Diplomat For The Damned.

[BOB]

Somali Woman

 

 

 

A beauty to behold and a soul that’s strong like the desert wind

blessed with unique and strong character for she’s one of a kind

it has become weathered by hardship but will never be worn

her spirit remained whole even when her body was forcefully taken

she’s irreplaceable and incomparable beyond measure

she’s fearless and forever peerless, her god given right

a heart that shines through with wisdom that withstood the test of time

her soul is forgiving like the gentle bends of Baargaal & Baidoa

her faith allows her to see good where only evil reigns

she always prays for the wicked hand that strikes her down

she is able to move seemingly unmovable mountains

for she has found great power in a prayer and a poetry

at times her soul can be fragile like petals of the African violet

devastated by destiny’s timeless burdens and carelessly discarded

her loving heart bleeds over the plight of her Somali people

it hopelessly wrenches over generations lost through war & famine

her timeless tears could overflow the banks of the mighty Nile

when needs be she is ferocious like the Alpha lioness that she is

she is bursting with the will to live and the natural instinct to survive

born out of love she became creative out of necessity

history has made her wise and taught her to reach for the stars

making a way where others see none, a path where others find none

she has no comparison and stands tall above all like the Obelisks

she is a priceless and cherished treasure; an ageless, timeless wonder

she is the foundation upon which her great and proud nation rests

her uniquely shaped shoulders have borne the burden of an entire race

and from HER womb sprang the children of the ancient wonderlands of punt

millions marvel at her inner strength and want to make her their own

for she is refreshing like the heavenly sweet waters found in her Somali soil

yet she cannot be possessed by anyone and her soul has never been for sale

she gives it freely to her OWN kind for more often than not that is all that she has

but what a precious gift it truly is....the soul of the GREAT Somali woman.

 

 

 

May Almighty Allah s.w bless you all, protect you and guide you through the righteous path Insha Allah.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Peace, Love & Unity.

[Malika]

^Hear Hear Hear- Amiin for the dua.

[BOB]

Ume sikiya ama una sikiza?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Peace, Love & Unity.

[BOB]

Somali Child

 

 

Dry lips shudder as his thoughts were sketched in tears again,

devouring memories as if they were drugs of choice

He opens his mind and speaks of broken dreams and life unfulfilled

mirrored by insecurity and uncertainty as destiny’s walls closed in on him

the reflection distorts and fades into his own bruised shivering skin

his screams of fear and horror flood the ears of the deaf

falling upon nothing but silence and decay as the world ignores him

he tries to run from himself but the path has been riddled with fear

and cradled in flames of gory childhood picture frames

in his mind their throats unlock to reveal a million secrets

from tongues drenched in a sea of years spent carving their names

in hollow bitter roots amongst the rubbles of his old neighbourhood

the stems of time grew like cancer in the womb giving birth to a stench

so rotten even the flies dare not enter it's grasp and the world turns in disgust

he screams in agony over and over until his voice cracks within soiled speech

daddy was an engineer of broken dreams, forcing venom into the veins of clean canvas

as he picked the stars from the sky to craft a pitch black sonnet of shadows

I weep in silence along the millions of stars above that witness your curse

I only do it because I LOVE YOU and you live through me every time you die without me.

 

 

May Allah be with you all, protect you all wherever you may be Insha Allah.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Peace, Love & Unity.

[BOB]

Mother Somalia

 

 

Every moment of silence we live through

her heart is growing weaker and older

her death witnessed by the sick universe

her enemies rejoice and in victory they converse

it fuels the hunger that feeds my sinful anger

when all she wants is someone to believe her

love turned into a stone that blocks her way

she dies slow death and her majestic soul burns out

strangers think they know what her life is about

the waves of her blue Indian ocean roll by

the angels in the heavens hear her silent cry

her tears of pain fall so desperately and openly

she reaches out yet no one seems to see

she lifts her head, the wind blows her beautiful hair

her heart is ripped and her soul is scattered everywhere

deserts and high seas littered with her children’s corpses

vultures feed on their carcass and the world on hers

the darkness of doom surrounds her tender heart

these gruesome memories she holds she dares to part

the deafening yelling and the screaming every night

a life without coldness and loneliness not in sight

she cries in her heart and she fights a losing battle alone

she begs for mercy and pleads for her infants

a shield of hatred has been grown by her own kind

her reality is the devil’s dream and our demise

maybe the world will someday see and ease her pain

until then every moment her soul grows weaker and older

the shadow of sadness still fights to seek...Mother Somalia.

 

 

^^^ I wish I had the means to stop this...I wish it never came to this...I wish I'd never lived through this...I wish I never needed to wish on anything like this...I just wish I had more than an empty wish to share!!!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Peace, Love & Unity.

