So much Love

I cant belive I'm these happy
How can I relish a storm?
Look at how much luv you're showing me
Adding to the debt of gratitude I owe u all
How did we come to this?
Still, how did our bond grow so strong?
My bed is big u know, but its not big enuff
Me & u it'd fit you know, but it'd not fit us all
But oh wait I see in a place that 'd fit us all
In my heart, there's space enough
Sure it'd fit us all.

(The poem is a stub, help me complete it
suggest ur own lines n lets complete it)

The Lift

High up the steps
One foot at a time
Climbing up the stairs
My feet carry me up

Rising,
I rise above myself
Above who i was
Higher and higher
To the world i belong

Lifting up
Leaving my weight behind
Light, like a lit rocket fired up
Light, like a baloon floating up
To meet & kiss the cool clouds above

I fly
Past time, past space
Past memories of days
Fast in a speed of light
Far into outer space
In newness of me

Smiling
As the million stars cheer for me
The winds of Jupiter blow on my face
The ashen light of Venus glow on me
The comets & metoers orbit around me

Looking down
Down at the bluey earth
Whose pull of gravity
I would have none
Whose wintery winter I would none
Nor the sweltering heat of summer

For here
With metoerites for neighbours
& My soul so close home
I desire of nothing
Nothing else apart from what
I can lay my eyes on

The beauty
Untold beauty beyond all imagination
To which my heart runs forth

Call for Recess

Season one is over
So,i'm sending myself home
To go go thru' some things over
See if I'll up my game
And prabably
When I come back
Rejuvinated &un-weary
A'l put out a bigger,
A smarter seaon
With more swagger
(Did Phat say Swagger?
Yep, I did! I did!)
So we see
E-other then?
Nothing but,
I mean nothing buh,
Ok,let me re-load that,..
Nothing buh Love
Hasn't it been real?
Sherry
Gracie,
Mary
Joy
Liv
Juliet
Simon
Kui
Nimoh
Hellen
Lillian
Dorcas
Ritah...
You,
Everyone,
I culdnt possibly
mention all o'yal
the faceless,
the nameless,
&
all...
see you in season 2

DAD AM I A FOOL?

A million words
From a million foolish minds
A couple of million smiles
Learnt as a subject in school these days
Such is our lives
We blinded by fogs of follies

As if in a cast
We fete and crown our clowns
We feast and make merry
As we knight our unfitting stars
And which stars?
Stars we cast in theaters of our lives

There are no auditions
Anyone who can breath is our pick
Thus we mark our lives
In scenes thats perfectly mimic our sins
Oh Hail Mary
Most blessed, come quick see

Chaotic freedom
Freedom for the million foolish minds
What foolish wisdom
That the wise must sift through every word
Hear their million words
See the fading glow of their drowning light

How they succeed in their glorious failures
This I'm not part of
Them I run farthest away from
And that my pals can easily co-sign
That I never played a foolish mind
I couldn't cut it in audition
If I ever tried
For my smart disguised would still show
Me Poppa I'm not a fool.

The Encore

I will write no more
This is my encore
One last poem
Before I take a bow
I'm retiring my pen
Kissing these papers goodbye
A kiss so sweet you wish it was thine!

Look what I leave behind
When I'm gone yet un-gone
My image clearly tatted in your mind
Like a tattoo you could never fade me out
Echoes of my voice ringing in your heart
Again and again mimicking the beating of your heart

In `one me' didn't I tell you there is none like I
To find yourself you could say you needed my eye
Pardon my blasphemy if you hear me callin myself god
Its just that Sherrie told me that writers have a soul
(Oh, wasn't her words just so profound?!)
...And if a souls dies not, Hey that makes me what?

I had you hooked at one me
My first poem off my first book
You could say it was love at first sight
I mean, love at first words!
I painted beautiful words in colour
Like my fingers and pens were cartridge and toners

Now I cant go away for a moment
Without one of you calling out my name
I'm way bigger than myself
Though few will realize that and not well after I'm gone
W.W.W.phatsworldpoetry.blogspot.com is what I'm leaving behind
So many waiting to get their name in it

Its the holy grail for the who's who
Thats why only a chosen few will grace it
See me fly with angels
And here are my last words,
`` I'm from Above!''.

Don't chicken out.

You chicken out, you chicken out
Why the hell do you chicken out
You smile at me
I smile back
You say hi to me
I stop shake your hand
You say goodbye
I pat your shoulder
You start to walk
I watch you go
You wanted to talk
But you chicken out
Why the hell do you chicken out

I ask your number
you give it to me
I haven't called
Cos I'm just being a boy
You don't call mine
Heck you're being a lady!
But we meet again
Now we're even pals in facebook
You check my profile
And know I'm single
You are feeling something
But you chicken out
Why the hell do you chicken out?

You invite me to an event
And I sure attend
You are looking good
I'm looking better!
This time we hug
Tell you're smelling nice
I also hug your pal
She is smelling wow
I talk to her
And we exchange numbers
She is already texting me
And the day ain't over
She can tell I like her
Now you're out of the picture
So before I sleep
I make sure I call her
O.m.g we talk for hours
We'll sure be dating
Next time you see us
You could have been her
But tell that to the ya pals
cos you chickened out
You chickened out
That's because you chicken out?

How you and I meet.

She is tall, she is cute
That's how I see her in my dream
She smiles at me
And I smile back, and there our eyes meet
We sit to talk
Her voice is a dance, her words are poetry
I love her words
I'm already in love with her voice
I listen and pick her mind
And she's got the smart to be my friend

I take her hand
An admire her cute slender fingers
Her hair is lovely
And her lips are so tempting
She's an angel
Her beauty is heavenly
And when we stand to walk
I swear I ain't seen one walk with such grace
She is sweet
And her warmth melts away the ice-caps of my heart

Her energy is lifting
High like a tidal-wave, sweeping me off my feet
I absolutely adore her
Even before I get to really know her
So soul to soul
We are engrossed in a hearty chat
Our once broken cords
Are sewn into one in a fleeting moment
The magic of the gods
The gods of love toast to our long enduring love

Two souls but one heart
There, that's how you and I meet.

