Friday, August 31, 2012

Perfect last words to say

Hold on a second, what did you say?
Those words would never have encouraged me to stay.
On our way out, you did not encourage me to pray.
You never said a word though that day was my biggest day.
"Don't forget to empty the bin," is that all you could say?
I couldn't say a thing after all I obeyed.
Your busyness distracted your lifestyle.
Swamped in daily routines and lost the purpose.
Lost your focus and forgot your promise.
Lest my attention, you blamed your working shifts.
You were never there, so I wasn't there too.
When my heart stopped in the middle of that swimming pool.
Finaly you left work but it was too late, it was no longer me you pulled.

"I love you" would have been the perfect last words to say!

 ©Percy Shozi AKA MQO Da Poet

Friday, August 24, 2012

Little people

Everywhere we go, everywhere we live,
There are always little people in our lives,
These little people find it so hard to grow,
They always major on the minor and minor on the major,
They find it very hard to prioritize,
They forget that priorities is what really counts,
If you want to turn your life around completely,
you don't turn around with little thinking.

It is possible to win the battle and lose the war,
It is possible to miss the bigger picture while staring on the wall,
At times you think it's a grown up but you are with the child on that war,
Now is the perfect opportunity for you to paint the right picture on the wall
There is a time when you have to lose interest in middle of your argument,
Because you discover that you are arguing with the tall toddler,
You are wasting your punches on a toddler that looks taller,
Nobody told you that taller toddlers do not exist,
You must insist to resist fighting with toddlers in your life
The big idea used on the little person is a waste of punch
The big idea used on the absence of vision can not do much
Little thinking maybe entertaining but it's not revolutionary
Little thinking will make you stubborn and angry
Little mind set will not take you to the right direction
Little or low thinking will not take you to God's bigger plan for your life
Bigger plans lies on people who realize that God is bigger than little things
Bigger things are in line with God's bigger plans we haven't realized yet,
It is hard to have bigger plans with people who have little visions

God does big thinking and he is calling for us to do big thinking too
Even if we do our biggest thought, God still have a bigger thought than we do,
Our thought are still foolishness compared to his thoughts,
So you know what happens when we think small right?
God is getting upset if we are thinking small of our selves,
Do not be afraid of that little pain you are currently feeling
Pain is what God gives you with power to keep you from arrogance
When injustices occur we always look for logic
We question everything that happened as if it was magic
If you look for logic you will go crazy
When you've been down little low bad looks good
When you've been down little low you can't trust your own judgement
When you've been really lonely you don't evaluate people
When you've been really lonely you become so desperate for love and comfort
When you know that you are vulnerable you can't trust your own judgement
Sometime things become the same cycle of pain and then wet us like rain
Sometimes we think that the process is the purpose, while blind ourselves with the process.
When God is trying to bless us more we think that we have enough, because we have fallen inlove with the process and not the promise
If you've got a gift no matter where people put you, you'll never lose it
When you've got a gift, you've just got a gift
If the cage birds can sing, if vulnerable people can still sing how can I lose my song?

Everywhere we go, everywhere we live,
There are always little people in our lives,
These little people find it so hard to grow,
They always major on the minor and minor on the major,
They find it very hard to prioritize,
They forget that priorities is what really counts,
If you want to turn your life around completely,
you don't turn around with little thinking.

Little people

 ©Percy Shozi

Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Ladies first

Let me give you a standing ovation cause you are the best
Let me give you recognition as you are the best from the rest
Let me give you my undivided attention and simply my best
Let me give you a reason enough why you better put that woman first

The world is so full and beautiful because of you
You bring life to the world and keep its joy too
You bring light because of your multiplied touch provided to you
You bring hope to our homes and things we can do
You bring light when all we see is darkness that's why we put you first

The crown in your head is well deserved
The Queen that you are, make us keen
Women are leaders and born managers that why we win
In every woman there is a man hidden in between
Take us where we've never been and show us things we've never seen
Take a stand and understand when I say obey and put ladies first

You act like a lady now and think like a lady too ok!?
There is no supremacy regarding to thinking that's what I say
You have every right to think like a woman to empower others and they'l obey
You empower others by simply being a fearfully and wonderfully made women
Just take a stand and understand that you deserve to be put first

There is something so unique and special about you
There is an extra 6th sense, so useful that you have within you
You can feel the calm before the storm with that extra sense within you
This makes more sense, why life is meaningless in your absence
You brighten the world with your smile that makes us happy everyday
Your brightness is bright enough for the whole world to shine
There is power in feminism, thanks God you are a feminist

From heaven to earth our ribs interlocked
From Eden to earth our faith intertwined and we felt shortness of breath
Let me give you a standing ovation cause you are the best
Let me give you recognition as you are the best from the rest
Let me give you my undivided attention and simply my best
Let me give you a reason enough why you better put that woman first

Happy women's month

 ©Percy Shozi

Friday, July 20, 2012

Home where I belong

No matter how far you are away from home
No matter how cold you are and need to be warm
No matter how thirsty you are for the strange throne
No matter how rich you are to buy the strange throne
You will always come back home

Home is pictures of memories on the wall.
Home is sleeping in my own bed.
Home is waking up to the smell of mom's cooking.
Home is coming home to my mom's bakings.
Home is sharing the holidays with family.
Home is playing the piano in the living room.
Home is where I belong, I will always come back home.