[Malika]

BOB;704851 wrote:

Ume sikiya ama una sikiza?

 

Peace, Love & Unity.

Nime yanywa maneno yako - mpaka kulewa nayo..loool

[BOB]

My Beloved

 

Seems like forever since I last felt this way

to stare into space and dream of you all day

in visions that seem real even though they'll never be

speechless by your beauty is how you render me

I'm tired of being lied to and deceived by looks

your melodic voice which leaves me shook

your radiant eyes resembling pearls

they tell me that I need you beautiful girl

you’re the true embodiment of pure love

my venus, my choice above all the rest

you’re the reason I live, the reason I breathe

the reason I can't get rid of this feeling in me

it's like I'm lost in a dream, whenever you speak

dazed by your beauty, can't stand on my feet

they say this'll end eventually but I don't want it to

just know, I will never stop loving you ever

this love is a journey that ought to last beyond forever

my heart will still beat for you long after I cease to exist

for you're my beginning and my end and the ONLY one I love

you're my home which I pray to remain with til I'm gone

you're the envy of the universe...you're My Beloved SOMALIA.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Peace, Love & Unity.

[BOB]

Song For You

 

 

Your big black eyes were the ultimate depth of emotions

the deepest sea of love buried in the deepest oceans

incomparable is your beauty that seems to be your collection

beyond perfect even if I had never seen such perfection

an angel had descended, where you hid your wings, I never found

looked into the eyes of the heavens, felt my feet leave the ground

your love was my greatest gift, I was elated by your choice

elevated by the magic that was locked in your sweet voice

your touch was like rose petals gracing my sun burned skin

your words used to soothe the pain aching within my sorry soul

my heart was mesmerised and my mind was entranced

an angel in the misty rain through the heavens you danced

captured my heart which had never occurred before

I told you I loved you without ever speaking a single word

I touched you for the first time without ever lifting a finger

no promises were promised and none were worth making

with love I began to see life through a different angle

my conscience whispered to me, "You can't tie down an angel"

stubborn as ever, I ignored what I had known all along

prospered from the seeds that my angel had grown

for love is never true unless it is returned by the beloved

watched the fire die in your eyes while mine eternally burned

your eyes were an abyss of emotions, the deepest sea of love

I wish angels never had to return to their place above

through heart break I finally learned what I had known all along

now all that is left is my shattered heart in this song

but an angel has graced me and shared with me her light.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Peace, Love & Unity.

[BOB]

You reduce my heart to pieces and confuse my soul

to defuse the imminent eruption, help me seduce reason

you conceal the truth while I reveal to you the depth of my being

seeing my demise on your footprints increases the pain inside

heavens open up out of pity only to shower me with more misery

victory shall be yours for defeat taste bitter than untimely death

history will remember me not for my story is cut short by you!!!!

 

 

Hold up, Hold up, Hold Up Cabdoow...that is the wrong tape you playing...!!!

 

Ooops!!!

 

 

Here we go...another dark and full of monkey business piece.

 

 

 

 

 

Harsh words and violent blows

hidden secrets nobody knows

eyes are open and hands are fisted

deep inside I'm warped an twisted

so many tricks and so many lies

too many when and too many whys

nobody is special and nobody is gifted

I'm just me...warped an twisted

sleeping awake and choking on a dream

listening loudly to my silent scream

call my mind...the number is unlisted

lost in someone so warped and twisted

on my knees begging for I’m alive but dead

look at the invisible blood that I've bled

I'm not gone but my mind has drifted

don't expect much for I'm warped & twisted

burnt out, wasted, empty, and hollow

today is just yesterday's tomorrow

the sun died out and the ashes sifted

I'm still here but I’m still warped & twisted.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Peace, Love & Unity.

[BOB]

Puddles On My Brain

 

 

 

I scrub my face in the solution of steam

finding solace in solitude within my mind

inhale fear and feel the heat beat my lungs

as I choke with its smoke I shut off my dreams

near in my mind I discover an inner peace

though in my heart, love withers and weeps

simmers with deep fried friends

at times it seems I can almost see my end

as my inner eye examines my life choices

I write voices & speak mute truths

from the pen my ribs are ruptured

from the loss of my greatest love

heart erupting with the ferocity of an ape

blood breaking through veins

claiming the reigns flushing through my chest spurting pain

as I stand staring under the torrent of this haunting and burning rain

in this learners game of fame, I stand without my notepad

detached from the pain and my ancient being tainted and tattered

wishing to be numb and painless so I won't feel like I’m battered

savour my lacerations, embrace my fasting mind for I lost my latch on reality

standing grasping the hollow handle of fantasy stand with me please

under this muddled rain while blood and pain form puddles on my brain.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Peace, Love & Unity.

