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Poetry
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Downward Fall
Seasonal change. Holy Text define a time and its season. A time to sow: a time to reap. Our lives as a leaf upon a tree. We have our birth and then we leave....Drifting high in early autumn sunlight
Swaying care free, harmlessly in mid air A fall down into a constant plunge Yielding downward with wind care Twist and whipped into numerous tosses
Flipped up over my...
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A Tear
Sorrow of the human heart. Inspired by my family called man
A tear formed watching news the other day A drop form in eye making pond to stay It formed so big it soon overflowed Roll out my eye dropped to cheek below Its...
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Open Thoughts
Life is what inspired
I stumbled across a dream last night, or at least that’s what I believe it was
I seem to be having trouble deciphering whether it was a dream or possible an incomplete fantasy
Cause I seem...
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BEHIND Closed Doors
There was a time when a man like him didn’t speak to a women like her, but I guess you could compare it...
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I am a child
This is dedicated to the little souls that are faced with harsh realities of life. This was inspired by the plight of the Nigerian Girls at the hands of the Boko Haram...
I am a child
These eyes have seen things Both beauty and sadness These eyes have watered tons Yet I am still a child
Beyond my years I’ve seen plenty Things ought to have been shielded
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Scent of death
this was a response to a fellow poet's poem on the toil of death to a man who lost his lover...
Scent of death
Morning glory you've departed Dear night you've lost your shine Wind why blow without a whistle Why is death a new scent of roses?
Before me lies broken pieces Of dreams and hopes...
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Dear Love
inspired by a surge of warm feelings felt once upon a time towards a special someone...
Dear love
It took me a while To jot you these lines Don't want to tell a lie You one of the kind
I am off balance Reeling and whirling Tossed and in circles Deep are...
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Yesterday
High school.
Rebellious youths. Sparking jays in remembrance of high school days. Back then when we'd blaze in the morning also during breaks and get an education, lifted off the haze while day dreaming about being...
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Off to sleep
Kiss me on my cheek, and turn my light out, saying goodbye before closing the door. I'll hug my teddy bear, and count a hundred sheep, closing my eyes before drifting off to...
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Be happy
Be happy, and do the things that make you smile. Be happy, and ignore them if they say you're vile. Be happy, and bring joy to the ones you care about.
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