Taints Poems

 I am a Son of an African American
I run
my turmoils taints the history books
yet people give me evil looks
I run
I choose
Yet I am 
Black and blue, this is my physical hurt

Been given a name by my parents James
This is...Read More

We’re drowning our diners in sugar, it seems -
our food is obesity packaged as dreams!
We really don’t mind about that, sir,
it’s only some kids getting fat, sir.

We pledged to help forests! Prevent their demise!
Yet the ash of the Amazon taints...Read More

Each galling ache with steadied prayer dispel.
Let that bland hour bleak with chilling thought
Glow with indelible joys of a yet hoping heart,
And knit such merry smiles as cute angels got. 

Hold onto that time-tested unswerving dream 
That martyrs' sorrows will...Read More

Captivated by the flesh
never reaching the buried spirit
captured deep within.
Looking for trust; we are sidetracked by lust.
First, look into the whites of their eyes,
watch their smile, measure their laughter.
For then you shall find what you truly seek.
Smell, the freshness of...Read More

thus,
like snow,
cold ashes fall
charred history’s
hubristic gales
truth’s torment
tucked into howling
acquiescent innocence.



Empty men
line the banks
fishless rivers
sit idle
barbless hooks
impugn the air
ivy strangled
rowboats sigh



With age color fades
into the weariness
wonder wanders
among the weeds
joy darts through
day lit darkness
hides hope’s
vacant sunshine
time taints
tomorrow’s tomorrow



the calendar’s lie
tri-colored ink charade
mocking...Read More

Translation of Les Moulins de mon Cœur-THE WINDMILLS OF YOUR MIND by T. Wignesan

(For the orignal text in French by Eddy MARNAY : see here below. The English version by Marilyn and Alan BERGMAN differs considerably from the French original,...Read More

Heaven, hear me now,
and not a moment late.
Heaven hear this now;
it’s been so long a wait.
Heaven, on knees bow
i— soul caught up, afraid.
pain molesting. how
i so long for your gate;
ajar, receive now
me— oh, life does frustrate!

Heaven, please erase;
take away my...Read More

Most would have you to truly believe, 
That I hated gOD, both you and them...Naive.
I don't have pure hatred towards him,
However I do have disdain, so I must parody his hymn.
No longer shall we conceive on our ancestral genealogy,
Instead we...Read More

Variations on a Theme of Red 

Color of bold that daubs the sunset bright
Old fair weather friend of shepherd’s delight
That taints the emblazoned rays of gold 
Displayed a glorious red for all to behold

Rare crimson moon adorns a shady backdrop
A...Read More

The Glitter and glint of blood on blade
 The horror and pain my slicing made
 I stand in the shadows, then I make my move
 My darkness of soul has a point to prove

The hapless victim, a passer by
 Their...Read More

Alone in a world trapped in my head
Thinking of the past laying in bed.
Random moments will come over me
When all I’ll do is think and breathe.
No words will form from my lips
A brief verbal eclipse
Numerous reasons ranging
Personality unchanging, while emotions...Read More

deep within my twisted soul
constant whispers fill the black
muted dreams lay where they fall
echoed thoughts rebounding back
an eternal tempest with no end
pure reason drowned apon its rage
darkness falls to take revenge
engulfs my soul within its cage
taints the passion of my...Read More

its threadbare blanket taints the sunset
masking the eyes of evenings predators
slowing the pace of the days heartbeat
holding in its grasp a troubled darkness

soft-petaled flowers warily close their eyes
seeking the solace of denial
tree top chatter ceases – acquiesces
to the dwindling warmth...Read More

Refugees are humans, people with sunlit dreams
wishing revenge and pain soon would be gone;
hearts held in vigils, their grief unabated
as rudely cups the night in some foreign place,
to will their wings, freedom from bondage cries.
Journeying far when nights tear homes...Read More

“Precious in God’s sight is the death of His saints.”
The Bible says it with truth-might that never faints
Such assertion guards my soul from harm of doubt-taints…
Why should I fear death, pictured in beautiful paints?

In the midst of life, readiness for...Read More

It’s an early Sunday morning
The devils on his knees
Shallow self-importance
Screaming to be seen

The facade of something special
Filled with rage and self-disdain
Putting on a holy show
Attempt to cover - all his pain

His words speak so loudly
Feels so good for the sheepish...Read More

Hairline cracks of doubt
slow mark the corners
of mind’s vision,
alter the illusion
of yesterdays
filtering into today’s.
Soft gray film taints
the sunshine halos,
hardens the smiles,
narrows the eyes
as we squint
into an abyss
of angst.
The shadows overlap,
blend into complex
inequities of truth
tinged by time,
of lies mocking
the truth,
piercing the...Read More

Cut out the bad part
Just like cancer
The perfect solution
The ultimate answer

Oh, if only I could isolate
The purest property
Maybe I’d get a handle on
My inhumanity

Weed out the bad stuff
Chaff from wheat
Make the good half
The thing complete

Oh, if only we could separate
The...Read More

Insanity

That insane
In the dark corner
of the narrow lane
helpless and hesitant
because she’s dumb

That insane 
laughing on her voice
scratching her body,
and  innocent face
blackened of
taints of madness.
A little lady in 
tattered clothes
alone in crowd
searching someone
of her own.

People laugh at her
and she laughs...Read More

The poet must write at his heart's behest  
of freedom, beauty, joy, the life he lives;  
from the hidden keep of his soul he gives 
each word a subtle shade of rue or jest,  
though the madding...Read More

My skin has become like a ripe fruit
sauteed in the sunlight,
living...
breathing...
skin.
The spirit within has crossed over 
a kind of warm frosted paradigm
as the breath therein,
taints the breath without love.
For what is breath without love?
My dear...
it is only fear,
that morbid, bitter...Read More

White

White is discrimination
As an idea, is retardation
I have tried to be patient
But we live in a world, of fools

White is merely one color
An adjective, for anoth’or
No ONE, is inferior
Until that someONE is acting, the fool

Without all the facts to know...Read More

I'm but a frail bird tasked to bring hope and spread peace.
How shall I fly high in the sky with such a brittle burden!
My heart pounds in dilemma like a ping pong ball as I release
my wings in the air...Read More

Elder jays roam  the tainted winds in herds,
Alighting  upstream like most  holy birds
Into  the threshold  of  an inky  night,
And  journey forth  with  brave rafters, onwards
For lofty a view,  their...Read More

Perfection holds a greater name 
Defining whats not yours
Aware of wonder gone untamed 
With what was pure before

Lurking in the shadows gate
The mind un opens doors
Fear of love with driven hate 
Your heart is left unsure


Anger with a desperate take
Taints...Read More