Just like a philosopher can never throw away his stone, the poet can never toss his pen out the window
Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.
Arthur Ashe
Give me love
And you’ll be sure
Not to receive hate.
Give me love
And I’ll make sure
Not to give you hate.
Give me love
And I’ll be sure
To give you love.
© Lazarus Shatipamba 2020
The Poets Peace
You have to be lucky to be successful, but luck can be engineered.
Zat Rana
I know that today is a shadow of yesterday
And that you can’t help yourself from looking into the past
For it is the place where your memories forever last
The place from which you dig the contents of your story.
I know that today you’ll regret what happened yesterday
And that you can’t help yourself from reliving the past.
But I implore you to look at the moments that move fast
Past you through the lens that you can re-write your story
Anew starting today you can take away the worry
That tomorrow will bring with it a sad reality.
© Lazarus Shatipamba 2020
The Poets Peace
Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time who never loses any. It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing.
Thomas Jefferson
Here I am
In your mind
Nothing but a desire
Something you want to acquire
Here I am
In your mind
Thinking, about you
Of how much I want you
Although I’m nothing but a desire
In your mind I want you
As much as you want me.
Here I am
In your fantasies
I’m everything you want
Your biggest desire
Right here, in your mind
Dreaming, about you
Wishing, you’ll find the energy
To make me manifest in reality
Because I can’t wait to have you
For I want you
As much as you want me.
© Lazarus Shatipamba 2020
The Poets Peace
All you need is the plan, the road map, and the courage to press on to your destination.
Earl Nightingale
Don’t you just love it
when you’re walking, out in nature
And you begin to feel the breeze
blowing on your skin, cooling you down.
And you hear the sounds of singing birds
making you feel at ease.
Doesn’t it just bring you bliss
when each tree you see
is dancing with glee
and the flowers you smell
are all flourishing well.
It brings me joy
walking the path of life
for I get to taste the wonders
abundant in the universe.
© Lazarus Shatipamba 2020
The Poets Peace
Real difficulties can be overcome; it is only the imaginary ones that are unconquerable.
Theodore N. Vail
Hi there guys. I’m happy you could join me today. Today’s poem was written to say goodbye to those views of old implemented in my country during the Apartheid Era. For those who don’t know, this was an era when romantic relationships between blacks and whites was shunned.
I’m lucky enough to be a born free. So I can fall in love with whomever I want, without risking the ire of my community. I feel for those who lived in that age of racial segregation and were forced not to follow their hearts if they ever did beat for someone of opposite color. This is why I chose to write this poem. It’s not long at all so your attention span shouldn’t stress.
The color of my skin
And that of your skin was not quite akin
So it’s no surprise your kin weren’t keen
on giving me your hand in marriage,
for apparently our love was a sin.
But together, we took a stand against them
And eventually they came to understand
That the love between me and you
Knows not anything about hue.
© Lazarus Shatipamba 2020
The Poets Peace
Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.
Dr.Seuss
My mortality makes me melancholy
The fact that I will one day succumb
to the tug of my tomb wanting me in its womb
fills me with dread I’m sure you can comprehend.
My mortality makes me melancholy
because even though I’ve conquered the skies
I’ll still end up on the plate of a worm,
nothing but a memory in the minds of those who love me.
My mortality makes me melancholy
But only subjectively, because objectively
My mortality brings me closer to immortality.
© Lazarus Shatipamba 2020
The Poets Peace
You need to overcome the tug of people against you as you reach for high goals.
George S. Patton
Tell me, how can my favorite cuisine
Bring me bliss after kissing your sweet lips?
Tell me, if I’ll still want to eat my favorite meal
After tasting those succulent lips of yours.
Tell me, if after laughing at your jokes
I will still find other things funny
Or if everything that doesn’t involve you
Will simply bring me doom and gloom.
Tell me, that I’ll still find bird-song pleasing
Even after listening to your mesmerizing voice.
Tell me, that the sunset shall remain resplendent
Even after I’ve gazed into your eyes and set sights upon your bright smile.
© Lazarus Shatipamba 2020
The Poets Peace
A somebody was once a nobody who wanted to and did.
John Burroughs
I made it!
Into this resolution
I’ve seen my evolution
From problem to solution
Will i keep my resolution?
That is the question
Only time will answer.
© Lazarus Shatipamba 2020
The Poets Peace
Good day guys! Glad you could join me. I’m a bit pressed for time, so instead of writing something original I retrieved today’s poem from my old Instagram account.
I wrote this piece on the 1st day of last year–although I added the last line today–to commemorate my making it into the year.
I hope you enjoyed the read. If so, then don’t be shy to leave a like and perhaps a comment to let me know. I’d love to hear from you what you think about my poetry.
Once again, thanks for joining me and have yourself a fantastic Friday.
Life before death, strength before weakness, journey before destination.
Brandon Sanderson – The Storm-light Archives, The Way of Kings
Slow and steady
wins the race every time.
It may not come first
but slow and steady
always emerges victorious
for fast and furious
even though it may not come last
is so fleeting you’ll end up forgetting
the moments which led to you coming first.
© Lazarus Shatipamba 2020
The Poets Peace
Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.
Dr. Seuss
Be kind and fair
To those who despair
Show them you care
Even when they stare
Daggers behind your back
Be kind and be fair
Dare to show them you care
Even when they do declare
”Be kind and fair, elsewhere.”
© Lazarus Shatipamba 2020
The Poets Peace
