...WILL I EVER FIND IT?

...WILL I EVER FIND IT?

Like the rain
And snow
They fall, my feels
Upon a million
Lives..

I watch and wait
To see
If any of
My feels
Touch any heart...

I find it not
To be so...
Oh, how sad...
My feelings go
Unreturned!

Like the waves
Of the sea
Emotions crash
Upon rocks and shores...

Oh won't anyone
Cup a handful
Of my love, affection
Joy and passion?

Like a gentle
Breeze
A strong wind
The breaths of
My heart, blow...

Oh does anybody
Feel me breathe?

Frail life
That I am
I look for strength
In love...

Will I ever
Find it...?

                FREDERIKA MENEZES

AFTER YESTERDAY

ÀFTER YESTERDAY

I sit and wonder
What a marvel a day
Can be...

It holds promise
With the first
Rays of
Daylight
But for only
Those who see it
With a smile!

How many of us
Wake up
Frowning,
Thinking of how
Dull another day will be?

A day is
Twenty four friends
All siblings
From the house of
Hours
Who join
To make us feel good
Not bad or horrible...

And how do many
Of us say thank you?

By frowning, grumbling
And being grumpy...

How bad, how mean
A lot, we are
When we are gifted
Days and days on end
With such promises
That we can be richer
Than
Queens and kings!

Yes, it is time
For us to open
Our eyes
Every morn
With a smile
And thank
The stars we got
The chance to
See a new day
After yesterday ...!

Rain

RAIN

Oh I hear
The clouds are
In child birth...

Their cry is loud
As thunder
Their suffering
Is bolts of lightning...

The mother clouds
All gather in
The sky
They crowd about
The sun
For comfort
As now, is their time!

The birth giving
Is glorious
And a needed respite
To us on the
Ground...

How evil
We are...
Use we do the new borns
To quench our thirst
And water our field
Of grain...

What an evil people
We are...
Forgive us
Mother rain
For murdering
Your rain drops
Your little ones
Whom you
Birthed...

But we need the water
The little drops
Make our rivers flow
Our food grow
Our thirst die.

The rain drops
Make us, in relief
Sigh...!

       FREDERIKA MENEZES