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Incomplete

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Apr 182012
 
Incomplete

  I might stand alone but I remain incomplete… whenever apart we’re blown your rhythm my heart beats; a song to celebrate you. Like the sun to the sky the waves to the sea… you [...]

Like a Dream

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Nov 292011
 
Like a Dream

Like a dream Too good to believe in… A tale too long to tell I preserve forever these memories your smiles…your eyes … And oh! The warmth of your embrace. Like a gift too precious [...]

Polarity

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Nov 222011
 
Polarity

Positive plus, Negative minus on chanted my science teacher Positive runs, Negative hops they never met each other; Positive North, Negative South poles of magnets, Mother Earth Positive charge, Negative swells ‘lectricity comes to be! [...]

Candle in the Dark

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Nov 162011
 
Candle in the Dark

She’s a Candle Glowing in the dark… A lighthouse Pointing to the shore… Through gloomy days that seem so dark Through tempests that rage and pour She’s the Oasis That quenches my thirst… The passion [...]

Changes

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Nov 132011
 
Changes

Soon my “Is” will turn to “Was” Going stale in time’s larder The pains, the joys, even the cross, All I bore climbing life’s ladder They become one forgotten cause. And my “Was” will be [...]

Pride

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Nov 102011
 
Pride

In our deepest despair, When misfortune like an albatross Swoops down on us, We let them burn, All we love most… When sore and unsure, Separated from false strength And all which gave false comfort, [...]

African Child

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Aug 042011
 
African Child

I am a child playing by the bank ; Disdained by all, understood by none Their black-black sins they thrust upon me. I am a fountain springing from Earth’s fathoms; From the innermost depths I [...]

Mama Yemi

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Jul 192011
 
Mama Yemi

I touch her cheeks with my lips somethings seems to be amiss… for no warmth greets my eager kiss. I touch my hand to her wrist there’s no sign, even the least… can fate deal [...]

Wishes

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Jul 082011
 
Wishes

I wish I could draw images real and false to capture my thoughts and illustrate my cause. I’ll paint the world in shades multiple for diverse are her contents some proud, yet some humble. Nature’s [...]

The Electorate

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Mar 192011
 
The Electorate

Their big grammar scatters my brain “Emancipation, Rehabilitation Transparency, Fruitful democracy” My poor head reels from grammar bombs, but “Chop, I Chop,” I understand so I cast my vote, my liberty.

To Love a Liar

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Mar 142011
 
To Love a Liar

Mary Jane’s jaw dropped open in abject horror. Shock, like a raging current, coursed through her entire system. Standing right on her doorsteps, eyes twinkling brightly with a soft, mocking smile, was the last person [...]

A god I am

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Mar 132011
 
A god I am

With just a switch I create light
I create them in different shades
Yellow, blue, red and white
Though they be unlike the sun.

I am a god, I am
great-great things I wrought

Mama Put

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Mar 022011
 
Mama Put

MAMA PUT She is the one to whom we run, Mother of all hungry souls; She keeps no barrier or divide Nor cares about where you reside.

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