Meet you eye to eye and whisper words of love

Then turn away and watch my tears vapour above

Hold you tight everyday as you wave good bye

Later face this sty alone as I suffer and cry

Cook you a hearty meal and watch your satisfied smile

Still hear from you that I'm intolerable and vile

Always have your back and give you my shoulder and lap

In return watch you poke my heart and give me an emotional slap

Kill them with kindness i'v heard and tried

But today you taught me that love is not blind

We fell in love and in each other we vowed

Till death do us part, well, that was a good start

I was and may be still am a wild and free soul

You are and will remain the tall mountain pole

I love an evening stroll and morning coffee

You chose a night at home and popcorn with toffee

I enjoy loud beats and the option to be an open book

You were always the guard behind the wall,would never allow any one to look

I love everything expressive including happy surprises

To you they were pointless and meaningless chances

I decided to lean a bit to your unknown new world

I thought despite the dirt on the way I'd still find gold

Alas, I forgot that expectations lead to disappointments

I was told that 'it is your duty', I obeyed unaware of the predicaments

Yet I want all those in this ship to learn and recognise

That it is always our choice to love and make them realise

It takes time for a farmer to enjoy the benefits from sow to reap

Only because of his patience and trust that sweet fruit was his to keep

Be the farmer dear girl, and though it takes persistence

Your land will look up and respect you for your undying persistence

Dear life,

Why is that you play with me?

Show me a treat as good as candy

Make me lust on it like it's my only remedy

Once achieved, I feel it is coloured agony

Dear life,

Why do I strive so much towards perfection ?

Inspite of all the great acts and stories of inspiration

A little paper cut in the plan and preparation

I weep so hard until wrath adorns on us like a carnation

Dear life,

Why is that I blame you for all the misguidance?

While I am your creator and my biggest alliance

In me is the power to bring change to your governance

Yet I live in false solace and intolerable abhorrence

Dear life,

Watch me as I bond with my creator and arise

Help me build this path as I grow old and wise

Let me embrace you with all of me and dispose the cries

Because starting tonight, I am going to love you with starry eyes

Today is the day and this is your moment

To use your time well and play it wise

To break out from the rut and disguise

To chance upon the opportunities at hand

To kick mundanity and take a final stand

Today is the day and this is your moment

To take the car, drive into the unknown

To wink at the stars that happily croon

To hog on the waffles left for another day

To play some abba and let the hips sway

Today is the day and this is your moment

To wear those tap shoes, learn to tango

To speak up to that crush,lose the ego

To fling that stick,watch Rocky play fetch

To lose the thinking cap,you have a life to catch

Today is the day and this is your moment

To take time off, complete the bucket list

To break away and show routine a fist

To give your self a little space and cove

To let yourself redeem warmth and love

I sit on my chair at work,

Travel places in my head.

I see my self in spaces,

I yearn to be and die to tread.

I float in my thoughts ,

Where I see my favourite spots.

As I strike a pose and get my pictures shot

So much inspiration around

So many achievers

I'm still struggling breathlessly

Letting minute reasons shatter my dream to a vague fantasy

As the insecurities juggle in my blurry mind

I try to see the light beckoning, to leave my present behind

I carry my work in my heart, no matter what the field may be

I give it the soul no matter how tiring it may seem

I believe I am extraordinary, this I can see and feel

Possessing skills that is needed for my ordeal

It's a big step and a boundless leap of faith

It's a shape shift, assuring fall and scathe

It's a chance of a lifetime, no more can I shun

To stop the regret in my head I always Re-run

This time it will be different,

This year I hope to change ,

A big chunk of my life to rearrange

Excuses away and Complains kept afar

For there is an army of doubts with which I'm ready to wage a war.

All I wanted was for you to be there for me, Times are hard and far from any surety. When the wind blows with an endless rage,

And you walk in ignoring me in this cage,

I think why did I give up my liberation ?What made me chose this in deliberation?

Mumbling and cussing in my own space,

I searched for you in this emotional chase.

You promised me till death do us part , But all I was left with was view of watching you depart.

Coming home to you seems to be a distant dream.

Too busy to glance away from the screen.

When are you going to realise that now we are one,

Money and work isn't all there is much to be done.

I fear a day may come when my anxiety will stand still,

As I moved from one phase of reality to a phase of perennial denial.

I wish you pick me up before this mess and harness,

The love that lay beneath before it leaves me and perishes.

Rubbles and rocks all around,

Happy homes brought to ground ,

A sigh of relief is a cautious luxury.

For them, every breath is a misery.

Where the air reeks stench of blood,

And the blood they love is perishing to dust.

