Love and walls

Walls, intended to bring security

Walls to ensure of no scrutiny

Walls to keep us unscathed

Walls so unbreakable, and so inviting

Walls built without knowing

Of owner's knowledge

Causing uncertainty, leading to destitute

Tall and rigid,

For all to notice,

Without quivering

Why walls and tomorrows

Why an order of things with love.

Security and comfort I seek

Unbreakable it should be,

But dear Lord, let I not deprive any being

Let I encompass,

In my sanctuary

Let me furnish love openly and wall-lessly

Let me value nature

In case I forget how to adore, let me eternally

Learn the joys of loving.

T. Mapi

My heart

I think of all the colours of sorrow

I see black as the intense colour of sorrow

I see life as rejecting of my contribution

I see only grey skies, no birds singing lullabies

I cry and mourn, ask why

I look deep within and find whys

I see a helpless heart thumping for the sake of it

I look hard into my heart

I then inform myself to get up

My heart leads the way to getting me up

With my heart I learn to crawl, get up

Because my heart won't give up

I have learnt to do likewise

As long as I live, I love my heart

T. Mapi

Never too far

Hills and mountains

Rivers and oceans

Towns and cities

Faces and characters

All these amid us

But we are never too far

Hours to days

Days to weeks

Weeks to months

Months to years

Without seeing us

No tremendous moments to share

Yet, we are never too far

Hearts matted jointly

In the equivalent bit

In the identical strength

Hearts thumping as one

Giving a pledge that

We are never too far...

We are never too far

Because we part to convene

To share and live life as shaped for us

Mountains and oceans are of no significance

We are, and we always will be never too far...

T. Mapi