at Pizza Garden,
in bald's man veggie pizza
a strand of black hair.
(10/9/2019)

A time to rejoice,
A time to share your happiness,
A time to be grateful for the Lord's blessings,
Whatever came your way,
A time to pray to make 2025 a fruitful year.
Amen.
24/12/2024

Connect to God,
WiFi is free.

Treat your pain as your lover,
Sleep with it,
Be awake with it
Eat with it
Romance with it,
Cry and laugh with it
Follow it everywhere,
Until like your lover it tires of you and leaves.
4/10/2022

I only want two things in this world,
You and your love.
30/9/2020

Don't forget to give a hug,
Acts like a drug,
Chug a lug, chug a lug,
Smiles with joy from a mug.

As a child I drank milk,
As I grew up to be a young teenager I changed to soda,
Gradually as a middle-aged  man I thought beer was better,
With maturity and a cane in one hand,
I have settled for wine.
30/6/2019.

Were tied with a wire,
Our lives were free,
We parents had time for our children.
Now slowly we are making our children dependent on smart phones,
Willingly leashing them to silent oppressors termed as mobiles  touch screens ipads...
We have replaced our children's Teddy bear,
Meant for comfort and a sense of belonging with a mobile.
Children don't wait eagerly for us to come home,
But to get our mobile or our old one ,
And we easily give in,
Using  mobiles as a pseudo defence system against our children.
At a tender age,
To make our work easier.
We give them mobiles to distract them when they are whining about something,
To get rid of their tantrums.
To shut them up instead of good parenting,
When we are too busy to give them time or interact,
Truly we need technological detox ,
For you reap what you sow,
As we age
Our children will have no time for us,
Cause we never had time to bond with them
Or understand the beauty of a relationship.
2/12/2022

They tell me I am lazy,
Mind you I am not lazy,
My bones and muscles don't  want to move.
My mind tells me work hard and finish a project,
They tell me to switch on T.V. ,
Or play computer games,
To divert my mind,
Find a comfy spot on the sofa,
And indulge in it.
Just imagine,
They have even made me buy a book and mobile stand,
So they can get away holding them.
When friends and my children tell me to exercise or go for walks,
They threaten my little three ossicles ( ears)
Pretend to be deaf.
They made me do kegels,
To strengthen my sphincter  muscles,
They make sure I reduce the intake of water after evening,
So I don't have to go to the toilet often,
My heart, lungs and brain take their sides ,
After all the organs are protected by them
Even my eyes have become blind to their Idleness.
And if I make a point to make them work,
They say it's not their fault
They remind me I have arthritis,
I lack minerals in my body,
As such I feel lethargic,
So I have started taking Vitamin D and B 12,
Ginger and turmeric.
At least now they do few exercises and walk indoors for ten minutes,
Other chores they refuse blaming my spine as back pain,
Preventing me from standing for long.
They are as stubborn as a mule,
What to do ?
They say if I act smart they will have me hospitalised ,
So I have hired a helper to assist me around the house.
20/11/2023

behind the laced screen
lady love in kimono,
breath of Jasmine.
26/6/2019

Do whatever you wish to do,
Either way you will be criticized .

11/12/2021

A tornado,
Unpredictable,
You never know what she is going to do next.
Beautiful and deadly.
23/1/2024.

I fight best with words than fists.
23/9/2023

Your heart is a cup,
Fill it with love to the brim,
Be a soft lover,
With a sweet soul.
1/9/2021

A mother is simply a mum,
Good or bad,
Black or white,
Her heart is full of motherhood,
Nobody can take her place or weigh more in value,
She understands our deepest feelings.
She shouts, nags and makes us do chores,
And sometimes even smacks us,
But all for our betterness,
The whole world will stop worrying about us,
But not mother.
Although she may not have time to dole up,
For us she is still beautiful.
Some leave their mothers alone to fend for themselves,
Or at Old People's Home,
Mothers become a burden,
But remember a mother's prayer can change your destiny,
And Allah has placed the doors to Heaven under her feet.
8/5/2022

No pain,
Sorrow,
Or illness,
How will you remember Allah?
5/3/2024

Is at peace,
When the Angel's hand touches your soul.
30/92022

It rained soft kisses from heaven,
A snow white ****** winter

Lies with women,
With one look she can relay the most intimate message,
And when the eyes connect,
Words cease,
Two souls start talking.
12/3/2021

An apple a day,
Keeps the doctor away.
A dose of music a day,
Heals me
Clears my head,
Lifts my spirit,
Rejuvenates my soul,
My karaoke time in the shower
With soap in my eyes and sound of running water,
My notes don't  matter.
21/5/2025

I did not have any strength,
I could tell him,
I loved him.
So I took the easy way out,
I pretended to hate him.

