Half Moon

Half Moon
A Moon
Sings to the Stars
”Are you bright  enough
To give me another Sun?
Humanity may take a wrong turn
And no Sun light
As we know
May be strong enough
To undo
The wrongdoings
In the little time
Left behind
By the Ethernal Time
As She consider
How to say good bye”

A Moon
Sings to the Stars
”Are you bright enough
To give humaniity a sign
So that
No turns will be taken,
Taking human beigns
In the roads of destruction
Already travelled
Roads of waste land and darkness”

A Moon
Sings to the Stars
”So let your light
Shine like candels
In Angels eyes”

So the Moon spoke
Hoping for light and life

© Regis Cabral,  26 December 2017

Prayers and Thoughts

Prayers and Thoughts
Pray for the Churches
For the people and the dancers
Who sing here and beyond
Pray for action
To change the future
Near and far
Words only
Take nowhere
Just to fears and tears
Do something
Before the Sun fails and falls
Do something
Before the Nation sinks
Into dark, uncertain, seas
So, and now
Care and act
Otherwise history
If it is to remember you at all
Will see you
As the failed caretaker
Who escapes to the East
As the Country
Weeps and bleeds
Waiting for others
To take action
Praised they will be
For all the ages to come
© Regis Cabral,  11 November 2017

Manchester

Manchester

Your darkness and hate
Try to come upon us
To steal the light
To take away
Our dreams
Our beautiful stars

We respond
Stand our ground
Transform tears of pain
Into smiles of hope
Into the resolve of life

Against your acts of bloody sin
We shall play our guitars
Against your backward steps
We shall dance and sing
We will love deep and wide

The future will remember
The songs of our lives
Our love for men- and womenkind
Bringing back the light
As we play our flutes, our strings
And we shall dance and sing
Dance and sing
© Regis Cabral,  29 May 2017

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