Don't think I'm an old substance.
I too was, like you, young once.
I am weighed down by silence.
Times have tested my patience.
Why should you speak for my sake?
Why should you expound my words?
Can you heal my every ache?
Do you know the songs of birds?
I'm at ease with what I speak.
Why should you be my mouthpiece?
My accents might be antique.
Yet, do meanings of words cease?
Allow me to speak, my friend.
Or else, I'll shout without end.
Allow the energy to move.
Don’t think about where it’s going.
Trust that it will come at the right time,
in the right way.
Be sensitive.
The most progress in your life will happen
once you start to let go.
The more you do that,
the more you’ll enjoy the process
of yourself becoming an awakened being.
The letting go will never end—
especially when you begin
to understand your self-worth.
The being is always progressing,
and the process is forever changing.
You don’t have to know when—
you just need to acknowledge
that it’s happening.
I guess all you can do
is constantly be in motion.
Bernice Zoleka Mannie
LYAIOZ MANNIE
Physics, allow. Acrobat.
Flip and fling out far.
God a-ancient of the cat!
Slip under the bar!
Why not you? Indeed,O crew!
Crown me and be done!
Witches' brew? O deadly stew!
Anoint, O my son!
Thunderbolts of justice!
Rain on everything!
Horticulture, thy poultice!
Grow inside the ring!
Tympani of torment?
It pounds inside my head.
Queen Dido, thy fierce lament!
Words the prophet said!
Allosaurus, omen.
O oracle, thy song.
Blistering blight? Bane? Bowmen.
Sad stifled are the strong...
Slick like hatchet handles!
O wound in heart, glisten!
Ten thousand foot tall candles!
Dark dirge, play. I'll listen.
Cold the core and chain! Cord!
Calderas, fill with heat!
Warrior, upon thy sword!
Sickly smell the sweet!
Troubadour, toil. Sacred the soil.
Blasphemy to boil.
River, raise up. Rill, rue. Roil.
Fate a-full, thy foil...
Don't think I'm an old substance.
I too was, like you, young once.
I am weighed down by silence.
Times have tested my patience.
Why should you speak for my sake?
Can you heal my every ache?
Why should you expound my words?
Do you know the words of birds?
With my parlance, I'm at ease.
Why should you be my mouthpiece?
Allow me to speak, my friend.
Or else, I'll shout without end.
Does he have something to say
Should he be allowed to say it
Maybe he should be censored
Stand around without an opinion
He is told not to offend
Not to say anything against the world
But who knows what he could do
What he would do if he could speak
But he has been beaten down for so long
He may have forgotten what he had to say
And that would be a great loss for a hurting world
© Poem - XXIX/VI/MMXXV
LRET
Cry me a river!
Cry me a river!
CRY ME A RIVER
Allow them respect, those who battle on.' In tents and cars
Australia you are being guided so wrong.' I presume there's
No voting facility 'for our disenfranchised?' I question the
Morality? Where is the councel of the wise? I advise intervention..We saw it before.' Camps of internment when
A health scare hit the doors.' Now such a reaction is needed in a more positive way.' Reach out..Show humanity'
Let them vote..Have their say.' Fix things at the bottom and
It'll come good..We know what our forebears beleived and
How they stood.' The spirit of Australia was forged in hard
Times..It will rise to the challenge.' All we need we will find.'
Turn to each other.' And allow some dignity..Release all fear
That Australia may become again 'the land of oppertunity'
The more we
allow ourselves
to feel
what lives
deep inside,
the more familiar
it becomes to us,
giving us
the confidence
to express it
The more
what lives
deep inside
comes out
and finds
its way freely,
the better
it can heal
all that once
was broken
I see the beauty that you cannot see.
The perfection I notice embraces your flaws.
Emphasizes the character behind your eyes,
encased inside the four walls of your concrete castle.
I see the love you have for others,
passion you want to share.
I see your bravery and perseverance,
trauma planting daisy seeds.
I see the beauty that you cannot see.
Please, allow me to be your mirror.
Look at yourself like I would see you.
Hold yourself like I would hold you.
Love yourself like I would love you.
no god would stoop so low,
to break a mind already fragile,
or put innocence in a cell,
let alone make it pay for some sinless crime.
there are ghosts who don’t leave,
they cling like smoke,
they stain a man’s skin
with the black of all he’s seen and felt—
screams sealed inside walls,
eyes kept wide, without sleep.
in prison, the screams bounce back.
you can’t shake them.
it’s like they’re inked into the air.
and the guards look away,
like they don’t know.
they see it all, and they know.
the world knows.
outside, people smile over dinner,
but in the dark corners,
they leave you to drown,
to choke on silence and shadows.
they’ll all just call it life.
allow me to love you from far
Our connection transcends fate; it's an unexplainable force.
Though it led us to a dead end, I can't let go.
I've realized I can never love another like I love you.
This love controls me, and I'm powerless against it.
Once, I believed you were my destiny.
Now, I see that our paths diverge.
You seek an exit, while I long to hold on.
If you're my destiny, then I'm lost without you.
Any other fate seems empty.
My heart remains yours, and the love within endures.
The more you pull away, the stronger it burns.
If this is our inevitable end, I accept it.
But know that my next partner will receive only my body;
My heart will forever belong to you.
It was crucial for you to know how I feel.
Please don't forget me as you move on.
When our paths cross, don't avoid me.
A simple greeting would soothe my longing heart.
Allow me to love you from afar.
The whole world is waiting, all ears agog,
For your birthday, to start a dialogue,
Your goodness is daily praised by their gongs,
For at no time, you blamed them for their wrongs.
Your heart gleams bright, free of any hatred,
So why won't your birthdays be this sacred.
Even the mirrors can't hide your beauty ~
That, that nature adopts as its duty.
Bottles! Allow all wines to jailbreak~
Their readiness to spread joy is at stake,
Bellies! Why tarry to relieve your hunger?
Allow your satiation be kept younger.
All directions now lead just to your home,
Your birthday frees idle legs of their roam.
Even angels wish you happy birthday.
Many happy returns our mouths pray.
sunlight on the son,
shining like a star.
king of the world,
the man from afar.
his army of peace,
come to stop the war.
a hint to the rich,
a hand to the poor.
the princely posture,
standing nice and straight.
the life that we live,
will come down to fate.
let the magic free,
dancing like a fool.
we all have to have,
some kind of fuel.
The night falls like snow,
lying on the bed.
and doing those things,
that turns a face red.
Don't try to know why,
life is confusing.
sometimes it is nice,
not the abusing.
Only time will explain,
why there's pain and love.
and when we will meet,
this god from above.
Let me start by saying thank you for today
Never have I thought there was a better day
Today is my day
Not to think of yesterday
Not even even thinking about tomorrow
Only to appreciate today
It is my first
With your comment may even my curse
Let today be my everyday rehearse
May I have the pleasure of a dance
Alone with you? Allow me to
Romance and treat my lady right
I'll kiss you morning, noon, and night
I'll dip you, twirl you round and round
And lift you clear up off the ground
I won't let go, you're safe with me
There's no where else I'd rather be
Than next to you, right here, right now
No limits, whatever you allow
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