ON LIFE

If only life

Could be easy as a game

I would be the winner,

And stand tall.

If only life

Could never bring shame

I would be no sinner

And never have a fall.

Even if life

Is only a game

I would only be a loser

And fall.

Even if life

Brings only shame

I would still be a winner

When I answer God’s call.

HUMAN BUFFALOES

There are a lot of human buffaloes on the roads

For whom honking away doesn't matter

Amongst and between the vehicles these buffalo hordes;

Travel without any fear or fervour.

The fun begins when these buffaloes sit at the controls

Of the automated vehicles that populate the roads

As they ride roughshod over men and potholes

Whom they squash under them like slippery toads

No rules or signals do they understand or care for

Neither right nor wrong do they believe in

All is fair for them on the road; as it is in love and war

To them observing road rules is a big sin.

For indeed they are human buffaloes

and it is their behaviour that everybody follows...

WHAT IS LAW

What is law?

What are rules?

Isn’t there a flaw

When honest men are fools

Is there law?

Is there order?

Isn’t chaos the last straw?

When law fails into disorder

Money is the law

A law unto itself

Money has become the witches claw

Bought by power and pelf.

ON INDEPENDENCE DAY 2013

Don’t wear your flag

Only on your shirt sleeve

But proudly wear it in your heart.

On this Independence Day

let us all sit for a moment

and ponder if we today

are really and truly Independent

RIGHT IS ONLY LEFT

What is right?

Right has already left

and all that's left is might

(A tribute to left-handers on the occasion of World Left Handers Day)