62

One warm summer midnight,
As I went out for a walk.
With the feeling of invincibility
That accompanies youth.
So proud and mighty
I dared to walk where I--
Never walked before.


I walked with a nonchalant air;
Taunting the dangers lurking
Everywhere at night.
Armed with the confidence of youth,
With pride and might as my arms.


Walking straight without a map.
Venturing into unknown space;
Daring myself to go forward.
And explore to satisfy the demon--
The demon called -- Curiosity


Onwards walking along the dark;
Towards the unknown.
Hither, thither I went,
As it's such a fine lovely midnight.
Prithee I shouldn't have,
When I found out what's beyond;
That warm lovely midnight.


I tripped and I slipped
Into a slippery earth.
I found myself in a land of mire.
Shocked was I to find myself,
Being stuck and suck by the mire.


Horrific it was being stuck
In the spongy and mossy earth
With all my pride, might and youth;
I refused to holler for help,
As I struggle to get out of the mire.


I pushed, I wriggled, I tried to pull
Myself out of the mire.
But to no avail.
I needed help but the confidence of youth;
The pride, The might, The strength
I possess won't let me.


Then it hit me,
As i started to sink continually.
That I know for sure that ;
I needed a helping hand.
As I sink more and more to the bottom 
Of the spongy and mossy mire.


With only my head visible now
Sinking faster and faster. 
I made a final push to set me free--
But to no avail.
With my last breath I managed to scream
With a muffled voice the word -- Help
But it was already too late.
As I was already gobbled up,
By the -- Mire.

61

Simple is beautiful.
Oh, yes I dare say!
Natural is beautiful.
Oh, yes I dare say!


Unmade her face be,
Exudes charm and raw -
Beauty.
Natural beauty at its -
Best.
Exudes charm at its -
Rawest.

60

Oh, imp on my shoulders!
When will you get off?
You've been on my shoulders
For too long now.


Do get off I pray
So I could engage,
The ogre in front of me.
Without you to bear,
The God of Triumph
Might smile upon me.
Thus Victory would I gain -
Possibly.

59

Oh me! Oh me!
When will it be?
The time for me,
To return To the -
Fold of truth.
Whom the Almighty -
JAH had formed,
Since Jacob's time.

58

To admire a beauty from a distance,
Is like admiring the stars above.
Untouchable, Unreachable -
Like a ghost ship never reaching -
Its destination.

57

Broken valves,
Worn out gaskets,
Loosed thread faucets,
Rusting pipes,
Overflowing tap,
Unstoppable leak.


Seems irreparable.
For I don't have, 
The necessary tools
And parts to mend -
The damages. 


The tools and parts
Need a reasonable sum,
For I to acquire.
Which is impossible
At this point in time.


Can't send for the plumber.
Cause his fee comes so dear.
Which my wallet couldn't produce.


Woe is me to live,
With a broken plumbing!
Tap leaks virtually unstoppable, 
Like torrential rain.

56

More than a decade has passed
Since the last time I saw her.
Memories got buried six feet under -
By time.
Feelings flew like pigeons away from
Their cage.
Forgotten she was or so I thought.


A chance encounter with her
On the information super highway.
Brought back to life a tsunami of -
Memories.
Which were buried a decade ago.
Now pigeons seem to be,
Coming back to their old abode.
Will I accept them again and 
Try nurturing them? Or 
Will I ignore them and send them -
Flying away?
Sigh... I wonder...