Because sadness seems to be all that life will bring

But every single moment that you breathe

That is joy sowing a good seed.

Sadness is a joke you smile at when in despair

Live your life with joy, about sadness you mustn't care

Life is short and the days are long

Joy is your friend, so be strong.

Happiness is a part of you, sadness is not

Joy, love and life is the best that you've got

Sadness is a nuisance to the human race

So be unique put a smile on your face

Sadness only comes when things are not good

So try your best to make them as they should

Everyone loves you just as you are

Be happy; love yourself because you are a star.

- Annorea Williams

Teef

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A definite

desire

decimated.

A dream

seen

has been

stolen.

'Mi-noh-like-yuh'

jus' jook him dung

an tek weh,

wah shudda be

fi-him own.

Not even king James'

heroic three-point shot

at the end of game two

of the Eastern Conference finals

cudda hush 'im

holey soul.

Anger, amazement

and resentment

were used

to crutch

disappointment.

An' fi compoun' it

she go dis

an' come call

the big man

Miss.

Bet

you

think

this is about

you ...

don't you?

This noh have nutten

fi do wid deputy!

Ah sherrif

wi ah blaze ah fyah pon!

Not flesh and blood,

mi lion.

It's about the theft,

nay,

the abortion,

after the conception,

of a life-long ambition.

Try fi undastan,

dat

it

should have been

born.

Intangibles matter.

Yuh too teef!

And the thief

comes

only

to steal

and kill

and destroy.

Ole slew foot,

mi seh,

yuh too

teef!

And not even

your weapon

shall prosper.

- Austin G. Henry

System go so

Moth do him deed inna the dark of night,

But 'im quail up or hide when day light

Di black ants a work hard fi carry di lickle dem can,

But sometime somet'ing bigger come tek what dem have.

Dem call di caterpillar parasitic an' ugly

But when him turn butterfly him loved by everybody

Dem seh cricket too noisy, dem only disturb,

But is only soh dem really get attention dem deserve.

Di wasp never get di opportunity fi learn,

So di bees dem show off what dem earn

Mosquito always a warn inna everybody ears

But yuh box him weh till yuh have to face yuh fears

Spider build him web fi ketch di fool who t'ink it pretty

So mi sorry fi who nuh tek advice an' stay witty

- J. A. Lawrence

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Where the ocean kisses the heavens

I sat beneath the golden sun

Which warmed my troubled frame

On that hill looking the valley

At leaves so green and rich with life.

Around me the trees whispered sweet melody

As the wind played their musical chords.

Birds joined in like a choir

Singing notes which made the heavens ring.

Further a yonder, my eyes caught the ocean

Sitting peacefully blue as if to calm my worried mind.

The ocean, the green shrubs, the wind

All meted out by such awesome hands.

Alas! Life for me was renewed.

This was made for me - all filled with love.

Yes! My world seemed to have crumbled,

But I found new life, where the ocean kisses the heavens.

- Collette. Y. Anderson-Williams

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Taxes

Taxes gone pon everyting

Tax dat,tax dis

Be careful how you look

Next thing they start

Tax us for eye shopping.

Mama pot taste fresh

Salt haffi stretch fi nex' year

A weh we a go put pan avocado pear

Exotic dancers get tax fi even show their rear.

Taxi man a holler

Nurses a bello

What a wicked fellah

Hell bruck loose.

Swine flu, come thru

Dis ya one ya new

A how much pig you have

Only a few

A wonda if tax gone pan dat too.

- Kerona Leslie