English Poems

For THE LOVE OF MY CHILDREN IN SIMPLE WORDS

My angels, MY DAILY JOY

Loving YOU I ENJOY

Caring FOR YOU IS MY PLIGHT

And NEVER WILL I TAKE FLIGHT

My LIFE IS NOW DEDICATED TO YOUR WELL-BEING

And FAILURE IS WHAT I REFUSE FORESEEING

I WISH I COULD OFFER YOU THE WORLD

Instead I WILL HELP YOU GROW

And IF IN THE PROCESS YOU GAIN WISDOM

I WILL FOREVER FEEL GRATEFUL

Love confession to my children

More than your physical beauty

More than the depth of your thoughts

More than your dreams

More than your achievements

More than any trophies or social accolades you may have for any reason

More than any perception of you

More than any expectation

More than anything you can or can’t do

More than your ability to give or take

More than your dreams

I am in love with the essence of you

I am in love with your very existence

I am in love with YOU as the most precious gifts God has given me.

11-05-08 

 OBAMA 

Inspiration has never been so profound

 To so many people in so many places

 Obama, THE GENERATIONAL AND MULTIDIMENSIONAL INSPIRATION!

The HOPE MONGER WHO AWAKENED THE DREAMS OF SO MANY PEOPLE,

How MESMERIZINGLY AND ELECTRIFYINGLY YOU CAPTURED OUR ATTENTION!

For THE LONGEST TIME, WE languished IN  NUMBING DESPERATION,

For THE LONGEST TIME, WE LOST HOPE, EXCITEMENT, INTEREST IN GOVERNMENT,

For THE LONGEST TIME, WE GAVE UP on BELIEVING AND TRUSTING OUR INSTITUTIONS!

Then YOU CAME ALONG…

You CAME ALONG WITH

A MESSAGE OF unity

A MESSAGE OF esperance

A MESSAGE OF faith

A MESSAGE OF deliverance

And A MESSAGE OF love WHICH TRANSCENDS RACE,

Religion,

National ORIGIN,

Gender,

And AGE.

Your CALM, COLLECTED, POISED AND RESOUNDINGLY INTELLIGENT SELF STOLE THE HEARTS OF MILLIONS.

You MADE HISTORY, NOT ONLY BY BECOMING THE FIRST African American president, but BY Swooping US WITH

A HURRICANE OF kaleidoscopic  POSSIBILITIES

A TOURBILLION OF OPEN OPPORTUNITIES

You REMINDED US THE BETTER PARTS OF OURSELVES

By effortlessly DISPLAYING your STRIKINGLY BEAUTIFUL INNER SELF

This country AND THIS world WILL BE FOREVER INSPIRED BY YOUR admirable COURAGE AND unwavering PERSEVERANCE.

Thank you mr. President!

I wish…

I wish i could sneak into the mind of the rapist

And squeeze the evilness out of it…

I wish i could instill a magic potion in his heart

To transform his idle mind

And prevent him from stripping any little girls of their innocence.

I wish i could whisper into his malefic ears

 Words with the power to reason,

To calm,

To soothe,

To hypnotize the madness out of his intentions

And if any of that doesn’t work,

I wish i could just cut off his disgusting penis

From the very roots of its existence

Mother

I MISS LIVING UNDER THE PEACEFUL SHADOW OF YOUR MOTHERLY WINGS.

I MISS THE INSPIRING STRENGTH OF YOUR ENDLESS WISDOM.

The INTENSE SERENITY IN YOUR ANGELIC EYES IS MORE PROLIFIC THAN ANY EXPRESSION i KNOW

You, mother, MY ROLE-MODEL, MY MUSE, MY RELENTLESS HEROINE, MY IRREPLACEABLE AND SO VERY SOOTHING COMFORT, ESSENCE OF MY VERY BEING, THE MOST i MISS ABOUT YOU IS THE TENDER SMILE IN YOUR CALMING VOICE

Why DO i EVEN THINK ABOUT SLEEPING KNOWING ALL THE THINGS you ARE GOING THROUGH ?

Could MY CANDOR BE SO NAIVE THAT i GREW FORGETFUL OF YOUR DAILY HARDSHIP?

Didn’t i PROMISE TO GET YOU OUT OF THE HORRENDOUS LIFE CONDITIONS i HAVE KNOWN YOU TO HAVE BEEN LIVING FOR EVER?

Why AM i NOT doing something?

How DID i GET SO COMFORTABLE WHERE i AM, A MILLION LIGHT YEARS FROM YOU?

