Thursday 28 January 2016

TORTURED BY THE CURE



It felt like someone was tugging at his veins
His head…
Ow!!!
A carnival of noisy masquerades!
His head hurt
His eyes hurt too
His tongue was dry
The side effects of “the cure”
IVs
Tablets
Needles
Tubes
Machines
PaIN!!!
Discomfort
Nausea
He hated this feeling
He missed his life
This wasn’t his life
Someone must have played a really mean prank on him
This life wasn’t his
He couldn’t wait to give it back
He missed his life!
This was medical torture
The cure!
The torture!
He couldn’t take it anymore
He didn’t look like himself
He didn’t feel like himself
He wept!
This was too much to take
He had no strength to talk
The cut was healing
But it hurt like hell!
He held on to his bible
The words in this book consoled him
They strengthened him
They filled him with hope
He needed hope
This journey was difficult
He fell down to his knees
He wept so hard
He cried out,
“Lord help me!
I can’t carry this yoke!
It’s heavy…heavy…so heavy!
It’s crushing me!
Please lift it off me!”
His tears wet his cotton shirt
He was so sweaty
So he dropped the book
He continued to weep
He cried out to the Lord
He wept!
Tears and sweat
Washing his face
He heard a bird chirp
It chirped so sweetly
His cry interrupted the beautiful song it sang
He stopped
And he listened
Eyes close
He enjoyed the melody coming from outside his window
It was so sweet
So perfectly harmonized
He opened his eyes
The bird was right outside his window
Perfectly colored creature
Red
Pink
Yellow
Black
It was magnificent!
What a great Creator!
He looked down at his bible
It lay open on the floor
He smiled at the highlighted verse
A message of love
It brought him more hope
Strength
And courage
He wiped his damp face
A message of hope
A promise
He received it with faith
He encouraged himself
He would beat this illness
He would win the battle
Oh yes he would!

Deuteronomy 31:8
King James Version (KJV)
And the Lord, he it is that doth go before thee; 
he will be with thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be dismayed.


By Sylvia Chika
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Friday 22 January 2016

THE LIFE OF SLAVES


It wasnt enough that they took away their freedom
It wasnt enough that they bound their wrists and ankles
It wasnt enough that they called them crude names
It wasnt enough that the called them slaves
It wasnt enough that they abused their women
It wasnt enough that they stripped their men of their pride
It just wasnt enough!
Wearing rags or nothing
They put them on a wooden stage
They auctioned them
Spitting out prices
Mocking their very existence
Erasing whatever dignity they had left
They drew symbols on them
Ugly markings that carried meaning
They labelled them slaves
They treated them like animals
They spat on them
And whipped them at will
This was the life they now lived
The life of slaves
Plowing from sunrise to sunset
Like a thousand yoke of oxen
Fed like dogs
No rights
No opinions
No freedom
This was the life they now lived
The life of slaves


By Sylvia Chika
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Wednesday 20 January 2016

THE TEARS WON’T STOP



I try to fight back the tears
They keep coming
They keep pouring
I throw my head back
What a joke!
They dont stop
They keep flowing
They need to stop!
Come onplease!
I need to stop crying
I try to feign a smile
But that doesnt help
The dam burst
The tears poured
Now I cant stop them
This cant continue!
Someone help me!
Anybody!
I should have control!
I must stop this!
The tears keep flowing
Why?!
I try to forget your name
The memories we shared
The thought of you being gone
The pain
The memories of seeing you take your last breath
You struggling for life
You on the hospital bed
The pain!
Oh!
I try!
Im trying!
Lord help me!
The tears keep coming
The pain of loss
The death of a loved one
The pain that tears my heart apart
The pain I feel
You are gone!
Breath gone!
You gone!
The tears wont stop


By Sylvia Chika
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© SylviaChika 2016

Thursday 14 January 2016

SWEET BABY



Sweet baby
Sleepy baby
 Sleepy in a crib
Dirty bib
Mommy happy
Daddy happy
Leaning over his crib

Eyes flutter
Sweet sounds you mutter
Coos and coos
Here and there
No cares…no fears
Pretty little sight
Oh, what a delight!

Sweet baby
Sleepy baby
Mummy loves you so
Daddy loves you too
Singing sweetly
Rocking gently
Off and off you drift



By Sylvia Chika
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Friday 8 January 2016

IT’S ALL AN ACT



I tell you I’ll be out of town
You wear a frown
But that’s all part of your plan
It’s all an act
You think I know not the fact
You try to fool me
You sob and plead
You beg me to stay home some more
To cancel my tour
You are such an actor
You hide the fact that you are a traitor
You carry my bags
You help me to the car
You tell me you love me
You cryfalse tears
You hold my hands
You make endless promises
You cry some more
I kiss your teary cheeks
I feign sorrow
Your act I borrow
Knowing deep in my heart
Knowing you are a liar and a cheat
Knowing you are unfaithful
Knowing you mock our vows
Knowing your promises are empty
 Knowing all your secrets
Saying nothing
Acting innocent and dumb
Hoping our vows still mean something
You walk me to the car
You promise to stay away from the bar
But deep in my heart
I know you are a drunk
I know all your secrets
I know about your mistress
I’ve cried secrets tears in distress
But today it all ends
I’ve seen all the bends
Your secret routes and deeds
I would no longer play the fool
You’ve broken all the rules
But today it all ends
I won’t get into a fight
My future is so bright
I hold your hand so tight
I let a tear slip
I bid you goodbye


By Sylvia Chika
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