Category: Poems
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She isn’t listening
In his heart lived stories he’s told no one Stories he’s lived and stories he’s seen He put these big stories into a small book And on this cold winter morning In this small coffee shop by the roadside Overlooking a couple of people waiting for a bus He opens his little book to tell…
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The introvert
From roaming from one church to another I met you Was looking for a perfect church You were always seated somewhere in the middle there Hardly greeting anyone after service You only looked at me And I returned your look No one said anything to the other Until the day pastor organized a seminar for…
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Difficult Times
Hunger echoes the sun’s rays in my ears My stomach grumbles It’s the sign That I am near the end The finish line where I get knocked out I tighten my grip on the loaf of bread Wrapped around my shoes in my sack As the sun brightens with more heat It becomes clear That…
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Born for the rough roads
I was born for the rough roads To roam them And to rule there I was destined to go places Even hell, cracked and cooked I was built to master The roads of rules and conventions To their dead ends And create new paths into the future I was born to win That’s why I…
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I know a place
There are places a person goes And you just know They were driven by more Than just a head and imagination You know These are places you only get to Standing on great books That draw much more from your soul Than you ever thought you had Places you only reach Bypassing barricades of meanings…
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Beautiful just the way you are
The fair fine ladies of America Camping in hip-hop stars’ swimming pools in bikini They have imported without transporting The magic of bleaching creams Fatima, Abena and Ifeoma Transformed into Beyoncé, Micky Minaj and Cardi B respectively In just two months and two minutes Black is beautiful They only see when cancer writes it on…
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Radio Me
Tune in to your true self The version of you unafraid To be criticized Just do your job Of living your life And let your critics do their job Of criticizing you You have no time You only live once So get busy Being you You’ll feel lonely sometimes You’ll fight the urge to return…
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There will be days
There will be days everyone will be against you Including someone you love deeply and who loves you too so dearly It isn’t that they seek your downfall Perhaps they do not understand you Or a decision you have taken The only faithful dog keeping you company In your journey when everyone leaves Will be…
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The 143 code
Gagged feelings Tied to whispers Soft moonlight peeps Through a window of the night At the beauty of silence The beauty in coloured voices
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We came to play
Left the lecturer alone in his lecture hall to socialize with an empty class, noun clauses, phonetic symbols, and bogus theories he’s fabricated to hide his insanity Traded the picture of God sold by the priest for the Living One wearing an apron and guiding the cook, holding the rudder and guiding the captain Experiencing…
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