When DID i BECOME SO DETACHED FROM WHAT i HAVE GROWN UP SEEING YOU GO THROUGH?

What IN THE NAME OF THE ALMIGHTY HAS GOTTEN INTO ME?

Why BUY NEW CLOTHES, A NEW CAR? New SHOES, GO TO A NICE RESTAURANT, EAT WELL, AND ABOVE all, FEEL comfortable WHERE i AM KNOWING, KNOWING DAMN WELL YOUR DAILY STRUGGLES?!

I NEED TO DO something!  I NEED TO WAKE THE HELL UP AND do SOMETHING. This IS NOT ACCEPTABLE, IT IS NOT TOLERABLE AND i AM NOT GOING TO TAKE IT ANYMORE. If YOU ARE THE ROLE- MODEL THAT i FEEL YOU TO BE IN MY HEART OF HEARTS, i NEED TO GET OFF MY BUTTOCKS AND START GETTING INSPIRED BY YOUR UNBELIEVABLE   COURAGE, YOUR TIRELESS BRAVERY, AND YOUR OPTIMISTIC SPIRITS. I HAVE TO BE THE BEST AT WHAT i DO NOW. I HAVE RISE TO THE OCCASION OF INSPIRING THE PEOPLE WHO LOOK UP TO ME. I HAVE TO MAKE YOU PROUD. A PRIDE THAT IS GOING TO SHINE LIKE A MILLION SUN RAYS ON THE FOUR CORNERS OF THE GLOBE. I HAVE TO GET UP AND DO SOMETHING!

For THE LOVE OF MY CHILDREN IN SIMPLE WORDS             hi

My angels, MY DAILY JOY

Loving YOU i ENJOY

Caring FOR YOU IS MY PLIGHT

And NEVER WILL i TAKE FLIGHT

My LIFE IS NOW DEDICATED TO YOUR WELL-BEING

And FAILURE IS WHAT i REFUSE FORESEEING

I WISH i COULD OFFER YOU THE WORLD

Instead i WILL HELP YOU GROW 

And IF IN THE PROCESS YOU GAIN WISDOM

I WILL FOREVER FEEL FREEDOM

 U

Confusion

I SEEM TO IGNORE THE PURPOSE OF MY COMINGS AND GOINGS

My BRAIN BOILS OF A THOUSAND UNCERTAINTIES AND WONDERINGS

I TRY TO HANG ON BUT i FAIL TO HOLD ON

My LIFE SPIRALS LIKE AN INSANE HURRICANE

I MOUNT; I DESCEND, MOUNT AGAIN, AND DESCEND AGAIN.

Somewhere ALONG THE WAY, I PAUSE AND WONDER IN VAIN

Am I lost?  Where AM I? What AM i SUPPOSED TO BE DOING HERE?

My UNANSWERED QUESTIONS BRING  TEARS TO MY EYES DESPAIRING

I SIT, MY HEAD IN MY HANDS AND MY HEART CRYING IN SILENCE,

A CRY FOR HELP THAT NOBODY NEAR OR FAR COULD SENSE

R e s p o n s i b i l i t y

R   IS FOR respect FOR ONESELF AND OTHERS

E   SIGNIFIES embracing THE HUMANITY IN OTHERS

S   EQUATES solidarity TOWARDS ONE’S COMMUNITY

P   ponders endlessly ABOUT THE MEANING OF LIFE

O   REPRESENTS order IN THOUGHTS AND ACTIONS

N   REITERATES nobility BECAUSE WE ARE ALL NOBLE IN OUR OWN WAYS 

S   COMES BACK TO say savants ARE POWERFUL

I MEANS imitation, DON’T WE ALL LEARN FROM ONE ANOTHER?

B   ENLACES THE boldness IN OUR EVERYDAY STRUGGLES

I   insists AND SHOUTS OUT infatuation IS NOT LOVE

L   ENCOURAGES latent AND HIDDEN GENIUSES TO MANIFEST THEMSELVES

I   FOR intelligence IS EITHER innate OR ACQUIRED

T  IS THE totality OF OUR EVERYDAY EFFORT TO STAY AFLOAT

Y  yielding A SPLENDID OUTCOME OF INFINITE POSSIBILITIES. That’s responsibility!

