It only takes a second to enter a new year
An event that will come & go & leave yu here
The sky is still blue, birds still singing
***** closet still awaits you, still needs cleaning

If yu had a beer in 2020, 2021 would not complain if yu threw up
Neither would 2020 worry nor ****** your snack planned for 2021

2021 is a house that will still fall if 2020 was a foundation on sand
If yu wave "bye" at 2020, then yu should have solutions at hand, or
2020 wil run after yu coz debts remain debts
And the deeper you went, the higher you will need to go to overcome the depth

The illusion is for a fresh start
A review of the past
A determination to end or start a new thing
Of success, a yardstick

Our forefathers relied on a shadow
.....many rains ago
Trying to mark day, year and season
This one here, an illusion

Thou hath sang all night
And clouds paved way
Under the moon's watch
And stars bore witness

Thine is a mass choir
Alto and tenor well balanced
Roofs relay your message so did each pole wire
Birds cheered tremendously as leaves clapped

But where is thy soprano
Ye frighten lads with thy bass
Its dawn, sing softly like a piano
Thee hath chosen to scare old folks from their slumbers

Cos, thou art too strong

Love is light it empties your soul
You look confident, whether fast or slow
It clears your mind you feel your heartbeat
It makes you be a friend indeed

Hate is heavy it eats your soul
You look lost, whether fast or slow
It kills your mind you hear your heartbeat
It makes you be a fiend indeed

Once you feel the urge, heaven stands
Be it a plan to pray or a plan to fast
Like soldiers positioning themselves in combat
All in heaven is set, prayer is merely a demonstration of faith & trust

The urge to fast sets explosives on barriers and obstacles
Prayer becomes the detonator blasting open all walls

Emerging in silence, it shows up readying itself to burst like a bubble
Each word uttered already whispered into the ear by the Holy Spirit
Like a network of trails already created by preceeding elephants in a jungle
Each declaration is a succeeding footstep having all trampled thorns to the ground sticking

Authority was already given to those that lack or need, but want or desire
Like the talents from a Master to all men but only invested by those that to greatness aspire
This weapon an untouchable but intangible
Yet in any season accessible and readily available

The winds
Who sends them from the heavens
Him who makes them blow on seas
Worship Him who orders the ravens

The sun shone
Who then brought the nightfall
Him who thereafter makes it to dawn
Worship Him who makes the rains fall

The air
Who provides the breath
Him who gives hope in dispair
Worship Him who conquered death

The waters
Who takes away our thirst
Him whose shoulder He offers
Worship Him in whom we find our rest

Unlike straight lines to infinity
Or an endless journey to the stars
Perhaps down to a bottomless pit
Or visions of an endless horizon from afar

Its an end to all consciousness
Immediate stop to all imaginations
A freeze to all breath and senses
Silence to the ears, to eyes total darkness

An end to all the love and fears
A stop to all laughter and tears
Neither smiles nor sadness
Neither sanity nor madness

When i imagine i reach a stop
Where erased are all the memories of old
Like hitting against a widest wall
On whose other side exists nothing at all

The fights that get down
The noises loud in town
The fear of losing eachother
Is all that makes us stick together

My love, my life depends on God
And the love of God is manifested in you
Your beauty is like polished gold
And when i was thirsty i rested in you

Your kiss takes away my fears
As your mellow words caress my ears
My only destination is the altar
Walking down the aisle is on my rota

I look forward to more joy and happiness
As our journey has taught us to hang on
Even though we fight i will never care less
You are my source of laughter, my backbone

There had been and in days we were in distress
On a highway zigzagging steeply down into darkness
Letting truth roll off your back like water
Stones that make a river strong were put in order

Like waters we were formless and shapeless
Our presence's absence in the eyes of princes
From the source of a fountain we were mixed with mud
From a foetus in a womb to the world a lad

Swayed back & forth from side to side
Like winds with no direction forests slowed us down
Excitement, a friend of death, brought forth a tide
Whenever we rose up gravity pulled us down

But like a hen hatches eggs, like a rose sprouts petals
Like a seed germinates, or in the sand finding glittering diamonds
The Most High then pulls us out of the furnace
And like smelted and refined gold, we ought to dwell in His embrace

