Discussie: Engelstalige Gedichten

"While They Wait In Ambush, All Day & Dark
Like Deep-Blue Ocean
Predator Sharks
Evil Dictators Conjecture & Bark!
MUSLIMS UNITE....AND TOGETHER WE'll SPARK!"

Regret
What did you ever do?
Who did you help?
When did you ever try?

Sorrow
Why did you yell at your mother?
Why did you slam the door?
Why did you hit your sister?

Helplessness
What can you do now?
How can you redeem yourself?
You can't. You should have done more.

Grief
Your body feels heavy
Your body feels dead
You don't want to be dead

Pain
You stare at your still body
A coldness clenches you
Why did you do nothing?

Alone
Your fsmily slowly leaves
You scream at them "Come back!"
The door closes

Terror
A figure appears
Holds out an enshrouded hand
You're afraid; no where to go

Regret
Pain seizes you
What have you done?
Nothing, you did nothing

Later, the earth encloses upon you
You scream and beg
But there's no escape
No second chance

Worshiping Faith

Blessings of faith
have kept my sanity in place.
Divine, immutable guidance
to live a life of piety and balance

On occasion when I stray
succumbing to inherent weakness
I can always pray
and seek His forgiveness

I worship the Creator
and not the faith
to tone down the zeal
whenever I kneel

Me or my religion
are not His sole creation
Realizing this inference
is the essence of tolerance.

Mother, I have something to say
Something that should have been said long ago
Something I can't keep in any longer
Something I have to say before my time's up

When I fell you picked me up
When I broke down you dried my tears
When I was sick you never left my bedside
Even though you were much sicker than I ever was

When I gave up you made me fight back
When I felt like dying you gave me the reason to live
When Dad died and I blamed you you never fought back, not even once
Even though you were falling apart inside

When I ran away you hunted me down and brought me home
When I lost my temper and punched another kid you were the only one who understood
When I failed my classes you never scolded me
Even I could see the pain in your loving, brown eyes

Mother dear, I'm sorry for how I've treated you
I regret the pain I've caused you
I never realised how much you did for me
I would have never made it as far as I have without you

Mother dear, I'm trying to tell you I'm sorry, truly
I've wasted my time with you
Now, as you lie old and sick on your deathbed
Let me hold you as you've held me throughout these past years