Love Poem: Soon Be Done
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Written by: Christine Phillips

Soon Be Done

I woke up this morning feeling quite relaxed 
Even though the night was rough my sleep was enough
I picked up my jug to fetch some ice from the hotel restaurant
So I stopped at the front desk, and greet the male staff
who was leaning precariously on the counter .
He was deeply engaged with his phone 
while the female receptionist sat attentively at her desk 
smiling and swirling her tired eyes around. 
She glanced at me with shy and smiling eyes 
and not saying a word, deep down she knew what everything was about
I peeped over to see what he was doing on his phone
And I saw a message in black and yellow that was spreading around. 
Normally I do not intrude in other people’s business, 
and I do not participate in gossip. 
I am usually the last person to know what is going on
even when the hurricane touches down
And the helicopter comes to take me out of the town
I still cannot see the gemstone that is floating around
Sometimes I have to dig into my intuition and take my cues from the environment so that I can know what is going on and make the right decisions
The bold fonts on his phone caught my attention so I asked to read the content. It was in another language so I did not understand it fully
But it had to do with Judas and my family
The young man explained quite clearly what he was reading
 And this this is what was embedded within
“Or Judas was more treacherous than my family that gets along so well with my Ex”
I was intrigued but at the same time bothered by this statement
Even though I knew it had nothing to do with me,
I asked him to explain more clearly.
“Who is Judas”? I asked? 
“Judas is an apostle”, he replied
What makes the matter more complicated
He said, “Your best friend is stabbing you in your back”
“I am don’t have a best friend” I replied 
I was cognizant of what he was saying to me
But I wanted him to tell me more so
He demonstrate, the stabbing rhythm with his hand
He was definitely trying to tell me something
I was wearing a low cut blue and white striped tea shirt with the X design at the back X and then I figure out a little he was trying to say
I hate listening to gossip and I want to do move away from it
I do not know who the real Judas is,
it could be America, France Germany or China,
only time will tell when heaven meets with hell.
But for now I don’t want these things to sap my energy. 
I want to focus on helping somebody with my ingenuity 
I have been going it alone for several years and right now
I have nothing to fear,
everyone is playing a different card to get what they want,
I don’t want many things in my life but there are a few things I would like to accomplish on my bucket list, they may take a day to begin, a month to manage and ten to twenty years to accomplish, 
I cannot do it alone so I have to search out the land that has a strong backbone
I have come to understand that sometimes I need a helping hand
To take me across the river so that I can drink cleaner water
Some water has been stagnant for too long and
I need something more to strengthen my hands
Sometimes I need my more people to hold my hand
To cross over to the other side of the land
 My wife is my wife and my friend is my friend 
and I don’t like when someone try to bore between them
A friend and an enemy do not make good sauce
And that type is not realistic at all
Me and them has nothing in common
I have my life my own philosophy and my own religion
It would be dumb of me make some sordid compromise
Against my wishes and against what I know is right
The heart of the fool is beyond the mule 
and cannot do what is right even in any given light
All my life I have hoped for a honest friend 
If that friend is not honest on the stage
You must be honest in bed
My friend knows exactly what I need
and protects me from all greed
It took a long time for me to learn the, arithmetic
I have measured it right and left with a yardstick
But I just could not get it, the computer can create
and do all types of folly trick no matter how you argue about it
Sometimes the paper bank notes are more accurate that the computer polls
I have never felt homesick so I have decided to prove it 
So I measure it with a yardstick
 So that I can feed my enemies with a long broom stick
A little folly will make you jolly
And a little curry will make you hurry
And the coconut water will put more strength in your body
Get ready everybody, it will soon be done.
And we will have two long years of fun,
Eating and drinking, sleeping and forgiving
Singing and dancing loving and romancing
It will soon be done
get your plates, cups and bowl ready
It’s going to be real fun when everything is done.