Friday, 17 March 2023

DO YOU HEAR IT


DO YOU HEAR IT?

Softly calls a
Voice
Do you hear
It?

It seeks your
Attention 
Just a moment
Of your
Affection ..

Do you hear
It?

It wants to
Share a secret
Tell a story
Recite a rhyme...

It wants to
Ask you
Will you be 
Mine?

The soft voice
Speaks
But you do not
Hear and if you
Do
You do not care...

You are able 
To brush past it
So why
Stop and heed
What you believe 
Is nothing?

A soft voice 
Calls
Pleads for you
To pause and listen
It likens you
To a friend, a "could be"
More...

Allow, the soft
Voice
Quietens 
It has captured 
A heart
Full of affection 
A mind that
Keeps no time...

The voice softly
Sings
Oh, how wonderful 
Are them songs
And joy 
You are missing!

             FREDERIKA MENEZES 

Wednesday, 8 February 2023

A REQUEST


A REQUEST

Wretch,
Why frown at 
The start of 
A new dawn
When a smile
Will go
A long way
In making your
Day?

Wretch,
You do not 
Ever spare a 
Thought to others
But yourself
Selfish and demanding 
In every way...

Wretch,
I see you plotting
And scheming 
Menacingly 
If only to be 
Included
In another's feeling!

Oh Wretch,
Why does it
Have to be
You always first
The rest be damned?

Wretch,
Do you not
Know,
The label you
Put on others
Merely shows 
What you 
Think and feel
Of your own self?

Why Wretch,
Do you choose
To be in such 
Wretchedness 
When you can be
In no conflict but
In totally harmony
With your surroundings?

Wretch,
Think we'll on this...!

          FREDERIKA MENEZES 


Sunday, 8 January 2023

LIVING THE MOVING DREAM


LIVING THE MOVING DREAM

When I was
Of school going
Age
Mum and nanny
Took and brought 
Me
By a Rick
With my wheelchair 
At our feet...

Bumpy fun rides
With excitement 
They'd be!

The Rick's engine 
Provided a noisy 
Music
To my adventurous
Living dream!

The driver 
A friendly Chap
Helpful in lending 
A hand and generous
With a smile
I remember him
All too well
But for his name
I don't know why...

Indeed we traveled 
By the same8i
Rick for a great while!

Then came our
First car
A van
Really...
Of the Rick rides
That was the end...

I never dreamed I'd sit
In a Rick again...

Oh how wrong 
I was!
And what joy
It brought my
Heart...

Bumpy rides again
Looking out the
Windows
Living a moving dream!

To Ricks old and new
I have a very 
Heartwarming connection 
Forever true...!

      FREDERIKA MENEZES 

Saturday, 10 December 2022

QUIET AGONY

QUIET AGONY

Tears are 
Blinked away
Before
They fall
Revealing 
Pain...

No words
Are spoken
At least  
Not aloud...
Though much is
Said
With no sound!

The unartistic
Painter
Has splashed
Life's colors
On the
Canvas so blank...

The life
Of the hues
Drip like blood
In a pool...

Creating an
Unfathomable 
Mural!

Such disgrace
What a plight
Alone
To fight...

Against the
Stacked odds
Of paint brush
On the paint
Of fragile
Life...!

      FREDERIKA MENEZES 

Sunday, 4 December 2022

OH SKY LOVER



TOGETHER IN TRANQUILITY

Oh Sky Lover 
At twilight 
You dim 
Daylight 
Commencing 
Your 
Romance
Beginning our
Night...

While you woo
The heaven
And dance with 
Her in your
Embrace, 
Two lovers
Joined by
Stars around
And over their
Heads,
We call it
A day
And fall asleep
In our beds...

You live dreams
As they realize 
Before yours 
And your beloved one's
Eyes...

We see dreams
In sometimes
Restless slunber
Other whiles
With sights
Laden with tiredness 
Closed to all
Yonder!

Oh, how wonderful 
It'd be 
If only 
We could join
Forces
Sky Lover...

In love 
We human waifs
Would live
Our dreams 
With you 
And Heaven
Together in 
Tranquility!

And when night
Draws nigh 
End,
You'd turn up
Daylight 
Along with us,
Humans
As we awakened 
With contended
Sighs...

How pleased 
We'd all be
With delightful
Nights behind us
New
Love filled days
Awaiting us
In reality 
Dreams
Where we'd all
Live in...!

     FREDERIKA MENEZES 




Oh Sky Lover 
At twilight 
You dim 
Daylight 
Commencing 
Your 
Romance
Beginning our
Night...

While you woo
The heaven
And dance with 
Her in your
Embrace, 
Two lovers
Joined by
Stars around
And over their
Heads,
We call it
A day
And fall asleep
In our beds...

You live dreams
As they realize 
Before yours 
And your beloved one's
Eyes...

We see dreams
In sometimes
Restless slunber
Other whiles
With sights
Laden with tiredness 
Closed to all
Yonder!

Oh, how wonderful 
It'd be 
If only 
We could join
Forces
Sky Lover...

In love 
We human waifs
Would live
Our dreams 
With you 
And Heaven
Together in 
Tranquility!

And when night
Draws nigh 
End,
You'd turn up
Daylight 
Along with us,
Humans
As we awakened 
With contended
Sighs...

How pleased 
We'd all be
With delightful
Nights behind us
New
Love filled days
Awaiting us
In reality 
Dreams
Where we'd all
Live in...!

     FREDERIKA MENEZES 




Thursday, 24 November 2022

AGAIN

AGAIN

Oh where have
You run off
To
Hiding from my
Heart...

Do you not
Know
That it is
You, I seek
To light up
My life?

For a while 
Back there
We were inseparable 
A force  
Unbeatable ...

Now, I am left
Feeling
Miserable!

Why'd you run
Where'd you go?
Out of my
Reach
Like never before...

I miss you
Laughter, I miss
You joy
My heart beats 
As an 
Empty shell
With nothing but
Echoes of 
Your voice!

Return, Oh please
Forever stay
And so
Let me 
Live and breathe
Youth again.

Where dreams 
Begin and 
Never end...!

      FREDERIKA MENEZES 

Sunday, 20 November 2022

WINGS


WINGS

Oh that I 
Had wings...
How far and
Wide
I'd fly...

The world below
Me
The sky above
The four winds
Blowing
Through my
Feathered garb!

I'd see all peoples 
And lands...
I'd hear talking
In languages
Unheard of by me
Before
And varied traditions 
And cultures
I'd learn...

Oh, I'd not ever
Be bored
Or wonder
About life
Beyond these
Walls I am bound 
To call home!

My abode would 
Be
The tallest trees
Upon who's branches
I'd perch
Carefree and singing...

A little bird
Or maybe an eagle
I'd be
If only I had 
Wings 
In freedom, the world
To see...!

      FREDERIKA MENEZES