by Benard Makaa | Jul 25, 2018 | Letters, Poems
I am not yet old; O listen to me. Let not your desire, for therapy, override my right. You are exploiting me for likes on Facebook & shares on Instagram? O listen to me and I will show you the light. Congratulations, I am your new baby! I am not yet two,...
by Benard Makaa | Jul 6, 2018 | Poems
Wandering and weak are all my prayers, And fleeting the things I crave, Love only, cleansed from all cares, Shall save me from the grave. Strengthen my love, O Lord, That I may in your love believe, And opening my life to you, May your gift freely...
by Benard Makaa | Jul 5, 2018 | Poems
Often in the night, from this lonesome room, I long to meet you, To pierce the dark, dividing gloom, And join myself to you. Up in the morning, I am out on the road, And I am searching for you, Out on the highways, out on the cold, I keep searching for you....
by Benard Makaa | Jun 13, 2018 | Poems
I knew it was over but still I clung, I didn’t know where else I could go, Do you think you would have helped me? I knew it was over, Though it never really began, But in my heart, it was so real! She spoke to me and said, “You are so boring;...
by Benard Makaa | May 22, 2018 | Poems
Again, Love came to visit me, Bold as a Lion, and finding me coy, She beckoned to stay, The search was now at bay. We met in nature, Away from preying eyes, That is where I caught her eye. It was her lovely grin, her broad smile, Knowingly, I smiled...
by Benard Makaa | May 22, 2017 | Poems
Love never gives up. Love cares more for others than for self. Love doesn’t want what it doesn’t have. Love doesn’t strut, Doesn’t have a swelled head, Doesn’t force itself on others, Isn’t always “me first,” Doesn’t fly off the handle, Doesn’t keep score of the sins...
