Denial

By AVB

Am I deaf, can’t hear a thing

Mute sound wave it brings

All I hear is myself

A murmur, not a hush from a teff

Nor speak, I cannot do

Tied by words I used to

Can’t say or simply express

My medium became suddenly meaningless

A quickened darkness

I felt in all my senses

All of a sudden, blankness filled my mind

Destroyed everything bind

My body started trembling

Then after a while...nothing

Numbness all around

In a state of shock, at once astound

Death may have visited

But not exactly as expected

In taking me all completely

He played with mediocrity

Wrong in strategy

Leaving me well and lively

My brain still reasons

Will survive with less function

Now I may be disabled

But still, I have the knowledge

I may be wrongfully labelled

This fight for life, though temporary, I pledge

Making hay as the sun shine

Doing things as long as they’re fine

Smelling the flowers as I have told

Enjoy life, cherish the gold...

Imagine - refrain

Imagine - 2

Imagine how free

And easy it can be

Loneliness such unwanted

Pure joy unsolicited

In my own simple way

After many assay

Proud of it that I’m alive

Inspiration well derived

Imagine the pain

Every breath I gain

Death beside me

Future remains a croquis

Pulling back all that remained

Leaving me, I cried retain

Imagine the nights

Cold, alone as I cried

Sobs nobody hears

Hate without tears

As depression sinks in

Don’t know where else to begin

Imagine the loss

Precious time the most

Chance had slipped

Things that I once believed

Getting up a must

Even sometimes I fuss

Imagine, empathize

To feel and realize

What it has been

So all should have seen

Truly been a blessing

Imagine everything

Imagine

IMAGINE

Imagine how hard

Being separated and barred

The way you used to

Alienation starts to accrue

Before your sure forecast

Suddenly all dimast

Imagine all the effort

To make everything worth

Selfless sacrifices

That each one recognizes

It’s really very daunting

Much more, haunting

Imagine the pressure

All this a refresher

A quite unfamiliar environment

Modern in its content

Maybe a neophyte in the bureaucracy

Again, not that hasty

Imagine the feeling

Remembering, reliving and actually being

To a path once dared to walk

I should to lessen the talk

To look back I rather not

It brings just further draught

Imagine my strength

My willingness quite a length

I chose to live and survive

To face it all well and alive

Overcome through strife

So just imagine me without a life