Hello Phat.... (letter from a pal)

Hey Phat, tell me how are you doing?
I've been following you, there are so many thing I like about you
You are great in so many ways and I'm not just saying it
I've been following your blog too
Plus I love how you make comments on facebook too
I think what you write is cool!
Your last poem,''in my mind'', is my new favourite
If may ask, who or what is it about?
I saw you looking good in a suit the other day
I was like wow,You look so damn good so corporate
I agree with what your pals said, you should suit up more often
The other day you had a big cake on your birthday
You must have had fun, please do invite me next year
Phat, I like the changes you've made on your life this year
Like you ain't taking alcohol and you're now going to church
And are you serious you would do a wedding now?
I somehow look up to you Phat, you inspire me somehow
You are my hero, if I get a son I might call him Phat!
Anyway,there is something you and me should talk about
I was worried for you, I know its been rough with La-vista and your gal
How did it go, and how are you really coping?
You seem to be going back and forth
But keep your head up everything is going to be alright
I love your attitude, your optimism and your faith
Don't lose them, not like that
You've got great friends I admire them a lot
If you don't mind you could introduce me them sometime
I hope you and I will always be good pals
I'm not loud or clumsy plus I believe in you Phat
I have to go but I'll sure be reading your blog and your wall
Plus I'm going to church where you go I might bump into you there
I stay by your place so if we bump at the stairs I'll say hi
And say hi to your cute pals Sherry, Gracie and Mary
I do hope to meet them someday
Stay smart and look after yourself.

Out.

HOW MUCH LONGER

How much longer
Before I can get her number
And before I can call her
Before I can ask her out
And find out if she is seeing someone

How much longer
Before I can reach out and hold her hand
Then release and see if she'll hold on to mine
before I can hug her close enough
And long enough to feel the beating of her heart

Tell me how much longer
Before I can rest my head on her shoulder
And then turn my head towards her neck and smell her
Before I can ran my hands gently on her back
And no t be afraid to run my fingers through her hair

Who knows how much longer
Before we can have our first kiss
And before I can go back and tell my friends
Before I can invite her to my place
And cook for her my favourite dish

Who knows how much longer
Before I'm so smitten about her
and I cant think of nothing else but her
And before I cant go to bed before I say good night

Who knows how much longer
Before she meets all my friends
And before I can take her to meet my parents
Before her name appears on my poems
And before I give her the password to my blog

Who knows how much longer
Before our kiss is lasting for more than a minute
And before I can kiss her on her forehead
Before I can dance for her and she laughs
And before I can look deeply into her beautiful eyes

How much longer
Before she's my girlfriend
And I her boyfriend
Before she can tap my hand as we talk
And before I can hold her hand as we walk

How much longer
Before I can take chocolate from her mouth
And then return it with a kiss just for the fun of it
Before I'm calling her when I'm out to ask her what to bring her
And before I can tell her favorite drinks and her flavour

How much longer
Before the inevitable first fight
And then the sorry, the gifts and the make up
Before we can lay in bed for hours just talking
And then pillow-fight until we are sweating and laughing

How much longer
Before I can slip the ring in her finger
And tell her I want to spend the rest of my life with her
Before she wipes away the happy tears
And nods her head smiling finally saying yes!

How much longer
Before she's my wife
And I'm the happiest man alive
Before we visit the doctor together
And the doctor tells me I'm going to be a father

How much longer
Tell me please
Whom holds those answers.

If

If I gave you what you wanted
Would you give me what I need
If its my heart that you wanted
Would you meet all its needs

If I let you into my heart
Would you cater to its whims
If I hadn't what you wanted
Would you say that I am mean

If I let you into my heart
Would you bend yo its every whim
If I let you into my soul
Would you trade it for gold

If I told you all my secrets
Would you keep and never tell
If I let you into my fears
Would you teach me not to be afraid

If I was yours and truly yours
Would you live with the boy in me
If I wrote a poem for another gal
Would you be jealous yet still love me more

If I couldn't be able to write for you
Would it be OK if I danced instead
If you I wasn't the best dancer
Would it be OK of I just snapped my fingers

If someone else loved me better
Is it OK if I see them once in a while
If I dint want you cos you were too good for me
And I'm such a jerk
Would you persuade me to remain and keep trying.

In my mind

In my mind I create a perfect world
In my mind nothing ever goes wrong
In my mind I can arrest errors before they happen
only in my mind

In my mind I think of your love
In my mind I have an ideal gal
In my mind I make wishes for both of us
only in my mind

In my mind you are the cutest gal in the world
In my mind you are perfect you could do nothing wrong
In my mind I get lost when I pictur
e you in my thoughts

only in my mind
In my mind you and me are not two but one
In my mind we are connected by something bigger that ourself
In my mind its me and you,- me and you forever
only in my mind

In my mind I think of you from sunrise to sunset
In my mind you are always there, always by my side
In my mind I talk to you and you answer me back
only in my mind

In my mind there is a pictureful album with images of you
In my mind there are records of your sweet voice
In my mind I play records of your chuckles and your laughter
only in my mind

In my mind you have the most perfect body
In my mind there's none with such beautiful hips as yours
In my mind I can feel your fingers running over my face
only in my mind

In my mind I can see you walking beside me
In my mind I can dial your number with my eyes shut
In my mind I can feel you thinking of me and whispering my name
only in my mind

In my mind when we talk
And I say all the right words
In my mind I can anticipate words before you speak them
In my mind I listen when you talk and nod and smile
only in my mind

In my mind we dance,- you teach me to dance
In my mind you're patient with me, you know I'll get it right someday
In my mind I hold your hand and you tell me everything
only in my mind

