Say good bye
Leap with joy and
Shut that door
If it takes you
Three steps backwards
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Category: Daily Prompts
It IS a BEE!!
A sweet sweat bee came by
I assumed it was a butterfly
It perched on my arm heart
Burning sensations…
Ahhh!! Stung by a butterfly??
It IS a BEE!!!
Swollen arms
Broken hearts
Lesson learned
Costly assumptions!
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True Beauty
Greener grasses
Brighter moons
Transcient and ephemeral
All that glitters
Is not gold
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Lost in Him
“May all I am
And ever hope to be
Be lost in the depths
Of who You are
Majesty”
My Lord, My King, My All
I searched for You
I found who I was
I gave up myself
I found You
I sought Your heart
You showed me mine
I surrendered my heart
You led me to Yours
The closer I come
The more I detest my vanities
The nearer I come
The more I desire Your virtues
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800 Followers!!
800 followers!!
800 followers!!
I must be doing something right!
Trudging slowly
Lost my zeal
Ticking clock
Writers block!
Some scrolled past
But others liked
My blog to the gallows
But many followed
To the reader, thank you!
For the comments, thank you!
For the likes, thank you!
To the follower, thank you!
800 followers!!
800 followers!!
I must be saying something right!
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Take A Look At Myself
It is so easy
To point fingers
And lay blames
We recount what
Should have been
And what the other needs to do
We feel like champions
And pat ourselves on the back
We lose compassion
Until we find ourselves
In similar situations
Then we realise what
What we should have done or
How we should have acted
I need to take a
Look at myself
Pretend with a little
Bit of role play
Or role swap
How would I want others
To treat me?
A little compassion makes the sun
To shine in someone’s garden.
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Grace Wins Every Time
In the Book of Esther, the name God was never mentioned; yet, throughout the book God is evidently at work in the lives of the people and the intricate affairs of the nation.
Even though it appeared as if evil men were gaining the upper hand, God was still in absolute control protecting His people.
We may not completely comprehend everything that is happening around us; nevertheless, we cannot relinquish our trust in God’s salvation. We need to maintain our integrity and faith in God by doing what we believe is right and just.
Esther who risked her life to appear before the King, became a great heroine to her people; Mordecai who was effectively condemned to death, became the second highest ranking officer all over Xerxes’ empire.
No matter how like a dead end our conditions may seem to be, no matter how evil, sickness or sin may seem to reign and gain ground, even when we just want to give up, we cannot afford to give in to despair for God is still very much in control. His grace is always available for His people. When the timing is right, we would see that we already have the victory by His grace.
Be assured, grace wins every time.
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Life is a Gift
I Love Mondays
Thank God it’s Monday
Really?
Yes
I love Mondays
Why?
Don’t you know the meaning of Mondays?
No I don’t
Hmmm…
Mondays mean
– School runs
– Packed lunches
– Rush hour
– Going to work
– Work colleagues
– Driving to work
– Appointments
– Deadlines
Exactly my point. That is why I don’t like Mondays.
No, take a closer look-
I’m grateful I have children.
I’m grateful I have a family
I’m grateful my children are in school.
I’m grateful I’m there for them to do their school runs, to help them with their homework.
I’m grateful they have food to eat.
I’m grateful I can afford healthy food for them.
I’m grateful I live in a community, I’m not alone or isolated.
I’m grateful for this community of care workers, utility workers, bankers, transport workers, etc all of us making effort to be at our work posts.
I’m grateful I have a job.
I’m grateful I earn a salary- it means I have money for bills, business and pleasures.
I’m grateful I have people to work and laugh with at work.
I’m grateful there’s a workforce complementing my little inputs.
I’m grateful they also have jobs.
I’m grateful I have a car, I drive to work
I’m grateful I walk to work. A good opportunity for exercise.
I’m grateful I fly to work. Very comfy in a jiffy.
I’m grateful for deadlines and appointments. My input is appreciated. I am important to someone.
I’m grateful I’m alive to do all these.
