Imagination once gave me a seer's eye
To see over my unborn years,
And I saw from decades of miles,
A toothless woman from Akwa Ibom.
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A day hued with red and white
Birth the world a light
That shineth through night
And darkness stand not to fight
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The canoe of desire
When not godly paddled
On the stream of emotions
It drowns
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There is a place,
Not far from where you are,
Where one is found by grace,
Amidst divine stars.
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I love the sun
I love the sun
Because the sun would never frown
Smile is her very crown
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How long, how long,
Shall last this cold wedlock with loneliness,
Who daily caresses you with smoky hands
That dares to freeze you,
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I bless the spirit
The wind whose back we sit
Travelling through this planet
Where now dwell
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My heart I bare before your eyes
Now you sing within your mind
I have seen the fool in him
From your dance I heard the rhythm
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Sadness has found her brow
A free ground to cast its shadow
Her teeth now crouch its bloom
Behind her mouth's gloom
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My inner eyes can see
A star up in the sky
Haunt with crowd of eyes
On their lips its name resides
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