Once, a child I was; long, long t
Those days forever gone, they didn
Now, as grey cells go; mem’ries fa
Soon I may forget friends I used
Time flies fast, while I await wi

yes, cherries have pits,
and doughnuts have holes
life can be a bed of roses,
or of red-hot coals!
sometimes it’s real;

I live in a four-walled box
A TV, a couch, pictures on the wa
But my heart is homeless
A sweetheart, no one I can call
Night time in this big city

As a youth, I felt like superman
An immortal, an ultimate warrior
But life tempered my outlook
Sadly, now I have become a worrie
FA

Unread my rhymes could be, it matt
Even if all my poems gain no accla
Satisfied will I be and bear no s
For my time and effort won’t be fo
Words I write describe the beauty

As usual, a case of he said, she s
Another argument halfway to nowher
Been that way since the day they w
It seems they’re amidst a nightmar
But they seek their bearings inste

Vintage models we are; some of us
We move with caution, lest somethi
(Except those among us, the health
For spare parts unavailable, or ha
Yes, old we are; we’re yesterday’s

The sky’s grim and pitch black
The moon and stars have hidden
Behind the sinister rain clouds;
A nether world, light has forgotte
Then a bright flash, a beam of lig

Kind words are free; offered by th
They edify, they comfort, they beg
But words unkind cut deeper than a
They hurt and destroy even across
Thus, with your words be careful,

Come
Mend my heart
Broken into pieces
Come
Fix my dreams ripped apart

Monday morning I’ll tarry in bed
Grab a book; read an hour at least
No need to rush, I’ll wallow inst
My free time, a hundredfold increa
A yawn! Lazily, I’ll open my eyes

Smiles in our faces, oh! this joyo
As the strings of the Ninth perme
A spring in our steps; a lilt in o
Joy in our hearts, there’s no room
For the world’s been reborn; sprin