Treading Water

Self Portrait

Ruby red lipstick
My daily armour
Vivacious laughter
Shakes the pain
Seeking serenity
From time to time
Only mild promises
Remain

By Simone Beatrice Naik Noemdoe, 2012-03-07.


No Regrets Please

Love withheld
The deepest regret
Forgiveness
The biggest test
Freedom yearning
Love nurtures pain
Eventually
We move on
Every tomorrow
Buries today
Next year on the horizon
Occasionally it is important to know
We can celebrate
Survival

By Simone Beartrice Naik Noemdoe, 2012-03-07


Farewell

Give me time
I ask
This one last chance
To say goodbye
Your passing
Happened in such a short time
We were only beginning
To discover the
Me in you
You in me
Genes never a choice free
Now we say farewell
For you tolled the last bells

For Uncle Alfie Michaels, there was so much we needed to learn about you.
By Simone Beatrice Naik Noemdoe.



Seeking to discover

I asked and you answered
A firm no
Another story untold
A peoples’ history
Slowly going
Your tale not one of failure
A heavy price
Might have been paid
Maybe you enjoyed
Some of your gains
Family
More than a choice
Today

By Simone Beatrice Naik Noemdoe, 2012-03-07.