Author: Derek Monteiro

  • The Stranger In Your Mind

    The Stranger In Your Mind

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    Illustration by the author

    [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Never mind the sunshine,
    No matter if it rains
    Never mind the pleasures
    No matter you’ve incurred guilt,
    fear & pain
    Never mind the sorrows
    No matter all the joys
    Nothing lasts forever
    All these things will soon,
    one day pass away[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Never dread the threats of war
    Prejudice nor revenge
    If helpless, homeless, hungry now
    No matter you’re insured yet
    still feel insecure
    Never mind your power ploys
    Nor being a helpless pawn
    Or if dignified, highly qualified,
    Certified insane, outcast or addicted to some cause[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Never mind you’re sick or dying
    Or if good health is a friend
    Never mind your pretty face
    Time will steal your youth or
    an accident could scar you for life
    Never mind your cozy job
    Nor being unemployed
    Your flashy cars and cool lifestyle,
    Famous or unsung or
    poor as a humble church mouse[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]If you’re trying to fit the pieces
    Of the jigsaw puzzle of this life
    If you’re hoping to steal a glimpse
    Of the big picture which the truth reveals
    All you have to do is to look within yourselves
    Pride is the mist which clouds your inner eye[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Don’t regret your marriage vows
    Don’t drown your spinster cat
    Don’t discard your tattered hopes
    No matter if you’re broke
    Suicide is only a dead end
    Never shun your enemies
    Forgive your fickle friends
    Never mind you’re an atheist,
    Agnostic, pagan or believe
    blindly in God’s plan[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Never mind your crooked past
    Nor if you’re straight or gay
    Don’t condemn your dirty thoughts
    Shun hypocrisy
    Don’t question your pious, celibate ways
    Never mind your victories
    Learn from your defeats
    Don’t bandage-up your wounded pride
    Humility is the key which unlocks your higher self[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Never mind the game of life
    No matter all the strain
    Living strictly by the book
    Never mind if you’ve rebelled
    And broken all the rules
    There is neither good nor bad
    It’s all in the mind
    Life’s a tragi-comic dream
    All we do will soon fade from memory….
    When the truth wakes you up,
    you’ll feel like a stranger out of time…
    The truth is stranger than
    This fiction that you call life…
    Crazy truth is saner than
    The madness of human strife…
    Humble truth is wiser than
    All foolish ego strife…
    The truth stands alone
    A stranger in your mind !!![/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_btn title=”The poem set to tune and sung by the author” color=”green” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Ffundamatics.net%2Fdeploy%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2021%2F04%2FStranger-in-the-Mind.mpeg||target:%20_blank|”][/vc_column][/vc_row]

  • Acrylic SOUP for the Locked-Down SOUL!

    Acrylic SOUP for the Locked-Down SOUL!

    [vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In this time of crisis, the Whimsical Clinical Investigation gets underway and the Undercover Secret Chromosomal Agents swing into action. Tracking down Absconding, Fugitive DNA fragments for Traces of the Charmingly Elusive Artistic Vixen Virus ….

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