Leonard Dabydeen Poems

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111.
The Best Gifts

The best gifts
come from the heart
rich with eternal love
like the lotus at the feet of a deity
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112.
Dishonesty

Look me in the eyes
tell me what you see
dishonesty is like a city of gold
bright on the outside
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113.
Misunderstandings

What misunderstandings reek the mind

when parents are unable to decipher
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114.
Life & Death

Night sounds whisper in my ears.

They tell me grave-yard stories of people
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115.
Please Read Me As I Am

Please read me as I am

a book of words and pictures
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116.
Tonight

Tonight
I look at the full moon
I gaze in delight over the shadows
among the tamarind trees
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117.
The Innocence Of Dying

To feel
or not to feel
is the penultimate decision
if not the ultimate conclusion
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118.
Let Me Be...

Let me be
even for a moment
before you close your eyes
your Commander-in-Chief
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119.
The Poet

The poet

speaks with tongues of fire
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120.
Like A Song Bird

Like A Song Bird

Every morning when I wake up
I open my dew-drenched sash window
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