Leonard Dabydeen

 

Leonard Dabydeen

 

Don’t Bequeath Rage On This Hour Of Midnight

 

Don’t bequeath rage  on this hour of midnight

When there’s uncertainty all around you;

Just weigh your options under the moonlight.

 

Accept that your campaign was a good fight,

But your opposition had better crew;

Don’t bequeath rage on this hour of midnight.

 

Better to consolidate in hind-sight

And gather weak spots, and know what to do;

Just weigh your options under the moonlight.

 

That you can live to follow what is right,

No matter losses  when moment is through;

Don’t bequeath rage on this hour of midnight.

 

Keep your wits ‘bout you, aim to catch the light,

Sometimes it’s cloudy, and gray to be true;

Just weigh your options under the moonlight.

 

Readiness at dawn of a new day bright,

Gives you hope and assurance to pursue;

Don’t bequeath rage on this hour of midnight;

Just weigh your options under the moonlight.

 

 

I Wish To Let This Dream

Stay At Midnight

 

I wish to let this dream stay at midnight,

When stars are shimmering in the blue sky;

As the moon watches over me so bright.

 

By the window I watch angels delight

In dancing among the clouds without sigh;

I wish to let this dream stay at midnight.

 

In ecstasy my mind takes sudden flight,

Dancing with angels in the clouds, but shy

As the moon watches over me so bright.

 

Nothing in my dream world is made of fright,

Angels close to me tell me not to cry;

I wish to let this dream stay at midnight.

 

Drifting slowly with clouds riding the night,

My mind seeks solace with clouds passing by;

As the moon watches over me so bright.

 

I clasp my hands in prayer in delight,

Seeking Almighty comfort, don’t know why;

I wish to let this dream stay at midnight,

As the moon watches over me so bright.

 

 

I Cannot Bid You Farewell

At Midnight

 

I cannot bid you farewell at midnight,

It is the moment when I love you most;

And when the moon caresses us with light.

 

How impertinent will be my quick flight,

To leave you alone  and flee like a ghost;

I cannot bid you farewell at midnight.

 

It’s odd to think in the least of this fright

You will experience my quick absence as host;

And when the moon caresses us with light.

 

With this moonlight at midnight hour so bright,

And our bodies in harmony so engrossed;

I cannot bid you farewell at midnight.

 

Come what may, this moment is not contrite,

This feeling of love at midnight is never lost;

I cannot bid you farewell at midnight,

And when the moon caresses us with light.

LEONARD DABYDEEN

LEONARD DABYDEEN: Leonard Dabydeen is a Guyanese-born Canadian freelance writer and literary book reviewer (fiction and poetry). He is a graduate from the Univ. of Guyana and a Licensed Paralegal (retired) under the L.S.O., and a Commissioner of Oaths and Affidavits in Ontario. He is a prolific poetry contributor to social media, including Facebook, PoemHunter.com., OUR POETRY ARCHIVE (OPA Web Journal), ATUNIS GALAXY POETRY, the Triveni Journal (India), Muse India, Musepie Press, MetVerse Muse (India), WORLD POETRY MOVEMENT (2011, 2012) Setu Journal (USA), Confluence (UK), Gandhi Way (UK), Commonwealth Writers Group, VOICES.Net, SPECTRUM PUBLISHING HOUSE (UK), and PoetrySoup.com. His Word Press blog is ldabydeen.wordpress.com (Poems Jogging in the Mind). Published author of Watching You, A Collection of Tetractys Poems (2012), and Searching For You, A Collection of Tetractys & Fibonacci Poems (2015).