Gender-based violence, why all the silence?
We walk the walk; we talk the talk.
With all the violence
there is only silence.
Women cry at night,
feeling they have no right.
Rape every hour
leaves them sour.
Beatings, rape, and murder,
there is no way to take it further.
Men treat women like scum,
while they are numb.
Girls are raped at a young age
like animals in a cage.
That is life on the Cape Flats,
where some people live like rats.
Paying a medical bill
Is a battle that’s uphill
Living off the government,
they don’t earn a cent.
Every day they must find a way.
Without income, it’s a difficult day.
They steal and plunder,
they would steal your thunder.
Gender-based violence.
These gangs you won’t silence.
They live in violence
and die in silence.
You might have the verbal to talk the talk
Do you have the talent to back the walk
Doesn’t matter if you have a massive crew
When the bell rings, there’s nothing they can do
Sizing up your opponent, are they prepared
Looking full of confidence, or just plain scared
Look them straight in the eyes
Is it them or you who will take the prize
It’s time to stay focused, keep the mind clear
Let preparation and positivity banish any fear
Be the best you can be, having trained hard
Put the work in, to get the W on the card
When in the ring, it’s you and you alone
Be lively, up on your toes, don’t turn to stone
The strength, belief and courage come from within
Here for just one purpose and that’s to win
I'm a soldier, a warrior, samurai, viking
I look up to the heavens and I can summon lightning
Me against my illness, I simply cannot fail
If i call myself a leader then I cannot get derailed
Haters talk the talk but they can't walk in our shoes
Ill mental health is something that we did not choose
I admire my peers who decide to fight back
Fighting is the answer, it gets you back on track
Depression is awful it causes us to blink
It corrupts our mind and dictates the way we think
When you listen to my words I want you to be inspired
Self belief and hard work are the two things that are required
My words inspire they also motivate
I hope that I'm the reason for your sound mental state
To me Depression is like cancer of the mind
Mentally when we suffer, we find that we can fall behind
Recovery is glorious
Depression is notorious
In the end well be victorious
I have one piece of advice to give you
Fight for your life and your inner strength will help you through
you talk the talk can,
you walk the walk
talk is a manner’s talk of manner
you talk the manner can you walk the manner
a man’s manner is a man’s moral
you talk the moral can you walk the moral
talking is a cheap moral
talking is a cheap manner
moral is a cheap talk
moral is a cheap manner
talking is cheap,walking is highly
talking is cheap,walking is highly walking
talking is highly talking
talking is highly a manner of talking
talking highly is talking cheap
talking highly is walking the walk
cheap is highly a cheap talk
walking cheap is talking cheap
walking cheap is walking the cheap walk
walking cheap is walking the cheap talk
talking is talking a cheap walk
Heads can only ever talk,
If they contract others to walk the walk,
And when they too
Can only talk the talk,
Because they subcontract yet more to walk the walk,
Even when they have only just learnt to talk the talk,
And are yet unable to walk the walk,
Where does that leave those who expect more than talk,
For the money they give for someone to walk the walk.
When will heads stop talking,
And start rolling,
Replaced by heads that talk,
That are attached to bodies that can walk the walk,
To earn the money given for more than talk,
So the economic recovery is more than just talk.
priest were surrounding
sermon had been astounding
so clearly sounding
always stimulate
we knew that it would be great
to hear can hardly wait
sermon heard by God
which He would give it His nod
sins by Him were shod
we would talk the talk
while God will walk the walk
my sins stoutly stalk
really was needing
tune in to Bible reading
way God was leading
outside did rain and rain
when we sang a sweet refrain
sounded so profane
had heard loud and clear
when God has been close and near
sins do disappear
on field leg did break
me go to church God would make
communion will take
Diego Cuerno DeVaca
James Hilarious Haiku Horn
Throughout my life I've noticed,
That people like to talk;
But though they like to talk the talk,
Most don't walk the walk.
Most folks think highly of themselves.
Some more than they should.
They'll put on aires and talk about,
The ugly, bad and good;
Of all the people, places, things,
They're seeing, going, doing,
But be polite, be interested,
In what they say they're brewing.
Don't repeat a word you hear.
Don't take one word to heart,
For things change over night, you know,
Make you look like an upstart.
So if you're asked your take on things,
Say it's all news to you.
Just shut your mouth, let others talk,
Let them tell you what's new.
Old Friends
Come, sit with me and share some idle talk,
Of cabbages and kings, of life and death.
