All in the Mind

Cooked by the wife, my favourite dish

Yummy fried chips, beans and fish

All smiles she was as she served the food

Love was in the air, both had a good mood

I bid goodbye to my wife with a flying kiss

Outside was a fine morning, such a bliss!

Chirping merrily were the birds in the trees

Flying in the air were the buzzing bees

In the wind were swaying flowers wild

Anemone and yellow daisy in the highveld

Colorful shrubs around the winding road

A pretty pond was home to a singing toad

Had a tiff with my wife last Friday

I was late from work, it was her birthday

She was snappy but I kept a stiff upper lip

Food was terrible, my mood had a sad dip

No goodbyes, out I step into the open 

The sun is so hot, my face turns ashen

The birds make noises loud, not at all fine

The buzz of the bees seems like a whine.

The violet anemone, yellow daisy and all

For my mind a big irritation, not small

The shrubs look quite dark and gloomy

A toad in the pond, making a racket unruly

Further down the long and winding road

My mind chilled, gets into another mode

Previously dark, things start to look rozy 

Ah! All in the mind, now my life is cozy!

Why did I forget the birthday, man?

Amends I must make, have to press a plan

‘Our anniversary round the corner, dear

Grand dinner I promise, I make it clear’

—- A Poem by Rashid Hamza