No Alien on the Planet of Mine

Aeroplanes fly over my head

Every day and every night

From the airport down there

Many sloping down to land

Many roaring up to flight

Carrying loads of travelers

With different figures and faces

With fat purses and fancy luggage

To and from faraway places

I know in my deepest mind

Among them me I won’t find!

There are other realms to roam

There are other lands to explore

There are earths and space unknown

I fly in the unseen  ‘planes of souls

Into the hidden galaxies of man’s core

At my words many worldly wise

Will  perhaps scoff with pity and smile

You a traveler from other concepts

Won’t understand words without guile

No alien lives in the planet of mine

Dwellers here speak tongue divine!

Xavier Bage

Wed, March 29, 2017

Move On

If a stone comes in the way

And your feet stumble

In their merry progress

Why stand and grumble

Why waste time?

Move on!

Even if you fall on the earth

Your face smeared with dust

Laugh at the funny form

Should you tarry at the spot?

Cursing  ill-luck?

Move on!

Life will play jokes on you

Some to amuse, some to give pain

Laugh and cry if you will

And take the road again!

Hold the hands of Life and ..

Move on!

Xavier Bage

Mon, March 27, 2017

Coca-Cola: the Macho Drink

Aha, the Coca Cola bottles

Stacked in hivelike crates,

How they attract my glance

Like my fizzy girl mates!

Hand me one of those, buddy

And don’t uncap it, please;

My teeth love to open them

With a biting tag and tease!

Gulp, gulp, gulp, gulp, gulp

Down flows the macho drink,

Oup aah.., oup aah...so  expire

The gases from the belly’s sink!

Xavier Bage

Sat, March 25, 2017

Orphaned All Over Again

I’m sorry, dear child mine

It’s here, the darkest time

You’ll be a beloved son no more

You’ll be orphaned again

A daughter you’ll be no more!

Inimical winds are blowing

Writs on the wall are showing

Self-love has shut the door

Compelling you to sit outside

Sobbing uncared on the floor!

‘Evolution’ it will be named

When ideals will be shamed

Hypocrisy will rule the core

She will be the queen Jezebel 

Unjust, cruel, immoral to the core!

You to Heaven I’ll surrender

When hungry dogs tear asunder

The motherly lap you which bore

He will be your shelter secure

You, It’s His whisper that bore!

Xavier Bage

Fri,  March 24, 2017

Embracing the Darkness

 

When I gave up my senseless struggle

That was the moment you came!

I thought nothing could happen

Without my relentless effort

Without my painful rowing

My boat would never find port

I was just an instrument

You were the accomplisher

I forgot. What a shame!

I was trying to light my lamps

In the face of the stormy rage

I could not keep one burning

I was robbed of my labor’s wage

I sat alone embracing the dark

That was the moment you shone

Near me, tenderly calling my name!

Xavier Bage

Wed, March 22, 2017