The Heat Makes Life Sluggish

here in my father’s hometown

of Vadama

and everything moves slowly

all my papers and records

I am sad and frustrated

the thoughts in my head

are sorrowful

I want to whip

every single thing

so that they can go faster

but I have no choice

I have to wait

I am the mercy

of this merciless

bureaucratic sun.

Life Has Left Me Feeling Miserable

and my thoughts spin

in my mind

leaving me dizzy

I want peace

but there is cacophony

and outside the sun

hits the street

and the houses

with its heat

and its blazing light

making them look

like they are melting

this is my world now

full of turmoil

leaving me

curled up in bed

like a worm.

There Is Only Heat

in my father’s hometown

of Vadama

where I unfortunately live now

heat that drives you mad

and for me who is already mad

that is really sad.

Tired Mind

you need to relax

and let your thoughts

disappear like gas balloons in the sky

empty your head of everything

all worries all queries

and now take in the things around you

see how simple and peaceful they seem

the umbrella the spectacle case

the talcum powder the bath towel

the curtains slowly moving in the air

from the ceiling fan

the quiet multimedia speakers

and how your tongue in your mouth

has silently gone to sleep

and your breathing in and out is so calming

while the world outside is tranquil in the dusk

and you embrace the motherly universe in your arms.

Clarity

is slowly returning to me

who was confused

or blank for long

now I can think

as days go by

and confidence

is replacing fear

and I feel that

in the future

I will get better

and better

and all my dreams

will come true.

I Am Puzzled At Life

how it blows hot and cold

what is it trying to tell me

what should I do I wonder

and as the years pass by

I grow old and tired

my dreams have

been squashed

and I have become sad

along with being mad

what is left for me

I shout at the sky

and hear my voice

fizzle out

thus I know I am nothing

that one day I will die

and the world will just go on. 

Slowly I Return To Myself

I was lost

and searching

high and low

for me

I always thought

I had gone away

somewhere

and that my body

was just a shadow

an apparition

but now

I can imagine

the 52 years

I’ve lived through

I know I am here

writing this

for you.

Squashed Like An Ant

I barely live

I have curled up

and wait for death

my life was so

uninteresting

travelling from

here to there

and there to here

this is how I feel

about myself

worthless

useless

and now I don’t

have the strength

to get up

and move

while another foot

bears down on me

before I breathe

my last and die.

Words Are Rattling My Brain

they are like oceans

of phrases

in my ears

crowded in my mind

they cloud my vision

while I sit still

and wait for them

to settle

slowly calm returns

and with it happiness

in which I float

I feel relaxed

life is treating me well

I find the universe’s

invisible hands

rocking me joyfully

while I drink milk

at the moon’s breast.

Frustration Eats My Mind

leaving me half blind

making the whole world

seem broken

without a word spoken

what can I do to change this

I wonder

life itself is a blunder

a cheat a thief

a kingdom without a chief

leaving us to fight

showing might is right

that is what is happenning today

day after day everyday

from the beginning

it has been this way

some people cry others pray

and the cosmos goes on

while vehicles in a traffic jam

blow their horn

and it will be like this

till the end of time

and the only relief for me

is to make my words rhyme.