Obed Akuma Poems

Beyond the meeting and the parting, we shall be soon
Beyond the sorrow and the grief, we shall be soon
Beyond the fear and the worry, we shall be soon
Beyond the corruption and the deception, we shall be soon
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Concentration is less water
More water is dilution
Stones, boulders more strong concentration
Sand and the like fine concentration
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Thales of Melitus: everything from water speculated
Anaxemenes: from air all things originated
Pythagoras: all things from numbers conjectured
Empedocles: earth, air, fire and water immutable elements believed
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Have you ever seen a street of gold?
Have you ever seen a tree that produces a variety of fruits?
Have you ever seen a lion and child playing?
Have you ever seen a serpent playing with a man?
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All the owls have flown up and gone;
the owls of evil that threatened;
My connection, your intimacy and our love,
With the rock to severe.
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Rush, rush, rush, the rhythm goes
A rhythm so monotonous
Oppressing, oppressed all goes
Pushed by greed, pushed by need
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The question is pressed, "you belong to whom? '
Before you give sleep to your eyes, answer honestly.
You are in a hard service, if you are not Christ's
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A soft clear look
Thrown across the abyss
All manner of things
Take place across the abyss
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I saw a tree ahead
Inviting was it's shade
My steps I hasten
At last a rest I can take
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