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FREE SPIRIT
I'm black through and through
from my nappy hair
to my Reebok clad feet
but that's physical
the wild spirit in me
switches identity with absolute
ease I could be Chinese
If I choose no one says
I have to be yellow
I could be Arabian
or Anglo-saxon
today, I choose to be Latina
watch me do the tango
hips swaying
feet flying
don't I look like the real thing?
the look on your face
says you're not convinced
ut I'm not bothered I can be whatever
and whoever I choose to be
all I need is imagination
don't need plastic surgery
no need to bathe in acid either
give me a free spirit any day
it works every time.
U GOT IT WRONG
If I
wink an eye at you
don't think I love you
it was involuntary
ust my eye practicing
it's right to be
And if I
happen to smile at you
don't think I love you believe me
it takes fewer muscles to smile.
If my hands
should lightly brush yours
don't think I love you
it wasn't intentional
mere friction of bodies passing by.
And if you should
dream tonight, that I am yours
take it as that - a simple dream
meant to join the ranks of
yesterday's hallucinations
And if perchance
our eyes lock
and you think it's love you see
in these sanguine eyes of mine think again, you got it wrong……..
WISHES
I wish I could be a star in the night
Twinkling above and shining bright
But then again I wish for the moon
To hold it up in a silver spoon
I wish I could be a little bird
Then I could go places the world over
Passport free
The way I want to be
I wish I could be a rose in a garden
A beauty that invites silent viewers
To be a joy to behold
One last time before I wilt and fold
I wish I could be a man for a day
A man like Mandela, just for a day
To know what it feels like
To have set my country free
With a hundred patient strikes
Make my land once more what it used to be
Know what it's like to do it a man's way
I wish I'd lived in Shakespeare's time
Then he could have told me about reason and rhyme
Of what it takes to be a poet
When to press on and when to quit
I wish I had the power to be peace itself
Then around the world I'll spread myself
And bring an end to bloody wars
Raging for some senseless cause
I wish I could be...............
Nothing, just me
Cuz no matter how many wishes I make
They're still just wishes, give or take
One or two
That if I try, could come true
So I guess I'll just let them be
Exactly what they are, .......simply wishes
PROMISE
When all the world takes a bow
Walks outta my life
Do you promise to stay true to your vows
And bring back the shine into my life?
When I get caught up in time's swift race
And lose my footing in the process
Do you promise to help me gain back my pace
And bring back the joy from my mind's dark recess?
And those times when
I may want to give up the fight
Do you promise to be my sword
Be my light,
Be the one to hold me to my word?
I know there'll come a time when
This youth would be lost
Do you promise to love me even then
To hold me tight and keep me strong?
If tonight I sleep to wake no more
To walk the sands of Eternity's shore
Do you promise to keep my memory alive
With every moment that you live?
And those times when
We'll be separated by distance
Do you promise to be true then,
Into lust's deathly trap never to glance?
Do you promise……………?
WHO CALLED
In the still of the night
and the silvery moonlight
amidst bird calls and cricket song
I thought I heard my name
in a passing whisper, faint
I asked the little robin
but he said it wasn't him
the leaves too denied
and carried on whispering in the moonlight
who called, oh who?
was it you dear whippoorwill?
or you little squirrel?
I heard my name
in a low sweet cry
upon the breeze it came
like a lonely sigh…….
Who called? Oh tell me who
as it you
sweet firefly,
shining bright?
or you lone cicada,
chirping in the dark?
There it goes again
that whisper again……
but listen again
was it really my name?
who called?
I think the owl heard it too
I hear him asking "whoooo"?
I dislike suspense
please break this silence
was it you, or you, or you there
in the tree without a care?
was it you darling nightingale?
or you blue, blue jay?
Oh do tell break this spell who called?
Was it a ghost
or someone I lost
returned to recount
their journey to the lands beyond?
Who…………….?
RAIN DANCE
It's raining out here
And as far as I can see
There's no one here
No one cares for getting drenched
So there's just
Me, the rain and the sea
I feel like a ballerina Twirling and twisting
Away in the rain
Not as gracefully though
But hey, u can't beat imagination.
Two hours gone now
It's still pouring
And I don't care to leave just yet
So I guess I'll stay and perfect my rain dance
One-two-three and one-two……
Throw the left leg in the air…
Oops! Wrong move
Now I'm sprawled out
On the sand
I won't give up just yet
I'll just resign for now.
So here I lie on the sand.
Just me
The rain
And the stormy sea …….
AIRTIP2002