“SPEECHLESS”
by
JOHNBOSCO K. AMAKEZE
I coated the mesh in the Dark Room
while the morning sun was shining.
Then, I ran out straight in an open air
to set the lyrics,
“L’il Smile Foundation”.
I’d print on a t-shirt,
“Lo and Behold!”
It was dazzling with the sun gone suddenly muddy
And, I said, looking up in the sky
“Could you be a little emotional God,
” like men
“and, give me a smile through the sun”.
It took my breath away!
Within a could minutes shone brightly and gently
that I dropped the frame in my hand
and, took shots of its brilliance.
Then, I stopped to take on my work.
However, in half an hour
I took my phone to see for myself what I’ve got
And, behold!
It was God that I got
Via the most significant and symbolic imageries:
Heart (love)
And, Dove (Peace)
Can’t you see why I’ve gotten to be:
“Speechless”,
so to speak?
Yes!
I believe in miracles!
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“NO TOY!”
by
CHRIS SERAPHINE
In my childhood
I had no toy;
Now, in my manhood
I find no joy
There’s emptiness all around me
Pain, to surround me
I need a toy
And, it’s not that I don’t seek one
But, my unkind world
That has imposed this woe-be-gone
Destiny of doom
Will not permit me play
So, as I stay:
Wondering
Pondering
Making believe that someday
Through some miraculous way
I’d be rewarded in divine graces
To find a toy
That I might play
And, at last, find joy
In this hapless, wretched world
That has deprived me of my childhood
Robbed me of my manhood
Leave me lonesome
But, not lonely
For I know I cannot be not the only
To be left “toy-less”
With a mind in such a mess.
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