SUN BEAM
I stand
Before you
Plain.
Wash over me
Oh sun ray!
It is you
I seek
To warm
My whole
As I live and
Breathe
You are
My soul.
The river shimmere
Gold
In your sight
Silver too
At times!
Oh sun beam
You dazzle
Me
When you
Glow,
I know
The world
Is
Lovely...
So don̈t
Hide behind
Cloudy veils
You are
Life giving
In a very
Wholesome
Way.
Oh sun ray!
FREDERIKA MENEZES
THE ONCE PEARL
I once
Was known
As the eastern
Pearl
Now my
Beauty
Is
Fading...
I'm hit
And mistreated
Abused by
Admirers.
They call me
Lovely
Paradise pretty
Yet
They won't
Let me
Be!
My face
Is scared
By modern
Time dreams...
My soul
Torn
From within...
All of my
Own
Have abandoned
Me
For what they
Believe
Are
Far better
Rivers and
Streams
Of currency!
Oh, I weep
For what I
Was
And what i
Have become.
A hideoua
Face
A ragged soul,
My heart
Tattered and
Torn.
I am
Not what I
Once was...
I am
Goa no
More!
FREDERIKA MENEZES
KNOWING
Gently blowing
The breeze
Sways
My whole...
Facing the waves
Of life
I stand
Alone.
No hand
To hold
Nor shoulder
To lean on...
I'm a no one
Companion
To the soft
Winds
Of passing time.
My dreams
Are ripples
Upon the shore
Of sighs...
I silently
Cry!
The river
Wraps itself
Around my
Feet
As though
Beckoning me
Into it...
I do not
Swim
Yet I shall not
Drown
For the waters
Will carry
To
Other Shores
Where i will
Not
Sigh
Anymore.
Gently blowing
The breeze
Sways
Me whole...
I know
I must go!
FREDERIKA MENEZES
UNFORTUNATE YOU
Why?
Why do you
Turn me
Away
Making my
Heart beat slow
And to the
Rhythm of
Pain
Sway?
It was such
A smooth
Road
We were on
Until you carved
A.hole
Letting me
Fall...
You then stepped
Back
Not giving me
A hand!
There were other
Things
To do,
Life to live
Instead of helping
Me up
To stand!
Oh, how dare you
To myself
I thought..
As I lay there
Eating dirt!
Then all at
Once
I knew
What to do...
I rose up
And began
Following you
So if you thought
You got
Rid of me
Think again.
You have
Made yourself
An enemy friend!
Beware
For
I am the ghost
Of Miss
Cruel cool!
FREDERIKA MENEZES
FOR EVERY MOTHER
A wish
From the heart
That was born
Within
Love...
A prayer
From the soul
That shivers
Within
The frame
Of bones.
Let me
Tell you
About this
Life...
It breathes
In quiet
Strife!
It loves
And defends
It laughs
Even when
Sad...
This breath
Is precious
Above all
Else...
A priceless
Treasure
It is
A rare ray
Of endless
Energy!
What is it
Called, you
Might ask
Why, it is
A Mother
I pen about...!
In reverence
I say the name
My guide
My light
Best friend
Even though
We sometimes
Fight.
In difference of
Opinion
She is
The sense
Quiet fortitude
In times
Turbulent!
Mother
I sought
A gift
For you
But nothing
Came close
To the measure
Of love
That for you
I feel
So I penned
These verses
To speak my
Gift.
Hope you like
It!
Love and hugs
Heart of your
Heart!
FREDERIKA MENEZES
A REQUEST TO TIME
Time, please
Stop
Ticking
Halt your
Fleeting moments...
It does no
One
Any good
Your speed
Riding
The day
Like a racing
Fool!
I sit and stare
Sometimes
Seeing the expressions
On the clock face
Change...
It leaves me cold
Afraid...
Frightened of
What will be
When
Time does strike
Me a raw cruel
Deal...
Will I agree
Ot will I fight
Back?
Again,
Time alone
Knows that!
Fascinatingly wicked
You have been
Since we came
To be
You and me...
I do have
Delightful moments
But they tick by
Too fast.
Time, all I ask
Is let me
Live
The joy
Longer
Don't fly by!
You are
Time
And none
Can stop
You
From running
AwY
With every
Hour of the
Day...
Like a lover
You steal
Moments!
Time
Please slow down
In your
Going
Let me enjoy
Moments worth
Living!
FREDERIKA MENEZES
CALL FOR PEACE
Where is love
When it's need
Most?
What of friendship
And tolerance?
What has gone
Wrong with our
World
Hiding in shadows
Of intolerance,
Indifference?
I sit here
And i wonder...
I ponder
,our world
Amid manmade
Disasters!
It makes
My heart cry
So my mind
Cannot express
My feels...
Do you know
What its like
To want to say
So much
But be trapped
Into silence
By a wailing heart?
Wake up
Leaders
The ones in
Power
Enough of warring
And scarring
Humanity
It's now
Peace's hour!
Let see reign
Long and true
That our hearts
Yours and mine
Beat in contended
Solace...
Give Peace
Her time
To rule and heal
Our broken
World!
FREDERIKA MENEZES
