Phoonkey's Pen

CHRISTMAS He was conceived He was born Crown Him king Crown Him Lord Worship the king On Bethlehem soil A king is born On a cold winter day Hallelujah! It’s December It’s so cold It’s winter It’s freezing right here It’s like when Christ was born Let’s have a mass Let’s remember the birth of our king On a day like this Christ was born Hallelujah! Here comes Christmas So, I decided to put up that little piece that looks like a poem or a song lyrics, I really don’t know if it’s any of those. Anyway, I put it up to explain my little story behind Christmas. Yep, it’s almost like a routine, everyone, everywhere celebrates Christmas on the 25th of Dec, thanks to those who chose that day. I’m glad I have a season to sing Christmas songs, a season to wear red and white or green and red, without looking odd, a season to act a drama that depicts how Christ was born, a season to dine and wine with lovers of Christ, but folks (I mean, those of you who chose the special seas...

These words were just creeping and ringing in my heart ‘I don’t know’…I don’t know if it’s funny to you, but it’s way more than funny to me. Yeah right, something was just pushing me to write on ‘I don’t know’ and funnily, I DON’T KNOW what to write about. Even after writing to this point, I’m still blank, I just wanna write and bless someone through it. Listening to a radio show presently, oh yeah, radio, it’s one of my hobbies and gbam! I came across something to write about. The beautiful voice coming out from my radio, was talking about ‘Baby-mamas’. Yes, I told myself “there, you have something to write about” but then, I felt like “what on earth do I know about baby-mamas aside speculations, I don’t know anything”. But that really doesn’t matter cos I still don’t know where my inspiration usually comes from anytime I’m writing or talking. Yeah, writing or talking. So, let’s get this over-with. Baby-mama is the nomenclature used in addressing single mothers. Some ladies actually...

OASIS Over it was, no worries, no struggles With joy and with a leaping heart There goes the horrible situation Flowing in the air with no obstacle Searched if it was around But gone it was With no traces or wrinkle That moment of relief That moment of forgetting the rough days That moment of getting freed from shackles It’s an oasis Feels like a dream Feels like a myth Feels like fiction But I told myself; It’s an oasis Real and feels like heaven A goodbye to the shadows A farewell to the footprints A position of rest A position of peace It’s an oasis He took it all He faced it all He carries it all He told me to stay in the oasis And I realised that It’s way more than an oasis Remain there

         ESTEEMED I have always thought only young folks have issues with building their self-esteems. We’ve always been told that building one’s esteem takes a level of self-worth and self-respect. “You are now going to college, make sure you do not allow anyone to lower your self-esteem, stand up straight and build your goals, don’t allow anyone to define who you are.” This is one of the major comments we receive from older folks whenever we are going to college (higher institutions) for the first time, but having gone through the four walls of a higher institution, I realised that self-esteem is not all that it seems to be. Building one’s self-esteem is a very important thing in any man’s life, as a matter of fact, if you don’t have one, you might regret being human because your life will practically be driven by those who either think the best of you or the worst of you, who either have the d...

I LOVE Took to my heels in the middle of the night Wondering what it takes to be lonely With absolute quiet, loneliness and peace All wrapped together in one night Wondering and thinking how deep one could go in thought Thinking about what exactly, I imagined And again I thought; probably thinking about life or the nature of man or anything whatsoever And suddenly it struck me that I was already doing exactly what I was trying to wonder about I was already gone and deep in thought I realised that anything can spur anyone into deep thoughts But in the sweet quiet of this night I took to my heels thinking about something strange, dangerous, risky, rare but at the same time beautiful Infact awesome What exactly is it that is encapsulated with these controversial attributes I realised I was thinking about Love Seems strange and yet familiar Seems dangerous and yet without harm Seems risky and yet worthy of taking the risk Seems rare and yet very common Love is a myst...