Nature's beauty/Naturally beautiful

Sitting down on a beautiful rock

My feet in the water I soak

Listening to the frogs croak

Beautiful birds chirping

Songs of love they are singing

Slender beams of sunlight through the trees

Whistling of the trees and buzzing of the bees

Music of tranquility for my ears

A worry of life in my head clears

Colorful butterflies on the other side

Beauty of their wings is their pride

From flower to flower they glide

From down the river she appears

A woman with a sheer beauty

Curl of her eye lashes

Beauty in her eyes flashes

From the fullness of her lips

To the curve of her hips

From the lovely sound of her voice

To the sassy twirling of her waist

Singing the classical tunes of her choice

And dancing the moves of a queen’s taste

Soaking in the view I closed my eyes for a while

To the birds, butterflies, trees, flowers…

And to the woman, I gave the best of my smile

- Edwin Onyango

 

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Candle in the wind

As the sun dives beyond the horizon
The moon escapes from her prison
Dazzling rays of daylight last in the sky
The cold night falls with a silent sigh
Night walkers says ciao
They are in control now
There was once light, now the night reigns with darkness
And somehow sorrow has found my point of weakness
Cascade of tears fall upon my darkened eyes
Dripping to the cold, uncaring tombstones
Sleeping beauty, sleeping but just bones
Sleeping beneath these cold stones
Her candle burned off two months ago
The dark wind blew away her shadow
Drowned in sadness, drowned in painful memories
Memories of what used to be my favorite love stories
I always thought she will be with me forever
I thought we will see our old days together
But for God knows why,
Now it is just me and loneliness in this graveyard

- Edwin Onyango

Scarred Beauty

Trees cutting

Charcoal burning

Less vegetation

Deforestation

Holes digging

Rocks blasting

Gold mining

Oil drilling

Soil erosion

Toxic emission

water contamination

waste deposition

Land pollution

Desertification

Illegal hunting

Animals poaching

Rhinoceros horns

Elephants ivory

Skin cut into pieces

Endangered species

Scenes I have seen

Leaves  not green

Water not clean

Men so mean

What’s their deal?

Poisoned thrill

Nature they kill

Mother nature

Scarred beauty

She has no twin

No next of kin

She is turning gray

If she dies today

That will be the END

- Edwin Onyango

Fallen Freedom Fighter

Thrown in jail, locked behind bars

My soul ails, my skin full of fresh scars

In solitary I’m detained, caged in the dark

On my neck I’m chained, my hands on my back

I scream in pain, cold tears on my eyes

They stream in vain, no one hears my cries

My joints ache, from the beating I get

Whipping I take, extreme torture not yet

On my face they spit, my toes they crash

My head they hit, my ribs they smash

On the floor I bleed, out of pain I plea,

To death I concede, for my soul to be free

In a second my life flashes, pictures of my past

To the grave everyone rashes, flag flying  half mast

Freedom fighter no more, fought for the just

Ashes to ashes, dust to dust

My warrior soul rest in peace

- Edwin Onyango

For richer, For poorer!?!

I wonder what you would say

If I told you why I was crying

I wonder if you would stay

If I told you I was lying

When I told you I was fine

But I was really hurting

Sweat of fear down my spine

Tears of guilt cloud my eyes

Clouds of regret fill the skies

The dark sky is no limit

To the pain I feel inside

The truth crushes my spirit

But from it, no more I can hide

I promised you golden wings

And told you to the moon we will fly

I promised you expensive things

Everything i knew money can buy

I promised you a rainbow crown

And a king size diamond ring

I promised you Armani prive' gown

And a silver platter dinner with the king

I told you you’ll be my queen

Am sorry for tricking you into loving me

For with a better man you’d rather be

I can not afford all the precious things I promised you

Poverty is a word you never knew

In my case, it is like hair on super glue

But it wouldn’t matter if your love is true

For better, for worse, for richer, for poorer…

Please tell me if you will still say, “Yes I do”

-Edwin Onyango

UNTIL THAT DAY- by Renard Jude shy

UNTIL THAT DAY: SEVEN PRINCIPLES OF THE UNIVERSE: #KEEP_IT_SIMPLE
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We human beings just love to make things far more complicated than they actually are. Life itself being one of them. It's to be expected. We're still a race with an over-developed intellect and under developed spirit. Look at Harvard, full of intellectuals justifying their own egos by over complicating very simple principles.

