by Benard Makaa | Aug 7, 2026 | Poems
A battery may show full chargeAnd still lie idle on the shelf;Stored power gains no worthy nameUntil it spends itself. Find work that draws your current forth,That wakes you before alarms can ring;The strongest effort comes from meaning,Not from threats that managers...
by Benard Makaa | Aug 7, 2026 | Poems
Ten motors pulling different waysWill drain the grid and move no train;Their noise may shake the factory floor,Yet all their force is spent in vain. Give every hand a common aim,Give every task a proper place;Let information travel free,And clear obstruction from the...
by Benard Makaa | Aug 7, 2026 | Poems
No title downloaded overnightCan teach a person how to lead;A badge may purchase outward rank,But cannot manufacture heed. The craft is learned through patient work,Through errors faced and lessons stored;One learns to guide by guiding well,Not merely sitting at the...
by Benard Makaa | Aug 7, 2026 | Poems
A smiling face may fill the screen,While sorrow works behind the glass;The profile shows a polished life,But hides the storms that came to pass. Before you lead, inspect the loadEach quiet traveller carries round;A sudden pause, a guarded word,May tell more truth than...
by Benard Makaa | Aug 7, 2026 | Poems
See him there, cold and grey, Trying now to laugh and play. No, he does not know the way. He began to live too late. Fate, that stern and silent hag, Let him fill his little bag, Let him chase the golden key, Let him call it destiny. He had the hunger, sharp and bad,...
by Benard Makaa | Jan 28, 2026 | Poems
Stillness gives me noiseMotion gives me signalI pedal to filter the dayLow-pass the world Roads straighten my thinkingCurves remind me of nonlinearityEvery hill demands energyEvery descent gives it back, imperfectly I do not solve problems on the bikeI let them...