the notes of this song
take me to it's origin
back in jamaica
look through the glass
instead of at the window
to see it's beauty
underneith it all
there is a silver lining
to see through the pain
to want maximum
with a minimum input
not a wordy cause
the pen hits paper
and leaves it's intended mark
a masters omen
does he want quarters
when he begs for change
often I wonder
try to look less deep
into that nights glass of yours
and take it easy
donderdag 21 juli 2011
zaterdag 25 juni 2011
Falcon T - The Aftermath © original haiku 2011
Eventhough this looks like one large poem, and the verses seem coherent with eachother, they are only so because i put them in that order..
Getting back my work
manuscript in envelop
the rejection hurts
a tiny post-it
said some things some nice some not
not meant for my eyes
I did not read it
after they had sent it back
all pages were blank
I'm writing fresh now
a page has been turned around
I have no more past
my eyes wide open
it's just a matter of speech
I look and I see
Getting back my work
manuscript in envelop
the rejection hurts
a tiny post-it
said some things some nice some not
not meant for my eyes
I did not read it
after they had sent it back
all pages were blank
I'm writing fresh now
a page has been turned around
I have no more past
my eyes wide open
it's just a matter of speech
I look and I see
donderdag 12 mei 2011
Picture story/poetry
I feel like a hot air baloon ready for take off, i just need to pump a little more hot air in my ego before I can work up the courage to take off and say i'm fly, i'm higher then you my view is the horizon. I'm different then the other baloons too, no pretty colors, no cool graphic, just a baloon that is designed to take off faster, to go further and higher then others, not for the bragging rights or to win a race, just because it's possible.
In the land of hot air baloons, a zeppelin is king, but the hot air baloons have nothing to fear of the zeppelin, it's the zeppelin that should be afraid, for if it were to come to close to the hot air baloons, the flames from the burner could take it down in a second. Still it is the king and not the slave, because it doesn't have to depend on the right wind to take it to it's destination, it has a propellor to rule out chance, does that make the zeppelin a control freak compared to the floating baloons? or is it just what it seems a smarter way of traveling..
three hot air baloons
they are standing on the ground
ready for take off
floating in the wind
colorful dot in the sky
no destination
find the right airstream
to take you away from here
it's better elsewhere
In the land of hot air baloons, a zeppelin is king, but the hot air baloons have nothing to fear of the zeppelin, it's the zeppelin that should be afraid, for if it were to come to close to the hot air baloons, the flames from the burner could take it down in a second. Still it is the king and not the slave, because it doesn't have to depend on the right wind to take it to it's destination, it has a propellor to rule out chance, does that make the zeppelin a control freak compared to the floating baloons? or is it just what it seems a smarter way of traveling..
three hot air baloons
they are standing on the ground
ready for take off
floating in the wind
colorful dot in the sky
no destination
find the right airstream
to take you away from here
it's better elsewhere
donderdag 5 mei 2011
Falcon T © original haiku 2011 (part 2)
When you think you outshine the others, don't be jealous at the attention they are getting, just be thankful that you can respect their efforts:
a sweet butterfly
tries to visit all flowers
but forgets the sun
Sometimes i need to tell myself what i need to hear in order to keep going:
you think you have failed
but the only failure is
never to have tried
The obvious truth might not be the most obvious to everyone:
In the line of fire
step away to stay alive
or catch a bullet
You can keep being angry and wondering why you have not gotten the opportunities others were given, but it takes character to stop destruction and start building your future:
move towards the light
instead of wondering why
it's not where you are
like they always say, you don't know what you miss until it's gone:
when you want the sun
but you see a star instead
you know what you miss
Choices are hard, which one turns out to be the right one is it the obvious one or the other:
after a grape falls
we can either pick it up
or leave it to rot
it's always good to ridicule yourself, so that you don't grow a bad case of ego:
prolonged ponderings
have permitted me to see
that i waste my time
You think you are who you are right now, but if so, what if you change?
