Breakdown

Well, I thought knew myself more 

Thought I had the strength in me to stay and fight 

All the sticks and stones that broke my bones 

And every little of word of theirs, in their game of thrones 

But Lord, I’m weak and still without a cure 

Oh, and it’s not that simple enough for me to ignore 

Yeah, I wish it were simple enough to ignore. 

 

I remember the old days, when things went wrong 

I’d call on my Grandpa to pick me off the ground 

Mama was busy and daddy was never home 

To hear my troubles and lend me a shoulder to lean on 

And now that he’s gone, now that the dark has won 

It feels like love just built me up to break me down 

Yeah, Love done built me up just to break me down 

 

Well, I was told by some, you need to love someone 

When you felt pain you’ll have somewhere warm to run 

My lover, she was beautiful, too beautiful not be cruel 

She made use of me, the queen and her worker bee 

And I lost myself defending her lies to everyone 

It felt like love just built me up to break me down 

Oh, Love done built me up just to break me down

 

Now I’m a religious man in my heart of hearts 

My faith in god has always been strong 

I’d pray that he’d pick me out of the lost and found 

But god is just a common man, in a crown of thorns 

We were the ones who left Nola to drown 

Yeah, God’s not above us, he’s each and everyone 

Some do good and some will cause you harm 

Love will build you up, just to break you down 

 

Well, Love done built me up just to break me down 

Pushed me to seek solace, lay low, shut down 

Yeah, Love done built me up just break me down.

Crazy (Not to fall for you)

I wish I had the power
To pick all your insecurities
Lock them in a box
Throw away the key
Yeah, I wish I had the power
To show you
You’re as beautiful as you can be
And any boy that doesn’t get on his knees
Would have to be crazy, crazy, CRAZY,
Not to fall for you.
Yeah, he’d have to be crazy, crazy, CRAZY,
Not to fall for you.
There’s a thing about you that sets you apart
In a world so cruel and material
You’re one of the few that think with their heart
Since I’ve got to know you babe
I can say without a doubt
That you put your loved ones first
 leaving yourself at last
You don’t wanna let them down
Just wanna make them proud
So i can’t imagine that any boy
Who walks into your town
Wouldn’t wanna take you out
and make the night never end
walking around and around
Unless he’s crazy, crazy, CRAZY,
Not to fall for you.
He’d have to be crazy, crazy, CRAZY,
Not to fall for you.
He’d have to be batshit crazy
Straight out of an asylum
High on Valium
Have 99 problems
Not to fall for you.

The Best & The Worst

If i would write a thousand poems,
To tell you what i feel
Or say that I love you
What would that reveal?
When what we have
Is deeper than love, babe,
and more complicated in a way.
I like your presence around me
You're my iced tea on a summers day
If it was up to me, babe,
We'd never go our separate ways
Oh, I would challenge you to find
Another man who sees what I see
But if you know me by now
I'll hope you always come up empty
Because you bring out the worst in me.
Its a compliment
Don't be upset, babe
It was never meant
to hurt your feelings
Its just that you are so amazing
You make me wonder
If i deserve to be with you
So i get jealous
of all the people who get close to you
I can be such a child
I'm so afraid to loose you
After all, Its because of you
I'am not a man of yesterdays
Because of you, who eased the fall with a warm embrace
Because of you, I think of love as a happy place
I learnt to dream, because of you
Stepped out of my box, because of you
who turned that box into a home
I can never be alone, because of you
And though I'm hopeful that me and you will be together someday
If you met another man along your way
I would learn to let you go
Yes, I'm thankful
For the man you made of me
I had thought that was all I could be
But darling, you brought out the best in me.

Night never ending

The hours of the night, never ending, and stars all across the sky dimmed down, allow the moon to mourn, while the wind blows silent and the clouds weep on the land. Fear consumed them all, a few broken spirits and the dead remain, only the cruel could feel no pain, hope has deserted but left an eternal flame. Outside this room lies a sea of bodies with waves of men, women and children and beyond this sea, a fence that leads to daylight. Many have sailed this sea but not survived the storm of thunderous bullets that come pouring down. I was one of those who swam across currents of machine gun fire and against the echoes of drowning souls, under the watchful eyes of the planets and high tides of gloom. I was one of those who was crippled and locked inside a room where the hours of the night are never ending....

“A necklace that never grows old”

For as early as I can remember

before I took my first steps

and long before I could speak

it has etched its place by my side

on the same place it was some twenty years ago

with pieces of silver that gleamed in the moonlight

and those black threads, as dark as my wandering soul,

battling the elements bravely

to sit around my neck and hang just above my heart

close enough for me to see them jostle and move about

melodiously in sync to his beats

but as time galloped ahead since then

leaving a dust covered past behind

those black threads have unravelled with age

and feel coarse from everyday wear and tear

the smell of innocence that lingered in their knots has fleeted

even those pieces of silver that jingled to a beat and a drum

have stiffened and lost their shine,

they know, like I, all too well now that life has gotten shorter for them

so they sit further away from my heart

and I ever hopeful, have tried to mend their broken ends

to rekindle the flame that was burnt out by the dark

yet, all it took was a gift from a lover

a piece of silver engraved with Cupid and Persephone

a symbol of challenges overcome by loves eternity

to spread youth like a raging wild fire

that no one dares to put out.

“Who I ‘am” .

It’s not my will to travel down this road but I ‘am,

Where the wind blows and wherever it stops, I ‘am.

Ploughing the cotton fields and planting seeds, come rain or sunshine,

My hands shackled and feet confined, a slave to the system - I’ am.

Wilde’s nightingale searching for crimson roses in winter time,

Another of cupid’s sacrificial lambs to be slaughtered- I’ am.

Dali’s elephants reflecting the image of graceful swans on a lake,

At night a dreamer, at day a flawed man- I know not who I’ am.

One of Sinatra’s timeless records playing “the way you look tonight”,

I may grow older but from the memories made, an immortal - I ‘am.

The earth in my universe.

I love not Mars, I love not Saturn, I love the one that life has chosen, She sits in the center of my heart, amidst brief moments of hope and dreams that are lost to the dark, And When she moves, I follow her closely, with the comfort of the moon and the warmth of the sun, for all her moods and those yet to come, until the end is near and this love is done. She is the earth in my universe.