Like you do with fish in the waters from an angle
From the multitudes where i can be hardly identifiable
Here i stand tall like California Redwoods
To the horizons carry me with you

From the sounds and noise of the city
My eyes move a hundred thousand times daily
Mind filled with fear of the unknown and overwhelm me
The contaminated air and taste of the town fail me

Soar with me to the four corners of the earth
Where i can look at one thing at a time with slow breath
Where also held back are the four winds
I wanna listen to the sound of the oceans deep

Like the sunset, take me down
But without leaving any trail in the clouds
Then erase my path like a whirlwind sweeps the ground
But promise to bring me back safe and sound

The fire burning in my heart
No water can quench or extinquish it
Am getting torn apart
The anger in me who can release it

The fear of losing whats mine
The fear she may be taken
Feeling like a coward this time
Hating on a breathren

Nerves have my hands shaking
Wanting to awaken the menace in me
My mouth wanting some shouting
But i hold back my words within me

Jealousy is burning in me like fire
But there is no fear in love and i won't retire
I will deal with this feeling until it goes away
But for now not a word to her will i say

Some seem strong, some sing same song
But we are all a land under one throne
Others have numbers, others utter thunders
But after all the wanders there are surrenders

We engage in games and same seems life's aims
Inequality makes one a casualty but what awaits us is reality
Some win some almost, some weep some toast
But we are all defeated by death a gasp for breath despite good health

Surely we fight, we hurt and we cause pain
But the color of blood comes out the same
Fury we ignite, we instigate & bring forth of terror a reign
But Life, Love and a People ought to continue again

Standing by the roadside wondering what next
Tapping into the devine mind of one to my left

To the far left stands a mountain
Hopeful we are, like thirsty men approaching a fountain
Like a Rolls Royce blacker than coal
Draws close, no noise, runner but slow

Above the mountain top, from the sky
Says Him who does not lie

"From where the sun sets, comes the son of unrighteousness
Globally, a man of influence
Multitudes believe, someone everyone fears"

Destination vineyard, I sneaked out by the back exit instead
From a place that compensates for all the sweat
Started the engine and the wheels spun
Like a king rushes to the midwife's home on news of a son

A day to remember, a sabbath to recall
Wind blew on my face and it was fresh
With a kiss of hope

Didn't see it coming like a lightning's flash
But enjoyed every moment like staring at a shooting star
If likened to rain, then I would need Noah's Ark
If to sunshine, then a rainbow that never fades fast

Bedtime stories like a granny shares before night
Faces were only seen by the moonlight
Gazing at the Orion's Belt in heaven
No one would leave until eleven

Preceded by months of planting and weeding
Like a farmer gathers yields at harvest time after spring
The aftermath of a long sail to the center of the sea
In anticipation, a fisherman's excitment at net fishing

Sometimes watch the sky as things come by
As the clouds move and pass and life goes by
Counting what you have as the rains fall
Embracing every moment as the night queens grow

Before trees reach heights other leaves fall
The stems may be strong but stronger winds blow
Just stare as they fall don’t cry “hell no”
For seeds that germinate to the ground they belong

Don’t fight too much this March
Watch things fall into place without mismatch
Feel the sparkle of the room around you
As you inhale the fresh air that surround you

Listen to the hands of time as the clock tick
As night insects field crickets from ground level sing
Hidden in a burrow, beneath a stone
Chirping, against a scraper rubbing a file on one wing

A calling song attracting females from a distance
Softer courtship song woos her from a close range
A rivalry song rebuffing competing males with stunts
Don’t fight, embrace life as things change

Flip it, hidden or showing
Head or tails remains same coin
Just like water, liquid or ice
Roll a 6-sided once or twice still same dice

Life is like a throw-able object
That can rest in multiple positions
But not a gambling device or gadget
For causing random seasons

For each step forward feel your back
For the lack of eyes invites a stab
Elevation heads towards enemy attack
When the wise bite like a crab

When you only stare at the window
You don't see outside and beyond
And the world is a mirror, smile for this sake
But your real one can invite another so fake

A buffalo by a riverbank
Only sees the water and it's own face
Quenching thirst expecting no attack
By the crocodile below the surface

Chickens are better for they stir up dust
To pull out worms and ants
Humans are clever for they hide in masks
To pull some stunts