Delaying Poems

Fear Only Fear

Afraid to ask
Afraid to cast
Afraid to hear
Afraid of jeer

Fear is delaying truth
Fear is growing from youth
Fear is reliving the past
Fear is irrational typecast

Asking diffuses fear
Talking reduces veering
Trying clears fear
Chose to steer

Cat

Curiosity won't kill you; that's just an old saying.
Admiring eyes observe you exploring and playing.
Time for supper and cuddling, with no further delaying.

Delay

No more delaying, act now stop stalling,
Time doesn’t call timeout; the clock never rest.
Think, process, move then act.
There’s no weapon I can’t overcome with you.

You’re putting me in position,
To make a move and now it’s my turn. 
Step out in faith and hold onto the promise,
No matter the level of discomfort I feel or face.

You never stop working on my behalf. 
I’m struggling to see the evidence,
Still I trust and know you’re in my corner.
There’s no weapon I can’t overcome with you.

You are navigating my route like GPS,
I haven’t fulfilled my potential yet.
I’m looking for it, seeking it out,
I won’t stop until it becomes my reality.

Rattlesnake

Rattlesnake

Stealth reptile, scaly skinned viper,
Flickers fork tongue to smell direction:
Slithering through the environment,
Camouflaged to avoid detection.

Snake eyes focus without tail rattling,
Coiling into strike kill position.
Slowly, jaws separate; fangs exposing
Venom delivery of neurotoxins.

The gloom and doom shadow looms frightening,
Mesmerizing, the serpent unleashing.
The rodent stilled, listening for hissing,
Delaying reaction and is bitten.

A Shadow Of Hardball

Ebon bafflement descended 
from the Sun-bleached sky;
A penumbra of illuminated lies,
this world needs to be reprimanded;

A joyous ballet of obliteration;
Fooled by the doe eyed sweetheart,
they stare into dank rotting art
disguised as impending salvation;

Wearing cheap plastic glasses,
the audience so easily led by a trend; 
Commanding naked eyes ideas ascend
delaying the hypnosis of the masses;

Temporarily deprived of the norm, 
blindfolds serve as a wake call;
So begins a civilization’s cleanup,
reform is now the one playing hardball;

Magnetic pull of a weary shadow,
that bold charisma brings a brief pause;
Evolution echos a bright ring of applause,
with understated yet monumental flow.

Anyone

Facebook flight, a messenger pigeon 
Each Pageant shuffles pretty women 
Most admired tiara sparkle temporal 
Sash off strategic take trick terminal 


No need to tweet esteem over media
Stern sensei recites reprimand, sepia
Cyber courier delaying defeat in fury
Gathers fragile artefacts via the jury


Thrown to past season, bent bouquet
Creases curtain backstage, showcase 
Effort effected in gloom glows wattage
Wife writes fairytale wedding marriage 


Health heralds husband’s regard sole
Seashell static fuzz phases out vitriol 
Ocean sunk scroll in bottle, lost title 
Cut circuit campaign silences recital



        
             25th January 
       Objection Overruled

I love and kiss the CVS people

I’ll get to the pills with a twist
The scripts filled by my pharmacist
If there’s a hiccup
Delaying the pick-up
Watch out as I might just get pissed

The Princess of Procrastination

I’m the Princess of Procrastination – 
Bow down at my feet!
For I’m the best example
Of delaying you could meet.

Go through closets? Get a haircut?
Start to organize my book?
Work on projects that are waiting
For a first or second look?

Days go by and I get lost in
Following my set routines.
If I contemplate diverging,
Somehow something intervenes.

So to you, my loyal subjects,
If your stalling’s got you down,
Glance my way and you’ll feel better,
For I proudly wear the crown.

