THE MONSTER SILVER GREY
It has ruffled
It's
feathers
And begun
To growl...
Silver Grey
Monster
Awake!
Soon it shall
Be on the prowl!
Dare not
Stand nearby
Watch from
A distance
Its doings...
Lest it
Pounces
Upon you
Tearing you
Breath from
Soul!
You then, no
Longer one!
It roars, wild
As an animal...
Silver Grey
Beast by
The shore...
Step not, on the
Sand
It's soon to be
Swallowed whole!
Yes,
It's awake!
Growling louder
Each day
As the monsoon
Draws near...
The armor
Of the
Wild one
In Grey Silver!
Stay away, afar! Safe
And clear!
FREDERIKA MENEZES
THE PRIVELEDGE
I scribble a
Word
On a
Blank page...
It has immense
Power
Only four
Letters
Bur it can
Make our
World
A fairer place!
This word
Is dreamy
With a touch
A smile,
A hug
It heals...
In It, the word
Carries
Magical feel-good
Elixirs!
Such positive
Force
In a four alphabetical
Word...
How privileged
I am
To know it,
To feel its energy
Inside out!
I write it down
Singing softly aloud
Love
Is the word
I'm talking about!
FREDERIKA MENEZES
POSITIVE VIBES
Why do you
Sit
So glum
Chum?
There on the edge
Of life
You merely
Survive...
The surrounding
About you
Is filled with
Life
Laughter
Music of every
Kind...
Jump in
Join the
Adventurous
Fun!
Sing and dance
Friend of unfriendliness
Life's too short
For your glumness!
FREDERIKA MENEZES
POEM FOR PEACE
Where is Peace
When it's needed
Most?
What of Friendships
And Tolerence?
What has gone
Wrong
With our world
Sulking in
Shadows
Of Indifference?
Love is a
Cast away
An unrequited
Feeling
It would seem...
Just the kind
That was
Told in stories
Of Romance
Narratives of
Old!
Patience, crawls
Thin
Starved and denied
Of being...
How, oh how
Did humanity
Reach this
State
Where Peace
Is a thing
To be sold
And bought
Not a beautiful
Way of
Living...?
I wonder, I ponder
I think
Sad that this
World is
Teetering on
Destruction's brink!
FREDERIKA MENEZES
O RAIN
Silver arrows
Losoosed from
A cloudy
Bow
Strike us
From skies⁶
About
To earth below...
Not arrows
Of mere
Love
But of a delight
That Rain gifts
Us
Letting earth
Quench her
Thirst
And grow
Supple!
Such a wonder
It can be
When the love
And delight
Turn our gentle
Not violent
Toward
Us living beings...
For, when this
Happens
Destruction
Is what meets
Our sights
And at this
We shut our
Own rainy
Eyes!
So I have a
Prayer wish...
Let Rain shoot
Playful, love filled
Delightful
Arrows from her
Bowstring
And allow earth
And being to be
Without loss
And destruction...
Just let us be!
FREDERIKA MENEZES
OVER AMBITIOUS
There I sat
Lost in thought
I muled
Over
My life's lot...
The joys
Challenges
What I have
Thus far
Achieved
And had yet
To accomplish...
Pah!
I exclaimed
I have reached
A long way
But have
A longer way
Still to go...
What am I
Gloating for?
I am grateful!
Folk around me
Climbed down
And up
In their
Doings...
Unhappy, always
Grumbling
Frowning...
Why complain
Be grumpy
Unsmiling
When they achieve
All they
Can and more
Why not be happy
With their life's
Lot?
I wondered
And asked a few
Who in
Reply shrugged
Unknowingly...
Funny, I to myself
Mumbled
That like
An overcast sky
People
Hold their breath
Wanting to
Achieve
More and more
Without thankfully
Acknowledging
All they
Have done
Til this day
By the sweat
Of their brow...
Perhaps they should
Sit and ponder
As I do
In unspoken
Gratitude!
FREDERIKA MENEZES
A RHYME FOR WORDS
Words...
On a page
They form a
Line
A statement, a
Question
A fhyme...
Of all words
I choose but two!
These are of
Power.
They are
Forces of their own...
The Words
Create worlds
And happy homes
Within hearts
Of those who
Choose them...
.
So much
Harmony
In discords
So much
Calm
In storms...
Yes, I know
Well, I have
Chosen
The Words
From the
Wordsmith
Who gave me
Speech!
I am pleased
With my
Treasures
As they
Dwell on my
Tongue...
Love and Peace
Are the Words'
Names,
And worthy are
They
Of such
For, true to
Their forms
They spread
Calm, harmony,
Joy
Even without being
Actually called...!
FREDERIKA MENEZES
