Leslie Alexis Poems

Yesterday I saw a rose
Along the desert bed,
sprayed with rocks and dust
Its petals flickered red,
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Does the vase enhance the beauty of the rose?
If so, then I will venture out on assignments,
To collect diamonds; making for you a vase,
Big enough to hold -one more each day- roses.
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Chorus
War dem want… war them want…
Well it’s a war dem gwan get
Dem silly boy them, dem start war
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Too many times have I let my guard down to have my heart taken.
Too many times have I let my guard down to have my heart broken.
I was prepared to give her everything that I have,
I was prepared to give her all that I am.
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I ate a whale one time
It was fresh so I added some lime,
And though it lived in the sea
My whale was not very salty
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I miss your tongue the most
- How it restrained speech;
Yet even if I could have spoken,
I would not have had the words
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You're wise, can you help me answer this?
What force drives one to surrender their kiss?
Besides insanity I find no candidate.
Without madness all will be celibate!
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A bud wraps in cocoon flowers
Whose petals are too tender of blades
To fend against the climate of the hour;
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We were specs of dust within the cloud
Journeying as dust does along the way
But in the drift found the other endowed
With qualities that made us want to stay
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Golfers happily knock balls in the heat
The white of their clothes reflecting for miles,
I think they’re mad, to them it’s a treat,
They crave the Sahara, I, the river Niles.
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