A Mosul Freedom Sniper prays

A Mosul Freedom Sniper prays

Holly Mary
Full of grace
Who is everywhere
In the seas and in space

Guide my aim
I am here to save children
Used as shields
By man of evil

Holly Mary
You are in the souls
Of people of good heart
Make my hand steady
Do not let me miss

I want to set these children free
These children of yours
That young girl
Not older than mine

I want to see as she grows
Later in life
With a partner of her choice
Running down these hills
With hair flying wild
Through the wind
Whispered by Angels
In a life of her own

Holly Mary
Full of grace
Guide my aim
I shall not fail Thee
I shall not fail them

© Regis Cabral,  15 November 2016

Steps to Mar Toma

Steps to Mar Toma

Oh Saint Thomas
Inspiration to all faiths
Who took the long steps
To peacefully bring
Your beliefs
To all with pure heart
Agreeing or disagreeing
Your words are eternally true
From India to Americas
An all shinning Sun
An all shinning Son
Inspire me
As I fight to find your Church
Amid the ruins and martyrs
Of all faiths
Evil could not silence you
It never did
It will not silence me
As I take the steps to free
The Church of St. Thomas
An inspiration for all
All people of all faiths
All people with good will
Steps to Mar Toma
Take me
Where my heart will
© Regis Cabral,  31 October 2016

Child from Aleppo

Child from Aleppo

You ask me
Why we fight
You ask me
Why I risk
And this could be
The last day of my life
It is for you
For all the children
Who have the right
To a free life
It is for all the shrines
Of all religions
Of all humankind
It is to stop the monsters
The evil who has taken place
Who has destroyed, killed and defaced
The temples full of grace
We fight for you
So that you will have a choice
To be
And to be the future
You want to be
© Regis Cabral,  29 October 2016

Aleppo's Tears

Aleppo's Tears

City of wisdom
Now broken into tears
As the white marble
Of this most ancient city of all
Changes its colors
Into red
Red blood
Of innocents
Who have not done any harm
Have only in their hearts
A tradition of so many years
Of so many tears
Of so many broken hearts
Give them peace
Give the city new lights
Let tears be not wasted
Let them give fruit
To a new beginning
For this once beautiful city
Let the suffering stop
Give Aleppo a new life
© Regis Cabral,  20 October 2016

Mosul

Mosul

Freedom fighter
Who comes my way
I admire your courage
Your suffering
To give me back
The right to speak
The right to live
The right to be
Come and free me
Bring water for my mother
My little brother and my father
Please keep in mind
Defeating the evil enemy
Is but a first step
For to keep us alive
We need to rebuild
To replace the stones
In the destroyed schools
Welcoming teachers
And flowers
To the garden of life
© Regis Cabral,  19 October 2016

For a Syrian Woman and her Child

For a Syrian Woman and her Child

A woman with her child

Takes to the streets

Against the tyrant

With devil in his eyes

A despot hidden behind

False promises and lies

While the blood flows

Out of the good peoples' hearts

To the protest march

The voice of liberty is high

In the sacrifice

Of this woman and her child

As bleeding friends find strength

As she struggles against the dark

For her child she rises

Inspired by the immortal messages

Seen by poets

In the eternal and true light

That will sweep away

The dictatorship of night

And she fights

With her smile

For her child

Still alive in her arms

To stop the pain in Syria

And the tears in the sky

For Freedom

For Life

© Regis Cabral, 21 June 2012,  8 October 2016

Beyond the Silence

Beyond the Silence

Words can say
Silent meanings
Between the lines
Unwritten signs
Of events
Unspoken
Unblind
Still alive
Somewhere
Somehow
Hidden
But remembered
Where the minds
Find, encounter
The unsaid said
To be revealed
In the judgement day
To come, to arrive
For all
Even for those
Who try to hide
In the silence
Between the lines
© Regis Cabral,  5 October 2016

Alone and Unhappy - Not Me

Alone and Unhappy - Not Me

They are so alone
And think they have done much
Not having more than a bank account
A window to look at
Something to talk about
No one to listen
No one to listen to
Everything by themselves
Nothing to someone else
Abandoning the meaning of life
Coming to an end
Nobody cares about
Have they existed?
Have they not?
Behaving like selfish genes
Humanity lost
Not me
Not ever me
As I see the meanings of
The understanding of
A life given
A life to give
This is what
The life of love is all about
© Regis Cabral,  4 October 2016

The Place to Be

The Place to Be

Are we here
Or are we not?
Does the water mirror reflect
What I see
Or what is not?
Am I the one I see
The one to be
Or the one who is not?
I am certainly
The certainty of the existence
Of one who has passed
Beyond the barriers set up
By others who do not care
Beyond the walls
Walls that will fall
Over past trails
Making the past
Of those who are there
But not here anymore
I am the one I see
Reflected deep inside
The gazing eyes
In the mirror
By the waterside of time
© Regis Cabral,  3 October 2016

Where is the Snow

Where is the Snow

Planet Earth
My planet home
Has sent us a sign
Told us a tale
Of past civilisations
Lost in their egoistic self
Selling their children's future
For a piece of gold
In a destroyed land
And a dirty sea
Refusing to hear
The messages short and long
They are now all gone
Do we listen to the message
Are we also blind
As we look at the sky
And see not anymore
The October snow
Only a blue
Too hot and threatening
Sunlight
© Regis Cabral,  2 October 2016