one path to follow
he who leaves himself behind
will find another
a sweet butterfly
tries to visit all flowers
but forgets the sun
Sometimes i need to tell myself what i need to hear in order to keep going:
you think you have failed
but the only failure is
never to have tried
The obvious truth might not be the most obvious to everyone:
In the line of fire
step away to stay alive
or catch a bullet
You can keep being angry and wondering why you have not gotten the opportunities others were given, but it takes character to stop destruction and start building your future:
move towards the light
instead of wondering why
it's not where you are
like they always say, you don't know what you miss until it's gone:
when you want the sun
but you see a star instead
you know what you miss
Choices are hard, which one turns out to be the right one is it the obvious one or the other:
after a grape falls
we can either pick it up
or leave it to rot
it's always good to ridicule yourself, so that you don't grow a bad case of ego:
prolonged ponderings
have permitted me to see
that i waste my time
You think you are who you are right now, but if so, what if you change?
one path to follow
he who leaves himself behind
will find another
maandag 18 april 2011
Falcon T © original haiku 2011
These haiku i've written over the course of the last month.
the first english haiku i ever wrote was:
silly girls with brains
are to be preferred over
humorless others
I was thinking about japan and what terrible purpose they had encountered and wrote:
the thought of others
having an even worse time
makes a humble man
When ever i make a mistake, or trip I think by myself:
a princes sees it
a knight in shining armor
falling from his horse
sometimes i ponder:
underneath the stars
standing by the waterside
we have stopped to stare
No one walks through life untouched by inequality and injustice:
when you get some scars
you know you are working on
getting a thick skin
an observation:
the world seems less bright
when i step out of the sun
to rest in the shade
sometimes we look but we don't see:
seeing the unseen
discovering the lost art
of opening eyes
the first english haiku i ever wrote was:
silly girls with brains
are to be preferred over
humorless others
I was thinking about japan and what terrible purpose they had encountered and wrote:
the thought of others
having an even worse time
makes a humble man
When ever i make a mistake, or trip I think by myself:
a princes sees it
a knight in shining armor
falling from his horse
sometimes i ponder:
underneath the stars
standing by the waterside
we have stopped to stare
No one walks through life untouched by inequality and injustice:
when you get some scars
you know you are working on
getting a thick skin
an observation:
the world seems less bright
when i step out of the sun
to rest in the shade
sometimes we look but we don't see:
seeing the unseen
discovering the lost art
of opening eyes
dinsdag 2 maart 2010
Sweet Sixteens!
Sweet Sixteens!
- Why is there a need to feel like a princess for one day, if your treated likewise for the rest of the year?
- how can you truly enjoy and be grateful for a party, if you expect it too happen and you plan it out?
- How can you throw yourself a party, and then as the hostess wanting to be the absolute middle of the celebration?
Just some questions I had when I was looking at My Super Sweet Sixteen!
I always thought that when you host a party, your job is too make sure your guests are having a good time and when you see your guests having a good time, then your actually enjoying yourself too…
But to get to the deeper issue, when your sixteen and a girl, I can imagine that you might feel insecure once in a while or you might even have some self-esteem issues..
Is it really a good idea to make you feel secure by buying all kinds of things so you can make other people jealous or make other people envy you?
Does a thick layer of fake confidence, made possible because you have the illusion that you only look beautiful and stylish when you are wearing an expensive designer outfit with matching purse, really make you happy or confident on the inside?
Does having friends that only accept you because you wear these clothes and because you pretend to be better then you feel on the inside, really make you feel accepted and make you love your friends?
And for parents:
when you advertise ‘material wealth makes one happy’, is that really the message you want to sent out?
Why do I see you parents making all the right statements, but only as a joke?
It should be the truth and not a joke!
Jokes like: “you don’t need 4 dresses for this one night unless you’re a hooker”
And then they buy them anyway..
Does this mean you don’t want your child’s respect, but just want to ‘buy there love?
Or: “We are not getting you this car, just because you look pretty in it, if you want we can come back next Sunday and you can look pretty in it again.”
And then at the day of the party, they prank the kid with a Hyundai which has a new price value of 40,000 dollars and the kid says: “Why is that car standing there? I don’t want that car!” Sees her rich girl image floating away, starts to cry like an ungrateful bitch, which was probably her image to begin with and not ‘the classy daddy’s girl’ image she thinks she’s portraying, but anyway it’s only a joke and the 200,000 dollar Mercedes pops up and instead of saying: “I love you mommy and daddy, for getting me the car I wanted!” She just jumps into the car and says: I love this car.
And why do you guys always say, I’m so proud of you, when all they do is disrespect you, then when they need something, they come to you sweet as sugar, until they get what they want?
