"the essence of love isnt the dependence of one person but rather the unexplainable happiness and peace that is felt"

What is Love?

Love the greatest gift man could ever have

But why does it hurt so much

Is it because the physical action of sex has now become so easy

That it’s has made us forget the reward of happiness and overwhelming joy from the emotional aspect of love

Or has the human desire of lust now replaced God’s purest form of love

Sometimes I ask myself, do people really know the meaning of love or has it now become a type of game

 Whereby they don’t care as long as they don’t feel the pain

I see my many brethren in relationships they are not happy with

This made me ponder

Does Love not overcome virtually everything?

God showed example by allowing his son to die for us so that we His beloved children could live for Him

Love is not written on a paper

For paper can be erased

Or is it etched on a stone

For stone can be broken

But it is inscribed in the heart

And there shall it remain forever

Love the greatest commandment in the bible

As I keep writing I ask myself what the meaning of love is

Many brethrens see love as a physical thing

But they have been blinded by today’s media portrayal of an emotion meant for peace not hurt

I thought love has to do with one’s feeling or affection

 But what I see is many people replacing it with money

 His Word taught me that the love of money is the root of all evil and replacing love with money will result in no love

I say love cannot be explain merely by words alone

 But by the actions that come from within

I don’t need to wait until February 14 to show my love but instead demonstrate in daily

I am not saying showing love on this day is a bad thing

 Even the Bible says love thy neighbour as yourself because God is love

And

Love is God

When Love shines from within us

 

Then this lustful world will gaze upon a glimpse of God’s Love for His people

 Shalom.

co-writer 

Meshach Yeboah

WHAT A WORLD

What a world we live in that parents leave their young children to roam the streets alone

Playing in the middle of the road with no care in the world as if it were their own

Where legal suits have become a common occurrence

When a simple ‘I am sorry’ is not sufficient enough as an apology but instead we require legal assistance

What happened to this world?

From an alien perspective this world is a natural heaven

With life flowing abundantly

And overflowing sublimely

A planet filled with life from the tip of the roots under the earth soils

To the moist fresh nose of the majestic creature that is the eagle soaring free in the skies

Unlike a puppet trapped and lonely bounded by its master’s coils

But is freedom not all lies?

As the puppet dreams of relinquishing all ties

That’s when he will realise

Without those strings like ties

His life is as meaningless as flies

So in his master’s possession is where his purpose lies

A life totally dependent on others

Do not shame your fathers and mothers

By stiffening your throat to produce natural bubbly fluids

And then spraying it all over your family names like the horrid taste of pure alcoholic liquids

This world has been through too much pain, to last a lifetime

The shame, of

Family feuds

Siblings’ duels

Spouses sues

Forget your differences

Embrace the people’s metamorphoses

Angry wives

The legal suite is not your best friend 

Furious guys

The collision of your fist crushing her tender cheek bone must end

This world cries for peace

Its vocal muscles are aching in pain

The draughts and famines are mere pawns in portraying the grand scale of its strain

Snow in the season before the Sun

And scorching heat in the 4^th season making the ice run

What is happening in this world?

Are we truly safe?

How can we be safe when earth quakes are occurring as regular as new babies born?

When diseases such as AIDs disintegrate the lights of our future

Leaving weeping mothers hurting and fathers scorn

Scorned of this world and all its false promises

Promises from leaders who fling sweet words to satisfy heeding ears oblivious to the real crisis

What meaning do empty words that fill you with hope have…?

Without the passionate actions

That makes one reminisce the strength and love of God’s creations

Reflecting the characteristics of their maker

Take a look at the animals living in coherence and peace

Has our hatred devoured our sanity…

To the point where humanity

Will cease?

DADDY

A message to all dad's from their lil girls...

I'm sorry for ignoring all your advice when I was a little girl
I'm sorry for screaming at you and not realising that u scolded me to protect me from this world
I'm sorry I said I hated you in the heat of the moment
But now I see you were saving me from life's torment 

I'm sorry for disregarding your words of wisdom
And thinking my 10year lifespan was enough to make you look dumb
I'm sorry I remind you of mum 

So much that every time you look into my eyes your face goes numb
I'm sorry I went out with other guy
Because now he turned daddy's little angel into a lie

I'm sorry you had to see me OD and fainted
If it were me I would have stated
We are not related

I'm sorry the encompass of our lives is so broken
That we are lost and forever forsaken
I'm sorry I engrossed myself in worldly affairs
forgetting the fundamental teachings you hoped I would acquire
I'm sorry for being the family black sheep
The one to soil the impeccable crest we wish to keep
I'm sorry my life has been a constant disappointment
Constantly letting u down, witnessing your disheartened facial expression in resentment

Above all I'm sorry for stepping on that ledge
And propelling my irrelevant life off that cliff edge

Right now

A good friend of mine asked me last night what I was thinking right now

Seeing myself in the mirror I saw my head tilt and raised my eye brow

Assuming last night to be this present time,

Here goes my non-relevant rhyme

Confused, tired, distraught and agitated

These are my current thoughts of which appeared unexpected

Let’s investigate

Confused ,

 The term used when one describes a state of mind where one cannot relate

Tired ,

 A physical or psychological feature of human nature that defines one’s mental state

