Leonard Akwo Poems

What folly to gnash your teeth in vain
when my soul in perfect peace is lain
and my spirit transcends a plane beyond
where the piercing sun is gray and blond
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No this isn't home
else i shouldn't have to roam
wasting my days in toil
wandering, begging, tilling the soil
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This world
twisted cord
many pains
little gains
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Endure the tag, frump
till we can blow loud our trump
Endure the tag, frump
if we musn't settle for the crumb
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Before my very eyes
around, your back you turn
here i stand freezing to ice
yet to ash my heart burn
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Why even hitherto, dear distant lover
are you still hidden under time's protective cover
out of reach, out of touch, out of sight
If only you know a curious man's plight
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Do walk past me dude
just how you met me mute
'tis how best to spend a day
after a smash to fragment like clay
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In my hardest strait
when no road never seem straight
when fixed between and betwixt
when fate cruel hands turns me in twist
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the shivers in your teeth
from the cold wind blowing still
the wrinkles in your face
from the harsh sun piercing deep
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Like the sun sets at noon
and like rain ceases in June
so i have laid breathless
ever since you left me speechless
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