Fasika Ayalew Poems

Just teen ager
Fumbling for a trail
Some tend to jock
Some tend to mock
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Land was red with blood
Tears flowed like a flood
Life shadowed with fear
With sorrow very deep
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Life is too short
Live it to its fullest
Love, be loved
Have and give
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hard cover
tattered edges
a dull front
with torn pages.
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They relax be at ease
on the face your muscles
and your lips stretch out
into thought as you escape
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what is time?
The changing of seasons
or the ticking of the clock
From a crib to a grave
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Your truth againest mine
Mine againest yours
So many wars we fought
So many lives we lost
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I have witnessed and I have seen
But my mouth will always be sealed
I am a humble sinner
My hands clap, my feet tap
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I invested in time so you can talk
I invested in hope so you can dream
I invested in dream so you can believe
I invested my words so you can vision
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When it rains…
With every fall the earth drums
Flowers smile and trees dance
Along the wind in the pouring rain
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