Long Sympathizing Poems

HEROES

Near somber guards, units of children heap 
dead leaves, naive to any else fallen.
Friend, you chuckle, but your posture speaks
of duty on this day of contradictions.

Firefighters bow heads in silent paean, 
while polished trucks stand...

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I cannot tolerate
those who are intolerant,

I cannot stand
those who take a stand
against unknown others
unlike themselves,
much less than we are truly 
health and safety seekers
multiculturally alike.

I can tolerate anything
except intolerance,
most certainly including impatience with myself,
not excluding...

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You can’t expect miracles in the eyes of men 
We must wait patiently with heartfelt acceptance
You will not look back & slip into your comfort zone again
We MUST gain eternal freedom & experience 
The attitude...

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(a poem by Aare Tunde Dawood-Akerele) 
Sympathizing with every motherless child. 

The Pain of Motherlessness 
Is far beyond measure 
Especially for a green mind. 

Begins from the shock of announcement 
To illusion of preparing the...

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I vividly remember my childhood days,
we had a small garden,
in which we grew flowering plants,
butterflies would sit on them.

Moment I woke up, I would run to them,
to see how many flowers had bloomed 
Oh! The...

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I came from a generation of laughter,
while night faded the flames
freeing the moon from its silence,
flowing with dreams, dewlike 
hopes, singing in tenor, voices rising
from the ashes of a moment
before hearts felt the rhythmic trembling,
bleeding...

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I vividly remember my childhood days,
we had a small garden,
in which we grew marsh mallow,
butterflies would sit on them.

Moment I woke up, I would run to them,
to see how many flowers had bloomed 
Oh! The...

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Original angel, God's first personal assistant
Going errands for the Almighty, across upon infinite distant
The toast of heaven, captain of the A team
A is for angels, all jealous of Satan’s beam
They knew God had spent, a...

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i realised for the first time today what a harpy i am – 
what a bitter, wicked harridan...
i recognised, at last, the depths of my enigmatic evil 
...and it was shocking, i can’t deny it;...

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"happily ever after" were the words left to say
but it seems he forgot that part of the script
& decided to end it his way
he got down of the stage before the curtains do
he left her...

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WHERE DO WE POETS GO 

         Where do we poets go, breathing last?
          Emotive beauty of poetic persona
...

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Yes, he broke my heart, but not the usual way
With tender words, he made my poor heart sway
Each chamber beamed with his adoring smile
That chased the demons, made my life worth while

He broke my heart….

My...

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Nostalgic of my Mom’s death…
… almost two decades ago…
then of my Dad’s demise---
--- in 2019---
here am I gripped with blest serenity
knowing that they both are with the Creator
by virtue of their faith in the Saviour
Who...

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Purring and Stirring

While my pretty cats had both been purring
Up so much trouble Don Trump was stirring 
For those down and out or no longer hearty
Can go ahead and join the Trumpeteer Party.

Talking about somebody...

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Never spoke to a dying tree...
feeling its grief, consoling its sorrow?
I've heard many trees afflicted
with the mockery of being too old, 
of serving no purpose for Nature,
but is everything they do not seen by us?


I...

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HEARTBEAT OF DELTA STATE
The rain has fallen again,
The streets are isolated,
Everyone is filled with sadness.
Houses and shops have been abandoned,
Villages and towns have been inundated.
Bags and cargoes floats unsteadily,
Cars and buses are deeply buried 
deep...

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As happy melodies hum,
Underneath, the sounds of sadness come,
Provoking all the sorrow and fear,
That all hearts are forced to hear,

Looking at the glowing mirror,
Seeing the reflection of “Myself”
Shadow less, I stand,
Contemplating the solid glass, imagining...

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If you're now ever suspected by our present day government
of being a terrorist or sympathizing enemy combatant,
you can now be detained indefinitely,
under our president's authority.
No more rights securing our papers and property
from any government sponsored...

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I get nervous in front of crowds
my first words are usually shaky
I can stand straight but take a few steps 
in a direction corresponding with that awkward moment
you realize
everyone is listening, interpreting, judging, sympathizing
just trying...

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IT'S THE LOVING SEASON - John 15:17

Love is humanity,
It comes from the soul.
Perhaps the only thing,
That makes a human whole.

Romance is in the air,
The calendar says it's so.
Time for cards and flowers,
A special place to...

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While we were sleeping
America became communist.
Of course they don’t call it that now,
And it isn’t ALL communist,
But at least 51% is all you need
To get your way in a democracy.

How did it happen?
Slowly, steadily, and...

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The programs for them wondrously keen,
BBC celebrates more than Queen
Nice expression they don’t look twice at
For their Main News and adored broadcasts;
At such times A Most Unwelcome Gnat;
The Sympathizing Staff for Good Blasts!

BBC would eat...

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Embrace my day
With warm cool night
Sprinkle shattered darkness
Where holy light cannot
Escape for fear that
Mangled knowledge could
Misinterpret a fabled past
I cannot scream
Yet hunkered in deep, gentle sleep
Lies the unwarranted yet welcomed
Thoughts that most wish
To erase from...

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Let me repeatedly unite my two hands
For the feat like feet on wet sands,
I can infect with euphoria my band 
For the just seen, all-too-grand!
You yourself twang your lead guitar strings
Making their subject king of...

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Cold sent shivers down his spine 
His soul aching to be complete 
Quenching his thirst with blood he calls wine 
Thuds of his heart on the street
Just for tonight his mask no longer worn
Winter sympathizing...

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