Home is where I feel safe to say my opinion
Home is the absence of judgement and resentments
Home is breakfast, lunch and super
Home is sleeping anywhere around the house
Home is constant meetings of renovating the house
Home is a combination of tough love and soft love
Home is bad times, worst times, good times and best times
Home is where I belong all the time of my life
Home is having dreams, supported visions and guidance
Home is sharing the innermost feeling of your heart without judgement
Home is interlocking hands and intertwining ideas
Home is the rhythm of music and the movement of dance
Home is warmth only through binding and finding one goal
Home is hugging and kissing each other and having roles
Home is reminding each other how much we love one another
Home is showing how appreciating we are of each other
Home is crying with me when I'm sad and laughing with me when I'm happy
Home is always picking the same side as long it's for the family

Home is not geographical but intellectual
Home is not just physical but emotional
Home is not the house but warmth in the house
Home is not throwing things at each other
Home is not stealing from one another
Home is not cursing one another but blessing one another
Home is not fighting for food but fighting to get food for each other
Home is not receiving but giving with all of your heart
Home is not a place where you get rich but blessing them with your riches
Home is not a place you will showcase your brightness but providing light through your kindness.
Home is not where you invest for royalties
Home is not for me but for us
Home is opening doors not closing them
Home is where I belong and at home I feel strong, because when you feel loved you feel the power invested in you rise
Home is a place of love, peace, happiness, forgiveness, kindness, hope and understanding
Home is the place I can call home because of it warmth
Home is where I belong

 ©Percy Shozi

Saturday, July 14, 2012

Fear not

Fear not, for I am with you;
be not dismayed, for I am your God;
I will strengthen you, I will help you,
I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

Isaiah I desire the kind of faith God wanted for you
Fear not, 365 times in my bible it appear
Fear not, for 365 days each day my fear disappear
Faith Daniel had in the middle of the fire
Faith that whatever we are going through, we'll make it through
Flesh light hit my mind, my mind renewed
Fresh sights on my eyes, your faith bestowed
Pray that you are not misplaced or manipulated
After all only the Lord we can rely on
God is here and near, we must press on
God help me to know you more
Help me to draw nearer to you
What plan you have for me
I love how you can take my pain and use it for power
You have inheritance in me
You will one day come back and claim it
Whatever you have, you always exceed your greatness
My career is under your feet
My life is under your feet
I have no fear
You assure me that you don't want me under the gutter
You don't want anybody to be under the gutter
You care for us all, from us you wanna see laughter
You don't want us to live in fear, caused by check after pay check
You don't want us to have fear to be homeless, helpless and hopeless
You have the power to transform anyone to be yours
You transformed Paul when he was an intellect
Highly respected and embraced you all the time
I want to be your slave like Paul
Your message is more important than I the messenger O' Lord
Your word is more important than my intelligence
After all, all the intelligence comes from your
After all, to you I submit my all
Unto your name I will bring my sacrifice
Because I have realised that you are the Chief Justice on this matter
Your decision is final in this constitutional court, for forwarded matters
You love me a lot and gave me an opportunity to follow you constitution
I'm just a servant who is guilty as charged, here to confess my transgrations
I'm just so grateful that, even in the middle of my trial you tell me to fear not
I'm so grateful that, even in the middle of my trial you manage to put me at ease
Saul was on his way to kill everybody who believed in Jesus but ran into him
The misery he brought to church was ridiculous and unveiled
God uses you to heal people that you use to hurt
You don't have to die to be transformed
Often you get direction from rejection
I love the Lord, and I will always worship him
Lord I love you, and I will always worship you
You don't have to perfom for me to worship you
You don't have to impress me, you don't have to do anything
Forever I will worship you Lord
My brothers and sisters
Pray your fear away
Wipe that tear away
And tear apart your old life
And start a new one with God as the head
You are the head and not the tail
God will provide a way
With lot of love I say
Love the Lord and obey
Have no fear
Wipe that tear away and
Fear not

 ©Percy Shozi

Saturday, June 16, 2012

I was taught to fight

I was told to fight
I was taught to write
I was taught to write?
I need to write
I need to write about what I'm fighting for
I'm fighting for my right and that what I'm writings for
Is it right that I have to fight for my right?
Everyone is supposed to be born with his/ her rights
Let me express section 16 of our constitution as the freedom of expression
There is no substitution for section 11 as everyone has the right to life
Why do I have to fight for my right

The struggle taught me to fight
Fighting people with guns
Fighting elders with oppressive minds
As the young child
Carrying stones with anger
Where existence on it own was danger
Fearing for my life was my daily bread
Freedom of expression costed my breath
Singing songs of the struggle
Gunned down for our voices
Where life never gave us any choices
As the youth, our hands needed to interlock
As leaders of the struggle, our minds were intertwined
We never threw stones at the police
Our stones were triggered by the triggers they pulled
Only the last man standing would remain to rule
A bullet opened her chest
Her tears were shared with the rest
Blood out of the mouth
More blood out of her eyes
And out of her ears
Was this in-vain she asked as she died
Let us all be the answer to her question
Let's break the circle of poverty
Let's stay in school and better ourselves
The youth that fought for freedom fought a different enemy
We owe it to them that we live a better life they would want for themselves
We posses similarities in terms of energy and challenges
They fought against racism and freedom
We are fighting against poverty and diseases
We are tired of empty rhetoric statements from the Government
We are the youth with the intension to transform the world
We are the youth that is fighting for freedom
We are the youth of yesterday, today and tomorrow
We are the youth that seek growth in a civilized and profound way
We owe it to the youth of yesterday to be the best that we can be
We owe it to our children to be the change that we want to see in them
I was told to fight, we were told to fight and our fight will never be invain

 ©Percy Shozi