It's a crazy world or is it just me?

Why is it that we fight for peace?
And cry for justice?

Why is it that we crave for attention
and shy away when we receive it?

Why is it that we long for love
and take it for granted when it is present?

Why is it that we shed tears for those who are gone
while we made them cry when they were around?

Why is it that we are not satisfied with what we have
and then wonder about the aching emptiness within?

Why is it that we strive so much to make our lives better
and wonder why time passes by so fast?

Why is it that we blame everybody else for all the mistakes
without a thought about what we do?

why is it that we do what we do, think all these thoughts
and disregard it all, the very next minute?

M V J Simon 2011

One wave after another

When trouble comes, it comes in waves

Lashing out in fury

Devouring everything in its way

Nature’s backlash, waves of distress

It’s the way it’s always been

Or is it just what we mankind made

Or is it the ferocious nature

That nature learnt from us?

Having it all and wanting more

Greed, gargantuan, lusting after it all

Leaving precious nothing

Having pillaged everything and looted the world

Is there a way to reverse all that we’ve done?

Set the clock ticking backwards

And hope that those days will come

It’s just a foolish fantasy, a hope, a wish

When the rivers have dried

And the plants have perished

And when the earth is laid desolate and bare

Some memories should be there to keep us hoping

M V J Simon 2011

All and nothing

Having it all

And yet having nothing

An empty face

A mask

Hiding all the pain away

Beneath that painted smile

The façade a beautiful lie

While the inside is grotesque

Marred beyond repair

A ghastly sight

That makes me want

to look away

Wonder what cleansing rituals

Will soak up the muck

And leave me feeling clean

Wonder what penance out there

Will clean out the inner self

And make me smile again

MVJ Simon 2011

All is well

When I looked away

I lost a chance

Of a future

that might have been

When I paused mid way

The moment just passed

And I lost you there

Wonder how it would’ve been

When I chickened out

Lost courage

At times

when I should have led

I lost so much

That I don’t know

And probably never

will know

Was it just a glance

An unspoken word

A timely hug

Or one single moment?

There’s so much I lost

That I don’t know I lost

I keep assuring self

That all is well

M V J Simon 2011

Caught

Between the real and the dream

I find an existence

And question my sanity

Between life and living

I find breathing space

And wonder, am I alive?

Between lies and truth

I seek what is comforting

And think that it is right

Between evil and goodness

I chose the one that is fun

And I am so sorry

Between now and eternity

I fill up moments with work

While life ticks by. 

MVJ Simon 2011