Trapped within

Trapped within customs, not knowing what they truly mean
Trapped within tradition, without understanding
Trapped within the norms of society.
That hasn't got a clue where it's going

Trapped within the rat race
Trying to get the best out of life
Trapped within the traffic
Crawling to get to work and then back home

Trapped within the deadline
Work that has to be done
Trapped within expectations
You've got to be your best

Trapped within a system
That expects you to deliver
Trapped within the rules
That you cannot deny

Trapped within the wiles of the wily politicians
Who want to suck the life out of you
While pretending to be your best friend
Trapped within a rage, about the injustice of it all
Trapped within
A heart, a soul, a mind
Yearning for freedom

Quo vadis

In the darkness of the day
In the brightness of night
I can see clearly where we're going
That's not how it was meant to be

Creating artificially what nature gave freely
Trying to recreate what's already there
Dominating nature, trying to make it a slave
Man, most foolish, among all creation

Chasing dreams, conquering the earth and the moon and stars
With a wad full of cash in the bank, playing God
Messing around with creation, though he's so puny
And wishing for immortality, for reasons known to him

Does it take nature's fury for you to wake up and see?
Are your blinded so much by your insatiable urge to win?
Or are you foolish enough to imagine that you'll be there forever?
Are you blind to nature's reality

You're lesser than an ant
No greater than a cockroach
A playful claw of a tiger can do you in
You're nothing, the weakest amongst creation
You cant run fast enough
Neither your claws and teeth are strong enough
You cannot win a race against a sloth
He has claws that can tear
Yet it in your mammoth folly
You think you're omnipotent
With the power over life and death
While you're just a silly human

Amassing wealth and power
Which can vanish in a second
If that's not Maya
Tell me what it is

Creating a sense of security
Building a nest so fragile
The smallest of nature's fury
Can scatter it in the wind

Where are you going, my dearest?
What's it that you want?
Power and glory and life everlasting
When you know you're just a frail human

True love

The least you can do for me is be true
There's nothing more I want
There's nothing more I want
Because I love you
I love you
I love you so much
The least you can do for me is to be true

Maybe I'm not the one you've dreamed about
Maybe I'm just not right
Maybe I've failed to be the best I could be
Maybe you haven't seen the best of me

But baby whatever it is
Whatever I'm not
I've tried my best to be true
And that's about the best I can do

I can't imagine a life without you
Baby you know how much I love you
Baby just know how much I miss you
The least you can do is to be true

You're the one in my dreams
You're the one I wake up to
You're the one I see always
You're my own, my own self

Baby all you've got to be is true
Everything else is just not true
All I want to do is be with you
And that's something you'll know is the truth

Sometimes in life, you get battered
You don't know what lies ahead
But even in those times there's one thing I know
You'll be there beside
I love you

Adieu

Don’t know where I am going

Nor what plans life has for me

But one thing I know for sure

That I must go now.

Wonder what tomorrow has in store

Wonder what it will bring

I’ve had my share of pain and sorrows

And that is something I do not want

Somewhere along the way, we’ll meet

Share some jokes and laugh out loud

For we do not know where tomorrow we’ll be

Just alive and well, I hope we’ll be

Till some day, our land claims us back.

 M.V.J Simon 2014

Muse

During those times when I feel so down

Your soothing voice assures me everything is okay

And you lift me up, from the depths of despair

During those thunderstorms and torrential rains

Through the raging thunder and flashes of lightning

I pull you closer to me, in a comforting embrace

During those times when I need to decide

On which path to take, I imagine what you would do

The answer appears, as magically you do

During those times when I don’t know what to write

An empty white space gaping blankly at me

I think of you, and the words just flow

During those times when I cheated on you

Pushing you away not acknowledging you are there

You force your way, back into my thoughts

During those nights when I stayed awake, thinking of you

You took me to those places I’ve never seen before

And showed me a love that is so real

I always wonder why you look at me so fondly

Even when I’ve been bad, mad, sad, glad and errant

I wonder why you never cease to love

And why you didn’t desert

Even when I proved to be so unworthy

I always wonder why you care

There is no reason why

Since there is nothing I have to give

And there is nothing that you expect

But when I need you, you are always around.

My muse.

My love.

M. V. J. Simon 2014