What's Important

Dear Anu & Adi
Exams are important
Results are too
But how hard you worked
Should be the measure for you

Success is important
Money too
But is the world happier
because of you?

Some are good in Social
Some in Maths or Science
But by chance you are not
Don't get distraught

You will find your true calling
As times passes by
Just believe and keep asking questions
What, Where, How and Why

What kind of smart are you
You will come to know soon
So don't let your head tell you
You are not good

The world needs smart, hardworking,helpful children like you
I thank God everyday
For having such wonderful loving kids like you
Mama and Dada are very very proud of you two

(Written by Jibrael Jos)

Positive Thoughts

(Day 6: Thirty day poetry challenge )
Positive thoughts
focused on a clot
Can get it flowing

Positive strokes
applied on a full stop
Can get it growing

Positive vibes
On a flickering light
Can get it glowing

What you are inside
Positive or Negative
It's actually showing
Given time
It starts spreading

So take heed
You're the seed
Which when popped into a river
Will send ripples for miles
Belief and Smiles
Through the waves forever

If by chance you the seed
Gets its share of positive strokes
Then you will become a sapling
Sapling will become a tree
But more importantly
You will be surrounded
by confident, radiant,
circle of optimistic beings

So go forth
spread your positivity
in this negatively charged atmosphere,
May you be vibe
the world wants to subscribe,
Now and Forever
(Written by Jibrael Jos )

Inspiration by the Sea

(Day 5: Thirty day poetry challenge )
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Waves were impressed by the rocks
which stood strong
against their onslaught
Rocks were inspired by the lighthouse
which guided ships in the open sea

Lighthouse looked up at the sun
Which gave light to the whole world
The sun warmed to the coconut tree
Who converts his light into food for free
Coconut tree loved the waves
Who travelled the seven seas

On this beach as I stand
I am at awe of God's hand
Creation in its intricacies
Makes life a platter of visual delicacies

Dragon flies glide above the waves
Living each day as it flows
Crabs worked clinically
Each time the wave goes

Fishes living happily in rock's small crevice
Oblivious to the adjoining big blue sea
Birds enjoying the seafood snack
Each time the waves rolls back

On this beach as I stand
I am at awe of God's hand
I can get inspired by things around me
And shrug the negativity that hounds me
If God made me
He wouldn't have got it all wrong
I need to make my Self Belief strong
(Written by Jibrael Jos )

Bumblebee to Butterfly

(Day 4: Thirty day poetry challenge )
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Shoulders are weak
Burdens are heavy
Long journey I seek
But legs are weary

One medical bill
and mind has lost its will
Lightness Swiftness all gone
Butterfly became a bumblebee

This illness has taken a grip
Money flowing in a steady drip
Bread winner has become bed ridden
Support has become the burden

Heart wading thru stormy sea
Life no longer calling me
Do they wish that I go
Or do they really love me
as much as they show

I am ready to die
But if I don't give a fight
Who am I?
All these years what I believed
Would be for nothing
But a heartless lie

Everyone is dying anyway
So why not live ....
.... even in this final driveway!
.....
I will be stronger
I will be lighter
I will be colourful
Bumblebee to Butterfly
That's me, mE, ME

(Written by Jibrael Jos ) 

Cut and Sell

(Day 3: Thirty day poetry challenge )
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We buy or inherit
a piece of land
Do we build a house,
a shop, a school
Or do we build a fence
and wait for
property price to rise
Or do we leave it free
For cows to graze
and kids to play

Do we till the land
And labour for it
Do we sow
So that one day we can reap
Or do we reap
What we did not sow

Do we plant trees in this space
To save our world
Or simply to exploit
the land of the last drop of water
to cash the wood for white paper

Is this land ours
to cut and sell
To pollute the lakes
and trees to fell
We are here for a blink
But somehow we think
We are here to rule
this earth

Trees which stood
for a hundred years
Who bore sweet fruits,
Provided shade and shelter
For man and beast alike
Is chopped down in a jiffy
With a cold axe's clean strike

Lakes which served for a million years
to various fishes and flora
Adding to the villages
ambience and aura
Refuge for migratory birds
is flushed with waste and sewage
Leaving the lake
Seething with foam and rage

Is this land ours
To cut and sell
To pollute the lakes
And trees to fell
We are here for a blink
But somehow we think
We are here to rule
this earth
(Written by Jibrael Jos )

A hundred deaths

With hundred eyes on him
It was a jungle out there
His mind told him
To run from there

He ran he ran
As fast he could
But he found himself
Right where he stood

He closed his eyes
Hoping it would pass
But chill down the spine
Told him there was no chance

He open his mouth to speak
What to say he was at a loss
His throat became so parched
The blood pressure went for a toss

Now why did he take such risk
Why did he volunteer to start
With all these laughing hyenas
Waiting to tear him apart

His palm could sweat
He just now realised
All these vultures waiting
For his imminent demise

Like a man from the grave
He held the mike with a sigh
He wondered instead of
the welcome speech
Could he on this podium
Just Die

(Written by Jibrael Jos
For all those who dared to speak
On a podium before a large audience
And for all those who didn't )

Ready Steady Go

You stand at break of dawn
Getting ready for what you were born
The bow is bent and ready
Your aim is holding steady
Your eye sees the multiple targets
Your heart wants it all
String is stretched and taut
The arrow ready for the shot
Universe is with you,
give it all you have got
You are the sunrise
the world has long sought