The Power of a Paradigm Shift

It all started with a picture of a rabbit and a duck, 

A duck is not just a duck but also a rabbit.

Old perception in a new environment can leave you stuck, 

New information can drastically change your old habits. 

The world changes through the lens of sunglasses, 

Sunlight can be dimmed when nothing has changed but your perception. 

Your worldview changes as you read more and attend more classes, 

Moonlight and the stars in the pitch dark night provide protection. 

New information that changes drastically how we see other information, 

New information that changes the whole situation.

I see a world's amethyst temples replaced by common structure, 

The ordinary culture exalted the extraordinary culture. 

In order to progress you must first forsake, 

Walk in the unfamiliar to overcome the situation, 

Leave behind the familiar to transform your situation. 

Turn negative stinking thinking into positive, that's the history you should make. 

Marrying positive future choices, 

Divorcing negative past experiences. 

For the truth and justice you shall stand, 

Sometimes standing where you don't understand. 

Until you see; 

The Power of a Paradigm Shift

Running The Race

My mind already crossed the finish line, 

It's not as hard at the start. 

Perseverance is the key, this journey is mine. 

Victory drives the burning desire in my heart. 

Like any other runner I don't eat everything, 

Your life is a race push yourself. 

With a mind of a racer you can achieve anything, 

Those who wants to win push themselves. 

You might need to rely on your strength at times, 

Sometimes the others will push you. 

You are not alone though it might feel like it sometimes, 

Someone is always watching you. 

 

Your legs will ache and your muscle will burn, 

Your lungs will beg for air, 

As pain strikes you will learn. 

Running is for everyone including the heir. 

You have dreams to chase, 

As you are running your race, 

You have issues to face, 

Embrace God's grace. 

Running The Race

Chosen

You are chosen for a reason, 

You are chosen to be great. 

You are chosen for this season, 

You are chosen to make things straight. 

You are called to be blessed, 

You are chosen to be fruitful. 

You can't be fruitful if you are not seedful, 

You are called to be the best. 

You are called to be productive, 

Forbidden to be unprofitable. 

You are called to be profitable, 

Forbidden to be unproductive.  

You are marvellously created, 

We are wonderfully connected. 

You are  purposefully tested, 

We are permanently united. 

Chosen. 

Hope Soars our Souls

Rise above so high and fly in the air, 

Spread your wings and fly through the air. 

Raise the bar for others 'cause you care, 

Spread the words with care as you share. 

Sing the tune without the words, 

Keep singing until the message invades the world. 

Sing until your voice perches in the souls of the hopeless, 

Sing until hope becomes a dwelling place to the hopeless. 

Don't ask for everything when you pray, 

Let your soul long for the words to say. 

Rather pray with a heart without words, than words without a heart, 

Dwell in your strengths and admit your weaknesses and cleanse your heart. 

Your days of suffering will come to an end,

Your battle scars will make you strong as a rock. 

Your emotional scars will teach you to be strong when others don't understand, 

You'll draw from a different saucer than the world, you'll speak to the rock. 

Hope Sours our Souls

The Art of Algebra

Our life is an equation, look at who we are becoming,

You and I are now intertwined. 

Letters and numbers combined, 

Our love languages interlocked and simplified everything. 

Number 1 you are a divisible one, 

Your trinity in unity confirms that you are the one. 

Divine one I've searched for someone like you there's none, 

Your sacrifice told the world it is done. 

Number 3 you have become unglued, 

My love for Christ has been renewed. 

Take me to the third heaven where there is completeness, 

Let your strength cover my weakness. 

Number 5 let your grace fall upon my face, 

Let my body be your dwelling place.
Increase my worshiping space, 

Let my heart embrace your grace. 

Number 7 let me rest my creativity in yours, 

Let your anointing oil profusely fill my spirit with yours. 

Let your word be the sword to fight all the earthly wars, 

It is completed your love has opened doors.  

The Art of Algebra 

One Voyage of Discovery

One man who could ask for anything,

One dream to achieve. 

