Akili Amina Poems

What is love, when its deeper than love?
There are no words for it in the dictionary
It cant be described in songs or in my poetry
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Hey Little brown girl, how’s the weather today?
When the rain comes, you can hide your tears
When the sun shines, angels listened as you prayed
They told him all he hears, they gave him all your fears
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In my dream, I was a graceful Angel
Whispering words, that flutter, halt offense
Members of their branch, stunt growth, they strangle
Immense debates fallen, hence, are past tense
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The entire world’s bosom thumped as one,
as eyes watched the sight of the collision
when Steel Birds with outstretched wings
commenced attacking cities, American
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In panic, drenched chest in sweat
Life under the sun’s canopy of have not’s
Banks beg for money, accounts in neglect
Loan sharks plead, as we sign on the dot
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Work called for your presence, until twilight
One-half the whole, lone in my bedchamber
One sea mile, our bed sheets waver, they blight
Fixed, by time in my overnight chamber
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The seeds of Sub-Saharan descendants
Globe heavy in weight, their percentage, great
Continent African, population ascendant
Sewn, seeds are strewn. God’s hand he blast. He spate.
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The poets, intellect and heart are exposed
Dissected, spliced and pumping it bleeds thought,
Perception, opinions thumping out, melodic flows
Wordsmith fire blazes high, verses steeled, wrought
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Wine stalks and watch my candle’s faint flicker
Soothe my misery, crest waves its breach point
Death to spouts, dead are bouts high in bicker
Appoint this ending, break bonds at their joint
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This air seems stiff to me with pain and hurt
Feels rigid, while temps are falling below, frigid
Those who bear the air, with death they flirt
Compassion is needed if only by, a smidgen
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