Respect to all first borns

Respect to all first borns

For being a leader of

Us...

Your siblings

Respect to all first borns

For the blame you bore because of 

Us...

Your siblings

Respect to all first borns

For keeping our secrets from mum and dad 

Us...

Your siblings

Respect to all first borns

Because you are a child who had to grow up before your time

Because we decided to pop into the world 

Us...

Your siblings

Respect to all first borns

Because you had to become daddy and mummy

When the man who gave birth to us refused to be called dad

And mum died too young

You fed us, clothed us, wiped our dirty noses and ensured our happiness came first

Us...

Your siblings

Respect to all first borns

For solving the sibling rivalry we always had

You taught us to love each other and respect each other

Us...

Your siblings

Respect to all first borns

For being a role model to us

You were always the responsible one of us all

We were and still are proud to present you to all our friends

As our big brother

As our big sister

Us...

Your siblings

Respect to all first borns

We were difficult siblings

We annoyed you, angered you and most likely made you cry a couple of times

But you were patient with us

You didn't not revenge for our ill treatment towards you

Rather you were kind and patient with us

We are sorry for hurting you

Us...

Your siblings

Respect to all first borns

For being the source of joy at home

Making us all smile at your jokes

Your good sense of humour

The memories you helped build with the family and 

Us...

Your siblings

Respect to all first borns

For helping to pay school fees for us to go to school to get an education

To become learned and make a difference in the world

You sacrificed a lot for this to happen

You did all these for

Us...

Your siblings

Respect to all first borns

For being first borns

For no one can fit in your shoes

For it needs strength, courage and perseverance

I call you super humans

For you truly are

Thanks big Siz

Respect for being a first born

This poem is for people like you

It's called When... I call it

It's called sacrifice

When...

You skip class to go clubbing with your pals

"I sacrificed to keep my pals" that's what you tell yourself

I call it sacrifice

When...

You give your own son to the world to die so as to save everyone else

It's called strive

When...

You mobilize people to form a strike

I call it strive

When...

Despite the unlimited opportunities and hardships placed in every direction of your life

You stand strong and don't give up

Rather you get renewed strength and hope for a better tomorrow

It's called passion

When...

Matters of the heart are involved

I call it passion

When...

You go to work every single day and not get any monetary value from it

But would still go into the office the next day with a smile on your face ready to work some more

It's called wisdom

When...

You device a method of cheating in an exam and don't get caught

I call it wisdom

When...

You do not disrespect your parents despite all their many short comings

Despite the norm... Respect is a two way traffic

Despite the talk of... Do to others what they do or would do to you

It is called knowledge

When...

You can show off how much content you know about everything

I call it knowledge

When...

You share the much you know and have learn to bring about positive impacts in the society

It's called charity

When...

You give large sums of money in a fund-raising as a campaign strategy

I call it charity

When...

You take the time to take food to the street children anonymously and eat together with them

It's called love

When...

Fornication is the leading factor as to why a couple are dating

I call it love

When...

Your better half is your best friend

It's called trust

When...

One can safeguard your secrets

I call it trust

When...

One can safeguard not only your secrets but your every being

It's called success

When...

You attain greatness in society and see others who have not attained the same prestige as trash

I call it success

When...

You attain greatness and do not forget where you came from

By going back to that place and inspiring more people towards discovering their greatness

It's called failure

When...

Your opponent wins

I call it failure

When...

One gives up and stops trying to be a better version of themselves

It's called beauty

When...

She wears short revealing clothes, lots of makeup and looks like a synthetic doll melting away from close proximity to a flame

For too much bleaching of the skin to become brown

I call it beauty

When...

She genuinely smiles

Sincerity and pureness clear in her eyes

Inner beauty reflected through them

It's called music

When...

It's got a beat and words

I call it music

When...

It has a message and well arranged patterns of vocal tune

It's called art

When...

It's a carving or a painting

I call it art 

When...

It's a form one uses to expose their vulnerability with the aim of

Changing perspectives, touching peoples emotions and sharing their story

It's called adventure

When...

You go mountain hiking and on road trips

I call it adventure

When...

You discover gold among stones and pebbles

True friends among hypocrites

It's called stupidity and foolishness

When...

One shrubs when talking

And openly accept your family's embarrassments with a smile

I call it stupidity and foolishness

When

One laughs at someone who has mother tongue interruption

And when one denies their parent in front of their friends

Because she is not dressed classy enough

Because he owns just one pair of a faded suite as his best

Because she can't speak in English

Because he only knows how to speak his mother tongue 

Whereas his/her current state is so you can have a furnished life

It's all called good

When...

It is bad

I call it good

When...

It is truly and undoubtedly is good

Acceptance

Step one towards healing

Is acceptance

Acceptance that you are sick then you can work your way up towards healing

Step one towards success

Is acceptance

Acceptance that before you attain that success...

You will fail

Not once, but many times

But what counts is whether you will let failure

Break you or Make you

Step one towards forgiveness

Is acceptance

Acceptance that no human being is perfect

Mistakes are made but you make mistakes as well

Someone forgave your mistakes 

What gives you the right not to forgive the mistakes of others

Especially if they ask for your forgiveness?

