Hindus in Trinidad and Tobago - like in many other countries in the Caribbean - celebrated Maha Shivaratri, an annual festival organized in honour of Lord Shiva, one of the Hindu Trinity, with great gusto
Conscience
Light up the wick of Conscience,
And the waiting lamp within,
Chisel Away
Does too much joy a sadness bring
Must there be little bits of everything,
Tears and Time and the Rivers
Rivers flow but they tell us no more
Where they come from , where they go,
Sermons, Soliloquys, are an awful Bore!
Since we don’t know why we are here
Let’s do what the the Heaven we like,
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Desiderata
Roses in bloom, Daffodils besides
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Live in the present with no thoughts of the morrow
Doubt, Life’s Eternal Song
Reveal Yourself, O Lord, to me
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There Is No Fighter Like A Hungry Fighter
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Oh! My Valley, Was A Deep Green
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The Song of Life
The song of Life, is not a sad song
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