Or else, perhaps, opining as we walk,
We could discuss some current shibboleth.
We’ll wile away the day just as we please,
While deconstructing pop philosophy.
No topic is taboo, we’ll shoot the breeze
With politics mixed with theology.
Together we will save the planet Earth,
Preventing climate change from getting worse.
And when we’re done with that, for what it’s worth,
We’ll solve the riddles of the universe.
We’ll talk the talk and talk the walk and then
Tomorrow we will do it all again!
A Child’s Christmas Prayer of Despair for a Hindu Saint
by Michael R. Burch
Santa Claus,
for Christmas, please,
don’t bring me toys, or games, or candy...
just... Santa, please,
I’m on my knees!...
please don’t let Jesus torture Gandhi!
Will Jesus Christ cause or allow Albert Einstein and Mahatma Gandhi to be tortured in an "eternal hell" for guessing wrong about which earthly religion to believe? Is the good news of the gospels that if you guess wrong, you go to hell? What about Jesus's parable of the Good Samaritan, who put aside religious differences to practice compassion? Did Jesus, who saved all his sternest criticism for hypocrites, talk the talk but fail to walk the walk himself? Or did Christian theologians get something very, very wrong? And what would Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny say about such intolerance and infinite cruelty? Keywords/Tags: Christianity, Christian, Jesus Christ, Santa Claus, Christmas day, heaven, hell, salvation, bible, gospel, Gandhi, Hindu, saint, knees, kneeling, prayer, mercy, compassion, grace, toys, games, candy, god, religion, intolerance, atheist
Every job has special words
You don't know them, you're a nerd
To get ahead you walk the walk
You'd also better talk the talk
Gathered 'round the water cooler
Manager so hip, I couldn't fool her
This job's a bit more than what I'd bargained for
~ An octogenarian boss conducting jargon wars
Did you see me before I died
I was the last white rhino alive
you have no conscience you are void of pride
you damage what we need to survive
the air you breath, the food you eat
natural resources you deplete
the waters rising
the ice is sliding
the planets clock is ticking down
yet we just stand and look around
Politian’s talk the talk
yet into disaster they just sleep walk
the young can see their future bleak
why are these Politian’s so weak
the bosses fiddling while the sun burns mother earth
milking her for all she’s worth
from the biggest whale to the humble bee
lets all pray we never need that planet b
Tour De Pumpkin
By Franklin Price
10/06/2019
I rode the Tour de Pumpkin
It was only yesterday
Was in the hills of Rutherford
My choice, the 50 K
For the more experienced
A 100K was twice as far
If I had chosen that one
Would have traveled it by car
As it was, was on my bike
An off road fifteen speed
Wasn't long before I knew
Was not as many as I'd need
The climbing steep and daunting
The downhills short and sweet
By the time I'd reached the halfway
My legs were burger meat
The fifty and the hundred
Shared a start and finish route
Some distance riders passing me
When I was still miles out
I was wondering what happened
When they passed fast on a hill
I was in the lowest gear
And had almost had my fill
Was creeping up Mount Everest
Would be faster just to walk
They yelled that “you can make it”
And not just talk the talk
My energy was not renewed
But my brain was now in gear
If the best of them believed I could
The finish line was clear
It only got much harder
But I rode and did not walk
In four hours crossed the finish line
Now these rhymes have talked the talk
Respect
By
Tom Wright
Jan. 27, 1998
I, Respect,
am not bought with money,
nor taken by force.
I cannot be stolen
but must be earned.
Stories are often fabricated and denied
in an attempt to obtain me.
Waving at people
with Bible in hand on Sunday morning
cannot win respect.
If you talk the talk
you have to walk the walk.
A position of authority
does not in itself guarantee respect.
There are many misguided souls
laboring under this false assumption.
Big egos require lots of respect.
Tough luck "Slick Willie"
For you I have no respect.
If you walk the walk and talk the talk, surely people will gawk
Especially if you're a male wearing jockeys chanting in ancient dialogue
Must realize it's out of the norm
As strange wee animals swarm
Guess people aren't ready for tomorrow's poppycock
He love and respect God
He walks the walk, not just talk the talk
He reads and study the Word
He desires to please God
He love and know his wife
He keeps his flesh in check
He washes her in the Word
He forsakes all others
He loves her as he loves his own body
He even make sacrifices
He recognizes her true value
She’s his precious rare treasure
A treasure he shields and protects
His love is love at its best
His love she can trust
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