Distraught,

 Either an emotional reaction to an observed scene which shook the inner most parts of the person

Or

The crazed mental condition of ones’ mind that appears to have to explanatory reason

Agitated ,

When an external cause has upshot a negative reaction

From a relatively stable situation

These were thoughts of a night ago 

Let us hope they were just there for show

   

I AM BLACK

I AM BLACK

NOT ONLY AS A COLOUR

BUT AS A RACE

I COME IN DIFFERENT SHADES

JET BLACK, MAHOGONY, CARAMEL, GALAXY AND EVEN TOFFEE BROWN

MY COLOUR IS NOT ALIEN

NOR DOES IT LOWER MY STATUE AS A HUMAN BEING

I EAT THE SAME MOUTH-WATERING AND SUCCULENT MEALS AS YOU

THE SAME RED BLOOD COURSES THROUGH OUR VEINS

I AM BLACK

THIS IS NEITHER A TITLE NOR A PROCLAMATION

THIS IS A FACT

A FACT WITH A STORY

A STORY THAT HAS BEEN CIRCULATING THROUGH THE UNDERBELLY OF HISTORY

BURSTING TO REVEAL ITSELF AND ALL ITS SECRETS

WHERE SHOULD WE START

WE ARE NOT JUST A COLOUR

WE ARE A PEOPLE

WE ARE A UNITED FRONT

BUT INDIVIDUALLY WE STAND FIRM AS AN OAK TREE

NOT PHAZED BY THE MAYHEM AND CONSTANT BOMBARDMENT THIS WORLD HAS TO OFFER

ALL THESE YEARS OF SLAVERY AND OPPRESSION HAS NOT TARNISHED OUR FLAWLESS LOVE AND DEVOTION TOWARDS OUR SKIN COLOUR

DAY BY DAY WE STRUGGLED

BUT OUR FAITH IN GOD NEVER FAILED

THE GREAT LEGENDS THAT BECAME MARTYRS

THEIR NAMES DEEPLY IMPLANTED IN OUR HISTORY

LIKES OF MALCOLM X, MLK JNR, JESSE OWENS, MARCUS GARVEY AND THE LIST IS EVER GROWING

THEY SMASHED THE CHAINS THAT WERE HOLDING US BACK

AND OPEN THE PATHWAY FOR OUR NEXT GENERATION TO PROSPER

YES I AM BLACK

OR SHOULD I SAY …

YES WE ARE BLACK

BUT BLACK DOES NOT STAND ALONE

JUST AS BLACK IS CONJURED UP BY A MIXTURE OF DIFFERENT COLOURS

SO IS THE PLANET WE CALL EARTH

WHICH FROM SPACE

RESEMBLES AN ARTIST’S PAINT PALLET

A COMBINATION OF VARIOUS COLOURS

WITH ALL THEIR MOLECULES JOINING TOGETHER

TO FORM THE MAGNIFICENT SPECTACLE WE LIVE IN

SO INDEED WE ARE BLACK

AND OUR HISTORY TELLS A STORY

BUT IT DOES NOT DEFINE US

JUST AS WTHIN THE COLOUR SPECTRUM NO COLOUR STANDS ALONE

NEITHER SHALL THESE BEINGS BASKED IN THIS BEAUTIFULL BLACK SKIN BE LONELY ISLANDS

 WE MUST THEN EMBRACE THE FLURRY OF COLOURS THAT WE ARE BLESSED WITH

FOR IT IS THIS INTRICATE FUSION THAT CREATED SUCH NATURAL BEAUTY

OF THE NATIONS PROUD COLOURS

AS A MIRAGE OF A GLISTENING RAINBOW

BUT

 TAKE HEED OF ONE CRUCIAL FACT  

WE

WILL ALWAYS BE PROUD TO PROCLAIM

TO THE HEAVENS

AND TO ALL

THAT

WE ARE BLACK!

SHE = ME

I know a woman
She is the strongest person in the world
She stands head above everyone I know
She is my guardian angel 

My rock I lean on
And my knight and shinning armour
When times where tough she would smoothen the rough edges
She would put me right when I stray off the track
She has been my rock….
So it is time for me to be her anchor
She puts on a masquerade of happiness
But her false expressions of joy are transparent in my eyes
In my eyes she is a dormant volcano
Desperately stacking up her feelings in her impenetrable safe
But I feel her anguish as clear as Siamese twins feel each other’s pain
My strength grows as she heals
And dwindles as she aches
Her tears flow out of my eyes
Her blood through my veins
Her breathe is my breathe
I will carry her burden willingly
Take it upon myself to ensure her safety
Till the day she dwells in true tranquillity
Her angelic smile resurrected like the majestic phoenix from the ashes
Her soul basking in heavenly warmth
Worthy of True peace and happiness
A gift I happily trade my existence for
For she gave me life
Warmth… Family…Peace…Hope and Love
I am a reincarnation of her

She is me 

She is my MOTHER