One request that changed everything,

One chance to receive. 

One journey starts with one step, 

One destiny to look forward to. 

One wisdom to the nations filled the gap, 

One nation had one man to look up to. 

One God blessed nations with one man, 

One goal led all kings to one king, a wise man. 

One Solomon saved nations with his wisdom, 

One baby can surprise the world with immense wisdom. 

One thing to remember do not despite small beginnings, 

Your wisdom can save nations. 

You'll never know situations that people are going through. 

Speak love and life to the nations. 

One Voyage of Discovery 

 

 

Power of Poetry: Poetics

Power of Poetry: Poetics

Poetics

Love and laughter ran out the door,

When the haters and greedy entered. 

Confidence and freedom was seen no more. 

When they made our land a stop over. 

Our resources were taken away from us, 

When they were scared we might run them over. 

They brought machine guns to kill us, 

We were jailed by men from the sail. 

When the revolution took place, 

We started to hate each other. 

When there were resources to chase, 

We started to shoot each other. 

We twisted the statement of making the enemy our friend, 

We partnered with the enemy to kill our brothers and sisters. 

We wanted everything for ourselves and to own a piece of land 'till the end, 

When men demanded a reasonable salary we shot them regardless of their blisters. 

Poetics. 

© Percy Shozi

The Power of Perception

Perception is everything,

One person come to work whistling,

While the other person is wrestling,

Frustrated by everything. 

It's not what's happening to you, 

but what's happening in you that matters. 

You don't need a new set of circumstances, 

You need a new set of attitudes. 

You need a new mind that goes beyond your situation,

that seeks to learn things that are not connected to where you came from or where you are. 

You need to change your perception,

You need to think outside the box no matter who you are. 

There's a difference between knowledge and wisdom, 

Knowledge can teach you how to load a gun, 

but wisdom tells you when to pull a trigger. 

Knowledge gives you the information how to do it, 

but wisdom gives you the insight to know how to use what you've been given.

I know where I came from and I know where I'm going, 

I forget not the power of small beginnings, 

but where I'm going is way bigger than where I come from. 

If you see my blessings, 

I'm supposed to be blessed. 

If you see me overcoming, 

I'm supposed to overcome. 

If you see me victorious, 

I'm supposed to be victorious. 

If you see me filled with joy, 

I'm supposed to have joy. 

Think differently, act differently and function differently.

Let it Go

If people want to walk away, 

If they are not joined to you. 

Don't look for words to say, 

Let them walk away from you. 

You have to learn to go ahead, 

Instead of trying to raise the dead. 

You have to know when it's over, 

Don't stay in a wrong place forever. 

Don't be hateful towards them be faithful, 

Stop begging people to stay. 

Let them go! If something is not for you, 

Let it go! If it's hurting you, 

Let it go! 

If you're only giving and not receiving love, 

People don't treat you right and don't see your worth. 

If you're always putting yourself down and everyone above, 

If your birth suffocated your breath and nearly caused you death, 

Let it go!

Some people survived from their parents trying to kill them, 

Some people stayed in abusive relationships for a long time, 

Some people have anger and past hurts that endangers them,

Some people are in jobs that doesn't meet their needs and talents and they are wasting their time. 

Let it go!

Some people are judging others to make themselves feel better, 

Some people just have a bad attitude. 

Some people are trying to help people who don't want to see themselves better, 

Some people are struggling with healing and broken relationships. 

Do yourself a favour if you want your life to be better. 

Just! Let it go!

The Power Of Us and We

The power of us and we, 

Over the power of I and me. 

This one is for you and me, 

We can be anything we want to be. 

This applies to anything in life, 

Common unity makes a strong community. 

If you think of yourself less and more of others you'll live a happy life. 

The power is not just in you it's in unity. 

Both of us have to give up some ground or the thing won't work, 

It's not about I and me, 

It's about us and we. 

We are going to make this life work. 

That is a power of us and we over a power of I and me. 

Sunday Morning

 

I woke up this morning, 

with a sound of nature in my ears. 