Reflections

Reflections

The twilight reflects
The night to become
As people slumber
Awaken
Minds controlled
By the shadows within
While outside
There is light
Their false security takes over
And they do not see
But reflections of a life
That is not
But should be
For real freedom comes
Not from sleep
But from understanding
That shadows and reflections
Are just limits
To be crossed
In the search
For the true me
© Regis Cabral,  1 October 2016

Not Alone

Not Alone

The night air
Gives wings to thoughts
Each step
Is lighter
More focussed
As the goal sharpens
Making it easy to see
Not only the shining lights and stars
The times and the time
When I carried alone
The meanings, sufferings and victories
Of a life
Now shared
With one who can see
Who I am
Traveling with me
Beyond and above
© Regis Cabral,  30 September 2016

Night Shine

Night Shine

Good night
Say I
It is time to go
Dream another dream
Finding the way
To another day
Coming after
The shining stars
Brilliant in the night
Shining the signs
That you find in your sleep
Composed like a song
From the tunes
Of the daily lights
© Regis Cabral,  29 September 2016

Smiles in the Rain

Smiles in the Rain

It winds
It rains
The autumn days have arived
Like before
And like the after
A new morning is here
Bringing smiles
Driving away tears
Washed away
Like drops from the sky
Taken far above by smiles
Bridging the pure soul
To the center of light
© Regis Cabral,  28 September 2016

First Arrival

First Arrival

Before you were here
How could I know
The universal significance
Creation's arrival
The difference it makes
The power it takes
To change and evolve
From darkness to light
The key to understand
The true question
But not the answer
To the meaning of life
© Regis Cabral,  27 September 2016

Time and Beyond

Time and Beyond

Beyond time
Time exists not
Motions freeze
Freezing itself
Has come to a stop
How can changes change
When time it self is not
If time is not
Can I see when time
Is yet to become
Yet to be?
© Regis Cabral,  26 September 2016

Say the Word

Say the Word

Say the word
And it shall be done
Say the word
And the seas will depart
From the sandy shores
To the ones with golden hearts
Say the word
And peace will be found
For those who
Not knowing
And maybe unwillingly
Deserve it the most
Say the word
Say it but once
It will be enough
To keep life alive
For the future to come
© Regis Cabral,  25 September 2016

New Horizons

New Horizons

They look at the days to come
One quiet
One with words without stop
Both see the new horizons
Beyond hills
Mountains and streams
Lile a peaceful sight
To make the future as bright
As the smiles they bring
To children and grown ups alike
As they step into the steps
Of their daily life
© Regis Cabral,  24 September 2016

Summer Gone

Summer Gone

Somewhere in the sky
The Sun still shines
Can not see it
I know it is there
The grey and dark
Slowly takes over
The Sun shining
In the Sun of the midnight
Hope does not fade away
Somewhere in the darkness of the moment dark
Hope still shines
Like the Sun
Hidden
In the winter night
© Regis Cabral,  23 September 2016

Apples

Apples

Have you seen
The small apples
Untouched, untained
In the hidden apple tree
Behind the books
Watching the magazines
Waiting for children
Who have not yet discovered
And should not discover yet
The sour sweet taste
Of the little apple tree fruits
Hidden by the books
Smiling at
The unexpected bystanders
Who also have
A sweet bitter
Life to live
© Regis Cabral,  22 September 2016

Tomorrow

Tomorrow

Tomorrow is a distant world
As foreign as yesterday
Predictable as today
Was yesterday
Tomorrow is a foreign culture
As distant as yesterday
Remembered not as it was
Remembered as one can remember
Selected bits
Patched out as life it allows
Tomorrow will be patched too
Becoming not what is
But what the future today
Will see
As the yesterday tomorrow

© Regis Cabral,  21 September 2016

I will be back for you

I will be back for you

Unwanted changes
Have give me no choice
No time to waist
No time to wait
I have to go
Even if I do want not
Be sure
I promiss you
At the right time
I will reappear
From the streams of time
Guided by the endless love
That no one will take from my heart
© Regis Cabral,  20 September 2016

Question

Question

Is life the all, the me, and the in between?
If I find the answer
Will there be someone
Somewhere
Who will liisten
Who will care?
Is life the all, the me, and the in between?
Or is there one out there
Who knows the answer
And with silent signs
Refuses to tell
© Regis Cabral, 19 September 2016

Cycles

Cycles

Life and waves
Into each other
Repeating, never alike
Like galaxies and suns
Going around
Each turn
Each round
Back into a place
The place wanting to be the same
And never is
The learning should guarantee
A move to a higher ground
In life and waves
But does it not
To return to the past
Changes the waves
Changes the life
And the lives are for ever
Moved into a changed ocean
Into new paths
Finding another meaning
Into a life that is not yet

© Regis Cabral, 18 September 2016

Blue Skies, Red Sun, a Life in the Stars

Blue Skies, Red Sun, a Life in the Stars

Wake up
The sky is blue
The sun is not red
As it should have been
It is another star
Another life
Still a life
To live and not to pass by
Turning clocks
Which have only a meaning
As the sun changes
From yellow to red
In the starry road
From the Earthly thoughts
To the freedom
Which only arrives
When you find your place
In the star in your heart

© Regis Cabral, 17 September 2016

The Traveller returns

The traveler returns

He is back
Changed but unchanged
Evolved into a new day
Looking at the yellow sun
Before its color fades
Soon he will soon be gone
Staying as far as the returning
Gives new colors to the moon rays
In a time when time can not fade away