Step one towards making a friend and keeping the friend

Is acceptance

Acceptance of the person as they are 

Not the impressions you conjure up in your mind of them

Step one towards gaining respect from others

Is acceptance

Acceptance that you first need to respect yourself

And that respect is a two way traffic

Step one towards getting the ideal guy

Is acceptance

Acceptance that you first need to be an ideal girl

And then you shall attract an ideal guy

Step one towards getting the ideal girl

Is acceptance

Acceptance that you first need to be an ideal guy

And then you shall attract an ideal girl

Step one towards getting along well with life

Is acceptance

Acceptance that there are things you cannot change

You can only deal with them as they are

Step one towards impacting change in society

Is acceptance

Acceptance that things are not always about you

But about others around you as well

Step one towards getting good at what you do

Is acceptance

Acceptance that continuous perfect practice makes perfect

And you need to make it part of your daily routine

Step one towards self healing

Is acceptance

Acceptance that the answers to your problems lie with you

No-one-else

Step one towards positive thinking

Is acceptance

Acceptance that all the negative thoughts are all in the mind

You can do exactly what you set your mind to do

So start thinking positive thoughts

All step ones towards accomplishing or doing something

Involve acceptance

Acceptance of the unwritten norms that precede the task

Acceptance that the commencement of the task as well as it's end

Shall start and end with you when you first 

Accept it.

Uncertainty of feelings, True nature of love?

(First party)
Why this
Why me
Why you
I keep thinking about it
I keep trying not to think about it
Seems like you don't notice it
Something that hurts me more each day
How do I handle this?
How do I tell you what I am going through?
How do I tell you how I feel?
How I wish you would share your problems with me
How I wish you would let me help you out
How I wish you would allow me a little closer to you
How I wish you would allow me to wipe your tears
I guess I should stop pursuing you
I guess I should awake from this dream I am fixed in
I guess it's time to get back to reality 

(Second party)
I keep asking myself the same questions.
How will I ever get your attention?
I understand the pain you are going through...
I wish I would always be there for you..
But I'm faced with this fear... what if all I ever give you is sleepless nights which are full of tears?


(First party)
Why don't you let me decide about that?
For I am already having sleepless nights full of tears
And its because I LOVE YOU
There I said it
I have said what I have been trying so hard to forget
I have said what I have been trying so hard not to think about


(Second party)
I believe the love you have for me is true..
And that's the same reason I'm acting like a fool..
Pretending like I'm not sure of what I feel...  And what I do every night is weep.
You're so beautiful sometimes I feel like you're out of my league... And on top of that you make me feel weak!..
I don't like being in that state... I'm a man... And I have to make you feel safe!.
Please understand my indecisive nature... I wish I could man up... And make things better between us


(First party)
So what happens to us now?
What do we do now?


(Second party)
I think we should give it a try!... Because its very obvious.... There's chemistry and that we can't deny!..
I believe we will have a perfect life... Even amidst strife... But just remember every time you cry!... I'll always be by your side


(First party)
:-) I love you

(Second party)
:-) I love you too

Broken Friendships, Start of New Friendships

Numbness, Suffocation, Death

The slow steps towards your doom

Unless you turn the situation around early enough

Revising it from death,

To being reborn

I am Dead but still Alive

Alive but Dead

Pain is all I know

Slowly sipping it all in

Slowly accepting what I have transformed into

Slowly accepting the monster that is me

I didn't want this

Can't you hear me?

I don't like who I have become

How can I proof it to you?

I am damn tired

What more do you want me to say?

Keep off

I said Keep off!!!

Don't come any inch closer to me

I Do Not want your sympathy

I Do Not want your shoulder to lean on

I Do Not want you to be my shrink

A psychological figure to pour my heart out to

To make me more insane than what I already am

For you are Only but a wolf 

Dressed in sheep clothing

I see the smirk on your face

I hear what you say behind my back

I know you are laughing at me

Not with me

So for your sake...

Stop the pretense

Stop the hypocrisy

I have beat you at your own game

I have discovered your moves

So we are now playing a new deck of cards

You have never taken me for me

You shall never appreciate the person I am

You shall never accept me with my weakness

You shall never want my prosperity

You shall never want me to succeed

You shall never want me to be happy

I know this for I now know you

The real you

Not the person I wished you are

Not the person I was blinded to think was human

All you want is to see my demise

All you want is to see me fail

All you want is to see me miserable and unhappy with no ounce of joy

I should have seen this coming

They say better the devil you know than the angel you have never seen

You are only interested in business if it gives you profit

You forget that business is about profit and loss as so is friendship

You loose some and you win some

You have good days and bad days

You forget that friendship is an investment

You need to invest your time, your effort and your passion

You need to as well accept failure, its challenges and not give up on it easily

Its a seedling one needs to water everyday and care for it lovingly

For it to mature into a big strong tree that yields goodness

The goodness of offering a shade on hot days

The goodness of baring sweet fruits and sweet smelling flowers

So is friendship when you treat it the same

For it yields the goodness of love, sharing, togetherness, joy and fellowship

But you threw it away

You gave up on the business at the first slightest loss

You didn't even try any kind of investment

You stepped on the seedling

And choked it by refusing to water it and putting it out in the sunshine

But all in all

Thank You

Thank You Very Much for giving me a new vision

One that I can clearly see

One that is not blurred

One that is not tainted

One that is clean and pure

At times a slap on the cheek tends to wake you up

It tends to snap you back to reality

Making me step out of the utopia world I had been in

Dear Friend

It is not my loss 

Neither is it yours

But rather it is My Gain

My Success

My Victory

My Eye Opener

My beginning of a new start