Grenades in the form of rain,

Children turning numb in pain

We await the weekend in alacrity,

They pray for physical security.

The world as a spectator cringes in denial,

The young and old pushed to turn senile.

When we fill selfies with smiley faces,

They try to comprehend broken empty spaces.

Once the home of flamboyant citadels,

Now an abode of ruins and gory remnants.

As the path to hope turns bleak and hollow,

And the city suffers blow after blow

Let's hold hands and pray for Aleppo.

It's not just in love you see,

It's the illicit fantasy.

Like a strange desperation,

To tear someone's salvation.

It hurts them to see the harmony,

It all sounds so bizarre. Yes an irony!

If we were like honey and bee,

Why don't you fight for diplomacy.

Separation was hard enough to bare

What is the necessity to portray you don't care

I will pray for your peaceful sleep

I will not allow for your wicked thoughts to seep

Into my heart and drip to my soul

Cos baby to save me from your treachery is my goal.

A happy day, glistening sun in our way

A beautiful event as the trees set to sway

Amidst the masses of a million heads

It felt like a safe path to tread

A ride full of laughter,glee and game

In my naive world, none to blame

Soon turned into a silent scream

what happened was not a dream

I hustled around in the hazy dark

Strange faces around me looking stark

I could not rest nor could I rebuke

Fun died down replaced with spook

I was ready to fight, I was set to yell

A new angst in me shot from hell

Like falling into a pit of shards

I took each stride with no guards

As I almost ran in frantic speed

Remorseless faces and lustful greed

Staring down at me with fiendish eyes

It was a horror with unspoken cries

An anxiety I had never felt before

Haunted my feminity from that day forth.

I lost something and gained another

Gone was my innocence and then came terror.

Below is my modern take on my most favorite poem "Phenomenal Woman" by Maya Angelou from "And I Still Rise". Something that today's rebellious yet sensitive and unique woman may agree.

I will walk with my head high

Glare at you as you take a sigh

I am not what appeals your eyes

But I am what your ego denies

I'd tell you to come join the squad

But following me is not your fad

Honey,

It's the edge of my look

The breeze in my hair

The angle of my chin

The posture of my back

If it kills you honey don't be bamboozled

For it is a splendor and you can only wonder

You can't even wish to be me

I hit the club in the nth hour

As you sneak and smirk in the side

These men want to buy me a drink

While they speak and eyes devour

Yes love,

It's the mystery in my smile

A shimmery beam in my sight

The blaze from my eclectic style

The chill in my words that alight

If it kills you honey don't be bamboozled

For it is a splendor and you can only wonder

You can't even wish to be me

They complain they can't understand me

I tried to be coy and let them see

But none of them got to me

You see love,

It's the height in my stand

The meaning behind my lines

The independence in my actions

The strong hold in my emotions

If it kills you honey don't be bamboozled

For it is a splendor and you can only wonder

You can't even wish to be me

Now honey you know

I don't need a cover

I don't need to show you what I'm made of

Next time baby lose the snarl

Because darling,

It's in the waves of my curls

The stern steer of my tone

The class of my elegance

The seize in my very presence

If it kills you honey don't be bamboozled

For it is a splendor and you can only wonder

You can't even wish to be me

Phenomenal Woman

By Maya Angelou

Pretty women wonder where my secret lies.

I’m not cute or built to suit a fashion model’s size   

But when I start to tell them,

They think I’m telling lies.

I say,

It’s in the reach of my arms,

The span of my hips,   

The stride of my step,   

The curl of my lips.   

I’m a woman

Phenomenally.

Phenomenal woman,   

That’s me.

I walk into a room

Just as cool as you please,   

And to a man,

The fellows stand or

Fall down on their knees.   

Then they swarm around me,

A hive of honey bees.   

I say,

It’s the fire in my eyes,   

And the flash of my teeth,   

The swing in my waist,   

And the joy in my feet.   

I’m a woman

Phenomenally.

Phenomenal woman,

That’s me.

Men themselves have wondered   

What they see in me.

They try so much

But they can’t touch

My inner mystery.

When I try to show them,   

They say they still can’t see.   

I say,

It’s in the arch of my back,   

The sun of my smile,

The ride of my breasts,

The grace of my style.

I’m a woman

Phenomenally.

Phenomenal woman,

That’s me.

Now you understand

Just why my head’s not bowed.   

I don’t shout or jump about

Or have to talk real loud.   

When you see me passing,

It ought to make you proud.

I say,

It’s in the click of my heels,   

The bend of my hair,   

the palm of my hand,   

The need for my care.   

’Cause I’m a woman

Phenomenally.

Phenomenal woman,

That’s me.