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Being grateful

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I'm grateful for all the things I've seen, I'm grateful for all the places I've been, I'm grateful for all the people I've known, I'm grateful for all the seeds I've sown, For those seeds came to life and became trees, And gave me plump tomatoes for which I'm grateful today. I'm grateful to have walked on the face of this earth, I'm grateful to the wonderful woman who gave me birth. I'm also grateful for all the novels I've read, Of the marvelous authors and poets long ago dead. For they've filled my head with infinite tales, I'm grateful to be born into an era of females. I'm grateful for all the music that's been composed. The doors I opened were somehow closed, But it meant new opportunities for windows to be blown, Now I can listen to Mozart and Beethoven on my phone. I'm grateful to have jumped into a pond, I'm grateful for the connecting bond, That I've with the cosmos and my kinfolks, I...

Blank

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I dont know, The art of not knowing The hunger of wanting more The abstract idea of being clueless Ideas, they don't come to me, Yet I seek knowledge At this point of time, my head is empty. It does not mean I don't feel, It's just that I can't think. My head is making up stuff But it seems worthless It's useless all that I feel All I want is to be able to think Thinking is what makes me who I'm Maybe I'm not myself today Maybe I'm not myself most days But who am I ? It's a question I seldom ask myself, But when I do, my head goes blank. Just like my name will when I pass into nothingness. All I know right now, All I feel right now is nothing.