This child like behaviour was ok when they were 5 or maybe 6 years old, but not when they’re 10 years older than that!
Why does a beginning driver, at the age of 16 need a 100,000 dollar car?
Is it safer? is it better looking when it’s curved around a lantern?
And then when people are not rich, they buy the biggest house they can get with maximal mortgage, get maximal loans, to pretend they are rich, so that their kids don’t have to feel inferior to the other kids, though they can never go on vacation, or spent some quality family time together, like a family dinner or things like that, because they have to work every moment to keep living the lifestyle they have grown to appreciate!
Is there a point?
The point is:
- Family matters!
- True friendship can not be bought or based on the fact that you wear the same kind of overpriced outfits!
- Materialism is overrated!
- Inner peace and happiness comes from interactions with people that you have grown to love for who they are, and not for what they portrait to be!
- Raising kids correct is not buying their love, but setting boundaries and conveying the right message to them, so they respect you and one day they can earn your respect!
- Respect and love yourself! It’s you that’s beautiful, not your diamonds!
I hope you don’t hate me for what I’m saying, I’m just saying what I feel is the truth, but
since truth is only a reflection of your view on reality, I could be very wrong!
Tell me what you think!
- Why is there a need to feel like a princess for one day, if your treated likewise for the rest of the year?
- how can you truly enjoy and be grateful for a party, if you expect it too happen and you plan it out?
- How can you throw yourself a party, and then as the hostess wanting to be the absolute middle of the celebration?
Just some questions I had when I was looking at My Super Sweet Sixteen!
I always thought that when you host a party, your job is too make sure your guests are having a good time and when you see your guests having a good time, then your actually enjoying yourself too…
But to get to the deeper issue, when your sixteen and a girl, I can imagine that you might feel insecure once in a while or you might even have some self-esteem issues..
Is it really a good idea to make you feel secure by buying all kinds of things so you can make other people jealous or make other people envy you?
Does a thick layer of fake confidence, made possible because you have the illusion that you only look beautiful and stylish when you are wearing an expensive designer outfit with matching purse, really make you happy or confident on the inside?
Does having friends that only accept you because you wear these clothes and because you pretend to be better then you feel on the inside, really make you feel accepted and make you love your friends?
And for parents:
when you advertise ‘material wealth makes one happy’, is that really the message you want to sent out?
Why do I see you parents making all the right statements, but only as a joke?
It should be the truth and not a joke!
Jokes like: “you don’t need 4 dresses for this one night unless you’re a hooker”
And then they buy them anyway..
Does this mean you don’t want your child’s respect, but just want to ‘buy there love?
Or: “We are not getting you this car, just because you look pretty in it, if you want we can come back next Sunday and you can look pretty in it again.”
And then at the day of the party, they prank the kid with a Hyundai which has a new price value of 40,000 dollars and the kid says: “Why is that car standing there? I don’t want that car!” Sees her rich girl image floating away, starts to cry like an ungrateful bitch, which was probably her image to begin with and not ‘the classy daddy’s girl’ image she thinks she’s portraying, but anyway it’s only a joke and the 200,000 dollar Mercedes pops up and instead of saying: “I love you mommy and daddy, for getting me the car I wanted!” She just jumps into the car and says: I love this car.
And why do you guys always say, I’m so proud of you, when all they do is disrespect you, then when they need something, they come to you sweet as sugar, until they get what they want?
This child like behaviour was ok when they were 5 or maybe 6 years old, but not when they’re 10 years older than that!
Why does a beginning driver, at the age of 16 need a 100,000 dollar car?
Is it safer? is it better looking when it’s curved around a lantern?
And then when people are not rich, they buy the biggest house they can get with maximal mortgage, get maximal loans, to pretend they are rich, so that their kids don’t have to feel inferior to the other kids, though they can never go on vacation, or spent some quality family time together, like a family dinner or things like that, because they have to work every moment to keep living the lifestyle they have grown to appreciate!
Is there a point?
The point is:
- Family matters!
- True friendship can not be bought or based on the fact that you wear the same kind of overpriced outfits!
- Materialism is overrated!
- Inner peace and happiness comes from interactions with people that you have grown to love for who they are, and not for what they portrait to be!
- Raising kids correct is not buying their love, but setting boundaries and conveying the right message to them, so they respect you and one day they can earn your respect!
