Salihu Mahe Poems

Many many years ago
I existed before I was formed
I was two and then one
Now I'm six, within one
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Solely lonely only
The need to sing a song
Lacking the voice to sing
Expressing my sorrow with a poem
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Mango tree mango tree
Mango tree is normally sweet
When I drink I normally sleep
When I sleep I normally dream
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My teacher said

The very first; of a doctor's patient
A miner's gold
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I have a tree
A tree of poems
Of branches free
Its fruits are poets
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If I were; a star, you would be my night
A day, you would be my sun
A heart, you would be my beat
A skin, you would be my feel
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The worst friends
They scold you
You mocked them
They pranked you
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It's a normal day,
The moon reflects white light
While the sun shines so bright
Flocks of birds, full of flight
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Let the beauty in my words
Be the silent aroma that brings the hungry close
To the kitchen of my ideas
'Cos profound, is the silence found
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Silence
Presence of thoughts
Avenue of plans
A sacred shrine
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