I poured my drink out on the ground tonight
In honour of you
In honour of what we had
In honour of the future we lost
You may not be in the ground
But you’re no longer in my thoughts
So this one tonight is goodbye
Goodbye to pining, the whining and the lying
Goodbye to the pain
Because there was no gain
Work hard and you will achieve your dreams
But my dream was you
You were meant to be my firsts and my lasts
Whole life ahead of us
Planned to the letter
Till death do us part
Well that part of me dies tonight
So this drops for the dreamers and the believers
Because my dream fell tonight
And this drink is to the lovers
Because love shall conquer all
Just not your heart
So I pour my drink out on the ground tonight
To say goodbye to a dream
And to you my love
Because all dreams are forgotten come morning
Every milestone
Takes a lot of
Dedication and sacrifice
Every anniversary
Brings memories
Every toast
Ignites our passion
Building companion.
Every celebration
Fills the atmosphere
With jubilation
Giving liberation
Paving way for reunion
Looking back to
Where we all began.
Every ink tells a story
Broadening our awareness
Shout-out to a platform
That has united many
Sharpen lives
Healed hearts
Strengthen mindsets
Accolades to the founders
Happy third anniversary
Cheers to a new milestone.
Recalling the bicentennial of 1976
celebrations galore, folks yearning for more
Not as many festivities in 2026
those that were, considerably muted
Alongside the cheers, a chorus of boos
What say you? ~ Did you notice too?
Barbed wire,
strapped round my organs,
tighten,
when I look in your eyes.
The blood pours inside of me,
so you can't see it.
I pray for holy water,
convince them to take me to it,
for you can't come,
or set foot,
in my haven,
if you think the place itself,
is vile.
So take me home! Take me home!
The place that I was promised, before
you all turned on me,
I truly thought,
you thought higher of me.
Feel my rage,
as I burn your home,
to the ground,
for intruding on mine.
What is the use,
in negotiating with a broken record?
I thought you knew me better,
I thought you all cherished me more,
than to leave my broken body at the bottom of the chasm,
after you pushed me.
Cheers To Loneliness
You never appreciated a thing
Kicked me to the curb anyway
Always walking on egg shells
You never respond
Always the silence treatment
Have a drink toward isolation
Cheers to loneliness
For I am zero
Another failed marriage
Just being honest
Where did I go wrong?
I guess because i grew old
I was never enough
I’m not made of money
The bed room is always empty
What's the point of staying
Cheers to loneliness
I”m always to blame
Turn to dust
What a shame
Have another drink
To cover up the pain
Fire brigade volunteers,
Aussies of the year,
Hear, hear, let's cheer!
Lawyers scratch their behinds
contemplate justice, tone-deaf, blind
Is outing a criminal despot in our hemisphere ‘constitutional’
Is the Monroe Doctrine still useful ...
While evil Maduro's already behind bars
~ Venezuelans cheering freedom’s stars
Clink your glasses with cheer
The New Year is here!
Do you have the volition?
To keep those resolutions
In your eyes, there is a gleam
For all those hopes and dreams
The possibilities are there
For this to be a better year
Are we trapped in the status quo
Where nothing changes as we go
Things can change if we so choose
From the old to the new
Now it's time to celebrate
Break out the bubbly, don't hesitate
To new beginnings everywhere
Happy New Year!
We charge our glasses with endearment—
all agreeing that this matters
to bear witness, all sharing
our loss in reflection,
a celebration
charge your glasses,
clinks all round
drink deep
ends-
up
cheers
with emptied cups
upturned and glinting skywards
Quote: "Isn’t it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet?” — L. M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables
Old age is a number filled with many years,
some with cheers,
some with tears.
I have worn my life with a guard,
now near the graveyard.
I have paid my past debt.
"Isn’t it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet?"
I can now daydream,
with a big smile and esteem,
no more mistakes is my new theme.
hounds bay… locate prey
cats eat rodents… ole!
horses eat oats… hay-hey!
woody woodpecker had a laugh that carried us through the day
We cheered as he pecked his bill into every tree with a hey hey hey
He was like a jackhammer, this hilarious cutey pie with hair of red
His enemies were flummoxed by him, they tried to make him dead
Late-night hosts
like to boast
Careers end with roasts…
finis ~ toast
To pass from people’s probing eyes, two cheers,
To pass from all their strident cries, two cheers.
None, merely to kiss the crest of success,
But to stay there and ever wise, two cheers.
___________________________
Epigram | 08.08.2025 | success, test, cheers
Note: Inspired from Kamaal Bhopaali (Urdu):
Nazar nazar mein utarnaa kamaal hai,
Naksa naksa se guzarnaa kamaal hai,
Kaamayaabi par pahuñchnaa kamaal nahiñ,
Kaamayaabi par thaharnaa kamaal hai.
My Wonderful Wife
Here — the one who bears the fruit of my loins.
Here — the cheerleader of my flawed bravado.
Here — the bearer of the yoke of my incessant brokenness.
Here — the moon that shines, irrespective of the season.
Here — the one true bridge between life and death.
Here — the one who foils the foul that confounds my soul.
Here — the woman who accepted the task of furthering my fate.
Cheers to you, my wonderful wife —
You are my anchor,
My light,
My forever.
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