uchenna nnodum

I hear the honk of a horn
Amid the echo of voices.
A new day had been born
And for people to make their choices.
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One sunny afternoon,
Just as i bade a friend 'see you soon'.
My long shadow on the sunny ground met that of a long tree
As i looked up to it, i saw an unknown beautiful bird flying free
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I always thought that the strong can withstand
For as they trample with great strength above the sand.
No! I am wrong, just as my flesh lust
And will one day under the earth turn to dust
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When i look up in the sky
I hope that the stars would come down
See the seas so dry
And my people on a journey to the profound town
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Claps and cheers and all that were
Before my eyes i saw over there
What seemed to be good
But i misunderstood
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What wonderful actors we are
All scenes at one time we act perfectly
Scene after scene, acts come before acts.
And we the minors take it from the script
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Through the quick sand of this life
Aching thighs, broken smiles
Hands trembling, legs mourning
Sloes sore from stubs and thorns-
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Half closed eye lids
Racing winds caress my little pinnas
And dries the spittle on my lips
Fresh dew on plants and cold sands air waft'd
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The fairy tale of a drunken Oaf
Half bread is better than no loaf
Glass shattered on wall
Not same as the scattered at all!
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We of fettered soul and body
And of foetal mind and spirit
When our feet gets stuck in a quagmire
Our minds flustered by a swarm of quandary quarks
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Shall i scribble for a thousand years
Pour on pages an ocean of ink
Till my phalanges clench
Of the foul plays that stinks more than the skunk
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In the silence of the mid day
When lethargic bones bask in the sun of vacuity
I hear a voice, a young voice
That punctures the vacuum of silence
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Here I am simply writing,
Writing a poem, I believe.
People write when they feel loved,
When they feel touched.
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Not old enough
Most people would say
This life is tough
But i must have my way
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To reduce the cups
And increase the shekels
Cloud our minds like sand dust
The impulse of our hearts
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Nine moons we were bore
Under nine scourging rays.
The earth's heat and the sole's sore
Through life's maze.
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Your boundless ocean of love
In which I have sunk in
Flows through an endless desert of time
And flows through the blood stream of every one you touch
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Why do we always turn away?
Like the sojourners to Emmaus
In disappointment laden with great despair
Absconding from what seemed-peril-like
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In abyss of despair,
When i feel like am drowning
In the ocean of Sorrow
Yes, there is no revival - I think
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Behind those dewy eyes
I find lustre, lush and solace
Which the gentle breeze of dusk
And the shade at the foot of the iroko
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