Thursday 29 February 2024

IT'S TIME



YOUR RIGHT

It's time...
Put thinking 
Caps 
On
And decide...

Make a choice
For a change
Or not
It's upto
You
To make that
Change
Should you
Wish 
To!

It's time...
To exercise
Your
Right...

Let your voice
Be heard.

It's your right
To 
Earn
That
What you want
So,
Vote!

     FREDERIKA MENEZES 

Tuesday 20 February 2024

IN REVERENCE

IN REVERENCE


Sing! Sing of
Your land
And mine...

Let the lyrics
Be words
Of
Praise 
For every single
Minute
You live of
The land
Everyday!

Let the melody
Be 
Like the winds
Blowing 
Through it...

Land of your 
Fathers' and
Land or mine...
You are the land
Of your
Peoples spread
Far and wide!

Let the beat
Be
In time with 
All hearts
That it might
Resonate
And an echoe
Create...

An echo 
Shaking the ground 
Beneath 
Your dancing, walking
Running feet
Causing
Tremors 
All about!

Sing, o sing!
Louder you can
The better
The world
Will hear,
Your love for
The land
You so revere!

     FREDERIKA MENEZES 

WAR AT PLAY


WAR AT PLAY

From the ashes
We are reborn
Like Phoenixes 
Bright and 
Magical...

Within us
We have
Power
To wield 
At will.

We seek no 
Battles
No war
Is on our minds...

Yet we are
Struck
By man-made
Lightening
Destroying 
Our lives...

Still, we rise!

Little do they
Know
That by killing
And plundering 
Our souls
They create
New wholes...

These, once 
Peace loving
No longer 
Are so. 

For who will
Not
Avenge
Destruction 
With destruction?
Pain with pain?
Torture with
The same?

Yes we arise
From ashes
No longer just human
But
We now are 
Beastly warriors!

Not worthy
To be among
Humane kind...

We are now
Beings
Of a
Warring world!

      FREDERIKA MENEZES 

WAR AT PLAY


WAR AT PLAY

From the ashes
We are reborn
Like Phoenixes 
Bright and 
Magical...

Within us
We have
Power
To wield 
At will.

We seek no 
Battles
No war
Is on our minds...

Yet we are
Struck
By man-made
Lightening
Destroying 
Our lives...

Still, we rise!

Little do they
Know
That by killing
And plundering 
Our souls
They create
New wholes...

These, once 
Peace loving
No longer 
Are so
For who won't 
Avenge
Destruction 
With destruction?
Pain with pain?
Torture with
The same?

Yes we arise
From ashes
No longer just human
But
We now are 
Beastly warriors!

Not worthy
To be among
Humane kind!

      FREDERIKA MENEZES 

Monday 19 February 2024

CHILD OF THE SOIL

CHILD OF THE SOIL

Child of
The soil
Do you know
How you
Were born?

Love and lust
United
To pick on
Jealousy ...

The heartbreak
Of one
Gave you
Breath to
Come alive,
To breathe...

Child of
The soil
Do you know
Why you live
Where you
Do?

It is the
Place 
From where
Your bloodline
Draws
Breath...

The land 
Your forebears
Named 
Home
After much
Fighting
And unrest!

Oh Child
Of
The soil
Shun not 
Your identity
You are born
Bred
Ingenuity!

        FREDERIKA MENEZES 

FOR GAZA


FOR GAZA

Life adrift...
As a ship
With 
No anchor...

The innocence 
Cries from
The mire
Of destruction...
Save!

Souls stolen
Hearts stopped
Before aging
They have been
Silenced by
The waging of 
Indiscriminate 
War...

Togetherness 
Torn apart
Spilled tears,
Echoing cries!

The land is
No more land
But 
Ash and dust
Nothing and
Everything...
Smithereens. 

Why? 
We know and
Know not
Who in the end
Can make this
Pain 
Stop?

      FREDERIKA MENEZES 

Sunday 18 February 2024

THE TALE

THE TALE

Sands of sands
Swirl around her.
She dances light
And walks
Dark...

Songs of songs
Rhythm in
Feet and hands
Be it walking
Or dancing
She has spring
In her
Steps!

Rolling words
Music in
Talk...

She is story
Come to life
By every bedside
Of many a
Child...

Winking eyes
Twitching
Lips
An ever ready
Smile!

Sands of sands
Swirl around her
She is ageless
Through
Ages...

She is 
Sun, Moon
Sky and Earth...

Seriousness
In mirth!

Sands of sands
Waves of waves
Goa, she is
In every unforgettable 
Tale!

           FREDERIKA MENEZES