Humanity Keeps Bleeding

“Only the dead have seen the end of war.”
Plato

Politicians keep lying
Hate keeps breeding
Jets keep firing
Babies keep dying
Mothers keep crying
Homes keep tumbling
Hope keeps crumbling
Time keeps ticking
Injustice keeps screaming
Funerals keep delaying 
Peacemakers keep meeting
Media keeps shocking
Propaganda keeps faking
Tanks keep bombing
Earth keeps shaking
Fear keeps spreading
Soldiers keep fighting
Widows keep weeping
Sorrows keep growing
Babies keep dying
Mothers keep crying
Tears keep flowing
Hunger keeps increasing
Journalists keep reporting
Poets keep writing
Music keeps playing
Teachers keep teaching
Clergymen keep praying 
Preachers keep preaching
Protestors keep protesting 
Faith keeps searching
Peace keeps fading
Ignorance keeps showing
Missiles keep shooting
Humanity keeps bleeding
World keeps sleeping
Babies keep dying
Mothers keep crying

Champagne Rain

He plants black seed of love in me
So deep it deposits destined dreams
Waking white flowing river stream
Of liquid love abandoned by the weak

The weak ones who toyed with black gold
Playing me a slot machine for the most
Delaying cream climax and green growth
Looting consuming that what I give most

Peach palm rubs on his back
Little kisses in his heart
Love bites unites a candy snack
Black lovers forever dark star

I find peace in his pearly smile
Runs so deep like majestic Nile
Come to me lover when you can
Meant for each other like promise land

Walking by faith despite my fright
That your forever kiss is just this tonight
Leaving me to reminisce in teal time
Missing your licks you missing mine

I prayed for you and now you have come
Why waste time on fear, you are the one
Planting love seeds and warming like sun
Calming purple seas of love you flow from

I feel hazel hope in your kiss
Sweet like cocoa but twice as thick
I don’t red regret a thing we did
Make it champagne rain again I insist.

Command

COMMAND

What I say, you treat as a real order
Not a suggestion nor a request
No delaying nor any quibble
A task that one must obey
Not a choice, but duty
Complete it in time
I’ll be watching
Your response
So start
Now!

Be Vigilant

Be vigilant, 
When Justice is not claimed
 by some witnesses of unjust 
 actions  because they are  privileged. 
Time will come for them to regret 
When they will be victims 
of the same systems. 

Be Vigilant, 
You can hear some innocent 
people shouting as they are shooting
here and there. 
You laughing at them because
you are privileged and protected 
by some secret  assassins. 

Be Vigilant, 
It is time to stand up
And claim Justice
 in the World. 
Injustice system must
burn in Hell 
Without delaying.

July 2nd 2023

My New Life , New Song

Like it or not, dear 
God will surprise some haters 
About your big rise. 

He is ready to 
Appoint you on the top pic 
Without delaying ... friend.

Heavenly golden 
Box will be opened soon dear...
New Song " My  New Life " 

June 13th 2023
By Alfonso Warally Ngengethe 
Mussabwa Chris

Out of Tune- It's Better To Be Different

The world seems to be discordant lately 
The dawn carries with it something to be cherished ,
The mind buoyant with thoughts decorated ornately
Hidden somewhere in the terrains of my heart, already perished .
 My mind's inarticulate cry to be heard
As neglected choices were left unmade,
Delaying them seemed to be a better option, I preferred 
As my opinions were left unsaid.
The hesitation in lifting the veil of my creativity 
Arousing a storm that might offend Others' belief
In my mind, held all day and night in captivity 
I follow my ambitions to replace the grief.
For long my voice was hushed and could not find a way
But pulling me down will only make me become my better self They say .

Homeland

Homeland 

Deafening silence echoing loud
Solace, serene winds bellowing out
Cowering pebbles whispering softly
Pristine sand gliding unknowingly 
 Rapturous rays of sun smiling 
 Windswept nature at its delaying  
This is the beauty of my homeland 

Smiling faces with warm hearts
Outstretched arms as a friendship start 
No barriers, tangles, cobweb or hindrances 
Only happy, ecstatic, blissful instances
Ready to help, reach out, lend a hand 
Divided we fall, united we stand  
This is the beauty of my homeland

No differences with neighbours we see 
Similarities though are by far aplenty 
Same skin colour, looks and features 
Landscape, climate and even nature 
This is the beauty of my homeland

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