In my mind we go out and talk and joke and its so much fun
In my mind we sit on stones on a picnic and bite on cookies
In my mind we drink from the same bottle and the same straw
In my mind

In my mind everything stops when I see you and all I can do is smile
In my mind you make me so happy all I want is to stay with you
In my mind when its time to go I feel sad but we always meet again
n my mind

In my mind I'm incomplete its you who complete me
In my mind you have made me a better man you've taught me a lot
In my mind we are united in mind and soul there is no me but we
only in my mind

In my mind you are the gal of my dream, no one could better you
In my mind I hope to find you I'm working on myself for you
In my mind I repent to God cos I worship you more
only in my mind

In my mind an angel is like you and you are like an angel
In my mind like the sun and moon you brighten me up
In my mind you live and sleep you belong
only in my mind

In my mind we are GREAT, greater than Romeo & Juliet
In my mind our story of love will be bigger than Leila's and Majnuns
In my mind I'm more smitten than Lynsyder ever was for Hermia
only in my mind

In my mind I can never lose you, you are always with me
In my mind I hug you and kiss your sweet lips and my heart lifts
In my mind I've kissed you from your forehead to your toe
in my mind

In my mind I'm looking for you and when I do I'll know
In my mind you will love me for me and I'll love you for you
In my my mind we will good to each other from start to end
In my mind

In my mind I desire of nothing else if should find you not
Not of food be it sweeter than chocolate
Nor of gift be they come wrapped in petals
Nor of music be it a whole symphony
Nor of promise and mostly not of tomorrow
Nor of hope for hope is nothing but self promise
Nor of perfume be it Adidas or Nivea sport!
Nor of poems be they from Rumi
Nor of kisses be they from Jennifer Hudson
Nor of faith even though I've lost mine
Nor of new shoes be they Airforce or Dockers
Nor of an extra pair of socks even if I was only in one pair
Nor of sleep for before I find you sleep is naught
Nor of a sweet voice if its not yours
Nor of smiles if its not yours
Nor of peace for without you I can not know peace
Nor of rest for I will rest not until I find you
And nor of poem for this is my last.

For Sherie (my good friend).

She came my way
Seeking to replace a lost shuttle-cork
I looked at her and asked her
If all the other angels in heaven also played badminton
And there our friendship began
Then 1st, I mispronounced her name
And her, She said mine with an accent
She was vested in whites - White pure and clean
She promised to teach me how to wear whites
I promise her i don't make promises but I'd try
She read my poetry - I read her `dreams'
She told me writers have a soul
I thought, Wow, that's so profound
And though my very soul was troubled
She was the friend, the angel looking out for me
Now that the waters of my seas are calm
And my soul steeled with peace
Reflecting on the thought that writes have a soul
I have for you this syllogism
If a soul is a god,
And a soul dies not,
Then Am I he who is eternal?

``For He will command His Angels concerning you..''
Psalms 91-11.

Thats her, Whats you?

She has seen a lot to make her cry
That if she is the type that cries
Tears would have eroded her face

She has seen a lot to drive her nuts
That if she was the type that cracks
She would have lost her mind

She has soaked a lot of hate
That if she were to retaliate
Some people would be lying dead

She has nursed a lot of stress
That if she was the type that get depressed
Ulcers would have driven her to death

She has faced a lot of temptations
That if she was the kind that don’t pray
She would already lost her faith

She has been through ups and down
That if she dwelled on the downs
She would have thrown the towel and quit

But through thick and she had held herself together
Kept her faith and prayed to God for answers
And promised herself never to give up

unbroken

I must confess here and now i feel unwell
The more i fight it the more i hurt as i linger in denial
Among all the others love is the GREATEST of them all
Take away that and all your other pieces crumble and fall

Oh look how now in my fragility I'm shaken
How these little pleasures i indulged feels tasteless
From where i stood high above my rose has fallen
And in my chase i roll and roll in confusion

At night i lay in my bed to sleep but my sleep is wretched
For my mind , my thoughts and my emotions have run riot
My confidence is shaken and in my vulnerability I'm not my own
My old eloquence is my new incoherence, my words are not my own

This loss, this particular loss has left me broken
I bet the only place that i remain in fullness is outside myself
Eros the god of love has taken away my golden bow and arrows
Turning against me and now the sharp shafts deep in my heart now lodge

But how could two halves of a perfect heart that had held together fast,
Two halves of a perfect heart that was filled from the heart to the
lips with love,
Two halves of a perfect heart that stood soul to soul as years passed
Let love in its bloom, get plucked and die as a leaf that dies only in a day?

Oh Love lift up your eyes over this wall that stands between us
Meet mine and see where GREAT love is
For I have loved you with my whole souls might
And still my very love of you fills me

How I wish I could change my sweet one love with words
Put back the smile on those sweet lips that I once sipped from
And We would glow to rival the brightest of stars
You and me splendid in one spirit

Angels and the deuce

AGAINST ALL ODDS……………

I know you have some reasons to look back but don’t
Lets move on
You may also have a reason to cry but please don’t
Don’t do it over bygones
Things may not be looking good right now but hold on
It’s only for a while
Keep your head up and don’t despair
Just do what you should
I know sometimes it seems so unfair
But stick by your rules
You can get through this you have a strong mind
Just listen to your heart
Forget all the pain in the past and look at the bright side
And you will free you mind
Forget whatever they meant when they said that…………………
Because you are stronger than that
And please don’t beat yourself so hard
The darkness will soon pass
Look at yourself in the mirror you are too precious
Never forget that
Against all odds you will make it
Just trust yourself
Hold on and be strong you will weather the storms


ANGELS AND THE DEUCE

Now you couldn’t be more skeptical
About who you hang out with
Quickly envy is turned to jealousy
You can’t tell angels from the deuce
Today people sit close to you
Tomorrow they are on the other side of the rail
They will push you in front to get behind you
You know they couldn’t cope with the pace
Now they wish you too would slip

