Friday, February 27, 2009

Laugh me

An anonymous follower of my blog said today, “u blog can make me laugh when im boring or unhappy”(sic). “What do you mean”, I quipped, "I don’t post funny stuffs". “im saw when you starting at Malaysia”(sic). Only then I dawned on me that the post being referred to be my pioneer posts, obviously, the blog follower wasn’t the kind that would appreciate the caliber of materials I publish often nowadays.
I was almost certain that no ‘right-thinking’ person (pun intended) would be reading my archives of published materials, how wrong I was! I immediately decided to re-visit the posts and much to my chagrin, I laughed after reading the first material I blogged.
A very dear person recently confessed to be an ‘attention whore’ in the past life, while writing this, I was thinking of what alias could have fitted my past life, I am still thinking…but, I must confess that I did crack a few smiles too reading some of the craps I posted, I think it was insightful that my blog is titled, ‘Shitz n Stuffz’, I could always attribute one to another and vice versa.
Among the things I am glad about is the fact, no matter how much my published materials have evolved; I have not stopped publishing altogether. Most of the people that inspire me to start this blog have long ceased to write or blog, whichever the case is. I can also say that according to my archives of published materials, ‘when I was a boy, I thought, acted and wrote like a boy, now that I am a man…. say WHAT!

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Two Mothers

Two eggs and a nest
A mother and her wings
Perching, silently on twig,
Watching

Too scared for rest
A mother on her knees
Crouching solemnly on couch,
Praying

Took years and a tears
A mother and offspring
Raising voices at each other,
Bonding

Two mothers and a love
The mommy and the hummingbird
Singing lullabies to little juniors,
Daily

Nests weaved with a beak,
Words sealed with a peck
One human, one not
Two mothers and, they love.

©Ub M - 200209

Thursday, February 12, 2009

Aloof

Here is a testament, a story of love shared
She assumed, ‘…freely received, freely give’,
But, was it enough to go around?
Hand me two loaves and five fishes!

Here is the melody of yap yap yap,
A cover song for deep-seated hate
Now tell me who believes in fate,
For what goes around, surely do come around

Hear them speak in muffled tones
‘She loved the one and rugged another’,
Was she drugged?
See! Sleepwalks with such frantic pace

Here is a dream with a moral punch
Not as much as sweet as last night’s wish
A quick blow as the eyes blink
Why must conscience suffer for sins of abundant grace?


©Ub Matthews-120209