Babatunde Aremu Poems

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21.
Cracked Walls

This house is not built with hay
Nor is it constructed with mud
Its bricks are well burnt and cured
Its foundation is on a solid rock
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22.
So We Are Now Refugees

Little drops from heaven's ballister
Ceaslessly falls upon our land
Heaven weeps on us without remedy
Our land is excessively watered
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23.
Accusing Fingers

You are the cause
I am not, you are
They are the culprits
They are not, you are
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24.
Legacy

Their yesterday,
Was lived for our today.
They fought good fights
The manacles were unchained
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25.
Rest

Running up and down
Does not automatically translate to huge wealth
Only divine providence brings profit
Yes, there is dignity in labour
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26.
Sleep

As automobile engine
Simmers down after an ardous trip
My spirit though is willing
But my body is jetlagged
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27.
Good Character

I once sojourned in a land,
Seeking for solution to my bewildermernt.
The more I probed, the more I was confused.
Why do some fail where others succeed?
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28.
Work

Work, done with strains
With drops of sweat
Oozing out of our glands
Sometimes hard with blistered hands
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29.
Not By Strength

Whatever we are
Its not by strength
Whoever you are
Its not your power
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30.
Let's Be One

I have one desire for you, brother.
I have a wish for us to be one
I have the dream for my country men
That we will be one one day
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