See, Got No Back Door

This was one of the most devastating pieces of news to hear from our little rock. Beautiful Barbados, gem of the Caribbean Sea is continuing to sink in its moral standards and now the thieves have taken one giant leap. These thieve are murders and the law courts will determine the degree of murder

 

See, Got No Back Door   So why do we wait so long to know Emergencies and there is no where to go Every since with all the building codes   Government waits until tragedy explodes One door stores should have been long gone These old time standards should be withdrawn   No existing building should be allowed One door when it caters to a crowd   But we waited until we lost six And now to hear the code needs a fix Change them we all agree but its already six lives late Killed by merciless thieves who sealed their fate   Disaster has been plaguing this island recently Only they have been accidents or some weather tragedy Old folk warned us to be cautious leaving the seashore Realize not only the sea, stores you’ll See, Got No Back Door

Mosquito One Mosquito Two

This is a far more serious thing than we treat it. Yes there are lots of appeals to get rid of the containers and other things that might cause water to collect, but I remember when we were scared of the home inspectors who made regular visits and reported homes who didn’t conform to standards. May be it is time we go back to these days.

 

Mosquito One Mosquito Two   My niece is in the third stage of Dengue One more bite from the Aedes aegypti they say Sometimes is fatal so at all cost she must Quell her fear of these pest and in God trust Unavoidable bites bring no threat to her life I pray that she be relieved of any strife The constant worries of another bite Of thoughts of what another one might   On her inflict since we can’t see them all Nor stop each when we hear their buzzing call Even with all the modern day tricks   Mosquitoes still breed rapidly in debris and bricks   Old bottles and cups anything where water collects Some flowers too have been breeding ground for these insects Quit giving home and refuge to these Unsafe flying insects bearing disease   If you can stop their cycle rather that their bite There is much we can do to win the fight Our focus now my friends should be   To rid our environs of this deadly enemy Win the battle by taking the fight to the mosquito Obliterate the Aedes aegypti and Dengue, destroy where they grow

After The Years More Tears

What are we as the global community doing with these thoughtless drivers who despite the many warning continue to drink and drive? How many more of the thousand who die daily due to insobriety do we count when we could have saved their lives. All life is important but when a public figure is involved that life seems like a family member. Certainly there is more we can do

After The Years More Tears All the pain that surrounded him, all the tragedy For 27 years he bore his tormentors passively The tragic lost of his oldest son in a car crash in ‘69 Empathy came from the world as Mandela cried from behind Repeat tragedy when his other son died   This time from AIDS in 2005 and with him the world cried He had lost a baby daughter when she was only 9 months old Every personal tragedy yet still he walked upright and bold   Yesterday another tragedy when the news came Everyone heard before the start of the first World Cup game An accident took his great granddaughter’s life Real fortune spared Winnie, Mandela’s Ex-wife Shakira and The Black Eye Peas played that night   Mandela’s great grand Zenani never had a fight Once the vehicle hit the barricade and turned upside down Road fatalities went up by one and word spread around Eyes bursting with tears, I didn’t want to believe   That a drunk driver again caused so many nations to grieve Emergency vehicles to rush, lights and sirens to flare Remorse troubled Nelson Mandela through all the years So much trauma now After The Years More Tears

At The Threshold Of Eternity

What do people feel at the moment of certain death? What do they go through? Do they think of the pain that they are about to face if they are about to collide or do they think about the after life and not being ready? In a cabin of people in and airplane about to crash what can we expect to hear and see?. I have none of the answers but the down flight Afriqiyah Airways 8U771 had one passenger, a young 10 years old boy survived the flight

At The Threshold Of Eternity Afriqiyah Airways Airbus A330-200 bound for Tripoli They were leaving Johannesburg, 103 others with me The last boarding call for flight 8U771 sounded in the air Had no idea it was the last, no one was aware Everyone was seated aboard and we were on our way The weather was good, clear visibility I heard the captain say He then invited us to remove our seat belts as we were up high Right in the clouds above the eagles, soaring the blue sky Everything was small beneath and the Heavens above Seemed particularly close today with an arm stretch of love Hours of flying soon brought us where we to needed to land On the air the hostess gave the “Buckle your seat belts” command Larger than life was the airport there at Tripoli Didn’t get a photo of it for my friends to see Our flight stalled briefly and then screams everywhere Flight 8U771 was in trouble and was falling from the air Each terrified passenger looking to others for solace Through screams and tears and each fearful face Everyone traumatized except a quiet few Raised their hands like in class, then knelt in queue    No fear in their eyes just wearing a smile It was split seconds but with them it seemed a long while The others panicked not for the crash, scared where there might go You could see the content on the faces of those kneeling though

Win These

West Indies hosts the 2010 Twenty 20 Cricket World cup and in everyone’s opinion a poor showing for a home country. The advantages of home turf obviously don’t apply to the West Indian cricket team.  Other teams would have been very familiar with their home pitches and would have had a garrison of people from whom to select a team. I say England losing a star Batsman and still performed well so too I saw Sri Lanka top end line up failing miserably and the middle order like the Aussies “bringing it”

A little difficult to read.. I know

Win These Wides In Needless Despondence Intently Evading Six I Was In Noxious Disappointment In Eyeing Selectors picks Now We Islanders Noticing Diminished Interestingly Excited Supporters They Went Interested Now Dread In Ever Seeing reporters Hearing We Incessant Nemesis Destroying Inaccurate Extra Spin Each Wicket I Noticed Didn’t Incorporate Exercises Seriously to win So With It Now Devastated In Every Spirit Every West Indian Now Doubts If Ever Some players did “Bring it”