I see the light

If you,

Listened TO THE SONGS OF  BIRDS

Looked AT THE GREENISH BEAUTY OF THE TREE LEAVES in the spring

Smelled THE FRESHNESS SLOWLY STEMMING OUT OF THEM

Touched THE WETNESS OF STILL WATER

Felt ITS SOOTHING REALM

Danced TO THE MUSIC OF THE WIND

Let YOUR EYES WONDER AT THE PRETTINESS OF NATURE’S MAGNIFICENT GIFTS

Breathed in THE LIFE ESSENCE SURROUNDING YOU

Breathed out YOUR EAGERNESS TO LIVE

You would feel the lives of all creation vibrating through you

Anta Hane 

What i WISH i COULD HAVE SAID BEFORE…

I WISH i COULD HAVE SAID stop and think

Don’t YOU REALIZE THE ATROCITY OF WHAT YOU ARE ON THE BRINK OF PERPETRATING?

Have YOU THOUGHT ABOUT HOW YOU ARE GOING TO HURT ME AND FOR HOW LONG?

Do YOU KNOW THE FUTURE RAMIFICATIONS OF YOUR PRESENT ACTIONS?

Have YOU SEEN THE SIZE OF ME COMPARED TO THE SIZE OF YOU?

Do YOU SEE HOW VULNERABLE AND DEFENSELESS i AM IN FRONT OF THIS GIGANTIC STATURE OF YOURS?

Have YOU CONTRASTED IN THAT TINY BRAIN OF YOURS WHAT YOU ARE SEEKING FOR YOURSELF AND WHAT IT IS GOING TO COST ME?

Would YOU TAKE A MINUTE AND JUST CONSIDER HOW INSIGNIFICANT YOUR LUST IS IN COMPARISON TO MY LOSS? Why, HAVE YOU LOST CONSCIOUSNESS TO UNAWARENESS?

Is YOUR VISION SO BLURRED BY THE VICIOUSNESS OF YOUR INTENTION THAT YOU LOST SIGHT OF MY INNOCENCE?

I AM SO DISGUSTED BY YOUR HYPOCRITICAL PERSONALITY!

When i THINK THAT NO LATER THAN A FEW HOURS AGO, YOU LED THE WHOLE FAMILY IN A PRAYER, THAT EVERYONE FOLLOWED AND TRUSTED YOU TO BE THEIR SPIRITUAL GUIDE!

When i THINK MY PARENTS HAVE GIVEN YOU A ROOM TO LIVE IN, FOOD TO EAT, CLOTHES TO PUT ON YOUR BACK AND ABOVE all THEIR trust!

And YET, HERE YOU ARE TRAMPLING ALL OVER THAT CONFIDENCE AND FAITH THEY HAVE placed IN you.

Look AT YOU, HOW OLD ARE YOU? How OLD AM i? How COULD you EVEN THINK ABOUT ABUSING ME? All i CAN SEE WHEN i LOOK AT YOU IS A monster! Right NOW, YOU ARE A BLOOD SUCKING vampire.

Serenity IS LIFE

I FEEL SO HUMBLE LOOKING AT THE BREATHTAKING BEAUTY OF NATURE.

Nature’s WORK OF ART IS SO SOOTHING TO CONTEMPLATE AND ENJOY.

Would YOU TAKE A MINUTE, STOP, AND JUST FEEL THE VIBRATING ESSENCE OF LIFE ALL AROUND YOU.

 A DIVINELY CRAFTED POND SURROUNDED BY MULTI-SHAPED ROCKS AND A VARIETY OF COLORFUL TREES ON A SPRING DAY.

The STILLNESS OF ITS SEEMINGLY CONTAINED WATER WITH ENDLESS DESIGNED ARABESQUE SHAPES TRANQUILLY WAVING THEIR WAY TO INFINITY.

The DELICIOUSLY HUMMING WIND ACCOMPANIED BY A CELESTIAL SYMPHONY IS TENDERNESS TO ANY ATTENTIVE HEART.

Imagine YOURSELF IN A FUSION WITH NATURE’S GRANDIOSITY AND FEEL THE DEEP ROOTED CONNECTION OF ALL ELEMENTS OF BEING EMANATE FROM YOUR CORE SELF.

Then REALIZE HOW ESSENTIAL IT IS FOR ALL CREATURES TO BOND AND TAKE CARE OF ONE ANOTHER.

Language

Like a soul mate, you make me whole.

Nucleus of human interactions,[1] 

rhythmic heartbeat of daily communications,

you continuously tickle my brain,

and effortlessly entertain My spirit.[2] 

Soothing music to a poet’s eardrums,

delicious dance to the rhythm of a writer’s plume,[3] 

painfully joyous mystery to uncover,

you perseveringly rock my emotions,

eternally stretch my imagination

obsessively poke my sensitivity,

and bravely embold my volatility.[4]