I know I'm blessed
and have much to be thankful for
I've lived many happy decades
love and friendships along the way
I look around and see much strife
in many corners of the world
I appreciate the peace surrounding me
and all the luxuries not to be taken for granted
My heart bleeds to think not everyone
has peace of mind for their family
in war torn countries they fear for their safety
I pray for an era where conciliation will reign for all
AP: Honorable Mention 2025
conciliation
from one side to the other
healing now and past
AP: Honorable Mention 2025
On synthetic derelict stage of deception domain,
I gyrate the split mind, ensnared by bipolarity chain.
Under illusive limelight of ostentatious time,
I’m entangled in machinated invasive paradox prime.
In make-belief life’s drama I act with no compunction,
I face fabricated faces flocking redundant in conjunction.
Identity lost in conglomerate of counterfeit facades,
I don’t perform by heart's prudent prompt if it pervades.
In masquerading faces reflected in warped mirror,
I see concealed the contorted contours of rancid rancor.
With their phony pretense a conciliation role I tactfully play,
my misshapen face of spite, the actor in me doesn't portray.
Finding a fake place to subsist in pretend archival spaces,
I’m a configured antique in the museum of masked faces.
Sometimes it happens when you search for tranquility but, you don't get it anymore,
Sometimes I do for right purpose but, it never remains for good anymore....
Sometimes I think to please everyone but, don't know why it never remains anymore....
Sometimes I make ally but, they no longer remains with me anymore....
Sometimes little things fulfill you up with euphoria but, this euphoria never remains with me anymore....
Sometimes this world always indict you but, never remains to be with you anymore....
Sometimes I scamper away from all that I suffered but, it never give up on anymore....
Sometimes when you find a lithe but, it does not remains soft anymore....
Sometimes this life gives you everything but, does not give you satisfaction anymore....
Sometimes I hush myself but, never ask for anything anymore.
Word juice in
whispered summaries
by the senses...
sound painting
printed on
souls...
syncopations of
sonorities
smoothly
flagged...
visual exposure
of the conciliation of
all signs...
Concentration
of virtues in
grandiloquence...
with
hegemonic
of sensitivities...
Silence is everything...!
Same scene; same birds, flies, insects; same plants, and fall flowers,
Sameness has built lasting nests, like small social weavers;
Boredom, like ivy creep or jasmine, creeps, and hovers,
Tedium grows hooky and sticky like coal-cleavers...!
I avoid crowds, yet, see the same faces at the end,
Each route I tread toward, the same destiny does tend;
Everyone does see; just like me; all feel yet pretend;
Who is wrong? Who is right? Who here does ever repent?
Compromise is the word they use; with whom? When? What? Why?
Conciliation! What? What does this mean? Earth? Oh! Sky?
Each way you think is only your way; they seem to say,
Confusions and contradictions are trends of the day...!
Mono! Boredom so! Tedium! Do they touch your heart?
Plunge! Dive! Drown! Come alive! Yet, life is not full of naught!!!
25 October 2021
courteous living life I had
as if in dreamy land
where autumnal breeze
brought your whispering and soft kiss,
where flying flower the butterfly
brought your sophisticated hug,
where the sinuous river
played a rhythm of our heart unity
but now fall in abortive seclusion without you
hopeless conciliation life donates
intimacy with shouting hellish insects,
I'm confined my worshiping idol
only for you o my love
in my life
I adore you
-Tuesday, July 23, 2019 Chattogram
SILENCE
Juice words in
whispered overviews
by the senses ...
Sound Painting
printed on
souls ...
Synopsis of
sonorities
gently
flagged ...
Visual exposure
of the conciliation of
all signs ...
Concentration
of virtues in
grandiloquence...
Wit
hegemonic
of sensitivities ...
Silence is everything ...!