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Win These Wides In Needless Despondence Intently Evading Six I Was In Noxious Disappointment In Eyeing Selectors picks Now We Islanders Noticing Diminished Interestingly Excited Supporters They Went Interested Now Dread In Ever Seeing reporters Hearing We Incessant Nemesis Destroying Inaccurate Extra Spin Each Wicket I Noticed Didn’t Incorporate Exercises Seriously to win So With It Now Devastated In Every Spirit Every West Indian Now Doubts If Ever Some players did “Bring it”

A Clear And Present Danger

There are many areas in which we watch the degradation of society and then like a panicking parent we start to feed the wants of our kids and forget their needs. The trouble is that kids really are the future and if you give them not standards as their foundation then the leaders of future society with not have the necessary equipment to mend the ills they are presented with. We are there now and we are getting worse by the year

A Clear And Present Danger At times when our society is threatened Clear and present danger perceived by sedition Like musicians invited with questionable values Expletives as incendiary lyrics as featured in our news At these times Government and Society each intervenes Roots out the evil to preserve the young and teens And still other standards fester in these same kids No concerted efforts to retrain them no one forbids Do we really need to encourage infants to seductively gyrate Parade indecently and to party until late Relaxing our interest has shifted our values Education now needs a major revamping of its golden rules Social misconduct now has us questioning their gender lean Experimental inquisitiveness producing the promiscuously unclean   Now we over investigate young ladies who Touch, share bathroom trips, clothes and other intimacies too Doing little about social networks on the Internet And the short skirts, boys falling trousers and the worse yet Nothing being done about the cameras and phones that snap Gratuitous behavior of school children while others clap Eliminating the moral decay needs much more than bans Respectfully Mr. Minister we MUST put the society in God’s hands

Bridge Over Troubled Waters

They call each other names and still expect to wear the title of honorary. Now, they are so busy throwing blame and labeling fault that they forget the very people they wanted to protect. I used to hear my mother saying that is water under the bridge to signal there is nothing that you can do nor to change things, settle for what you have now.

Bridge Over Troubled Waters Bajans listen carefully Remember the Flyovers catastrophe I recall some time when Dems protested Flyovers back then Got no right spending taxpayers money Erecting what was obviously unnecessary One should use the money to ensure Various needs are met long before Expenditure is wasted when we got Roads with pot holes and Joe’s River Bridge with rot These didn’t get so from 2 years of rain Rains battered our roads but that seemed mundane Our authorities wanted things more flamboyant Using flyover to ease up traffic here is extravagant But now to hear the cries that we Let an almost 100 years old Joe’s River Bridge deteriorate suddenly Even hear that it would be a “Hopeless situation” Dale shooting off in his constituency and know, no gun We are forced to ask ourselves why now All these years they were in power but some how The Joe’s River Bridge only just got this bad Elections just gone the other day and neither candidate had Raised any concerns to the people of the impending dangers So what else has gone unsaid in this Bridge Over Troubled Waters

If I Could Say A Few Words

We all were taught how careful we must be when handling some things and especially when handling a gun. None of us expect that a guns handler would make such a fatal mistake to shoot himself ands worst to kill his infant son. The story is tragic however we look at it.

If I Could Say A Few Words It was dark and I never knew Force like that and so terrifying too I was kept under lock and key Couldn’t go anywhere except Johan took me Once I thought it was my turn Unfortunately I came to learn Lots of others who had waited there in line Deserved their place before me so I was left behind Some how the noise was so much, I just wanted out And then it came when I least expected it, and there was doubt Yesterday my friends tore paper and landed in sand And today I tore the flesh of a man’s hand Forcefully I left and uncontrollably   Escaped beyond to Luke’s fragile body We had all expected one day to rest With sand around us but not in a boy’s chest Only 11 years old and I ended it all Return if I could but I watched him fall Didn’t have a choice once I was left behind Sure accidents happen but this one, if I could speak my mind…

Leaving On A Jet Plane

There was word this morning that Johan Bjerkhamn who had accidentally shot himself and killed his 11 years old son had left the guard at the Bayview Hospital and legally left the island for Miami where he will undergo treatment to the palm of his hand which may have incurred major damages to blood vessels and nerves. This is a very polarized discussion with islanders because Blacks do no expect similar luxury under such tragic and suspicious circumstance.

 

Leaving On A Jet Plane Life lost because of me Escaping my chamber to be free And now there is nothing I could do Violent way to end and it distressed me too I left not knowing where I might go Never knew if it was practice, I didn’t know Getting away from my prison would mean Outing a youngsters light at only pre-teen Nothing can bring him back to right this wrong And now others sing the Amazing Grace song Johan had promised to take care of me Ever so often he cleaned the chamber that set me free This was something he had known very well Promised that I’d burst a target but rather a body fell Luke was in my way, he was in my view And once I was freed there was nothing I could do Nothing, now Johan had failed me and his boy Every promise of safety gone, no hopes left to enjoy

Force Against My Will

With such a mighty force, it is impossible to resist. I wish I couldn’t have been used in the ways that I had been over time but, it was never really my choice. People are in control and I am hopeless. I look forward to the day when they changes we are trying to achieve lend to a more peaceful lifestyle.

Force Against My Will For once I wished it wasn’t so Once, just once that I didn’t know Rifles and hand guns and their cruelty Can’t do a thing without the likes of me Every time I’m placed without recourse Aligned in a chamber and then with force Given flight to do evil, man’s worse A life taken and they practice first In ranges with targets for accuracy Numerous times practicing on shapes of the human body Seldom do they draw the bull’s-eye elsewhere Targeting the human body and on the heart, a bull’s-eye there My friends were luckier than me they ended in sand Yesterday I penetrated the flesh of a man’s hand When I stopped I was in a young child’s chest I caused this 11 years old an eternal rest Life was snatched away from him because of me Little powder filled metal that can be forced to bring such fatality