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THOUGHTS

THOUGHTS

THOUGHTS   Downcast Time's moving fast Behind me is my past Don't know what deed will be my last Can I live without God? What's my life without my Lord? Lord before you break my life's cord Make my deeds follow your word My life is far from pure Dear Lord I need...

OF A BROKEN HOME, IT IS

OF A BROKEN HOME, IT IS

OF A BROKEN HOME, IT IS! Of a broken home, it is that happiness has absconded that love, once were that love, never is again that what fascinates the heart become strange. Faces become strangers and the heart becomes helpless.   Of a broken home, it is that a...

TEARS OF OIL

TEARS OF OIL

TEARS OF OIL Graveyard of petals Bloomed and buried Right before the sun caress Where lies the roots Shedding tears of oil Dialogue of drunk gloats Today the giant of Africa Stood like a barricaded water North to South Windows zipped Harvest of rage Verbal artillery...

THE PROMISING LAND

THE PROMISING LAND

PROMISING LAND A land I used to cherish And a promising one, A land of merry colourful birds Flying in a quiet blue sky… It was the land of my fathers, It was the land of my mothers, The land of the father of my mothers, The land of the mother of my fathers, When I...

BRING BACK OUR GIRLS NOW

BRING BACK OUR GIRLS NOW

#BringBackOurGirlsNow We've endured the pain for so long But our feeling is still strong There's still hope for us Our girls will return to us Our hearts weep And we hardly sleep Our girls are still missing And we keep thinking and crying 365 days in bondage At a very...

FROM DESPERATION

FROM DESPERATION

FROM DESPERATION Dear, my heart is in pain Since you took the night train, I yelled out day and night, Cried for you to come back, Even asked the Lord why We could not both survive, Why he did not let me Leave with you my lady; Only the noisy steel Of each single cold...

I THINK ABOUT LIFE

I THINK ABOUT LIFE

I THINK ABOUT LIFE I think about life The peace and the strife This miserable life Depressing like a nagging wife A deadly game Not for the lame Unconditional fame The only aim The rule is organised crime Perpetrated time to time Violence in its prime Existence sour...

LOVE THEN

LOVE THEN

LOVE THEN If you can hate, why don’t you Love, Don’t be a snake, just be a dove, Rise like the sun, open up your arms, Be that sweet home, keeping us warm, Make the world smile, happy for real, Play like a child, who is just healed, Respect this Life, She’s your true...

NO PAL IN NEPAL

NO PAL IN NEPAL

No Pal in Nepal Rain drops at midnight Tremors in sunlight The clouds give a cry And the earth a reply. Rubbles, once landmarks Land slid structured bench marks Avalanching peaks Enveloping thicks. The sunken need no relief The standing stunned by grief The brave...

A STORY OF US

A STORY OF US

A STORY OF US I need to tell you a story, A story of you, a story of me, A story of the place that we lost, A story of the land with no lust; It is your story, it is my story, It is the story of unity; I need to tell you a story, A story that you will see If you walk...

ACTIONS, EMOTIONS; PERCEPTIONS

ACTIONS, EMOTIONS; PERCEPTIONS

Actions, Emotions; Perceptions   We express our interpretations of reality in diverse manner Colors that disperse in such beautiful spectra Glowing with exceptional radiance Resplendent in extra-ordinary ambience   They say blue is love Red is the color of...

DUST FOR DUST

DUST FOR DUST

DUST FOR DUST Oh Earth! Thou home of divers being White and black have you beget Death dethroned through Cain Home for all, Home you're The Creator had made you like that Near the way, home was far Cain slayed him, slayed with wrath     Thus, we wake a...

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