- Respect and love yourself! It’s you that’s beautiful, not your diamonds!
I hope you don’t hate me for what I’m saying, I’m just saying what I feel is the truth, but
since truth is only a reflection of your view on reality, I could be very wrong!
Tell me what you think!
donderdag 28 januari 2010
Justice
Justice
Justice is always less just than it seems...
You can’t create sympathy for an injustice, when in the attempt to lessen an injustice you create another injustice.
The other night I was watching the memorial of the fallen Jews on the news, they were at Auswitz. They had invited the president of Israel and some more important names.
I thought: ‘why not also invite the president of Palestine and maybe they will have some more compassion for the situation the Jews were in and get some sympathy for the reason they were given half of Palestine by the United Kingdom.’
Then I learned that even though Palestine has been around for at least two thousand years it is not acknowledged as a country by the world, since half of it was given to the Jews and was named Israel.
All of the sudden I got a lot more sympathy for the cause and a lot more insight in the motives of the Palestinians.
For what happened when the Dutch, who had a different religion, were oppressed by the Spanish?
They went underground and fought a war against the Spanish for eighty years before they won this war and became independent once again.
I do not agree with the method of war being used by the Palestinians. But that method is only used by a few radicals. I understand why a lot of countries around Palestine are supporting their cause, but I don’t understand why whiles giving the Palestinians weapons and other materials, they don’t make it a bigger point on their political agenda.
I also don’t understand why the Israeli’s who have been oppressed for so many years and have had systematically structured genocide and what ever other injustice.
Why after all of this they do not understand that the Palestinians are not thrilled that their land is being taken away, that they are denied access to so many places they too find holy in their religion.
For is that not what happened to the Jews too at one point?
Now that the Israeli’s know that the English and the Americans have got their backs, the government of Israel is even using propaganda not only in their own country but also for the outside world to get more people to think that the Palestinians are solely bad people and that they have no reason at all to attack Israel as fierce as they do.
I firmly believe that where two are fighting, both parties are to blame.
And also that where two are fighting and one wins there is no peace.
Injustice is everywhere, and whiles sticking your head in the sand does block your sight of it, it does not make it go away, also supporting one cause where there are more causes, only increases the likeliness of an ongoing disagreement and decreases the chances of actual sustainable and long if not everlasting peace, being the middle child I have learned this a long time ago...
Justice is always less just than it seems...
You can’t create sympathy for an injustice, when in the attempt to lessen an injustice you create another injustice.
The other night I was watching the memorial of the fallen Jews on the news, they were at Auswitz. They had invited the president of Israel and some more important names.
I thought: ‘why not also invite the president of Palestine and maybe they will have some more compassion for the situation the Jews were in and get some sympathy for the reason they were given half of Palestine by the United Kingdom.’
Then I learned that even though Palestine has been around for at least two thousand years it is not acknowledged as a country by the world, since half of it was given to the Jews and was named Israel.
All of the sudden I got a lot more sympathy for the cause and a lot more insight in the motives of the Palestinians.
For what happened when the Dutch, who had a different religion, were oppressed by the Spanish?
They went underground and fought a war against the Spanish for eighty years before they won this war and became independent once again.
I do not agree with the method of war being used by the Palestinians. But that method is only used by a few radicals. I understand why a lot of countries around Palestine are supporting their cause, but I don’t understand why whiles giving the Palestinians weapons and other materials, they don’t make it a bigger point on their political agenda.
I also don’t understand why the Israeli’s who have been oppressed for so many years and have had systematically structured genocide and what ever other injustice.
Why after all of this they do not understand that the Palestinians are not thrilled that their land is being taken away, that they are denied access to so many places they too find holy in their religion.
For is that not what happened to the Jews too at one point?
Now that the Israeli’s know that the English and the Americans have got their backs, the government of Israel is even using propaganda not only in their own country but also for the outside world to get more people to think that the Palestinians are solely bad people and that they have no reason at all to attack Israel as fierce as they do.
I firmly believe that where two are fighting, both parties are to blame.
And also that where two are fighting and one wins there is no peace.
Injustice is everywhere, and whiles sticking your head in the sand does block your sight of it, it does not make it go away, also supporting one cause where there are more causes, only increases the likeliness of an ongoing disagreement and decreases the chances of actual sustainable and long if not everlasting peace, being the middle child I have learned this a long time ago...
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