* * * * * * * * * * * **


BLINDED

Its funny how some people want to be you
They think that your life is all smooth
Even wish that they could trade place with you
They look and think that it has been all- smooth
Truth. Outside looks cool but sometimes inside is blue
But they are blinded by envy they can’t see through
Give them half your day and they couldn’t pull through
With nervous breakdown they would lie in I.C.U.
But cool is how their eyes see you
That’s why you will constantly see them blind staring you
But how could they possibly know or tell
That they can’t be themselves and be someone else
That even when they see you there
You could be far away miles and miles


WITHIN

Within herself she is trapped
And only from outside
Does she see herself
Her body is trapped inside itself
She moves from here to there
but cant escape hersrelf
Her emotions are as crossed
as her strained laughter
Expressions on her face
are masked under a screensaver
In her mind ideas are threaded
from the past to the future
While her body is still
Her mind races ahead miles and miles
Setting her mind free as she floats in dreams

Him, Her and them

His mum is mad at him
Her mum doesn’t know what to believe
Her friends too are mad at him
Because he didn’t wife her
And that is not all
Because when she calls she wont answer his calls
She won’t event let him near his son
Now he is mad at them
He goes to her home and asks to see his son
They don’t let him
He tries to speak to his son’s mama
But she shakes her head
He keeps getting spurned but he doesn’t give up
He swore by his sons name never to give up
Everywhere he turns people are staring at him
Someone even told him that he is an absent dad
He goes back to his home and they too ask him questions
Angrily he goes, I am not catholic I make no confessions!
His whole world is upside down
He gets so engaged but he holds himself back
He wishes it was a dream and he’d wake up.

trapped,grey and others

TRAPPED
Like I had one body two hearts
I keep getting torn apart
Doubt of doubts in myself creeps inside
I cannot decide
Who is wrong and who is right?
It’s hard to discern
Who will be seen and who will be heard?
It’s hard to decide
I hear different words from different voices
Which one is right?
What do I follow is it my mind or is my heart?
Help me decide
I pour water to douse the wars raging inside my hut
But the waters bring down the walls
I keep fighting myself spilling my own blood
Am edging closer to self destruct
My blood has turned against itself like sickle-cell attack
Stuck am caught in the middle hurt I can’t go back
And I can’t go forth


GREY

No new days
Yesterday is today again
No new changes
Yesterday replays again
No new stories
Old dull stories retold again
Walk this path today
Tomorrow follow the path again
There is no room for invention
Follow the fools and don’t question.


RELATE

Before you say me
You only heard of me
Before you knew me
You only saw me
Before I spoke
I bet you only guessed
Now that you know me
Do you see me
As you saw me then?

images personified

She wanted to be like me
People had seen her walk
She walked just like me
They also heard her talk
She talked just like me
She often sat with a paper and wrote
Was it like me?
She kept to herself just silent
You said it was like me
Funny some people thought she was my twin sister
They couldn’t understand
When they looked at her they saw me
Mirrored back like a wraith
I bet when she looked at herself in the mirror she saw me
But how could she explain?
I tried to look for her but I couldn’t find her
Or maybe I was blinded
I told myself that the answers are within
And I tried to explain
We are not really the same but we are similar
We are cuts of different cloth
But of the same texture
We maybe be sharing the same blood group
But different rhesus
We are different pages of the same chapter
She was only my shadow not who I am

I was only a dream trapped inside her
Choking out her character

grovel

Her voice is a solemn tone
She is a snob and she walks alone
Boys try to be friendly but she shuts them out
Her life is complicated she hurts when she smiles
Her life is a pipe a broken pipe
She starts to write and words just leak out
She writes sardonically about life
A life she knows nothing about
Even about a daughter a daughter she doesn’t have
Lost she wakes everyday wanting to become,
And she doesn’t
She slinks about the way trying to find herself,
She cant
She writes insipid stories as she stews in silence
You’d have sworn she is holy deceived by her countenance
She uses these writs as blinds that she hides behind
Her father bought her a bible
And taught her about Jesus Christ
But she turned on the radio
And washed it down with rock and rap
She said Tupac’s words had taught her to fight
She didn’t say a word what the bible had taught her about
She uses harsh words to mock the world
But like words have life they mock her back
She is wont to that so she lets is pass
Her readers love her but they can’t make her out
They think what she writes is crap
If only they could tell her that.

for myself

He wanted to talk to her
He wanted to be close to her
Maybe he wanted more than that
He wanted to know the person behind that beautiful smile
The more he saw her the more he wanted to spend more time with her
He wanted to know what was in her heart
But he couldn’t see her did he only see her twice?
He went home everyday thinking about her
He lay in bed lonely she was still in his mind
He thought of their last conversation and he just missed her
So he took a pen and a paper and wrote for himself
I have been seen with this girl morning, noon and night
And every time we talked this girl would make me laugh
How I love it when I watch her smile
And the feeling I get when I hold her hand
She is ever present in my dream every night
I awake with her name on my lips like a prayer
Every single day I can’t wait to see her
Everything she says keeps playing back in my mind
The thought of not seeing her hurts my heart
But memories of her lives in my heart

Blogspot sermon

Hello everybody

Welcome to Phatsworldpoetry blogspot sermon

Today is a special day, so special that I’ve dropped my usual poetry pen and instead donned the priestly robe.
Today I get to share with you the word from the good book and who knows I might probably save a soul.

A few days ago I wrote on my face book wall that my dad thought I should go to a bible school to become a preacher. Well, sort of.

And you know what happened, this good friend of mine, a high school mate, Benson and my cute cousin Elsie thought I couldn’t make the cut. I don’t blame them. Actually they are doubting Thomas’s I’m praying for them. I pray that God deals them with abounding love and compassion so that their eyes may open and they see the light.
However I do wish to sincerely thank them and my dad for inspiring me, and all you guys who were very encouraging whilst I was preparing this sermon. May the Lord bless you all.


