Better Horizons Poem by sookdeo manansingh manansingh

For all your happiness
to be remove
and to become
like a prisoner
in a cage
life teaches you to understand
the wisdom of the soul
when you become a sage
in the mirror of yesterday
to reflect on all the opportunities
before you as a king
the agony of disappointment
today will change
the possibility
what tomorrow will bring

it's difficult to erase
from the mind
the sacrifice it takes
for success to achieve
to leave as a gift of enlightenment
into humanity
for the punishment
you may receive
to overcome the storm of anger
and to let reason decide
your fate
to transform the energy of life
into new patterns
and to reshape your destiny
it's never too late

when you can lift off
the weight of the world
from your shoulder
and in commitment live
your eyes will open to see
better horizons
to earn that you will have
an abundance to give

out of compassion
to share the nectar
of forgiveness
to those whom
are ignorant to learn
at the end of the tunnel
they will come to realize
that whatever you give
will surely return

oh my children
be prepared to embrace
your destiny
and wake up from your sleep
to escape the dismal
cloud of desire
sow the seed of silence
in return
for inspiration
to reap
Sometimes
when you are discouraged
look up to the heavens
and carry your cross
lament not over
your mistakes
but look within yourself
and the answer
you will find
to take you across.