I DREAM OF A WORLD!

I dream of a world

A perfect utopian world

A world full of love

A world like the one above

A world of equality

A world of absolute quality

Where there is neither rich nor poor

With content hearts, not wanting more

A world without crime

Where the youth don’t do drugs in their prime

A world of no tears

Why shed tears when there are no fears?

A world of boundless possibilities

One of abounding opportunities

A world where colours don’t matter

Where there is enough bread and butter

A world where security isn’t a necessity

For peace guards the big cities

Happy people all over town

No one fighting over the crown

They say such a world doesn’t exist

Indeed! Such a world might never exist

And that’s why I’ve been wondering

What stops us from dreaming??

ACROSS THE BRIDGE!

She lives at the other side of the bridge

A place for the elite and rich

Where the kids have a chauffeur

And they get whatever they prefer

We eat little on our side of the bridge

And grow wishing we were sons of the rich

The wealthiest here can’t match their chauffeur

So we barely get what we prefer

Woe unto us when we’re late for school

They come late and the teacher’s are cool

We do better academically

They employ us eventually

I know it’s not fair

But I don’t really care

For this story is about her

And not what is unfair

I was a benefactor of her dad’s scholarship

Yet I couldn’t boast of her friendship

In her eyes, I was invisible

Damn! That feeling was terrible!

The plan was to find a common interest

I stalked her on facebook, twitter and pinterest

I found out she was a big fan of poetry

And that knowledge unearthed my prowess in poetry

There isn’t a definite time for writing a poem

But it took a week to cook her, the magic poem

I entitled it, the Breakthrough

For it was like a master’s brew

Amazing! That’s what she called the poem

It turned out I wasn’t only good at chem.

In no time, I got my first kiss from Rose

And to the other side of the bridge, I arose!!

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!