I’m grateful for Mondays
I love Mondays
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Love. Love. Love.
love
love has always been
an action word
actions always speak volumes
more than words
actions are always the mirrors
into your soul
narcissism has no friends
agape’s friends are countless
love will always be
an action word
love
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I Found Him Too
“Now I belong to Jesus
Jesus belongs to me
Not for the years of time alone
But for eternity”
(Hymn by Norman J. Clayton)
I found Him too
At banks of the River
Where springs of Hope
Bubbled in delight
I found Him too
In the Dawn of the day
When I knelt in contrite
Near my bedside lamp
I found Him too
With unspeakable joy
Where cords of Love
Bound my heart to His
I found my Saviour
That is,
After He found me first
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Write A Cheque For Liberty
What is the cost of freedom?
A soldier’s life?
What is the cost of liberty?
A young man’s death?
Politicians bickering
Smoking cigars,
In luxurious suites
Soldiers fighting
Hungry and homesick
In muddy trenches
Put a price of freedom
What is the number?
Write a cheque for liberty
How much is it?
Bring all the monies in the world
Gather all the gold and the diamonds
Put them in a bank-
How many lives can it buy?
#100 years Remembrance Day
#November11th
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From The Ashes
From the ashes of despair
Let our song rise
From the dusts and tears
Bounce back into the Light
Begone! Unbelief
Our Saviour! He lives
Chant your songs, raise that voice
Breathe again, make it your choice
The past ain’t got power over you
Follow the Light, don’t stay down
From the ashes, rises a new you
For the dust can’t keep you down
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Marmalade
Watching Marmalade my little pooch as she aimlessly and nonchalantly chewed her dog biscuits while her big black eyes stared into my steak, I didn’t need any 6th sense to tell me what I needed to do. I stood up and went to the kitchen.
At the sound of the kitchen door, Marmalade immediately abandoned the biscuits and came to me in the kitchen, wagging her tail excitedly and looking at me with so much hope and anticipation. I grinned.
Picked a steak from the saucepan, diced and dished them into her plate and set it down near the biscuits in the living room. She quickly pounced on it and devoured the delicacies before you could say Robinson Crusoe, totally ignoring her biscuits.
When she finished, she came and settled cosily near my feet, content and full. I patted her furry little head, resumed my meal while I watched my favourite whodunnit series- Law and Order.
Daily Prompt: Aimless
(A Reblog. Originally published in June 2016)
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My Name is Fazia
I am a Syrian child,
I am a casualty of war,
My name is Fazia.
You go to school and sing nursery rhymes,
I hide in corners at the sound of bomb shells;
You hug your siblings and say “good night”,
I hurdle with my sister on a mat in utter terror;
You go to sleep with a story read to you,
I go to bed praying it wouldn’t be my last night;
You stroll into town waving at trams,
I run on lonely paths away from fighter jets;
You decorate your house with pictures and flowers,
My house decorations are shrapnels and bullets holes;
You walk on paved streets, with street lights shining,
I walk on streets littered with dead bodies, sometimes in the dark;
Your world is surrounded by beautiful houses,
Mine is surrounded by ravaged and collapsed buildings;
You have your mama, papa, sister, brother, cousin,…
I only have my grandma, my parents died from airstrikes;
You eat breakfast, snacks, lunch, snacks, dinner, supper…
Well, I eat when I find food, if I find food;
Your best friends are Sally, Tom and Tim,
My daily companions are hunger, fear, poverty and pain
You buried your loved one and it makes you sad
I’ve buried my friends and families, it hurts everyday;
You cry sometimes, throw tantrums and act silly
I cry all the time, I hurt all the time, I’m getting tired of life;
I didn’t chose my family, I didn’t choose my home,
If I had a choice…, I wish I had a choice…,
I know, I just want to have a normal childhood.
I am a Syrian child,
I am a casualty of war.
My name is Fazia and it means successful.
What an irony!
Daily Prompt: Successful, Devastation
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(A repost. Originally published in 2017)
Where Am I?
I saw a garden
Untended, neglected and abandoned
I wondered,
Such a beautiful garden
With great potentials,
Where is the owner??
I saw a blog
Untended, neglected and abandoned
I wondered,
Such a beautiful blog
With prolific potentials,
Where is the owner??
I looked closer
I realised,
The blog was actually
Mine
So I ask,
Where am I?
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Grandiose Dreams
Grandiose dreams
Castles in the air
Awoken by
The sting of a bee
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Perfectionists
Ain’t we all?
Constantly searching for clues
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No Shaking Up
Sometimes we need not
Shake it up or
Make it complicated
Atimes, simplicity is all we need
For a lifetime of happiness
#Revisiting daily prompts
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