Come Home

This little girl oh how she’s grown
And I’ve had to do it on my own
And when her dreams have turned bad
There’s no one there no mom or dad
To see her through those scary nights
No one to make sure I’m alright, oh no

Oh mom and dad please come home
I can’t do this on my own
I’m sitting here, I’ll wait forever
Just to see your faces, one more time
Oh mom and dad please oh please
Come home

I don’t know why you left me here
A little girl who’s full of fear
I need a mom to love me, a dad to care
I know I’m selfish and unfair
I need to say I’m not angry no, no

Just mom and dad come and fetch me

Oh mom and dad please come home
I can’t do this on my own oh no
I’m sitting here, I’ll wait forever
Just to see your faces one more time
Oh mom and dad please oh please
Come home

I don’t know what I did to deserve this
I tried my best to make you care
But my efforts were a waste oh
Because you’ve never been there

Oh mom and dad please come home
I can’t do this on my own oh

I’m sitting here, I’ll wait forever
Just to see your faces one more time
Oh mom and dad please oh please
Come home, oh, oh

Oh mom and dad please come home
I can’t do this on my own
I’m sitting here, I’ll wait forever
Just to see your faces one more time
Oh mom and dad please oh please
Come home

This song was inspired by recent events that occurred in a friends life. This person is very special to me and I do not mean any offense by what I have written. This song is meant to show parents how it feels when they leave their child. This can cause a ripple effect that can create serious damage.  The song is about a young girl who was left alone by her parents and how, even though she feels abandoned, all she wants is to tell them that she is not angry with them and that she wants them to come home so that they can be a family.

Karma

Karma is like water drops
They can be one of two
Helpful, growing food and crops
Or destructive, this is true

Water drops can help to grow
Everything in one's sight
Yet a flood of water drops
Can cause such ghastly plight

The difference between these two
Is how you live your life
Live it well and do much good
And live without a strife

Make a choice for your own gain
And watch the rain begin
Torrential pours will destroy
As much as everything

So make your choices wisely
And think before you do
‘Coz if you make good choices
They’ll triple unto you

This poem was inspired by the Rede. It is a belief that whatever you do will return to you threefold. I like to believe that Karma is a real thing, a spiritual way of punishing people who have done wrong or who have been selfish. I am aware that this poems content and structure does not go far beyond the simple message that it portrays and it does not have much to decipher, but this was my point. I did not want to write a long poem that's meaning is hidden. Karma is out there for everyone to see, it is simple, so I made the message of this poem much like that. I tried to keep seven syllables in the first and third lines, with the exception of stanza 3 because it is showing the difference between the two, so it is eight syllables. Lines 2 and 4 of each stanza are 6 syllables each. Let me know what you think.

Torrential Downpour

A torrential pour hath broken out
And the leaves begin to dance
Not a breath of wind to stir them
Though they celebrate this chance
 
The little leaves filled with joy
Are bursting at the sight
Of the droplets which from the sky
Fall with all their might
 
Pink and purple flowers hide
Beneath the covers of the leaves
The rats and mice, the cats and dogs
All cower beneath the trees
 
But at the height of these great stems
The branches begin to spread
Catching every drop that falls
Without an ounce of dread
 
The animals begin to move
From the cover from up above
And in one tree on the highest branch
Sits one pure white dove
 
Nature finally accepting fate
Without worry, without strife
Everything upon this land
Enjoying the drops of life

This poem was inspired by an unexpected downpour of rain at Rhodes. I looked out of my residence window and saw the rain coming down and the effect it had on the trees and animals that were caught off-guard. So I decided to write a poem about it.

First of its kind

I am a 20 year old, South African, Rhodes University student. My family is made of me, my younger sister, my mother and my father. I am currently completing my second year in the Grahamstown university and am doing a Bachelor of Arts. I have always been a creative person and decided that I shall create this blog to post a variety of things such as photography, poetry, some of my drawings and other bits and pieces. I want this blog to be informal so please feel free to comment on anything you find interesting. Please, one favour, if someone enjoys something that I have posted you may save it but no plagiarism, the work on here is mine and I want to keep it that way!