Edgar James Momoh Poems

The heavens opened up
And the rains came down
Pouring out like a broken tap
Giving height to the flowing waters
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If only I were perfect,
Then I would stop sinning
And all my foibles will be gone in a flash of a second
Leaving no trace of a shadow on my being
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Where are they all gone?
I can see Augustine is here and
Julia was here just the other day
But where is my beloved Junia
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When I first came, you resisted me
But when I was about to leave
You insisted that I stayed
What changed your heart so fast
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As I walked down the streets of the great beyond
I could hear nothing but silence
Silence, too loud that deafened my simple soul
So I cloaked myself in reverence
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This is a shadowy world
A world of inverted images
And encrypted echoes of glory
Though sounding from near
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FOUR IS FOR MAMA

She has only one life to live, not seven
Yet she lives for four:
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From obscurity to stardom he rose,
Barely surviving on shoe-lace privileges as he grew up.
Unbeknownst to himself and the world around,
That one day, he will stand at the pinnacle of the world's stage
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Why worry when you can pray?
Why pray if you must worry?
Why doubt when you can trust?
Why trust if you must doubt?
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I have no desire to be you
Because you are who you are
God made me so, and he made you so.
I am content with what I am, how I look and what I have
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