts on high alert
Opening the mind and putting it upon the scent of new thoughts
The eyes will sooner be furnished with an abundance of subjects
Conjuring those images and gradually bringing them to the surface
Scrutinizing the content, revealing rhyme and reason within context
An ongoing process as the invoked are evoked with winds of change.

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VIRTUAL RENAISSANCE

Let us for a moment theoretically concur
in the significance of a parallel universe
This is a starting point, the seed stage 
From here on, sprouting takes place.
The presence of humans in cyberspace
with interactive ability bestowed virtuality
animated totally in full functioning capacity
as in the alternate setting of induced reality.
Here we can function in an alternative way
similar to the spider, but in a humanly way
might dreams be realized in a distinct way
once we set the stage we shall find a way.

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REQUISITE

An ironic rise from epitome of disguise

in the process of life, it helps to be wise

together we must find the basis of trust

otherwise we will not be able to go past

galling obstacles that are gathering fast.

This requisite is based on a common need

there is plenty of stuff that we can concede

as custodians of nature, a wonderful deed

only after we assume this troth with ease

we should be able to live life as we please.

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FIRE ANGEL

I have witnessed mood swings 

from heaven to hell and back

ecstasy turn into pitch black

within the blink of the eye.

Hot temper is hard to take

rage might erode the vessel

less you harness this feeling

with gloom you’ll be dealing.

Making use of intense passion

an abundance of pure emotion

a keenly applied potent potion

could impact the entire ocean.

Once heated, temper ignites

spreading emotional delights

can lure a wild mood swing 

into an dark, ominous thing. 

The arrow aimed by a seraph

right at the centre of the heart

once stricken by an angel's fire

things hated could turn to love.

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