Rani Turton Poems

History and blood mingle together
For some people life and time stood still;
Terror strikes again
From whom, those who were hate-inspired;
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I was what I am not today
The long day of my life stretches on:
Soon the dusk will fall and then
The night will also be gone;
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Walk beside me a while, let me feel
Your presence; your absence surreal,
Often present; the lack of a presence
Now has past: the past, though is still present.
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If I had been different long ago
I might not have been here now:
If I had been more defiant, less trusting
I would have had much more to show.
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I thought of a place
A place where my soul could go to be alone.
From here to there with fragile wings
I have flown.
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If only could every woman at the well
Could have her pitcher filled; her needs fulfilled
The right to follow her own dream
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I spoke to liberty and liberty spoke to me
Asking softly, 'Do you really want to be free? '

I murmured to melancholy and melancholy said
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Yes, today I will celebrate life
Put my cloak of sadness aside.

I, the poet, the wanderer who changed worlds
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At sunset, today when the sky turns red
When clouds, try to veil the sky; when birds nest
And are too tired to fly
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Fragile hearts, hearts that break
Do not harsh words and ruptures take

Fragile hearts that trust and beat
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