GICANIRO Gicaniro Poems

Sing your song of faith;
To avid thinkers and to craving ears
To hysterical expressions and to derelict empathy
To fretful souls and to plaintive eyes
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Like poverty with no property
Like faith with no base
Like grace with no face
Like a drought in doubt
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Murky chambers secrete secret dealings
Bottomless splits havens precious pebbles
Discarded possessions suck the swarm
Kaput spirits deem in hush
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Some day some way,
The sun will rise, for those who need light
The moon will show up, for those who don't give up
One day we shall meet our dream,
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Strive you'll thrive
Avoid shame and believe
With a will you'll live
Stride, sometimes strike
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Am that dying person fighting to know what has killed me,
I am that ill patient helplessly lying on a death bed
struggling to unearth the cause of my disease.
I am that bleeding woman shouting out
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Ridicule my pride
Go on, reverse my ride
Try, take all yours from my side
Scare me more than the tide
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As my children are born
My children are gone
As those at the throne
In our offices, are left alone
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If I can think am man
I can also think am woman
If I can think am tall
I can also think am short
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I prefer such a teacher
Who, unlike that preacher
Who to him everything is a signature,
In students he sows a seed as if in agriculture
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