Anugo J. Edoka Poems

I am that I am
A face that bears thousand tongue
Proud mother hen, shielding millions of tribes
Grand architect of billions of towering strides
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Of deprived privileges did I grow
Living on mama's little nest of unending milk
The tears were drawn as winter drew snow
Tender was her love and all in its ilk
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How I got here I know not
In my childhood poetry I knew not
Like I have been possessed
With the spirit of poetry have I been accessed
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I am the flesh that barricades the wild spirit of nature
From hills and huts, of ancestors to continue a lineage
I belong to the soils, a master piece, the gods' very own measure
I speak to the trees, aware of the spirits, mine is a divine linkage.
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Days without you are like years without rain,

like waters without depth,
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I have carried this lump of expectations
From inclination and birth
In accordance of lineage
Since bats knew not where they belong
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I had watched my hands of this madness,
But the colors of your wings trace my every step,
From thousand miles away,
Keeping me awake,
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The tune of the song stays same
But we chose to change the dance
Ignoring consequences in the windows of shame
Leaving no actions to the hands of chance
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I must be a time traveler lost in the present
I feel out of place in this generation
The music will kill Mozart the second time
The tempo is too fast
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BEFORE I DIE
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