Welcome to Day 14 of the 2012 April Write – the Poets Jubilee Olympiad.
Today’s subject comes courtesy of one of our AWC Ambassadors, Charity Katotobwe.
She asked: “What you think of when you are sat still for a few minutes?”
And that’s exactly what I did in order to create my write for today.
So, I’d like you to find a quiet space (if you can) and write down whatever comes to your mind.
If you watch the video, I will time this for you, followed by my poem.
Your topic and theme for Day 14 is: ” 5 Minutes Alone”
Watch & Enjoy your thoughts unravelling!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOo08x9wpa8
Angee
xoxo
The April Write 
Justice Chikandamina 5 Minutes Alone
5 Minutes Alone
with her
is what i wanted
5 Minutes Alone
To taste
all of her lips
5 Minutes Alone
thinking of her
i see stars
5 Minutes Alone
With her in view
serendipity plunges
5 Minutes Alone
Births Centuries
of her dreams!
(c) April 2012 Justice Chikandamina
Zita Holbourne
5 minutes alone to think
Saves me perching on the brink
Of anger and insanity
Gives me the opportunity
To think, reflect, breathe
Give thanks I’m able to achieve
Appreciate where I’ve come from
What still needs to be done
Give thanks I’m still standing
Still living, still loving
Smile for the beauty that surrounds me
Cry for the hatred that invades me
Gather strength and determination
To fight for the next generation
Against the attacks they face
Strive for them to see better days
Appreciate my role as a mother
A giver, carer and nurturer
Feel blessed that I’m able to share my gift
To spread knowledge and uplift
Five minutes alone
Enough to keep me going
(c)April 2012 Zita Holbourne
Bayley Marina 5 Minutes Alone
I remember the book I read
As the noise of their joy
Was still spinning in my head
Five minutes peace
Is what it said did they take the hint?
No the little darlings didn’t even blink
Now I have five minutes more
What I’m I thinking, what is going through my head?
Words of power, words of dread
Words of courage, words of hope
Nope
I can’t think, I need to blink
I need to rush away the pain
That is starting to drive me insane
Doubled up, knowing that I should eat
But all this motion is making me weak
Wanting to scream, Not wanting to create a major scene
Don’t want the false acclaim
Are you OK, can I help? Should I call an ambulance?
Why don’t you all just all %@~# off
And leave me alone, wishing that I was at work and or home alone
What I want makes no sense to me
But please will someone call my mummy, or me
The onset of this cramp causes me a fright and I have nothing left inside to fight
As it reengages and rages with all its might
What’s that here we go again braced against the morning light
Wishing I was in better health, I wish with all my might
Scarifying coffee, bread, peanuts and milk tea
To this alter of pain which resides inside me
Knowing that I should eat at least 3 times a day
Know that this will help keep pain to go away
Knowing that the children want to watch TV
But the noise in my head, just wants them all to leave
No stop what you doing, pretend to smile
Listen to their stories for a little while
(c)April 2012 Marina Bayley
From HALIM FLOWERS: 5 Minutes Alone
Threats from North Korea
Potential war in the Pacific Ocean
Al-Qaeda Al-Qaeda Al-Qaeda
Beware of the terrorists
Riots in London
Austerity measures revolts in Greece and Spain
Trayvon Martin and race killings in Tulsa
But yet still I find peace within
Tornadoes rip the midwest
Tsunamis in INdonesia
Child sex trafficking in Asia
So much pain
SO much chaos everywhere
I see the rainbow in the eye of the storm
Still I find peace within
Because its all I choose to see
Arab spring uprisings
Tunisia
Egypt
Libya
Syria
Innocent bloodshed floods the earth like typhoons
However I am happy within because I’ve found peace
I can see the nun in the prostitute on the street corner
I can see the rose in the pile of garbage
Call me by my true names if you must
No prisoner
No felon
No convict
I am the sun
And the clouds
And the rain
I am apart of all things apart of you
I am atoms and energy and vibrations
I love
And smile
And forgiveness during war before international treaties
I have suffered the most
And caused the most pain
Therefore I can heal the suffering the most
And relieve the most pain
I am murder so I can understand the sinner
I am saint so I can understand the wolf in sheeps cloth
I am all things considered
Call me by my true names
Or do not call me at all
I am
Everything considered
Yet nothing at all
No image to uphold
So no image to defend
No opinion can hurt me
Because I have no opinion that hurts
Call me by my true names
I am You…
(c)April 2012 Halim A Flowers