Finishing my prayers my wife inquired what I had asked Allah for today,
"My Life",
With tears in her eyes she smile and hugged me,
"I know", she said
ME
3/9/2021

One breath,
It's there,
Next second it's gone.
Adios.
17/2/2024

When you ask a person for help,
Only that person will help you or not ,
But if you ask Allah for help,
He sends Angels who helps you all the way,
And you are under no obligation.
Remember Allah answers all your needs,
And your wants only if you deserve them
8/5/2021

Be the sculptor of your own brain.
13/11/2021

falling soft snowflakes
it's beauty touches my heart
softer than a kiss.
8/10/2022

GONE TO YOUR MUM  AM GOING TO MINE SENDING CHILDREN TO THEIR MUM.
16/9/2019

A grave sin, you don't
die by the will of Almighty.
To commit suicide.

I was imprisoned in my mind with negativity,
You came and bailed me out.
Thank you for a new lease of life.

Graciously,
Every age has its own charm.
Infancy,
When you cry,coo and gurgle,
Everyone is smitten over you.
Childhood,
Full of fun and innocence.
Youth,
A package of I know all attitude and don't mess with me.
Middle-age,
Mellowed and wiser,
Old age,
Fair wear and tear clearly seen
Having to use aids and props,
The last chapter of your stories,
Welcome, embrace and enjoy the art of living.
19/5/2022

Is not measured in how much and what you have,
But how much you give.
2/2/2023

Do not give as much pain as the people who desert you in your bad times.
10/1/2022

cannot remember
life is a jungle for me
dementia my muse.
19/11/2019

Prayer is to talk to God as
meditation is to listen to God.
27/3/2021

The key of every evil,
Destruction of wise man
Is "ANGER".

All the answers,
I asked for a new pen,
If you lose this one
You will write with your finger.
Once I asked mum,
Let's have dinner somewhere out,
She put my plate out on the doorstep,
Enjoy your dinner.
I was in a negative mood that day,
Refused to eat rice and curry,
Demanded pizza,,
Good you are going to share your food,
The birds are hungry,
They will enjoy your meal,
And your dad can have the extra portion of your curry,
I am proud of you.
If dad had to punish or ground us,
Silently she made sure he had done the needful,
Or he was grounded from entering their bedroom.
Mum was a woman of few words and lots of action.
19/3/2025

Learn patience from water,
It never resists, only serves others,
It flows,
Goes around an obstacle,
And continues its journey.
24/2/2019.

Between thick foliages
sunlight strives to reach
down to tiny shoots

My neighbour rang me,
I am going away for a few days,
Life is short,
Leave everthing and let's enjoy ourselves,
My treat.
We went to a hairdresser,
Had a manicure and pedicure,
That day she was different,
Full of life, bubbly and she smiled a lot,
Next she wanted to go shopping,
Not to all the branded shops she usually went,
She wanted to go to a crowded place full of hustle and bustle
So we went to the local market with the stall keepers shouting out their wares,
There were food stalls too,
Catering variety of cuisines
Serving piping hot delicious food,
We had samosas, kebabs and bhajas served with coconut chutney,
And ice cold sugar cane juice.
She loved animals,
So she coaxed me to go with her to the zoo,
She spent some moments at every cage,
Talking lovingly to the animals.
It was almost evening,
We drove to the beach side,
She saw some seniors doing chair exercises and yoga,
She joined them while I looked at them from the car parked close by.
Let's start with breathing exercise called out the instructor,
Breathe in to count of four,
Hold breath to count of seven,
Now slowly breathe out to count of eight.
I saw her slump in the chair,
Seniors gathered around her,
I quickly ran towards her,
She was no more.
11/11/2024

In the whole wide world,
I begged God for you,
And it was you I could not have...

Is sea,
With its depth, storms and tides,
Also it's treasures of pearls of love, kindness and compassion,
Constant joy and vitality.
30/1/2024

The stars winked ,
The moon gave a cheeky smile,
When the shy young couple kissed for the first time.
4/8/2021

Elderly?
Time to use props to dance your way through life.
A walking stick,
Not to put too much strain on your knees,
Keeps your balance
One, two cha cha cha
One, two cha cha cha.
A walker,
To assist you to walk,
The wheels on my walker goes round and round,
As you shuffle around the house.
No or less mobility,
The wheel chair is there,
Motorised or simple,
To zoom you wherever you wish to go
Don't  forget the grab bars,
For sitting and standing,
Or pole dance in the shower
Not to worry,
Let's rock and roll,
Through life.
27/9/2021

Love should be our basic need
like food clothes and shelter.
14/6/2019

Is by chance or accident,
He was sent by Allah,
To rekindle your broken heart.
18/4/2025

Was a colour.
It would be a hue of mosaic,
Tapered with a constellation of emotions.
4/12/2024

Life has taught me one thing,
To be happy with myself,
And have no expectations.
21/9/2021

My grandmother is whimsical,
Sometimes she laughs so hard,
That tears run down her legs,
And as she rushes to the loo,
We can hear assorted sound effects.
We too, end up in splits,
Only mum frowns.
25/7/2019

Distance makes the heart grow fonder,
But in any relationship don't stretch the distance so that like a rope it breaks.
21/1/2021

Be respectful and use soft words to your mothers who taught you to speak.
17/9/2019