sookdeo manansingh

-Trinidad and TobagoFebruary 23 1963
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Father to son (Sestina)

I want you to become a sage
to spread the message of light
this is what I dream
to reach the stars in the sky
to keep your mind free
that wisdom humanity will know

To share what you know
and inspire others as a sage
to show others how to be free
and to find the inner light
like the moon in the sky
to realize your dream

Behind every success is a dream
you have the intelligence to know
look at how the birds fly in the sky
this is what must be practiced as a sage
only then others will recognize your light
to be like the birds happy and free


nature has so much to offer for free
to reach the goal over the horizon of your dream
once alive the world will see your light
humanity is blind and want to know
your treasure of wisdom makes a guided sage
to put into poetry on the canvas of the sky

whatever desire in the sits like a beacon in the sky
to earn it with sweat and blood it's not for free
it takes sacrifice and discipline to become a sage
with patience use your imagination to dream
lift your faith and let the world come to know
every form of life begins from the truth and the light


Wake up my son and open your eyes to the light
wait to see the twilight in the sky
when death comes no one will ever know
out of this illusionary mirage make yourself free
in the stillness of the mind will bury your dream
to leave behind the message of a sage

In every poem the world will hear you as a sage and to see the light
all your dreams will disappear into the timelessness of the sky
together with me you will be free and be enlightened to know.
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