I then started smiling, 

Recalling, I'm not just a person I'm an heir. 

I used to be very good at soccer, 

but they started playing games on Sunday. 

Christ told me to be a faithful walker, I preferred church on Sunday then walked on the ground on Monday. 

The sound of worship I couldn't miss, 

His word training my soul to make better choices. 

My cheek wouldn't miss the feel of His kiss, 

Filling up my spirit with His love and a tonal harmonic sound from angelic voices. 

God has already given you a massive blessing just receive it, 

Get ready! 'Cause it will float your boat. 

Don't think just drink it, 

If you choose you can use this as your quote. 

I can smell the freshness of this Sunday morning, 

My eyes embracing His nature as I'm walking in the Hills of Surrey Hills, 

This is a new season filled with joy to pour out every morning.  

The Lord takes me to a secrete place  to see His face around these hills. 

Sunday Morning. 

These Poems

 

Like the tip of the fingers fast running the piano, 

I'll keep piercing my mind for the words to breathe. 

Like the skill of a surgeon bypassing the healthy tissue, 

I choose my words in immense consideration to address every issue. 

Seriously these poems approached me to write them,

Situations begged me to address them. 

They couldn't leave my mind, a mind stretched has more capacity to think. 

An eye widely opened has no capacity to blink, 

Let your undivided attention invite these poems in your mind to sink. 

 

I told a friend of mine to be hungry for wisdom, 

That way in our lifetime he'll witness freedom. 

"Don't think just drink", I said. 

"Don't hate congratulate", we said. 

We always believed in giving credit where it's due, 

Mind you there will always be someone who's better than you. 

There's nothing fruitful than spending time with a wise man,

Share something wise with your friends everyday and think of a wise thing to do if you can. 

Like a dancer moving her body in orchestrated symphony, 

I'll keep my pen floating through these pages in harmony. 

Like the larva cocooned to be a butterfly, 

These words will fly to your ears 'cause they are familiar with prestidigitation. 

These poems will rise to raise nations. 

Like a bee too busy collecting honey,  

These poems will shine this world and it will always be sunny. 

© Percy Shozi 

Look Up

The stars are brightly shining. 

The moon is rising before dawn. 

Twins will be born, victory is coming. 

Tension is rising and everybody is gone. 

Look up

See what is not as though it was. 

Let the light direct your feet. 

Bring back that first love the way it was. 

Heaven's gates will be opened, banquet table for you to sit. 

Look Up

You'll see what God has installed for you. 

While wrestling with Him, He'll hurt you to help you. 

He'll break you to bless you. 

He'll mould you and rename you. 

You'll regain the years you've lost. 

Your life will be restored. 

He'll beat you to submission as you're lost. 

Your relationships will be restored. 

Look Up

Pursue Your Passion

Listen to your inner self, 

find your instinct. 

It's deep inside within yourself, 

find that spark that is indistinct. 

It might not be educational background, 

that determines your destiny. 

It might not be experiential background,

that will leave a legacy. 

It's more about instinct than intellect. 

If you're not exploring that, you are doing yourself a great injustice. 

It's deep in your heart, not just the internet. 

If it's organic, it will always keep you on the right side of justice. 

A Zoologist can tell you all about the elephant. 

But a Zulu can tell you where it is in the dark. 

A Zoologist is an intellect, but a Zulu is an instinct's celebrant. 

A Zoologist received the mark, but a Zulu found the spark. 

You are born with a passion,

you can upgrade your skills by studying. 

Sometimes people will show no compassion, 

don't mind the critics focus on who you are becoming. 

It doesn't matter how long it will take you, keep studying. 

If you don't find everything you are looking for in books, study your heart there's something in there that is really interesting. 

Pursue Your Passion

Run After Your Destiny

Your future is waiting for you 

It's not going anywhere 

Your destiny is calling you 

Save your time, don't go elsewhere. 

You know what you love to do 

Don't let this world fool you 

Trying to impress people? What are you doing? 

