Poetry & Thoughts

Laughter By Robin van der Walt 28 May 2020 "A joyful sound, one that cannot be faked or refined, It's a sound one can clearly say cannot be defined. It flutters the heart beats, it forgets the time, For just a few minutes, it surely cannot be a crime? A sound once heard throughout the day, Laughter and giggles as the children play. Yet this sound has slowly disappeared. Something I have always seemed to have feared. We should not hide the joy that we feel, As we all know, laughter can heal. Bring out the joy and the sounds it may bring, It could change the worlds long cold winter, into a mystical spring" Happiness is a choice not an emotion. Laughter should be done in the open, not in darkness and not only at the mistakes or misfortunes of others. We need to bring the joy back out of the darkness, like bats that fly out from their cave... Make life fun while you still have one. Don't sacrifice your happiness for others. ******** Living in limbo... By Robin van der Walt 28 May 2020 Up and down, left and right, Just turn around, there is no-one in sight. Laugh, cry, scream out loud, Look up to the sky, there is an odd looking cloud. Dry and moist, soft and hard, Why are you constantly on guard? Sleep, sit, ly, be awake, Just be yourself, don't be so fake. Fine and course, straight and curly, Are heavens gates really so pearly? Move forward, step backwards, just stand there and wait, For this was all planned, it is what they call fate. Right and wrong, true and untrue, We're the sea and the sky meant to be so blue? Speak, be silent, make a noise, be still, Anything can be fixed just by taking a pill. Love and hate, right and wrong, Oh my goodness, could that be words to a song? Write, draw, maybe sing and dance, For living in limbo, means giving everything a chance. Fresh and stale, bitter and sweet, For one day, we will once again accidentally meet. Hold hands, hug, kiss, whisper words in my ear, For when you were near, there was not much of fear. Heaven and earth, limbo and hell, We all know mentally I'm slightly unwell. Keep your thoughts to yourself, all ideas you should hide, For life is not for living, it was mistaken for pride. Truth and lies, peace and war, Why is it that man cannot be satisfied, they always want more? Money and diamonds, give them it all, For living in limbo, is for me worth the possible fall. Short and tall, high and low, Why does everything seem to be standing still, so slow? Do something, get up, move around, preform, For this is life, this is the norm. ****** Dream it possible For dreams becomes goals. By Robin van der Walt 14 March 2020 Day-dreaming is important: Dreaming leads to thoughts, Thoughts lead to idea's, Idea's lead to actions, And actions lead to achieving goals... Dream big, so that if you fail, you still end up gaining something from all your efforts. Success takes time, devotion and FOCUS. Never stop dreaming for everything started off as an impossible dream, that became ideas and led to wondrous inventions and knowledge... ********* Look at yourself from another angle By Robin van der Walt 28 May 2020 Drawn to relate to the poem I wrote: The many versions of you ( To the too many you's) "Hello, hello, hello." "Good day to you all, i said HELLO!" Each morning the same , a continuous phrase, for that "I know." So today is new, the person that woke, yes it was you. So why feel so uncertain of it all, why do you feel so terribly blue? For by now you should know their are many versions of you. Not just one or two but there are plenty, come on you know it's true. A person has yet more than one personality inside. Sometimes they all come out a little at a time, but 90% they all seem to hide. For everyone pretends to be someone, even in front of me and you. We adapt to fit in, to converse and perhaps to adapt or even pursue. For if we did not, than none of us would be given a chance, To live life, to enjoy, to be accepted, given a second glance. So how can one tell, that there is more to one than meets the eye? Do we begin to investigate everyone, to prove if it is a lie? NO is the answer, for each person will eventually show, That there is more to them, then you shall ever know. Lets begin to uncover the different you's that there are, The number one you is the one you that is always there, never too far. The one that each day seems to be ready, constantly at play. Its the main you, for it is the one you that stays the same each day! So the you that is shown out to the world each day, Differs from the one you choose to show to your friends I could say. For you differ to those you know and you can trust, Just as much as you differ to those you love and you lust. Each personality changes ones actions as they must, For we need them to create loyalty and trust. The person at work, at home, with friends or even the one that gets lost. For each personality has meaning, no matter who's path we may crossed. To your fellow humans, you act mannered and appropriately. The ways the world has taught you to act, is portrayed so perfectly. Yet to those you see a little more regularly, acquaintances and colleagues, They see a determined, more confident you as they form part of a lighter league. The you, you show to your so called friends, is sometimes even more of a fake and a phoney, For you pretend to enjoy everything they say and do, for they are but just another crony. You show off and compare your successes and possessions, For they are not truly part of one's lives, but more like concessions. To your friends at home, the ones that do not change overnight, Its quite weird but sometimes they see you in your true light. They sometimes know you better than those you spent most of your life, They may even know you better than your husband or wife. To your family at home, there is usually no pretends, For they truly know you, your habits, emotions you chose not to show your friends. They are the ones that don't judge your ways or emotions, For they are the ones that get, but most of your devotion. Your lover is truly the one that gets to experience the most truest of you, For you share parts of yourself, that only you once knew. Though you change who you are to adapt to those around, Sometimes you will do things even though you find them profound. We change who we are in order to feel like we fit the part, But to no-one in this world will one show their true nature of one's heart. So to the many yous, you hide and the ones you like to portray, Let me say goodnight, for tomorrow