As the influential economist E.F. Schumacher noted 'Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius — and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.'

Schumacher wasn't alone. Some of the greatest minds to have graced the planet have voiced their awareness of how genius lies in simplicity.

Confucius noted: 'life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated', Leonardo de Vinci pronounced, 'simplicity is the ultimate sophistication', and Henry David Thoreau accurately surmised 'our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify, simplify.' Lastly, the Bible declares: 'The testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple' (Psalms 19:7).

When we consider these quotes span over thousands of years, we begin to grasp how slow our evolution actually is.

Nature is blissfully simple. And there are simple, natural principles at the heart of life. Knowing them is the first step to being aware of them, and being aware of them is one step away from living into them.

Here are the principles:

The Law of Perpetual Transmutation
The Law of Relativity
The Law of Vibration
The Law of Polarity
The Law of Rhythm
The Law of Cause and Effect
The Law of Gender

When we grasp how these laws work and how they impact us and every aspect of our lives on a moment to moment basis - we've made a massive leap to a far more successful life, individually as well as collectively; and giant step to ultimately manifesting THAT DAY!

It's all about awareness, and it would be negligent to not look deeper into each of these seven principles, which I will do for the next seven days, so stay tuned Until That Day Family. Enjoy your Saturday, and remember to keep it simple!

HOLDING THE VISION!

UTD = UNITED = UNTIL THAT DAY!!!

-Renard Jude shy

They will mourn

In a black suit, wearing corpse-scented cologne

Dancing music of the dead, evil tunes, haunted tones

Listening to the sound of the cursed trombone

  

This place is a cold heart zone

No one gives a damn, I’m on my own

Walking in foggy woods, all but alone

In my pockets and on the piled stones

I look everywhere, look for the phone

How will I reach them? How will I call home?

How will I tell them that I will soon be gone?

To me the other side has been shown

Mysterious place, the world unknown

The side with the ones who had passed on

To the jaws of death I will be thrown

It will chew my soul and gnaw my bones

Friends and family will mourn

In grief they will groan

Mournful bawls they will try to control

But tears of anguish  will play its’ role

Their broken hearts, I wont be there to console

Their heads, they will cover with black shawls

On their knees, they will pray for my soul

-Edwin Onyango

Tears on a blood moon

Slowly but with a lot of pain she turned to face my way
I moved close, knelt beside the bed, held her hand and waited to hear what she wanted to say
“Eddie, my son,”  with a low voice she called “how was school today?”
Cool, Mama. Everything was okay. I chewed all the books in class then went to the field to play
I could still see traces of pain in her eyes as she tried to smile at me
She tried so hard to hide it. For her suffering she didn’t want me to see
Despite her effort, tears in her eyes began to flow
Tears of sorrow, grief, regrets and woe
I then asked her, “what is wrong Mama? Why are you crying?”
As much as i tried not to think about it, but the truth was that she was dying
“I’m alright son. I love you and I’m so proud of you” said she
“Just happy to see the kind of man you are turning out to be”
“I love you too Mama. All this is because of you”
“You are my morning star that smiles in the blue”
“Can you get me a glass of water. I’m Feeling thirsty” “hurry” she added.
“here you go Mama. At room temperature just like you like it”
Mama, here is your water. Mama?! Mama wake up.
Wake up Mama. Mama!!!
I lean close to listening if she was still breathing
Mama, wake up Mama. I need you Mama.
I listened to her chest if her heart was still beating
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I guess she never wanted me to watch her loose the fight
That was her nature. Even when things went haywire
She always found a way to make me think all was alright
For me, she would throw her self on the line of fire
My tears on a blood moon, gone too soon
I sit by the window, with a gloomy voice i croon
I look to heavens and ask God why?
Why her? why not me? why all the grey in the sky
I…I never had a chance to say goodbye
Through the moonlight and the sunlight all i do is cry
Too much pain for my heart to bear. I'd rather die
Come meet me Mama. Come say Hi


- Edwin Onyango
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