#changeforthebest
I found Aladdin’s lamp on the floor
I picked it up and some smoke came out
A genie started to appear between the smoke
And said:
‘I grant you three wishes, use them wisely;
Where do you start, with this powerful gift?
I grant you three wishes, choose carefully.
What can you fix, what can you change?’
I still couldn’t believe what I saw
I was creeped out and surprised,
Excited and satisfied
Everything seems to be so magical
I wish,
I wish
Can world peace be achieved simply?
A single thought fixing that’s all
Changing hearts, minds and history.
All in a single wish?
End hunger
Share wealth and resources;
Make crops grow, control nature, end greed?
All in a single wish?
Can we cure all ills?
End sickness and pain
Change lives; give hope?
All in a single wish?
Because without hope,
Without an urge for change,
A drive to better,
How can we make our wishes come true?
By:Zoulaikha
Jan 7, 2017
Jan 7, 2017 at 8:21 AM UTC
A broken record
spinning replays
Captions of the
past 6 years
in silence
Music
leaves no stains
It clears the mind
when it flashes
without your permission
To an old face or time
When things were not as they seemed
Flashback:
The grooming lasted
for months
He called it courting
then disappeared
He must have known I liked the words
When time felt blank
He didn’t seem to care
I would leave to boost
the ego
Find what I thought I’d been looking for
But that was the wrong door
I heard my own words
They stuck with me
When I pushed through
the piano to land on the keys
I am my own conviction
I was secretly
praying
for what is the now
It is many doors
When you need self-esteem that much
It’s like a drug you can’t misuse anymore
You need it even more
After there aren’t enough leftovers
After the last drop of water in the canteen
But know that time can’t last forever
It took about a year
I did an interview
at the radio station
She made sure I was safe
She said there is so
much out there
“Find someone who is like you
from your background
who aligns with the level of your life
You deserve to be happy”
And I never forgot that day
The guides were there
And the broken record made its last replay appearance
I rewrote the lyrics
To this day
Refining the script
Pruning the shears of revision
What a beautiful life
Is a grateful play
on words
on beliefs
on your intuitive feelings
That could never take you away
from your destiny
You can turn it around
Any time you wish
Keep revising
You deserve the best
Because you are that
For yourself
Remember that
Imagine and Believe
Jan 2, 2021
Jan 2, 2021 at 11:14 AM UTC