HEED AND REACT

HEED AND REACT

I hear it

A fourteen year old

Heart beat...

It  is in tune

With a sad

Melancholy 

Beating for

The sake of

Just being...

I see them

Fourteen year old

Eyes

Look at the surrounding...

They brim with 

Tears

At what is happening!

Untruths being told

And rage been 

Given reign to.

Through mankind's 

Doings 

How the World's 

Cloak of seasons 

Have cruelly

Been rearranging...

The soul of the

Fourteen year old

Heaves...

If only 

Humankind would

Stop

Its greed

In every which way

Its ego it feeds...

The Earth's pain

Would gradually heal

The fourteen year   

Old life

Would laugh and 

Smile

No longer in hurt

Sigh!

If only

Humanity would 

Take heed and 

React

Before fourteen 

Turns to a 

Fossil 

A lost memory 

In the World's 

New breath...!!

        FREDERIKA MENEZES 

THE OYSTER CALLED WORLD L

THE OYSTER CALLED WORLD 

I saw them

At me, smile...

Surely they liked

Me, I thought 

Let me go

Hangout with them a

While...

Decided, I!

As my wheelchair 

I rolled

Fast as can be, filled 

Was I 

With a sense

Of belonging...

As I neared, I 

Saw their smiles

Grow to toothy

Grins and wicked 

Laughs!

Why were they 

Laughing so?

I wanted to know.

Reading curiosity 

On my face

The first said 

That though beautiful 

I was a physical disgrace...

And then turned away!

The second nodded 

Adding that though I 

Spoke, my voice 

Was a garble of words

And perhaps I couldn't 

Even understand or hear...

The second turned 

And left

As well!

A frown creased

My brow

Why were they leaving 

Hadn't they beckoned

To me 

With friendly smiles?

I wondered...

The last remained

Standing a while

Grinning...

Kneeling then spoke

To me

Underlying what already 

Was said

Added a thing or two 

More...

I was apparently 

Beautifully pretty

And intelligently smart

But lack I did

The ability 

To capture the walking 

Heart...

I was being admired 

For my smile 

And pretty face alone!

A sad melancholy 

Stole over me

As I turned to 

The sleepy sun...

A gently wind

Caressed and embraced 

Me.. 

A butterfly kissed 

My lips!

I was the beastly beauty 

Of a pearl

In the oyster called 

World...!

      

               FREDERIKA MENEZES 

        

2021, WELCOME ALREADY

2021, WELCOME ALRÈADY

 Dear 2020

It's time to 

Say bye bye eesh

And for all you 

Have brought me

I confess,I don't love it...

So with you, take it!

2021

You're a year yet

Unborn

And in you, I the world

Place the following 

Order...

Love and joy 

Success and Beauty unbounded 

With freedom to

Smile and laugh unhindered...

365 days

Bring me these

That I caught up

In these, I may forget 

What was 

And instead 

Revel in what is...

Riģht. Off you go

2020

Off of my calendar 

Man, you have been 

Creepy!

2021

Make me proud 

That in you I shall sing

And dance 

About knowing you...!

         FREDERIKA MENEZES 

FAIRIES, IN YOU I BELIEVE

FAIRIES, IN YOU I BELIEVE 

Sprinkle fairy dust 

Over me

That what I wish

In my heart of hearts

Might be real...

For, my wish is 

Ever so child like 

And true...

Flutter fairy wings

Upon my every breath 

That I may

Inhale the goodness alone

Leaving the bad

Aside...

This I believe, is my 

Life's right!

Oh fairies 

So magically beautiful 

Spread your beauty

In these present moments 

Of my life...

That the tormenting fog

May change and be 

Joyful, pretty and a

Delight to live in...

Fairies, in you I 

Truly believe 

Let me not down

Rather grant me the 

Wishes

I have penned here 

In this poetic rhyme...!

        FREDERIKA MENEZES2

WITHIN UNSTEADY ARMS

WITHIN UNSTEADY ARMS 

We cradle life

In our 

Unsteady arms...

Unsteady from tiredness

From hurt and 

Loneliness...

We cradle life and

Watch it grow

Entraced, we wonder

How time

Flows!

With each breath

To life, hope we p

Try to give

Cradling gently 

Precariously 

As we live...

For the world 

Is nasty

Forcing our hand

In doing it's will...

It's tough

Yet we do our best...

We cradle life

Not just the now

Born

But our own

And that of

Our beloved's one...

Life, yes precious life

Stay close to

The heart that loves

And within the

Arms that

Unsteadily cradle you

Yet not once

Letting you l

Fall

Therein remain...!

         FREDERIKA MENEZES 

WHAT WE FEAR

WHAT WE FEAR

It's in our

Hearts...

Lurking in the corners

Of our souls...

It's a feeling 

Strong

That only love 

Can overturn!

For, love is joy

Laughter and smiles 

It is the exact

Opposite of what 

Lurks quiet

In the dark recesses

Of our minds...

We fear, fear

And it takes 

Control 

Oh if only

We all knew

That 

Love is 

So much more powerful...!

          FREDERIKA MENEZES

LIVING WITH CEREBRAL PALSY

LIVING WITH CEREBRAL PALSY 

Of my condition 

I narely truly complain 

Or talk

But something now

Makes me want to

Open up..

So read me out...

Living the way

I do

Is a challenge 

To say the least 

And am putting it

Politely...

Seriously though 

I am like a

Snail 

In a shell

My mind tells my body

To behave 

But it listens not

Thereby creating 

Physical movements so grave!

I have a voice

And am grateful 

That I can speak

Though

My words are not

Always clear 

To those who hear me...

And my say

I often have 

To repeat...

My heart is alone 

For lack  of companionable 

Love!

Oh she's on a 

Wheelchair 

And dependent fully

So a girlfriend and wife

She cannot be

To me...

This is the 

Reaction I always get

When I stumble across 

A likeable guy...

And my heart 

Breaks

For, let's face it

Am human 

With feelings to testify

That am indeed 

Very alive...

So what then, you 

Ask?

Well, I am told 

To focus

On the talents

I have...

This I do

But the

Lonely snail

That is me

Struggles to win

A battle

Of the 

Heart

While living

With

Cerebral Palsy...!

        FREDERIKA MENEZES