mariechantal tuyisabe Poems

In side Leonard's kitchen place,
My mother sat on a stool without a trace
Cooking and dismissing all about the war
Always like Blenda
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The day I met him,
Every thing became true
Like a morning dew-
With a perfect hue
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Every days and nights,
She walks up and down-
Past corn fields
Her flip-flops,
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I've never forgotten
My mother's braveness
She, who stood unbroken like a rainbow
Of a multitude beautiful colours...
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The wind winded so slow,
And dry avocado leaves
Fell one by one
On Miranda's verandah
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Once upon a time in a midmay
While Lila was home in a dismay
There came her cousin rushing in a haste
To deliver a message of courage and hope
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I arrived in the library with a baby on my back
Thinking to attend my class on line
For my childcare was closed and damned
I found a place to begin
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After all the scars...
After all the stars
And the sun retreats...
And here you are talking
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I reached my sister's house and sank on a sit
Waiting again for a sip of whisky
For the freedom was better and too frisky
Unlike my own home where freedom less beat
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Afoot to ward a girl, the man tumbled
Enraged to see the girl laughing, he killed
The girl cried a little, but cursed
Hidding her face with a purse
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