CherryGarden.com V2 - 96 Degrees Inside My Soul

It was on a cold Wednesday

When Vince was laid to rest

Far from Jamaica

And even farther still from Africa

For all he wanted was one last wish

But instead his ashes were laid

To rest in a short silver dish

He dreamt all his life

That he would be buried

In a family plot in Jamaica

But alas that was not to be

For on a cold winter day

He was turned to ashes

And  even in death

Was not granted his one last wish

For I like he

And many like we

All we really wanted

As our last wish

Was to be shipped back home

And not end up in any silver dish

And alas

There will be no rest for Vince

While his ashes lay upon a silver dish

And if I should die before that day

I pray by body be wrapped up and shipped

Back to my homeland

Far away from any silver dish

imadon @ 2008

My sister’s middle name is Joy

And she was always

The one person in our family

Who was always full of joy

Even though she was the one

Who knew the ins and outs of

being in a hospital the most

My middle name is that of a St.

For my mother always said I was destined

For greatness

She wanted me to have a name ready

For when the occasion arose

My brother’s name is Miguel

Those of the English persuasaion

Will think it rhymes with mi hell

Fittingly so

For he was always the life of any event

Always one to make you laugh or smile

With a myriad of antics

Whats in a name you may ask?

A lot, and then some

Then knowing this

Think it unkind

To name someone an ass

Unless you plan to deride  them

To achieve whatever victory

There can be in diss-ing

Another human being

Such were my thoughts one day

When I saw a homeless man

Lying in waste on the sidewalk

As life filled bodies

Hastily stepped on by

imadon @ 2008

It is often true

That no matter what you do

The goals that you set in life

You will achieve

Even after much strife

And you find yourself at a point

Seeminlgy without further direction

Or finding other goals

In need of your attention

But life can be like this

Achieving a goal

Can bring momentary pauses

As the calm before a storm

Or the calm after a storm

But in such moments

It is often wise

To always have goals

So that as one is achieved

It will give you the empowerment

Other  goals to achieve

For in the end

Life is one way

The end of life the other

And in the middle is you

Going in a cirlle

As one way will lead eventually to the other

And the moments in between

Are but gifted for life goals to achieve

imadon @ 2008

My father would sometimes experiment in the garden

He would on ocassion plant flowers

With exotic names from exotic places

That we had never heard of before

Sometime we would wonder at his decisions

But when the new plants bloomed

We would most often be in awe

At the new found beauty in the garden

Change can be like that

Sometimes it is good to change

Even when things seem perfect

For the illusion of the same

May sometimes dull the opportunity

To bloom and blossom into something

Even better

Personal change can be like that

We are smug in what we know

Afraid to change for what could be better

It could be getting a new job

Or a promotion in the same job

Even moving to a new house

Or buying a new car

Or changing careers

But change is an art

And to benefit from change

We must master the art of change

And can start by asking - 

How do we change ?

When do we change ?

What do we change

Why do we want to change?

imadon @ 2008

And there I stood

Waiting for a moment

To arrive

Not realizing that every moment

Was one such moment

When an opportunity would arise

There were not one such moments

But many

And waiting for the other

Meant the one that was is in the now

Would gently go by

But I waited

For just  one special moment

Just one more moment with God to arrive

For then I thought

My soul would come alive

imadon @ 2008

It is never too late to start dreaming

Or start believing

For there are moments

When your soul

As if in a moment of rapture

Will be  overcome with joys untold

As if witness to  the rebirth

Of a new dawn

Life is too big to stop dreaming

For if there were ever such moments

When we dared not to dream

What joy would be the moments

When we live our dreams

And so It is

Now that I find myself

About to embark

On another journey

For to lay my soul to rest

For a soul will only find peace

When it finds love

Calling out to it

As if from the east

For flowers do bloom

Even in the midst of winter

imadon @ 2008

You may think

Of seasons as

Summer, spring, winter and fall

But in my fathers  garden

There were other seasons

There is mango season

Which is different from Orange season

Which is different from Apple season

Which is also different from Star Apple season

And pear season

For every fruit has its own season

There is a time for mango the trees to blossom

And a time for them to bear fruit

And a season to feast upon the ripe mangos

This is mango season

The further you go from the equator

The more likely it is to see seasons

As changes of weather

With the accompanying changes in leaves

But mango is a season

imadon @ 2008

Lost love is  like a river

That changes course

In the middle of a storm

Choosing to carve a path

Around the sanctuary of your soul

Leaving your soul dry

Yearing for the wetness

That once brought  comfort

And joy to your soul

For without water

There is little hope for life

And love grows best

As like on a river

Where waters flow freely

imadon @ 2008

There is sometimes the temptation

To be down

or hang onto a frown

But on such ocassions

When you are pondering

The state of being down

It is much more easier

To try to turn things around

For as long as there is

A moment of hope

There will be a moment of more hope

And hope begets hope

So never lose hope

Especially when things

Are keeping you down

imadon @ 2008

Some may place security in vanity

In that new house or car

Or that  investment portolio

Loaded with stocks and bonds

But be like the wise

And invest in friendships

Because the bonds developed

Can only grow

In good times or bad times

Up those bonds will grow

Imadon @ 2008