Finding your passion is the key, now be busy as the bee. 

If you run after your destiny

You'll automatically distance yourself from your history

Clarity will save you from going mentally 

A clear vision will reveal the mystery. 

Run After Your Destiny 

 

Giraffe and a Turtle

We occupy the same space with different world view

Giraffe eat from the top of the trees while the turtle moves to the grass 

You'll lose my point if your mind is stuck in the zoo

Let's walk together I'll show you the view through the hour glass. 

We eat on the level of our vision 

When you get critism from the turtle 

Don't lose your cool 'cause you will lose your provision 

They are reporting the view from the level of their own as turtles. 

Their view might be dragging you back to your past 

The murmurings of the turtle will cost you good opportunities

Your level of understand is different so our conversation won't last 

Let's celebrate our differences and build our community. 

The 25 pound heart of a giraffe pumps blood up his 9 foot neck for its neck to stay high

If the giraffe lowers his head he will lose his consciousness and pass out 

Don't expect the turtle to eat from the leaves so high 

They can't see your view even when you shout. 

When you are built to be tall you will endanger your position if you lower your perspective 

You can not explain to a turtle a giraffe's decision

The turtle is not wrong but giving it honest report from his perspective 

Whether you choose to be a giraffe or a turtle it's your decision.  

 

Hold On Pain Ends = HOPE

I woke up this morning 

with so much hope 

I didn't know what to do with it

so I've decided to pass it to you 

Some people wake up every morning 

and have no idea how to cope 

It's my desire for you to work and walk with it. 

Hope not so many people talk about you 

Not so many people know you 

Not so many people introduce you 

But many people are searching for you. 

Hope is the catalyst for happiness 

having something to do makes you happy 

Having something or someone to love makes you happy 

Regardless of what's happening around you can choose to be happy. 

Hope is feathers that perches in the soul 

Hope is musical tunes without words 

Hope is seeing yourself dancing before scoring that goal

Hope is the light in darkness and seeing a stuck community flying like birds. 

Hold On Pain Ends = HOPE  

Wings Of An Eagle

Fly me so high and get me lost in the sky,                                               
Let my beaks tear the flesh of my prey,
Let my powerful eyes see the land from the sky,
Find rest in tall trees and high cliffs and pray.

Show me the beauty of the land, sky and mountains.
Let my aerodynamic feathers flow me through the wind,
Strong muscular legs, and powerful talon like a fountain,
Will hold me in the sky as I stretch my sacred wings.

My eyes will be fixed to the rock,
I'll fly to earth from the blue sky,
I'll lift my wings into the endless sky as I sing my victory song.
My eyes will see every face and my wings will lock every phase.

New Dimension

Take me 

to a new dimension

where my past in your eyes 

will catalyse me 

to be wise

Where my hands 

interlocked with yours

but yours left fingerprints

where your eyes saw through my heart

and my sight was your fingertips

where your word 

spoke life to me 

and like a bird

I needed to fly

Where my legs grew from your ground like the ocean refuses to stop kissing the shoreline

no matter how many times it’s sent away

where your beauty permeates my praises 

and your heart's purity saturate my phases  

Where your tongue 

was my sword 

and my identity was defined 

by your word

New dimension 

Where my feet under your light joined my legs in your sight

and my body joined your breath to my lungs 

and our thoughts became my tongue 

Where your heart

under my rib cage

beat your blood through my veins and my veins through your arms became my DNA

we became one 

your heartbeat became mine and mine became yours

New dimension 

where my heart was covered by your chest and your tongue moved my lips

where your words is all I spoke so my fears became your light

where your left hand joined my right 

where we prayed to intertwine our sights 

where your mouth moved my tongue 

and people called it 

insights and wisdom. 

New dimension. 

A Street Called Straight

He fell on the ground and heard the voice calling him. 

For three days, he remained blind and did not eat or drink. 

It was time for him to know the master who is above him. 

His power lay him on the ground and caused him to think. 

Saul killed believers and learned to believe the hard way. 

Some lessons will be easy, some will be tough. 