In my dreams there’s a tomorrow
Where I’ve learned to live with sorrow
I’ve made peace with all the schemes
There’s a tomorrow in my dreams
In my heart few regrets
Haunting past just silhouettes
Bygones forgiven in most part
Few regrets in my heart
In my mind living in the present
Conciliation some might resent
Integrity and kindness are aligned
Living in the present in my mind
In my soul a calm stillness
A zephyr cures the chillness
Moonlit placid enchanted stroll
A calm stillness in my soul
Sublime peaceful paradigm
One blessed thought at a time
Gentle breezes sway a windchime
Peaceful paradigm sublime
AP: Honorable Mention 2021, Honorable Mention 2020
I walked pass the glorious work of Prinsloo and Vuuren
that great and tall statue of Rolihlahla Mandela
Embodying conciliation with a smile
Embracing unity with open arms
I turned around to satisfy myself in honoring the mighty hero
Closely I looked, carefully I observed, narrowly I meditated
Woe the horror I perceived, the truth I realized, the loneliness I sensed
the agony of confusion I perceived with eagles vision penetrating beyond the smile
I heard with ears of wisdom the still whispering voice in the dark mumbling
“After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb”
Turning around with a troubled heart at the lesson I heard with ears of wisdom
I heard a voice from distant lands with great power crossing the colonial borders
It sounded like the voice of that great hero of Mozambique saying
“Aluta Continua”
Alternative dispute resolution, said he
Barristers speak like that usually
Conciliation the outcome, we seek
During our meet, with the Beak
Evidence we have, evidently
Fraud is thick in the air, it is true
Grounds of recompense we pursue
Hearings will proceed
Indemnity achieved
Judging the Judge, goes with YOU!
Limerick 11
Lawyer/Barrister
Sponsored by Joseph May
10/1/2019
The best results don’t of necessity arise from shooting from the hip
Where far from conforming to best practices, impulsive characters
Whip up antagonistic emotions which rip
Apart intended outcomes and incite detractors
Into a frenzy
Whose course of action
Hazy, sleazy and uneasy
Becomes a distraction
That not only torpedoes intended objectives but also introduces obstacles
Which add layers of unwanted complexity
That nothing short of miracles
Whose dexterity
Sorts out
By dint of sheer luck
Because clouds of doubt
Entering the fray suck and pluck
Oxygen from nascent possibilities
Slain
In the course of inserting insensibilities
Lain
Bare at the doorstep of ineptitude
Thrown into the mix
Alongside the wrong attitude
Fix
Stressed at an inopportune moment
To make a statement
Meant to comment
On a positive element
Fares badly unless a skilled diplomat recommends conciliation
To forge ahead determinedly towards a breakthrough
Obtained by virtue of a give and take mission
That yields best outcomes right on cue.
The world teeters on the verge of self destruction
As humankind devours human kindness
In missions bereft of conciliation construction
Which rebuilds and fields flowers of happiness.
The world withers amid self deceit
When humankind withholds warmth
Preferring to promote self conceit
In the midst of love and laughter dearth.
The world impoverishes dishes
Teeming with understanding and empathy
As humankind extinguishes species of fishes
Whose bowels and vowels spell sympathy.
The world teeters within an ace of insanity
When technology metamorphoses into a weapon
Primed to wreak fabrics woven in human dignity
Disintegrate as revenue at all costs becomes the only business reason.
The demise of tears and fears fraternizes no frown
From my heart honed to handle an emphatic event
That stresses the face and pace of concerns in my town.
Tame any dame who claims to blame Bloom Brown
For infusions and profusions that signal an ingenious intent
Cos the demise of tears and fears fraternizes no frown.
Why cry over spilt milk when services of a clown
At little cost tames tiffs and whiffs in an incident
That dresses the face and pace of concerns in my town.
Conciliation and reconciliation compact the crown
Primed to decline and redefine a malcontent
Cos the demise of tears and fears fraternizes no frown.
Differences coupled with indifference can’t drown
Enthusiasm towards closing ranks to set a precedent
That stresses the face and pace of concerns in my town.
In the end, I conclude it doesn’t pay to wear a gloom gown
Stitched and bleached to imprint on my heart a devil dent
Cos the demise of tears and fears fraternizes no frown
That stresses the face and pace of concerns in my town.
In the nick of time, Sylvia’s sympathy soars
Stealing the limelight and plying her trade
Within the context of romance roles
In the month of February Sylvia parades a persona well bred.
Stealing the limelight and plying her trade
Within an ace of breaking a reconciliation record
In the month of February Sylvia parades a persona well bred
Confirming her willingness to strike a conciliation chord.
Within an ace of breaking a reconciliation record
Unchallenged for a dozen decades
Sylvia confirms her willingness to strike a conciliation chord
Surrendering the trump talisman she held for a while.
Unchallenged for a dozen decades
Within the context of romance roles
Surrendering the trump talisman she held for a while
In the nick of time, Sylvia’s sympathy soars.
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