Let’s pray.

Lord God we are grateful for this moment, for this day and for the Great days that lay ahead of us. Walk with us and strengthen us. Lead us that we may follow your ways upright and with confidence. Yet humble us lord that we may recognize your greatness and live according to your will. Amen.

I started reading the bible in earnest this year after acquiring it not so long ago. Before then, I was doing what everyone else who doesn’t have a bible does, borrow my dad’s or me mum’s. Soon after, I joined church and yes I’m still going.
So really, probably I may not have the creds to preach to any one of you. For I’m sure most of you if not all have done more church time than I have.

But I don’t want to preach to you, I don’t want to be a preacher even, only a promise of good tithe and tidy offerings every Sunday would make me change my mind! Ok, I’m kidding. But honestly what I want to is to share with you a few verses, Share an encouragement and if a can heal a broken heart while at it, why not?

Let’s get with it,

What’s your favourite verse? Everyone seems to have one. My cousin Mary’s favourite verse is in Deut 28, you must have read it or heard of it, ``you will lend to many but you will not borrow’’. And thank God for that because if you walk up to Mary needing a loan she will not turn you down, she will be eager to loan you- of course with interest! I hope you know I’m kidding, that last part.

I will be glad to receive your favourite verse too cos I’m just to share mine with you. I promise not to make a joke out of it here!

Mine is, ``trust in the lord and do good’’ psalms 37:3. I read it once and I’m a changed man, my friends are so happy cos I’ve been so good to them ever since! Really.
That verse really stood out for me because I couldn’t really wrap my mind around it. The trust in the lord part yes I could understand, but do good?

How do you do good? Yet time and time again the bible urges us to do good. The verses are all over,

Psalms 37:3 trust in the lord and do good.

1st peter 3:13, - who is going to harm you if you are eager to do good?

Galatians 6; 10, - therefore as we have opportunity, let us do good.

Galatians 6:9 - let us not be weary in doing good for at the proper time we will reap the harvest if we do not give up.

Hebrews 13: 16, - and do not forget to do good for with such sacrifices God is pleased.



And trust me, there are more and more about doing good. Doing good in biblical terms then is major.

Being good is an action, it’s a choice, it’s an attitude and to some it might as well be a way of life. To do good you must choose to act in that manner, you must have a good will. You must mean well. You must have a sense of good will in you. Interestingly, even in philosophy and metaphysics, in a branch called Deontology, a big word that simply means study of duty, Immanuel Kant who is arguably the authority in matters to do with Ethics and Morals puts it this way, ``the good will is the only unconditional good’’. So doing good, or the willingness to act in good ways is not only ethical and necessary to good morals, but it makes us better human beings.

The bible urges us all, you and me, to do good and to show goodness to other people. To our workmates, to our siblings, to clients and all that.
And you know what, in the bible there is always a reward if we follow the word. `Who is going to harm you if you are eager to do good’’. That’s a promise for you right there. You will not encounter any harm so long as you are eager to do good. Well someone will say, but I do good a lot of the times but I still suffer somehow. And I will tell you haven’t read verse 14 still on 1st peter 3, ``but even if you should suffer for doing what is right, you are blessed. Tell me that is not cool! Doing good, doing right earns us a blessing just like that.

And it doesn’t end there, in verse 10, it says, ` whoever loves life- and good days, he must turn away from evil and do good’’

So for us to see good days, and I know we are all hoping for good days and even working towards that somehow, we must not only turn away from evil, but we must also do good.
Doing good becomes a pre-cursor to having and seeing good days.

And doing good cannot be that hard really. Psychologists tell as that to make an action a habit we have to repeat that action only 21 times. How easier can it get for us if we really want to get into that habit, to adopt it as our attitude? And I’m sure most of us do good at least once a day. So we are not starting from nothing. All we have to do is up it. If you normally good once or twice in a day, how about you make it three or four times?
Start now and call that friend that you have not spoken to for weeks, call a friend who is struggling and assure them things will get better, give them hope. Call your son, send someone a surprise text, it will make their day. Be kind to a stranger or go all the way and send me your end of the month paycheck! Ok, not really. But get in the habit of doing good. In proper time you will reap the harvest if you do not give up.

Let us trust in the lord and do good. Let us get into the practice. Start today and you will not cheer a heart but God will be pleased.

As we wind, let the peace of Christ rule your hearts. Col 3:15.

God bless you and I hope you are all blessed.

Amen.

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God bless you.

[Bible verses in italics]
[All ref’s from N.I.V bible]

Prayer

I asked my mum to say a prayer for me
Because I have tried and I can’t
I have the words but she will say them for me
I know she will understand
Mum tell God that I have been wanting to speak to him
But words keep getting frozen in my mouth
Tell him am grateful for this life that he gave me
Though sometimes it’s hard
Tell him I believe in Jesus Christ who died on the cross for me
I feel indebted to his blood
I also read the bible and hear about him on radio and TV
Though I don’t go to church
Lord though sometimes I don’t understand you am happy you understand me
Even when no one else does
When I asked you to keep me away from evil and bad girls you did
And all I did is ask
I also asked you to put your love and protection upon me at all times and you did
How could I thank you for that?
Sometimes I hear your voice telling me to forgive people who hurt me
And am trying, I really am
But even if I forgive them I can’t forget lord you gave me a good memory
Which am always grateful for
I know if I put my faith in you shall never let me down

Dear Lord,
Bless me indeed, Bless my territory
Put your love and protection upon me at all times
Keep me away from evil and Bad girls……………………….

