One for the Seasaw

This I have never understood:

WE CHOP DOWN trees but chop up wood;

WE DRAW DOWN wrath, we draw up wills,

WE RUN DOWN foes, we run up bills;

WE EAT food up, we down a drink,

WHICH is a little strange, I think.

WE TURN DOWN offers, turn up noses-

Just ONE last thought and then this closes:

WE SHOULD REMEMBER, we poor clowns,

THAT LIFE is full of ups and downs.

~ Richard Armour

The Wall Street Journal

Reader’s Digest October 1994

                     

                      

                      

                     

                      

                    

     

Life- Kiara Weeks

Untie The Ribbons

What a Life

When I laughed,

Sweetly and merrily,

They danced and sang

With me.

When I wept,

None but my shadow,

To share the sorrow 

With me.

~ M Rezvie Omerdeen 

7th May 2012

Happiness and Sorrow

Happiness

A visitor from faraway,

Who comes to see me

But once in a great while.

Sorrow,

A close kinsman,

Who is with me

In the morn, noon and night.

~ M Rezvie Omerdeen

7th May 2012

The Lone Gazer

She stands there alone
Her eye on the silent sea
Her face that bears a mystic smile
Knows not what future lies in store
Alone and forsaken there she stands
Her feet lie resting on the golden sands
Perhaps a lover safely sunk
Beneath the waters deep and blue
Her eyes look down in painful smile
Yes! he is there whom they slew
Alone and forsaken as before
She is the - the girl of the golden sand.

A MAHILMALAR

S.S.C.

KOPAY CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, KOPAY.Magazine MARCH 1953

The Game Quite Fair

I regard the game which is quite fair,
I prize the film "Where Eagles Dare".

I admire the beauty of the twilight,
I adore the stars at night.

I relish music of some sort,
I prefer to pen a good quote.

I weep when things go wrong,
I respect the emotion in an old song.

I recite the lyrics I find,
I value an art of some kind.

I gaze at the folks who sing and dance,
I esteem the sentiments of a good romance.

I always cherish a good friend,
I hope to carry on the goodwill till the end.

I pray for my parents for doing whatever they could,
I regret for not achieving what I should.

I honour my teachers for the best guidance in school,
I feel sorry coz I often played the fool.

I wish to forget and forgive,
I salute the saints who taught me how to live.
~ M Rezvie Omerdeen
    Matale
    20th November 2013

I Won’t Let Pain....

The Meaning of Life

Those Who Mind Don’t Matter - by Bernard M Baruch

I’m not Alone With My Thoughts

The Sun Hid Her Face