Monday Verses

Brevity

As I look back
On this short life
A witness to
Thirty two summers
Countless monsoons
Criminal typhoons
I look back with regret

I regret that I lived
For a future
With a God I cannot see
But who feeds me
And fuels my desire
To be noble

I regret that I feel
My God
As I feel the breeze
In my hair
As I feel the love
Sent from overseas
As I sense the end of hunger
With each mouthful
As my thirst is quenched
By sweet water

I regret that I felt
Divine benevolence
With the passing of the tide
When the sun rose
To give life to those
It touches
When the rains poured
To nourish a thirsty
Earth

In this short life
I regret that I do not
Look back
As often as I should
To count the blessings
Of friendship
Of love
Of faith
Of grace
Bestowed upon me
Despite life’s difficulty

As I look back
I look back with regret
And I do not regret
That regret
Only makes me
Want to make the next day
A better day.





Lie still

A lie for a lie
Is not the same as
An eye for an eye

You lie so comfortably
It is like second skin
Like the air you breathe
Your kith and kin

You destroy the truth
With ignoble intentions
Made manifest
In your inventions

You lie, regardless
Of whom you hurt
Of the homes you destroy
Of the love that dies
At its birth

You twist reality
To suit your morbid tastes
So instead of a diamond
You’re nothing but paste

Each lie is a hole
In the ship God built
To take your soul
To the Heavens that is home

So at the end of it all
When all has been said
Prepare to meet the undertaker
Of wayward souls

Because I pray
That with each lie you told me
You earned a ticket
To burn where you belong
In the fires of Hell.