Prodigy

Don’t ask me who taught me
I don’t got on protégé
I am past the apprenticeship
Can’t you see am a prodigy
I sit silent and put in ink
Words you thought but couldn’t tell
I hear you quote me as you speak
And I don’t even ask what the hell
And if you thought I was too quiet
Check the volume on these scripts
Words tongue in cheek spread in ink
Too loud you cover your ears as you read
Writs like ciphers so stratified and abstruse
You say it’s in double – Dutch
Too bad you misunderstand me
Maybe am too josphatized
I lace stories of stoics
But you say they are too sardonic
You couldn’t decode the paradoxes
You said they are too prosaic
I don’t mind you judging me by what I write
Though I’d rather you judge what I write
When I stew in silence don’t ask me
What’s in my mind
Read it when I write.

From the casket

Sometimes I picture myself dead
Lost and laid in a closed casket
All my brothers and friends petrified
Reminiscing on things I had done and said
My worried parents not wanting to believe their eyes
Lost somewhere in memories of my childhood days
All my friends unaware of what to believe
Praying for miracle that would reverse everything
Everyone staring not wanting to say goodbye
Everyone feeling the loss but not wanting to cry
Beautiful young ladies overwhelmed by the reality
Trying to look good on out but dying inside
Everyone hoping I said a prayer before I shed this life
While the priest is busy with no pain in his eyes
But as you curse what brings death
I will listen from the dead
Having the answers to your questions
But devoid of a voice

But that is just fiction though it tickles your nerves
Pray for me now because some day I will pass


Do not be afraid josphat is still with you.


I am happy of how I have lived my life
If I had to re-live my life again how else would I?

tribute to grandpa

I woke up this morning
To the voice of my grandpa prating
It felt like I was half awake
Or somewhat half dreaming
His measured words were weighty
His layered voice was warm
I imagined him facing towards heaven
Peering through the roof to the pearly gates
I swear he had Gods full attention
If he did not he had mine
I've got his blessings
He has got my thanks
I've also inherited his good genes
But I wish I also had half his charm
So if he goes before me
I'm spreading a net to catch his last breath
Then I can breath like he breaths
And charm like he did- All you out of your wits!
But for now all we've got is time
To talk and share before the present becomes a memory
In the prayer he thanked God for us
Proud of us like we are all proud of him
He spirit is preserved in us
To live forever to generations to come
And for a save, safe from the ravages of time
Phatsworldpoetry offers his spirit a home
Where GREAT minds live side by side
This is my tribute to you grandpa
Me, we, all of us bow for the Great that is you
Your enduring spirit will live forever
But before you're gone Grandpa
Share with me the secret to your charm
If I ever needed to use it then now is the time.

book one.

WHO IS IT?


Who is it that can recognize my pain,
Walk with me through this race
and not feel ashamed
Who is it that will show me love
when others show hate
Who will want to share my wildest dreams
and help me to be me
Who will move closer and closer
when others dessert
Whose hand will I hold against my chest
when I go through these tests
Who will hold on me when I get weak
and not leave me behind
Who will say those uplifting words
when I have lost the fights
Who is it that is going to make me laugh
when my days are sad
Who will be there to pick me up
When I am swept by the storm
Who will stand by my side
when others are against me
Who is it that will be there to shine the light
when I am in the dark
Who will love me, hold me and hug me
And
Promise to always be there for me.












AM THE ONE.

(After me there will be more)


I empathize and recognize your pain.
I will walk with you through this race
And not feel ashamed.
I will be there to show you love
When others show hate.
I will want to share your wildest dreams
And help you to be you.
You can count on me to move closer
While others dessert.
I will hold your hand against my chest
While you go through the test.
I will be there to hold you when you get weak
And never leave you behind
I will be there to say those uplifting words
When you have lost the fights.
And when your days get sad, I will make you laugh.
When you are swept by the storm,
I will be there to pick you up.
When others come against you,
I will be by your side.
I will always be there to shine the light
when you are in the dark.
I promise to love you, hold and hug you
and always be there for you.

one me

ONE ME
...Can’t nobody be just like me

I said I am too Josphatized
You couldn’t understand
So I tried to break it down for you
But it disintegrated instead
I can’t help it am being me
Who no one else is
I sit and lace up words in ink
How no one else could lace
I put the right fingers on the keys
and ask you to read beneath the ink
Now I don’t mind the silence
Eating on my speech glib
Because when I push my voice
In these scripts I make them speak
My table is tattered with scripts and pens
Excerpts are stuck everywhere on the wall like plaques
I learnt from the best
I learnt to keep my equanimity
That’s why my flow is so eccentric
You say my rhymes are lyrical
but I don’t even claim to be a poet
This is only a metaphysical
And I don’t mind if you don’t read me
You don’t have to but my son will
My voice cannot be lost in the wind
These scripts are not for sale
Even though they can fetch zillions


All rights reserved
copyright 2004
behind the screensaver, beneath the ink.

Uniting Us

She stands far far high above us
As if looking out for us
She is in herself holy and pure
And humbly she charms us forever
When we break her she still lingers
She is the god of second chances
there is no condemnation from her
When we are down she lifts us up
She hold the world together
Delighting in bringing us closer
She is the keeper of hope
She inspired Eros
Through a thousand years she remains
Without losing her zeal or fervor
She ill take your hand at your point of departure
And travel with you if you want forever
She lives for every single one of us
We are all beauties in her eyes
In touching us she changes the world
In accepting her our world is changed
She gives peace to our souls
She instructs our actions
Through her broken souls are redeemed
Through her we cherish in giving
She has put a thousand smiles on our faces
Bringing us warmth and laughter
And when we have lost her
Troubled we seek to regain her
She is the god of love
If she was taken away from us
The world would be weary and cold
And everything would lose its meaning
Hail to the god of love

Acknowledgement

This blog would not have been if not for some wonderful people whom I am grateful to call my friends and who I wish to thank here.

Olive: Three years ago, me and Olive met and became friends. And out of that friendship, love grew. And out of that love, I, inspired by her I wrote these poems. These poems have in turn made this blog.She nudged me to seek ways to publish work otherwise the poems would be lying in my book-rack gathering dust. You're a wonderful person and my hero. I owe you more than I can say.

