Doris Dzameshie Poems

Do l have the choice to work?
Destiny of choices
I never asked to be born. Do l have a choice?
I cried, slept and ate.
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Oh grains of sand, sand of our sea shore
Sand that moulded my grandfathers.
Moulded them to be rich and strong
Moulded them to be pure and true
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Husband died of a whole in the heart
Son one died of a whole in the heart
Son two died of a whole in the heart
Son three died of a whole in the heart
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Great soul, why have you planted me here?
In the middle of this great compound
Only to behold these fleeting lives.
As a mango tree, l have stood
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In my head
Born naked, died in splendor
Birth could not take it away
Death tried but failed
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The wheat from the shaft, beat it
The lies from the truth, tell it
The lice from the hair, comb it
The leech from the body, salt it
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Tell you that I am old
Tell you that I am a woman
Tell you that I am fat
Tell you that I am happy
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Peal or no pills
They are all naked
Happy as a lark
Talking to the unseen ghost
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