TO BOOGLIE'S SURPRISE
Tofu
The baby
Dinosaur
Sat chatting
With
Ziggy the
Gray cat.
The two
Were deep
In conversation
For long
Moments.
They didn't
Notice
Booglie the
Pandas
Approach.
Now, Booglie
Paused
Nearby
And listened...
Tears he
Wiped
From his
Diamond
Eyes...
Always
Excluded
From social
Life.
Booglie snifled
And Sat
Desolate.
In Tofu
And Ziggy
He had
Put his
Faith.
That they'd
Be his
Friends...
Now he
Wept
Not really
Knowing
That
Those two
Were
Indeed
Planning
To include
His lonesome
Self
In everything
They did
Do!
It was a
Jolly
Big surprise
When they
Came to him
Saying
Let's go
About
Having a
Fabulous time!
FREDERIKA MENEZES
LOVE
Where in
The whole
Wide world
Did it go,
The missing
Emotion
Called
Love?
All around
There's only
Hate,
Intolerance
And lack
Of understanding
The opposite
Of which
Only
Love can
Bring...
No compassion
Or thought
For another...
Just greed
To hurt, kill
And conquer.
Humanity
Without
Humanism
Is what
Life In the
World has
Become!
I suppose
It has
Always
Been so
In some
Ways
But not so
Apparent
As In
These days.
Love, you
Are missed
And needed
Truly...
Make yourself
Known
To the present
World!
FREDERIKA MENEZES
TIME
Time flies
Away
From me
But where
It goes,.
I know not
You see.
Oh, it's
All
Smoke
And mirrors,
A vanishing
Act...
Time performs
It
With precision
On the
Arms
Of every
Clock.
I'm left
With memories
Of the
Yester whiles
Even as
I age
And my
Hair turns
Gray white.
Time holds
The power
To heal
But to
Wound
Too...
Oh Time
You're
Delightfully
Frightening!
If you
Only choose
One
Of the two.
Yes, Time
Flies
Lives age
But I
Intend to
Live
It up
Until
I turn
A vampire'a age!
FREDERIKA MENEZES
FOOD DREAMS
The smell
Of delight
Permeated
The air.
I breathed
In lung falls
As I
Sat
Having just
Woken
Up
In bed.
What joy
Filled me...
Delight
Embraced
My heart.
I began
To sing
As I readied
Myself
Breakfast, to
Eat.
It promised
Me
The yummiiness
Of fried
Eggs along
With cheese
With a dash
Of pepper
Coupled
With juice
And coffee.
I rushed to
The kitchen
Gripping
My share
And while I
Ate,
I dreamt.
Once done
Mt friend
Awoke
Me from
My reverse!
The plate, cup
And glass
Sat empty...
I was still
Very hungry
So i went
About fixing
My dream
Meal!
FREDERIKA MENEZES
THE SCREAMER
Awakened
At the
Three
To a
Horrifying
Scream.
I cowered
In Mt
Bed under
Blankets
Thick.
The sound
Reverberated
Through
The
House
Like screams
From many
Not just
One.
Where
Had it
Come from,
Who was
The screamer
And why
The scream?
These questions
Raced
Through
My mind
As i tried
Calming
Down.
There were
No answers
To find
In my frightened
State of
Mind...
I closed
My eyes.
Drifting
Off to
Slumber I
Was
When a
Scream
Ripped
The air ..
This one
Worse
Than the
First.
It made
Me
Jump out
Of bed
Turn the
Lights on
And look
About...
No one
But
A trembling
Ziggy
Did I see...
He was
Asleep
Trapped in
A bad
Dream.
Rushing
I woke him
Up.
Hush now
Sweet Ziggy
It's just
A nightmare.
Cuddling
In my
Arms, he
Fell
Back asleep.
All was
Quiet
As I dozed
Off
Near the
Kitty bed
With Ziggy
In a
Hug!
FREDERIKA MENEZES
THE GIGGLES
I woke
To a giggle.
Looking
Around,
I noticed
It was
Morning.
I sat up
Quickly
Saying my
Prayers.
There was
The giggling
Again.
I sought
For the
Source
But finding
It not,
I hurried
On to
Get ready
For work...
Giggles galore
Reached
My ears
As zipped
Up my
Outfit.
Who are you
And why
Do you giggle
So?
I questioned
Aloud
Pausing
In my
Chore...
Several seconds
Later
The answer
Came...
It was
A ray of
Sunshine
Peeking
In
Seeing everything.
Oh, it's you!
I exclaimed
Happily...
I went
And stood
Under it...
I warmed
Myself
Up
As I dressed
And once done
I told
It to follow
Me
Wherever
I went!
FREDERIKA MENEZES
THE STORY
I sat
By the
Sea
All alone
Waiting
For
A
Merman
To come
Along.
I heard
This
Tale
From friends
Of mine,
That this
Merman
Was
One of
A kind.
To each
Of them
The Merman
Had presented
A rose
In attempts
To woo
The one.
Alas, the
Roses
All wilted
Within moments
Of being
Touched.
Now he
Appeared
Oh so
Handsome...
Water
Splashed
About as he
Got out.
Here, this
Is
For you
Lovely
Girl...
I took
The bloom
Blushing
While he
Sang of
Life under
The Sea.
At rhe end
Of the
Song,
The rose
Remained
In full bloom
And he smiled
Saying
Girl,
Ypurs is
The heart
That belongs
To mine!
The rest
As they say
Is
A story
For history
On how
I was united
With the
King of
The Sea!
FREDERIKA MENEZES