brings upon a new day. .... .... .... ..... Thus look at yourself from another angle, from someone else's perspective you might see something that could inspire you. There is never truly a rock bottom... That is a mind set if you give up on yourself for you do not see yourself worth no one can change what you see, only you can motivate yourself by looking at yourself in a different light to see the potential to motivate yourself to move forward. How can one expect someone else to see them for what they are worth if to oneself you are worthless? Original thought behind the doodle: Colour makes a difference... Try to look at yourself from another perspective, it might just give you HOPE again. When you think you are unable to change a situation or a problem in your life, even a bad habits. Take a moment, look in the mirror at yourself, but look deep into your own eyes... Then take a moment and look outside yourself... See yourself and situations as someone's else's.. See yourself as others would and look outside your box for a solution. You'll be surprised what simple, small and unimportant 90% of your stresses are. The 10% that is important that you ignore or put aside are the ones that will truly make the change in your LIFE in order to move forward. STOP THINK PUT IT ON PAPER RULE OUT THE LESS IMPORTANT TASKS And begin to...... FOCUS..... Prioritize your life. CAUSE TIME IS SOMETHING THAT NEVER STANDS STILL, YOU ONLY HAVE THIS ONE LIFE, SO WHY LIVE OTHERS, AND NEVER GET TO EXPERIENCE YOUR OWN? STOP TRYING TO RULE, JUDGE AND CONTROL OTHERS, CAUSE BY THE TIME YOU ACTUALLY TAKE TIME TO LOOK AT YOURSELF, YOUR TIME COULD BE UP... LIFE is meant to be LIVED, ENJOYED & EXPERIENCED... You should not have say over how others waste their time and opportunities, CAUSE while you do that, you loose control over your own... FIX ONESELF before trying to FIX OTHERS... LIVE YOUR LIFE ABD LET OTHERS LIVE THEIRS... FREEDOM - Is a fantasy we all dream of to do as we please when we please, yet the freedom we have is that of small pleasures. When last did you actually truly enjoy a full day, laughed till you cried, sang out loud to your favorite song, made a memory that you want to remember, something unplanned a shared moment with someone you wanted to actually be around, being your true self and not pretending, just so that you conform to someone's(If you know who tell me I'd love to read up on it) idea of what is right and wrong, what you can or cannot do, what is legal or illegal... I am sure our creator did not say that some have the right to rule over everything... We were given the earth to live off as long as we work together and look after it... I don't think he gave Adam & Eve each a section and said "you may not eat from each others gardens cause the Apple tree is Adam's and the grape vines are Eve's... You must not let out unwanted gasses when your body wants to, keep it in so you can get some colon problem. Don't sing in public, don't Say what's on your mind, keep all ideas to yourself and you cannot go where you want when you want cause you can't afford it and don’t meet their requirements ( again who ever decide traveling and discovering things are not up to a person for themself) smile or laugh out loud, people just abide, but why? Stop trying to rule others and stop them from living and start living yourself... You might actually figure out that you have less stress and worries... I for one did not ask for someone to watch over my shoulder every minute. I am who I am. I say what's on my mind, even the things that make me sound like a complete nut job, i say inappropriate things at the wrong time, i loose track of where I am in a conversation at times, i sing when I'm in the mood, dance, hop and skip if I'm in the mood in stores. I have decided to make it my daily task, take a moment and enjoy life, not objects and material s**t, i mean life, real life where you are just you, being you without constantly worrying if you are doing it right. Ly on the grass, pick a flower, look at people and pay attention 90% of us just want to be and live, but the other 10% are power hungry, people that want to rule and be in charge of others cause they are so unhappy with themselves that they step so far away from their own lives they can't fix it or control their own lives nevermind immediate family, but yet they control anothers... That is sad, that people are so unhappy with themselves that they would rather use their time given to live their lives, in order to tell someone they don't truly know or if you think bigger, has never met, what they can and cannot do with their own bodies and lives... I say do as you please, you want to drink till you pass out, maybe do some next level drug, walk around naked all day, wear washing pegs as earings, cut yourself.... What ever you like and want to do, it's your body, your life, no one else is gonna stand in your place on judgement day, only you, so do it... JUST DON'T DO SOMETHING THAT WILL HARM OTHERS AROUND YOU INTENTIONALLY... I FOR ONE CAN SAY: When I am home, the outside world does not influence me at all. I live for the moment. So I'm not sitting at home wondering what everyone else is doing, what new stupid thing will the government put as law, is petrol going up next week, how much money I may or may not have... I spend that time being me with my people, they don't judge and try to rule me. We are then just us, living, taking a moment out of this unhealthy economical world and breath in the fresh air, savour the flavours of foods, take in the smells in the air, listen to the laughter of kids playing, watching the butterflies hover over the beautiful flowers... I'm not thinking of everyone else and what they are doing, CAUSE guess what? I don't care... 2 houses down if the guy passes away it will not effect my life in anyway, even if murdered, CAUSE guess what? I don't know him at all, probably never even said hi... His not part of my life so why add that burden onto my own if not needed ... People are too interested in what someone else is doing, that they end up doing what with their lives... I honestly would of lived much happier in a tribe somewhere far away with no tech, not needing to work to make others rich while I hardly survive, and am still watched over as if im a toddler. That's not life... I'd rather spend my day looking for food and getting water, than work for nothing in the end... We are all slaves, the physical chains were removed, but don't think there isn't chains anymore...