Best Recollect Poems
Struggling.
When will I intervene
to stop my tears
from flowing endlessly.
When will I take action to
invade my happiness
hiding in my closet.
Walk.
When will I hypnotize
my spirit and soul
not to abandon me,
nor elope with
my liberty.
Action.
When will I embark
lift up
my compassion
imagination
and forgiveness
to fascinate
my existence.
Smile.
When will I stabilize
my elderly
emotions to stop
living in the past,
if not, my future
will never be lived.
Expectations,
When will I get ready
to walk a path full of roses,
ask them advice
how to find peace
in my within.
Ready To Act.
When will I become strong
befriend my emotions, kindness ,
and sensitiveness,
plus all my loyalties.
Wake up.
When will I feel the urge
find a place in time
to withdraw,
dream
how to replenish myself
otherwise
my mind will remain
ailing
to survive.
Venture.
When will I nourish
my desire
not to surrender
to the ugliness
aggressiveness hatred
living around us.
Echoing.
I should intercept
hypnotize my melancholic
delusional thoughts,
But involve my dreams
wake up,
project a beautiful
ambience,
remind me to
dream again.
Therese Bacha
13 August 2013
Carolyn, not the throne blighting enigma
But she who carries a name like a country
From that warm Devonshire persona
Tolled it from the multicultural bell of history
And I today see the end
Not from Mayan Calender or prophets' plight
How our time has warped and bend
How spotted is the brightest light!
How tormented is the bravest of men!
It is the end
Not of the substance but of the spirit
The form we had before we became void
Everything is by force and nothing by merit
Hope no feather from the conflict provide
PLEASE RECOLLECT
Recollect when we drink from the
Same tea
And feast on the same meal.
Recollect our moon light dream,
When I call, you talk like
Words are too small to express
Your love.
Recollect when we hold hands to
The store
Beside that leveled lawn
To buy your favorite toys,
Recollect how I admire your voice
And your coiled dreadlocks
That makes me rejoice.
Recollect whatever the offense
I always forget, and wouldn't
Even comment.
Recollect when you told the
World
We where best of friends without
Full stop
Recollect as I shared your tears
When I also wept
Inside the book shop.
Recollect as my lips pampered your
Hips
And whispered into my feelings,
Recollect the avenue we first
Meet,
You wore this avocado green
Dress,
With that black skirt, and
Looked exactly as my princess.
Recollect that very song that
Made your eyes melt,
Recollect when my shoulder
Used to be your head rest.
Please Recollect,
You promised to be my jewel.
Today, you push your face to the
Left
And destroy my name inscribed
On your chest,
Will I ever see you again?
Where on earth will
I meet your blend?
Reply to my comment
Would you still be my friend?
HABIB AKEWUSOLA.
Echoes from the past
Still my thoughts, color me
In hues of melancholy,
Abiding, gentling, forgetting
There are moments
When hope was lost in the ancient
Feelings, bleeding
Through the silence, preventing
The quiet to rest on the prayers
Pleading for the light to shimmer
Into the present, where
Promise fades and grace, so amazing…
Reflections of my spirit
Breathing joy, heartening
Laughter, caresses
In the beauty of a kind word,
A soft memory unfolding
Like dandelion seeds, dancing
Haphazardly –
On the morning breeze,
Winds releasing the mysteries
Awakening poetry
In hues of passionate emotions,
Restoring the yearning
Stirring darkness
With stardust hopes, dreams
Kissing away the shadows,
Dimming the doubts, believing
In the serenity, sincerity
Breathless music in notes of grace,
Intimate strokes of grief,
Yet the light falls over the graves
Those who feed on antiques,
Blessings, archaic wisps
Forever touching the soul,
Growing honesty and glowing
Like the glistening wisdoms
Felt in the voice of light,
Rays raining down dewy moments –
Praising forever – feeling
Letdown by the past,
But sure that there is where –
Light meets faith and merges
With intimacy, so the bruising
Sympathies comfort – heal
Blessings, like a prayer
Fading into the past, the echoes
Screaming through the skies,
Letting forever know why –
Memories cannot die
Ah ! I see stones!
I have lines on my face
They mature me
I see viewpoints - perceived
Mixed emotions
The vibes in my head
Hearing the words that you said
It's compliments?
Isn't it so
These words are all I know
Stones on my mind
What then shall I find?
I am perplexed
It's all convex
Concave? It sunk in
Here we go again
It's in my head
The words you said
"I love you" isn't an issue
Apologies mean nothing
I recollect
I will always remember
The words you said...
Burn in the cool sun,
Be a friend of the old moon
to recollect love
© Mahtab Bangalee
16 October, 2023
Chattogram
M-editate
A-nd
R-ecollect
Y-our
E-veryday
E-vent's
N-oble
A-spect
B-y
E-rasing
L-ife's
L-onely
A-nguish
Topic: Birthday of Maryeen A. Abella (April 20)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic