WE ARE THE ONES!!

We are the ones with soft hearts

The ones who get hurt

We are the ones with no voice

The ones who have no say

We are the ones with no defense

The ones who are accused

We are the ones with no future

The ones with blurred visions

We are the never-do-wells

The ones society frowns upon

We are the ones with no one

The ones living in solitude

We are the inferior ones

The victims of mockery

We are the ones you think you know

Yet, the ones you barely know

For we are the ones with nothing to lose

The ones who go all out

We are the ones who fell seven times

The ones who still stand

We are the survivors

The ones who have endured harsh times

We are the custodians of selflessness

The ones who have learnt to share

We are the ones with bitter beginnings

The ones with sweeter endings

We are the ones who learnt the hard way

The ones resistant to pain

We are the ones who laugh last

The ones who laugh best

We are the ones who abound in love

Undisputedly, the happy ones!!

Who are you?

WORLDS APART!

Too many times she gave her heart out

To men who know the rules and yet flout

She never got it back the same

She had no one but herself to blame

The world of love showed her exits

She felt her dream man doesn’t exist

She decides not love again

Until she falls and can’t explain

He has everything except one thing

That special damsel to call his Queen

Many came his way, but as time flies

His heart got tossed out like a dice

He gave everything, expecting nothing in return

Indeed, he got nothing in return

He decides not to love again

Until he falls and can’t explain

He is the type she dreams of

She is the type he dreams of

He lives in America

She lives in Africa

Their fragile hearts bear a huge cross

As their paths might never cross

Oh! What story of hearts torn apart

As they literally live in worlds apart!

*Thanks to Miss Janet Yirbeyogr for this idea!

STAGE OF LIFE!

Lights! Camera! Action!!

And here I stand in the spotlight

Welcoming you to the stage of life

All I say, you already know

All I do is reiteration

Life is hostile, yet amiable

Don’t expect it to smile at you

But of course, it will smile at you

Either ways, just know it won’t last forever

Life is never assured

So are all the things that come with it

Expect too much and get disappointed

However, never settle for mediocre

Life is simple, why complicate it?

The quest for a nest isn’t a man’s struggle

If you are born to kill elephants

You don’t struggle killing rats

Life is like a card game

We cannot control what comes our way

But one thing is optimum

To make the best out of what we get

What is life without love?

Give your heart out freely

No worries when it gets broken

Someone else will fix it

Why cry when you can laugh?

Why sob when you can smile?

Why hate when you can love?

Why burden the soul with vices?

Happiness is a mindset

They can make you happy

You can make you happy

But only when you allow it

While you watch others suffer in pain

Suffer not your hearts to be joyous

For you know not what tomorrow holds

Besides, it could have been you

Hark! Not everything I say is true

For I’m not on this stage alone

And life is not simple calculus

It sure doesn’t have a formula

Life is not ours for keeps

Someday we will give it up

In the end, we are either heroes with stories

Or losers with excuses!!

MY FIRST LOVE!

 I was fourteen

She was thirteen

I had the stature

But she was smarter

We were both in the same class

But I really wasn’t her class

She gets with ease an A+

I struggle to get a C+

It was a contrasting pair

I really didn’t deserve her

Though I loved her to the core

It was clear she loved me more

Mummy used to force me to school

Now, nowhere could be this cool

She lured me to school with toffees

And our home-works were photocopies

She didn’t show up at school one Monday

 I remember it was in May

I got a note from her neighbor, Ruby

And it vaguely read ‘Goodbye Kobby’

Then I realized why she wept on Friday afternoon

As she told me the story about the moon

Her family had moved to Spain

And we had to bear the pain

Reminiscing the bicycle rides

The silly ice-cream fights

The nights we laid on the grass

Watching the shooting stars

So if you get this message, Gretchen

All I have are two questions

Have you moved on?

Should I move on?