YOUR RIGHT
It's time...
Put thinking
Caps
On
And decide...
Make a choice
For a change
Or not
It's upto
You
To make that
Change
Should you
Wish
To!
It's time...
To exercise
Your
Right...
Let your voice
Be heard.
It's your right
To
Earn
That
What you want
So,
Vote!
FREDERIKA MENEZES
IN REVERENCE
Sing! Sing of
Your land
And mine...
Let the lyrics
Be words
Of
Praise
For every single
Minute
You live of
The land
Everyday!
Let the melody
Be
Like the winds
Blowing
Through it...
Land of your
Fathers' and
Land or mine...
You are the land
Of your
Peoples spread
Far and wide!
Let the beat
Be
In time with
All hearts
That it might
Resonate
And an echoe
Create...
An echo
Shaking the ground
Beneath
Your dancing, walking
Running feet
Causing
Tremors
All about!
Sing, o sing!
Louder you can
The better
The world
Will hear,
Your love for
The land
You so revere!
FREDERIKA MENEZES
WAR AT PLAY
From the ashes
We are reborn
Like Phoenixes
Bright and
Magical...
Within us
We have
Power
To wield
At will.
We seek no
Battles
No war
Is on our minds...
Yet we are
Struck
By man-made
Lightening
Destroying
Our lives...
Still, we rise!
Little do they
Know
That by killing
And plundering
Our souls
They create
New wholes...
These, once
Peace loving
No longer
Are so.
For who will
Not
Avenge
Destruction
With destruction?
Pain with pain?
Torture with
The same?
Yes we arise
From ashes
No longer just human
But
We now are
Beastly warriors!
Not worthy
To be among
Humane kind...
We are now
Beings
Of a
Warring world!
FREDERIKA MENEZES
WAR AT PLAY
From the ashes
We are reborn
Like Phoenixes
Bright and
Magical...
Within us
We have
Power
To wield
At will.
We seek no
Battles
No war
Is on our minds...
Yet we are
Struck
By man-made
Lightening
Destroying
Our lives...
Still, we rise!
Little do they
Know
That by killing
And plundering
Our souls
They create
New wholes...
These, once
Peace loving
No longer
Are so
For who won't
Avenge
Destruction
With destruction?
Pain with pain?
Torture with
The same?
Yes we arise
From ashes
No longer just human
But
We now are
Beastly warriors!
Not worthy
To be among
Humane kind!
FREDERIKA MENEZES
CHILD OF THE SOIL
Child of
The soil
Do you know
How you
Were born?
Love and lust
United
To pick on
Jealousy ...
The heartbreak
Of one
Gave you
Breath to
Come alive,
To breathe...
Child of
The soil
Do you know
Why you live
Where you
Do?
It is the
Place
From where
Your bloodline
Draws
Breath...
The land
Your forebears
Named
Home
After much
Fighting
And unrest!
Oh Child
Of
The soil
Shun not
Your identity
You are born
Bred
Ingenuity!
FREDERIKA MENEZES
FOR GAZA
Life adrift...
As a ship
With
No anchor...
The innocence
Cries from
The mire
Of destruction...
Save!
Souls stolen
Hearts stopped
Before aging
They have been
Silenced by
The waging of
Indiscriminate
War...
Togetherness
Torn apart
Spilled tears,
Echoing cries!
The land is
No more land
But
Ash and dust
Nothing and
Everything...
Smithereens.
Why?
We know and
Know not
Who in the end
Can make this
Pain
Stop?
FREDERIKA MENEZES
THE TALE
Sands of sands
Swirl around her.
She dances light
And walks
Dark...
Songs of songs
Rhythm in
Feet and hands
Be it walking
Or dancing
She has spring
In her
Steps!
Rolling words
Music in
Talk...
She is story
Come to life
By every bedside
Of many a
Child...
Winking eyes
Twitching
Lips
An ever ready
Smile!
Sands of sands
Swirl around her
She is ageless
Through
Ages...
She is
Sun, Moon
Sky and Earth...
Seriousness
In mirth!
Sands of sands
Waves of waves
Goa, she is
In every unforgettable
Tale!
FREDERIKA MENEZES
FOR GOA
O Goa,
How beautifully
Enigmatic
You are!
A diamond
You are marveled
Even though
Your face
Is frightfully
Disfigured...
Undone by lies
Plundered by thieves
A treasure
You still
Remain
Intact
Ever prestine!
Myths and legends
Swirl about
Your name
Leading you to
A false fame...
The true
You
Lives in those
Who of your
Soil are
Born.
Those who
Live for you
With no motive
But to
Love you...
You Liveo
In folklore and
Song
In the accents
Of your spoken
Tongue!
Yes, you live
In open sky and fields
That slowly
Are turning
Grey...
O Goa, enigmatically
Beautiful
Tell no more
Of your secrets
To none
But your creations.
Stay true, remain
Indisputably
You!
FREDERIKA MENEZES