Special thanks go to Ruth Karanja and Charles Karanja and their wonderful family. They have mentored me and guided me with steady hands. With these poetry pieces, your enthusiasm and your help in editing have been exceptional. Thank you. You have nurtured me well.

Mumbi, did I ever tell you you are my maven? You are. You helped me create this blogspot. You are the best sis in the world. Oh & by the way, were you serious you'd discuss this poetry in your class? Shiru, Shiku and Jowie, Thanks for showing me love.

Polly, - you never tired of all my talk about my poetry, thanks for putting up with the poet in me.
Lucy, (Lawn), - You've eagerly read all my stuff, U don’t Know how much that kept me going. Thanks.
Sherrie, - you’ve been a great friend. Thank you. And I can’t wait for your comments!
Cousin Mary, - How can I thank you for listening and offering support when I was unsure of how to proceed. I hope to repay you some day.
Ngina, Nyambu and Auntie, the cllrs, Thanks for reading me without judging me.

Winnie, - Wow! How will I repay you for your insight in matters love/relationship, your words lifted me up when I was down and that helped to keep this going. Everyone one should have a wonderful sister like Winnie.

Mercy Bishop, - I remember you reading my 1st book, Then this manuscript. You've been a good friend. Thank you.
Titus, - I hate your jokes but you’re a good buddy. You've been supportive. My gratitude’s.
And finally, my mum and dad, Anne and Joseph Wakagwe, You're the best parents in the world. You've taught me well. I hope you relate with my poetry.

Bros and sizs, No one knows me like you people. You've spurred me on and you have always believed in me. I love you guys.

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uniting us

She stands far far high above us
As if looking out for us
She is in herself pure and holy
And humbly she charms us forever
When we break her she still lingers
She is the god of second chances
there is no condemnation from her
When we are down she kifts us up
Se hold the world together
Dlighting in bringing us closer
She is the keeper of hope
She inspired Eros
Through a thousand years she remains
Wthout losing her zeal or fervor
She ill take your hand at your point of departure
And travel with you if you want forever
she lives for every single one of us
we are all beauties in her eyes
in touching us she changes the world
in accepting her our world is changed
she gives peace to our souls
she instructs our actions
through her broken souls are redeemed
through her we cherish in giving
she has put a thousand smiles on our faces
bringing us warmth and laughter
and when we have lost her
troubled we seek to regain her
she is the god of love
if she was taken away from us
the world would be weary and cold
An evrything would lose its meaning
Hail to the god of love

welcome to phatsworld

wow! we've come this far, you and me. I told you we are great. We get bigger and better.
Welcome to my world, or Phatsworld as i love to put it. Its not main-man's world cos us, We'll never fall, We'll never fail. And we aren't bragging, or are we? We are just keeping it real.

This poems are my my musing on my world and i bet you're pretty much there coz there is no me without you and you and you! My friends and everyone I interact with continue to shape my world. Some in a big way. Some of the poems are about real people while others are not. Some are my tempered thoughts in scripts. But they are fun.
Are they good? You be the judge. Make your comments, Critique and be free cos here at Phatsworld we are real like that.

I've got nothing but love for you.

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you've gotta love the king

OF LOVE
(This valentine 2009)


Time has yielded to love
Love pure and eternal fresh
And today
Crowned with petals of red
While underneath
Washed with fragrance so sweet
And the moon and the stars
Shining high above
And armies of lit candles
All burning for love
The whole world unites
To make a toast for love
In warm embraces
And hands clasped together
With souls so closely knit
With the strongest threads of love
What a beautiful valentine
For bodies and minds entwine
United and unified
By the unequalled force of love
Time has yielded to love
But will love outlive time?
Philosophers can mull on that
While us poets go met our dates
For today is a special day.



p.s. - love is so fragile and fickle
Or why are we so vulnerable in love?
And of my valentine,
Ask me about it another day.



TRUE TO MY SOULMATE

Across an occean on an island
My soulmate stood
Beckoning me to sail my raft
And make my promise good

With the pair of faith and hope
I set forth for my fortune
Not once did I take my eyes off her
And only once I blinked

From sunshine to sunset the sun cheered me on
And the sea fed me with tuna
As darkness fell the moon lit and shone my path
And thence I blinked the third!

When morning came I was only a mile away
And still she still had that smile for me
Oh what beauty, Angelina Jolie can’t touch her
Like an angel n flesh she stood there flawless

A queen of unmatched splendor
She held forth her hand
And I taking it
With an embrace I was crowned king
A soulmate for my soul.


The King Is Back

If he claims king and he claims best
then I guess you all should worship me,
Nay, I take that back.

If he claims king and he claims best
then I guess you’all should fall at my feet,
my bad, I’m teasing you

Ok here I go....
Fall at my feet
Price tag ain't come out yet
Shoes still new
Smell- they smell fresh
And yet I’ve gone a thousand miles
How many would that be in extra miles?
Get off the ground stand up
Look at me through the lenses
Steady your hands
Lest you break your wine glasses
Me- I fell to rise up
You- you fail to raise it up
(my) Good gals laugh at that
And if that aint love
What’s love?
I bet if he claims king
And I reckon he claims best
you’all should fall at his feet
Everybody say the king is back
Hail to the one for the king is back
I dint hear you!!!!




MAIN MAN STORY

Main man is not like many men
Main man is different
It’s very hard to understand him
Main man is misunderstood

People love him when he’s a sculpture
And hate him when he’s human
Like we all appreciate art
Though we scarcely understand it

Main man knows he’s a small god
And all who meet him awed all adore him
He struts the catwalk runways
To make cover page pictures for glossy magazines

Main man is different
Even in love he doesn’t love he adores
Yet the wood he’s curved from though rare is unfashionable
And that’s where everything starts to go wrong

Driven by fear of what they don’t understand
A reason is found for main man to be dethroned
Main man, our god, we love it how you love us
Oh how your body is exquisitely curved

On the catwalk we applaud and take your pictures with our Nokias
They make such exotic screen-savers
See how girls swoon over your cover page pictures
You are even the envy of gay men in their gay clubs

But main man we have agreed you are too different
And as such main man we are letting you go
We mean, main man we are letting you fall.




