Bitter-sweet

Brevity

Some wise man said
It’s the soul of wit

I do agree
Whole-heartedly

Coz I’m plain lazy!


Laziness

I would’ve composed
A fine love-song

I would’ve built
a Taj Mahal

For your love, anything, I say!


Free Speech

I speak from my heart
For I know not how to read!

Serves you right too
Coz you didn’t use your head!

When with your fingers, you pushed me into power!


Power

The more corrupt we are
The more powerful we become

Let’s all be corrupt
And make our nation the greatest

We’re well on our way!




The Way

Give a man the earth
He’ll blow it apart in minutes

Billions of years of civilization
He’ll raze to dust in seconds

And he’ll call it progress!


By MVJ Simon / Poet Bittersweet

Yesterday...

Just yesterday I was a child
Gazing in wonder at the twinkling stars

I wonder now when it was last
I looked at the inky black skies

Just yesterday I was chasing butterflies
Leaping after them in playful glee

I wonder now when I last laughed like that
And ran about, without a care

Just yesterday, my biggest thrill was an ice-stick
Licking it up before it melts

I wonder when, I’ll eat two at once
And have a moustache of milk

Just yesterday, I screamed at him
My voice used full, at its loudest

I wonder when I last shouted
I’ve been mum all the while

Just yesterday, I gave a hug
Without a care, while all are looking

I wonder why, I cannot show love
Innocence lost, hangs head in shame

Just yesterday, I feared boo-boos
Dark rooms and creepy lizards

I wonder where all fears vanished
And with it, the child in me!



A Poem by MVJ Simon / Poet Bittersweet