2010

2010

Grand portal into the second decade,
Exit from the first,
Of the twenty first century,
As time morphs into eternity,
Like a phoenix,
2009 mocks death,
Morphing into 2010,
In a slow and concrete passing of time.

The storms of this moribund year,
Brace me for the challenges of the coming one,
The mightiest falls give meaning to the smallest rise,
Those moments lived at the fringes of high risk,
The memories of those enduring seconds one yard from peril,
Spice and sweeten the joys of victories big and small,
In this new year,
May defeat be as good a stepping stone as victory,
Treat both impostors just the same,
May we be boldly daring,
Enjoy the adventure,
Despise the pain,
Learn the lessons,
Leave the past behind,
The hurt and the pain,
The regrets and ifs,
Be determined to savor every second,
Making it count,

And this new year,
May we give give give a little more,
A little more of ourselves every time,
That is the surest way to be a little better,
Reach out to the promise of 2010,
Every next second a brighter beacon beckons,
Even when raging dark clouds invade the sky,
May this be your best year yet,
Thank your 2009,
Big warm embrace 2010,
Let the exciting adventure begin,
Or go onnnnnn...
Happy New Year...

© 2009 Afeseh Ngwa Hilary

Christmas - reason or treason!

Christmas - reason or treason!

True they say Christ is the reason,
Reason for the season,
Saying doesn't make it so,
For many treason is the reason,
Treason in Christ's kingdom,
It is a time for sharing,
Not one to be lost in materialism,
It is a time for caring,
It is a time for loving,
A time when we remember how the creator,
Became the created,
A time to celebrate the greatest gift of all,
Christ the King,
Who came like a babe in a manger,
Not swathed in gold,
Not attended by servants,
The humblest King of all,
A fulfillment of prophecy,
Some of the first steps,
Towards the redemption of wretched man,
A drama acted from the blueprint of the Master,
First scenes on a stage fit for calves,
His humility took away nothing from his greatness,
His birth in a manger failed to diminish his omnipotence,
His omniscience,
His omnipresence,
His humanity did not affect His deity,
Now this is personal,
He is my King :-)

© 2009 Afeseh ngwa hilary.

Cold sunrise

This morning I saw the sun rise in glorious majesty,
cutting through a thick blanket of cold air,
like a new pair of scissors...
I saw its shine of golden rays,
ricochet off a spotlessly white carpet of snow,
spewed from the bowels of the skies some days before...
an almost blinding flash of glory...
art at its best by nature itself...
I am in awe of you Lord...
You strum a beautiful melody with my heart strings,
You put a praise on my lips.

© 2009 afeseh ngwa hilary

The Opium of confusion.

The Opium of confusion.

Arrrh the opium,
of a high dose of confusion,
married to an even higher dose of shock,
given by reality in a single dose,
enough to send him running to the yard,
dazed and confused in his under pants,
he jumped out of bed to meet her cries,
One moment she had life,
the next moment she lay lifeless,
cold like an ice block,
and nothing could change it,
his beloved daughter now gone,
banished by death from the surface of the earth,
and his only working therapy,
the incomprehensible belief,
that in another world,
a meeting to part no more will come.

© 2009 afeseh ngwa hilary

Dropped in the closet!

Dropped in the closet!

The pillows drenched in tears,
Helpless expression of your loneliness,
Bears testament of your strength at the airport,
Now that the strength mask is dropped in the closet.

© 2009 Afeseh Ngwa Hilary

No limit to better

No limit to better!

I love better,
Better than best,
It takes away the pressure,
Of being the best,
So that like a laser beam,
I can just focus on being better,
Better than the me of one second ago,
And there is no limit to being better,
An endless opportunity to improve,
Best in a vague way sets a limit in the mind,
Best can mistakenly tell a lie that it is the end,
For me there is no end,
And better is best!

by Afeseh Ngwa Hilary