Padmore Enyonam Agbemabiese Poems

she has been many years dead
yet he kept her picture on the wall
left her rocking chair by the fireside
dressed her bed every morning
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the smile on the face
was the last word I heard
it gave me hope
and I carried the good-bye with joy
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like old shoes
you’ve tread with me all paths
walked by my side any where
and now in old age
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everything pains you
my presence stinks
my eyes are dreadful
my words stain
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after this long walk
you shy away from my name
curse the day we met and swear
the dream we once had is a wave
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you weave me webs of lies
walk me miles away from the truth
you tell me stories every dawn
that my soul should swim in the hope
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do you wish to be here
close to my heart

where are your papers
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somewhere, not too far away
on a distant Home unknown
is my brother, my Dad and Grandma
my cousins and nieces
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I'm not so young but not so very old either
yet, I have walked since dawn
praying not to distress the hearts of Bees
along this way to the Ivory Tower
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Agbo da ze me da na nyi o*
Lakle dome gbaba ebe yeda ami wu egbo**

a voice out from somewhere
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