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
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
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
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
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
TRUE PURPOSE
Draw me a.
Bridge
That I may
In a whim
Cross it
Reaching
The other side
Of here...
I am set
Ready to leave!
Out of time
My garments are
Made
Of cloth and paper
Straps.. .
They'll tell you
The tale
Of my long wait!
Upon my feet
I wear no heels
Just plain
Sandals...
They've been worn
For a great long
While
Thinned out by
The passage
Of timeless time!
Above my head
The skies have
Turned
Many times over
Marking the many
Rebirths
Of Earth...
Still, I remain myself
Yet someone else!
So draw me
A bridge
That I might
Cross it...
I tire, I weaken
Where you are
I too desire
To be...
Rested and content
Like you
Knowing my
True purpose
In my identity...!
FREDERIKA MENEZES
ODE TO INDIA, MY HOME
O Land of
My birth
How resplendent
In glory
You are...
Clothed in
Garments of Valor
Your body
Moulded in sacrificial
Triumph
Bejeweled in
Cultures
Crowned in
Traditions...
Wed you are
To every human
Within you, living!
A child once
You were.
A bride you
Grew to be
Endowed with
Teachings of
The wise
That wisdom embraced
Right from
The soil of your
Queenship's feet...
Garlands of silver
And gold
Wear you over
Every inch of
Your outwardly
Whole...
What really earns
You praise, though,
Is the one people
Who proudly say
As do I,
You are India
My heart and soul.
My Home...!
FREDERIKA MENEZES
