THE VOICE OF A POET

Happiness is that feeling of utter bliss, The dizzying pleasure of a stolen kiss, The cheeky wink of a naughty tease, That will never leave You ill at ease. Happiness is a roaring wind, Pulsing and soaring with force and greed, Devouring and tearing it all to feed, An insatiable appetite to grow and breed. Happiness is like that beautiful dream, On a cloud floating to a glorious realm, Massaged by the wind and caressed by steam, Enchanting like the glow of a moonlight  beam. Happiness is that bubbly and wonderful  feeling, Of passion that leaves us wobbly and reeling, The inexplicable joy that brings cures and healing, To a heart so hurt that it's crawling and bleeding. Happiness is a choice, To press on despite the falling ice, And season your life with some warmth and spice, To value your heart above any price. © Patolyer 2013.

Love and wisdom, More Intimate Than an exchange between a tender bridegroom and his bride Combination Clear like a foetus thought and pure as a virgins kiss Much sweeter than her tease Twice fold noble as a sturdy horse Yet opposite like a gun and a rose No wisdom in love Or should I say no love in wisdom Which is which, I can barely fathom For in love even the wisest minds sleep And in wisdom the purest heart cheat Lack of love just reason, minds marry and can't keep Without wisdom but only passion, hearts bond and later bleed Wisdom is organized love Love is accessed wisdom In affection devoid of wisdom man take other man's life In reason a lawyer put passion of heat as a defense And in wisdom devoid of affection the judge lessen the sentence What anomaly Wisdom feel life but think of death Love feels of only bliss Because for wisdom its foolishness to think of happiness Love and wisdom Both treat each other with sheer suspicion Love sees wisdom as so immoral an

I won't give my heart to You again, Despite the pleas and assurances,You apply my trust to gain, For when You broke my heart, I left and faced the pain, Alone and conquered, from your love broke the chains. I was never out of options when I made You my choice, Saw you as my guiding light amidst the chaos and the noise, I ignored the warnings and never raised my voice, Not knowing you were leading my heart towards a shattering demise. I fell headlong,heart first for your beauty driven by lust, Confused by the raging desire that our love would last, Never imagining  that it was just an act that was being cast, So when the curtains fell it would all be in the past. I refuse to be pulled back by the memories of the sweet moments we shared, Nor to be held captive by the sacrifices You made and the heart you bared, For I discovered I was wrong, all along, to think that You cared, For if You did, breaking my heart You'd have never dared. I am glad its over for I

Tema yaliyo moyoni, Sema nami kilicho rohoni, Nena yasijejaa hadi pomoni, Yakakuziba na kukaba kooni. Uamkapo livalie tabasamu usoni, Utembeapo tafakari hili fikirani, Tia bidii ndo unoge kwa fani, Upate raha ukabarizi jioni. Yachague kwa makini yako maneno, Kwani yana ncha mbili kama msumeno, Yawe ya kufaa na kupigiwa mfano, Upate furaha kupitia kila vuno. Ninaposema nisikize kwa makini, Ninapotema nielewe ewe mwandani, Haya maisha ni ya ajabu iso kifani, Yachangamsha na kustaajabisha bila utani. © Patolyer 2013