LIVING

LIVING

The morning 

Came

With a

Gentle sigh...

Birds flew

Across

The canvas

Of heaven...

I looked 

Up and

Smiled,

Another night 

Had passed

I was 

Alive!

   FREDERIKA MENEZES

BE CAUTIOUS

BE CAUTIOUS

Talking

In my

Sleep

I spill

Secrets

I ought

To keep. 

So wrong

To myself 

I thought

As I 

Decided 

To keep

Awake

Night and

Day 

Drinking

Coffee

To remain

Alert 

Became

My mission...

How long

Itd work

I didn't 

Know

But I just

Drank

Cup after

Cup

Until my

Head hurt,

Eyes burned

And body

Yearned

To stretch...

Secrets

Had to

Be kept

Though

So I have

Been awake 

For many

Long

Years...

If you 

See me,

Don't approach.

To talk 

Or I.may,

From

All the pent

Up energy 

Punch

Your face

Off!

   FREDERIKA MENEZES 

THE ENCHANTRESS

THE ENCHANTRESS 

Gather around 

For a

Story song.

Said the

Enchantress

Fluttering 

Her eyelashes. 

They obeyed

In a

Trance...

She began

Her

Telling

With intense

Feeling...

They listened

Oooh'd and

Ahhh'd

Living each

Moment

Of the 

Tale.

She sang 

In varisd

Tones,

So the

Story song

Came to

Life...

The audience

Was under

Her spell

As the story

Unfolded...

Much too

Soon

It ended

Or so

They felt.

Not one

Of them

Realized 

The tale

Was

Three sixty

Five 

Days

Long. 

The year

Long story

Song

Was lived 

In a daze,

All along!

   FREDERIKA MENEZES 

RINGOLET

RINGOLET

The streets

Were quiet

With

Anticipation...

At any

Moment,

She would

Appear.

She was 

The princess

Of fairness

And happy

Dreams. 

It was 

Said

In her

Palace

She had

Little

Beings 

Who lived

In bubbles

And spoke 

In squeals.

They were

Her people

And she,

Their princess

Queen. 

Her land

Was

The fluff

Of dreams!

Now, she 

Appeared

With

Such radiant

Beauty

And beside

Her

Was the

Bear named

Pinky.

The crowds

Cheered

As she

Walked by

Spreading love 

And joy

To all

In sight.

Ringolet

Princess queen

Of Lantern

Goofs

Won the

Hearts of

Humans

Too!

   FREDERIKA MENEZES 

*Inspired by The Pepprns and Wars of the Mind*

GHOSTLY RENDEZVOUS

GHOSTLY RENDEZVOUS 

Taken in

By the

Dark,

She stepped

Out

In her

Night gown.

Enchanted

By no

Light,

She walked

In a 

Daze.

Eyes closed 

Clearly

Asleep,

She went 

Forward

Like a 

Zombie.

There were

Few

Out And

About

At that 

Hour

And they 

Saw her.

Took fright 

They did,

Seeing

As she

Was all

In white ..

It was

A ghostly

Sight!

The woman

Walked for

A while

Until

She came

Upon a

Bench

On which

She sat.

There, he 

Appeared

Out

Of deep 

Shadows...

Sitting beside

Her,

He embraced 

Her to

Himself

So tenderly...

For long 

Moments 

They stayed

That way...

Then just 

Before dawn

They parted

Ways.

One to the 

Shadows

While the

Other,

Back in doors.

It was an

Eerie

Sight

To behold.

Unforgettable,

The story

Gets

Resold!

. 

FREDERIKA MENEZES 

SPECULATING MINDS

SPECULATING MINDS

It is

A river 

Of money 

She sails

On...

Or so 

They

Believe.

Easy earned

Money 

Falls at 

Her feet.

Money

Bracelets

She wears

On both

Her wrists

And finger

Rings

Of the same

Upto  her

Fingertips.

So much

Money

She dresses

In it

They say

When funnily

Enough,

They have

Never actually 

Seen her

In any

Of  the

Above...

It's all

Supposition

And speculation 

All hearsay

Of the

Idle and 

Jealous 

Minds

That have 

Never earned

More than

Two times!

    FREDERIKA MENEZES