HANDING MYSELF OVER

I’m found
I’m being handed over to myself
There is no crowd
No celebrations nor such festivals

Only I for myself
And there is no verification
For only I know myself
It’s been lonely

Melancholy over melancholy without myself
And in silence I hug myself
Hiding emotions men are not supposed to show
It’s been such a loss

But now, face to face with myself stand
Torrents of emotions crash
A wave of pain and joy smash inside me
This is my unification

I’m reborn, I’m re-attached
I’m not two anymore but one
There is no forgiveness
For there was never a wrong

My own I’ve returned to myself
And I get to keep the hand cuffs!





A SOUL YOU WILL REMEMBER

From the heights of my soul
I know not of any cold
From the depths of my souls
I buckle not of any force

Show me now the brightest star
And I will match it but charm better
Take me in a field of blooming flowers
And I will pen poetry you will remember forever

Break if you can twice broken
And I will spring back with grace unparalleled
A student I am yes
But I tutor my teachers

I lift up my hands
And angels drop for a handshake
I am prized than all the worlds
Gold and diamond

Yet I am the poorest of beggars
I will never own myself.




YOU LEAD

Believe
In greater you
See
A bigger you
Dreams
Will come true
Think
Use a blue hue
Control
It’s all in you
Breathe
Life is in you
Truth
Tell always to you
Look
Make them you
Love
But first you
Drift
Let it not sweep you
Smile
For the great in you
Bow
No! For none is greater than you
Fall
Yes angels to help you
Now
We are done talking now go do.

Writers Soul

A SOUL FOR MY SOUL

To win and not lose is my way
Bit my gal is not Winnie
O` live and learn every single day
My gals name is indeed Olive

Plays and poetry appeal to me in a way
But none I find matches my wit
My smart has won me lots of admiration
But I thought its cos I was handsome

Ok, my handsomeness earned me a smart gal
Don’t argue on that Olive!
I keep too still that’s my only downside
I think, I read, I write

I have a cheque-book tomorrow I will cash one Billion
I’m serious, I’m daftly serious
I’m taking my gal on holiday to Israel
And maybe we’ll find God

We’ll go on a journey through who we are
And finally maybe our souls will become sole.




YOU AND ME
(In the face of a storm)

In failing you I failed myself
And thus;
Like two climbing plants
Our twirled tendrils together entwined

Rising high above the canopy of love
My stalk made weak by numerous storms
I swayed, swung and fell
Bringing you down with me

Yet you my true beloved
Held on me and overlooked my weakness
And in true devotion
You shared with me your strength

In your strength I became strong
You lifted me up and gave me hope
You taught me again
How to stand and how to be firm

What a great lesson
From my greatest of all
If I hold on you and share in you faith
You and me cease to be two but one

My truest strength in the face of a storm





MINES IN THE FIELD OF LOVE

I stepped on mine
In this field of love
Loaded with kegs of emotions
I was I blown, I fell and fractured my heart
And with only one doctor
Who could treat to heal
I vowed to search for her
And with all the pain in my heart
I could still picture her in my mind

Courage and faith became my friend
Who helped me along
Down the slope and up the hills
Every single creek I searched
Finding none and my heart almost in parts
I walked back to where it all began
And lo! And behold
One million and one
Physicians of all infirmities
All standing and begging to attend to me
And there, just as I had pictured in my mind
Our eyes met and my heart healed just then




TRIUMPH
(In the field of love)

Whereupon I fell last
And fractured my heart
I stumbled again and fell
And bruised my arm

Oh what tough luck
In this field of love
But knowing in this fields
Grew healing plants

I hurried past turnips and roses
Of what use to me
Would their petals be?
I looked beside cedars and pines

And there stood this solitary tree
Lush with beautiful leaves
And as I broke its leaves
I inhaled of its sweet scent

It healed me in a second
And then it occurred to me
I had to myself the Olive
And it was such sweet triumph



FINDING MYSELF
..was finding you.

A beautiful smile
Where there was a frown
Clasped hands
Where one arm hung

A chuckled laugh
From tickled nerves
Intrigued eyes
From charmed mind

Keen ears
For a shared story
Confidence up
Where esteem was low

Creative jokes
From a dancing spirit
Bubbly energy
From joyous motions

A face of hope
To radiate the world
A pure heart
Bred in the calmest confidence.




THE MUTUAL HEARTACHE

I have a heart-ache
To show for my soul-mate
It feels like an incessant itch
It burns like a flaming hear kiss

I have a heart-ache
From too hard throbbing of my heart
Acquired from this hug I received
From my woman who I had missed

Her hug makes my whole body quake
And a touch from this fairy-like miss
Does to me what the sun does to the arctic
This age old heart-ache
Is to us mutually shared
It sways, breaks and precipitates
In surging storms of emotions
Rising in waves so high to wash us
Down to the sandy beaches where we lay
Our mutual heart-ache soothed.



WHAT I GAVE THE WORLD

A million words of wisdom
A thousand smiles to free you
A shining star to guide
Encouraging words to strengthen you
I’ve brought colour to this world
Infinite knowledge to draw on
From self arrest I’ve freed you
From system arrest I bailed you
And like Leonardo Da Vinci
I walk with such grace you watch me
I’m so fresh and clean
They’re studying me to help reduce emissions
And you know what I heard the boys saying
They want to be me when they grow up
Little gals almost fighting
They want a big wedding with me when they grow up
And cute gals my age
They want my genes in their kids
Yet it’s so far from over
Kinda makes me feel like I’m too great for this world
Oh how I’m generous to this world