Your biggest problems will one day bow to you everyday. 

Your life will shift as The Lord is changing some stuff. 

One day you'll rescue your persecutors. 

One day you'll learn to bless your enemies. 

Go to a street called Straight and rescue your oppressors. 

Bless them and leave them with wonderful melodies. 

Leave the judgement to God as you also have your own faults. 

Love everyone because of who they are, not what they do. 

Go with the flow, dance in the snow, fill the streets with waltz. 

A Street Called Straight is waiting for you. 

The Colt at the Crossroads

So they went to the next village,
The colt was tied outside where two ways met.
The purity of this colt carried a message.
Your breakthrough is already set.

The specificity of a Prophet is overwhelming.
He knew where he was,
The assurity of a Prophet is welcoming.
He knows where you are.

He couldn't loose you earlier,
'Cause you've been stuck at the crossroads.
If He loosed you any sooner,
You might have took the wrong road.

When your rope is too tight just say Jesus.
The devil trembles at the sound of His name.
Your problems crumble at the sound of His name.
He will set you free, His name is Jesus.

A Still Small Voice

Shh! Keep your voice down.
Can you here that?
A direction to the crown.
Keep listening to that.

A voice that directs traffic in your life.
A whisper in your soul.
A voice that will transform your life.
A whisper that will pull you towards your goal.

Listening to that still small voice will multiply your time.
While listening to the crowd will divide your time.
Listening to that still small voice will add value in your life.
Listening to that still small voice will will subtract problems in your life.

Away from the crowd there is peace.
People travel to find themselves.
Climb that mountain to be with the Prince of Peace.
To change others we first need to change ourselves.

Go to the river if you have to, do it for yourself.
Connect with the sound of nature, that will nurture your inner ear.
If you listen close enough you'll hear that sound in yourself.
Everybody has a sound that is blocked by too many voices,
keep quiet you'll find directions from that still small voice.

Thanking The Enemy

I've learnt to thank God for both opened and closed doors, 

I've learnt that sometimes you get direction through persecution, 

Sometimes you rejoice 'cause you realised the joys of closed doors, 

Sometimes you are glad 'cause sadness led you to a new direction. 

I've learnt to embrace the pain that once drove me insane, 

Life will never be the same once you grasp this notion, 

People that once drove you mad will break every chain, 

This is the direction that will direct your through persecution.  

At times your heart will be broken but you'll be thankful, 

The door will be slammed at your face for a new phase, 

You'll be jumping in front of that door and studied to be grateful, 

You'll be glad they fired you, now you're giving God the highest praise. 

Some blessings come in a curse's disguise, 

Live life joyfully with no regrets 'cause you were born to be a blessing, 

Everything happens for a reason soon you'll be giving advise, 

You have great potential in you, just keep pressing. 

The world is a University and everyone is a teacher, 

Learn from everything and everyone nothing is ever wasted, 

Open your heart to new information that will prepare you for the future, 

Thanking the enemy will teach you that good things need to be tested. 

Don't Steal My Dream

I've heard that you are only here to steal.
I've heard that you are only here to kill.
I've heard that you are only here to destroy.
But hey! Don't steal my dream.

You've asked me where I was going; I told you the future.
You've asked me how I was gonna get there; I gave you directions.
You've asked me who my mentor was; I gave you His contacts details.
Now you want me to fall in your trap.

Your aim is for me to lose my identity,
Only 'cause you already lost your integrity.
I'm not like you and I never wish to be,
I'm not ostracised by my father like David was.

At times I wonder if you thought you are like my Daddy,
Because surely you know that He was here before you.
Sometimes I wonder if you could never sing the way you did,
Maybe you wouldn't think that you had it all.

You want everyone to be thrown away,
'Cause don't wanna burn in hell alone.
Creating many traps, teaching people not to obey,
'Cause are lost, lazy and scared to be alone.

I've heard that you are only here to steal

I've heard that you are only here to kill
I've heard that you are only here to destroy
But hey! Don't steal my dream.