Unspoken Language

Why should I learn
A language,
Which is not spoken
By anybody.

M Rezvie Omerdeen
Harrison Jones Rd
Matale
Sri Lanka

Everything, We Come Across

Everything, we come across,
Either good or bad,

Whatever we see

Either pretty or ugly,

Has to come

To an end.

~ M Rezvie Omerdeen

Matale,

Sri Lanka.

14th March 2013

   

Conscience

O! my conscience,
Stay with me.
In your absence,
My life'll be
In pain.
O my conscience,
You're helping me
In all times,
By urging
And forcing me
To be
A good man
Of some sort.

M Rezvie Omerdeen
36/19 Harrison Jones Road
Matale
Sri Lanka

Life was Sweet

When we come to the end
Of the last long mile,

Shall we say that the journey
Was not worth while?
Not if we've loved
These simple things:
The scent of flowers
And the rush of wings-
Not if we've
Loved a garden green,
And found a joy
In a quiet scene-
Not if in Beauty
We've divined-
The loveliness of
The Eternal Mind

If we've found the friends
Upon the way-
Well contented,
We shall say,
With the journey done
And the task complete-
That God was good
And life was sweet.

Patience Strong

Life was Sweet

When we come to the end
Of the last long mile,

Shall we say that the journey
Was not worth while?
Not if we've loved
These simple things:
The scent of flowers
And the rush of wings-
Not if we've
Loved a garden green,
And found a joy
In a quiet scene-
Not if in Beauty
We've divined-
The loveliness of
The Eternal Mind

If we've found the friends
Upon the way-
Well contented,
We shall say,
With the journey done
And the task complete-
That God was good
And life was sweet.

Patience Strong

Frustration

Frustration
Has exceeded my limits,
Since I lost
My love.
Long and grey
Is my beard.

Whatever comes
On my way
In these times,
Is filled nothing
But sorrow.
For me, everyday
Is a long day.
Tired, are my eyes,
I'm lonely too.
May be,
I'm entering
The spirit of
Old age.

M Rezvie Omerdeen
Matale
Sri Lanka

I'm Only a Simple Man

   In the school of kindness,
   I'm only a primary student.
   In the garden of beauty,
   I'm only a good admirer.
   In the atmosphere of music,
   I'm only a keen listener.
   In the field of poetry,
   I'm only a normal scribbler.
   In the ocean of knowledge,
   I'm only a drop o'water.
   In the world of harmony,
   I'm only a peace-lover.
   In the circle of human-race,
   I'm only a simple man.

~ M Rezvie Omerdeen

26th November 2012