[BOB]

My Rage

 

 

 

 

 

I awake to the same frozen fears cold sweat and salty tears

seeping my sheets I’m reaping my nation’s harvest

can't act hard to harm it...I have to face the facts

retrace the past, strap up, act right set it straight and make it last

forsaken, my statements have passed I've become a silenced

riot rage building in my tongue-less mouth

jaw bone cracking under pressure world laughing at each measure

so I swallow my pride & pain and choke on the deceiving truth

I can't bear the stimulants it spews...reality is no escape

sleep only swifts my pain so I close my eyes to the world

pen in hand waiting to stain a page on my very own simplest rage

witness my bewilderment gaugeas with my last drop of effort

I draw my eyes to my pad and all I have written are stains.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Peace, Love & Unity.

[BOB]

My Rage II

 

it's a part of the survival education...whatever that is!!!

 

 

I speak of the truth and I'm quick to question

my kind lost their faith in life and the same kind

fate forced them to be slaves to the warlords

from the bloodthirsty elders in our torn cities

while across this worn out world we live in

AIDS infected Africans walk with no shoes

Europe is awash with booze and got mentally loose

teenagers becoming alcoholics and junkies seeking hits

changing their destiny and rope of life just to fit in

from straight and narrow to frayed and curly

plus the surly politicians get to ripping on each other

death campaigns plotting a nation's certain destruction

my naiveté blinds me and I am deaf to tribal calls

the voice of reason sounds light but makes my world bright

why we don’t put up a fight? defeat them...we might

like mindless dogs following masters

telling the youth it's cool to kill and rape

their souls wait for the masturbation of life

telling you and me to fight against peace

where they condition your right to live

with their own terms on a lease...Grrrrrr

and thus around the world we run to

until we can give ourselves freedom

allow me to say this from the heart

God would be nice right now for we need him.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Peace, Love & Unity.

[BOB]

My Grief

 

 

 

Underneath these eyelids lay a shape

of unknown origin, intertwined

with morbid visions, cold as clay

where before I lost my eyes

it was worst of times...worst indeed

the war corrupted all my thoughts

so I sought to see no more these deeds

and carved out the product of what I saw

but now another sense troubles me

even though I have EYES I choose not to see

I see now but only so uncomfortably

the nightmares of my people's demise

I see their hell & I see their fate

I see their shell & I see their lives in hell

this is a similar place but I see no familiar face

I see eternal, what I had sought to make rid

if you only knew what I see...you'd join me in my grief.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Peace, Love & Unity.

[BOB]

Letter To My Love

 

 

 

There is only this love, lifted me in exhange with a tainted soul

I rising from the burdens, fitted with chains

but still something seems to make me keep going....

days go by I yonder the world, conflicted & strained

expressing how I feel through this pen I cherish

negetivity spreads; depression never infected my brain

loved her like no other, when she left; my heart left

through her imagination I took up a mistress

the sorrow of this forgotten love is stress

I attempt to forget but it's a much harder process

I remember the good times, now it just tears me apart

twisted visions abducted my thoughts...Oooooh

intensions fail at rewinding time back to the start

no one feels my pain, she was my all...my everthing

looking out this window of shame...this is no game

makes me want to confess to the world of my wrong doing

"I'm over you now", you're part of my perfect past

I wished for you while you prayed for me...we were fast

today my world constantly remains dim

realizing the memory of my forgotton love will never leave.

 

 

 

 

^^^Aaah reminiscing about the past, AGAIN...being young was fun for I knew not fear and being in love was sweet until....well, you get the picture!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Peace, Love & Unity.

[BOB]

Letter From Home

 

 

 

 

As the stars come out and the sky turns black

I am reminded of your faces in far away places

I sit in silence staring into the darkness of the night

wondering when you'll all come back home

I know our true love will never fade nor wander

I secretly wish you were all here in my loving arms

If only you stayed just one moment longer

stood up to our kind's insanity and grew stronger

I smell the fresh scent of the seasonal rain

with you all gone all I feel now is my own pain

I hold back my tears of loneliness and fight my fears

you feel my grief and you pray for me to find relief

your voices is my will and these wounds ought to heal

I love you the holy love between a mother & child

until that day I will continue to yearn for my keepers

nothing can ever break this bond even if you grow old

kissing my somali soil is what you're all truly missing

tasting my air through your tongues is what I'm giving

warm remains the place I've just kept for you alone

whenever the wind of change decides to bring you home

remember my loving arms shall always be welcoming

until the day we see each other again...accept my love letter.

 

 

 

 

Yours faithfully

 

Somalia

 

 

 

 

I eft 1991 and haven't been back since...can't believe I've spent most of my life outside of my country! I'm in love with fast fading memories for I can barely remember home...damn you civil war and damn you war mongers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Peace, Love & Unity.