I am more than the sweat off your browFrom which you get your bread to eat.I am the energy of life that allows the heart to beatto summon the functions of life that the body needs.I’ve animated mankind with the power of motionTo climb the mountains, trod the earth, and cross the oceans.I’m the fuel … More Ode to Labor
Questions are birthmarks of human existence. We’re questions wrapped up in the flesh, searching for answers to erase the question marks that punctuate our existence. Daily we whisper prayers to the ears of the unknown, searching for religious answers to unlocking the mystery of who we are but silence is the language in which our … More Born a question
One day while the gods were gathering in their glory to bask in the praises of mankind, money came into their midst trying to take a seat among the gods. ” You’re no god!” shouted the gods at money, for there is no miracle to bear witness to your godhood. ” It was easier to … More The gods
So brief are the moments of life in the hands of time That living feels like having a one-night stand with time. The impersonal touch of time erodes life to dust As the touch of water erodes metal into rust. Time rushes us through life like a raging river To meet a future that’s not … More Ode to the hands of time
Life was hewn from the environment like monuments were from rocks. The environment determined the structure of our face, designed the texture of our hair, defined the thickness of our lips, and formed the size of our nose, yet we view the environment as the mere background in the picture of life. Estranged by our … More The forgotten self:
Love is the victim of identity theft; Disguising itself in the ideality of love, Romance has cheated the hearts of many From experiencing the reality of love. Romance wears the face of love but lacks the heart To love beyond the surface of intimacy Where the pain of its lover remains untouched. True love is … More The mask of love
People are different simply by being; like fruits, people come with different tastes and spring from different roots. Diversity is the oasis that waters the root of life but the soil of society is spoiled with prejudices that oppose its growth. Our love for diversity stretches from the different sceneries of nature to the variety … More Diversity: the democratic manifestation of existence
The heavens turned on their lights to bear witness To the spectrum of the earth’s beauty, Which ranges from peaks to deeps. The elegance of her peaks touch The moistened lips of the clouds, Causing them to river the element Of life down her steps and seeps in her deeps. Yet she Maintained her primordial … More A love poem to the Earth
Once there lived the richest man that had ever lived under the sun, so rich was the man that even the utensils of his many servants were made of gold. Like King Solomon, this man had seven hundred wives and three hundred concubines to quench his every carnal want and need in life. Yet a … More Parable of the void
If there was such a thing as an emotional hospital, roads would’ve been emergency lanes built only for the use of ambulances. Behind the pseudo smiles that are painted on countless faces, lies the invisible pandemic of emotional pain. Many people are living with emotional pains that were born on the day that their loved … More Emotional hospital
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