Just like a philosopher can never throw away his stone, the poet can never toss his pen out the window
You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something sometime in your life.
Winston Churchill
As I walk through the streets
of a city plagued by the Corona virus
I will fear no illness
for my mask keeps the harmful particles at bay
and my sanitizer keeps the germs away
from my hands.
© Lazarus Shatipamba 2020
The Poets Peace
You can only give happiness to others once you’ve found happiness yourself.
Ever since I first made contact with you
I knew you would be the virus
That plagues my thoughts
So much so that i wouldn’t be able
To keep them under lock down
No mask could protect me from you
That is how infectious you were
I kept my sanitizer close
Hoping to keep you at bay
But somehow you still found a way
To bypass my precautionary measures
Try as i might to distance myself from you
I still found myself drawn towards you
I see now that isolating myself doesn’t help
When you are already here with me
No matter how many meters i am from you
You are always with me, in my mind
Because you are the virus
That forever plagues my thoughts.
© Lazarus Shatipamba 2020
The Poets Peace
You can’t have a better tomorrow if you’re always thinking about yesterday.
C. Roth
They always said “A leopard can’t change its spots.”
That not wanting to wave a white flag, to my fear
Of being caught in the dark
Was nothing but a preposterous pipe dream
For my yellow streak was known throughout the land.
In fact, there wasn’t a mind unaware of my cowardly exploits.
You should have seen how quickly their heads turned
When i arrived one evening with no spots to be spotted on my coat.
At long last they would face the music of their words
And at long last I can jump for joy whenever I’m in the dark
Instead of just sitting tight hoping that after the night I’ll be alright.
© Lazarus Shatipamba 2020
The Poets Peace
Don’t talk, just act. Don’t say, just show. Don’t promise, just prove.
Anonymous
The turtle is faster than the hare
For it is patient and does not dare
To rush into the forest brush
Unaware of the dangers that creep
In the forest deep.
© Lazarus Shatipamba 2020
The Poets Peace
Let it hurt, then let it go
Retrieved from Motivation App
Do you ever think about the things you want?
About why you want what it is you want
And if you should even want what you want?
I do, think about what i want
And when i do, i realize it’s you
You, who has no clue
That I’m blue without you.
And that i want you
Because life is brighter
When you are in it.
But like Liam Neesons daughter
You are already taken
So i should not be wanting you.
But i do, want you
More than the judge desires what is true
Because my life is not just blue without you
Its also darker when you are not in it.
© Lazarus Shatipamba 2020
The Poets Peace
Don’t blame a clown for being a clown, blame yourself for going to the circus.
Anonymous
I AM
the master of my mind
the lord of my life
controller of my consciousness
the wizard of my will
and the tyrant of my thoughts
I AM
not a slave to my emotions
I can free myself from glee
and use my skill to kill
the fear that oppresses me.
I am
an attractor of abundance
a gardener of gratitude
an alchemist of attitude
and a neutralizer of negativity.
I can polarize my personality
in the pole of positivity.
© Lazarus Shatipamba 2020
The Poets Peace
The power of imagination makes us infinite.
John Muir
You Are
the Author of your life story
the Writer of your glory
the Builder of your character
and the Creator of your circumstance.
© Lazarus Shatipamba 2020
The Poets Peace
