Abdalla Juma Shenga

After a tiresome time at school
With a long stride I walk home
I walk thinking, what went missing
Along the dusty roads I keep thinking
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Dinosaurs are extinct
Faces are distinct
The world is a strange place to be
Bloody roses are lovely
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I am desert where nothing grows
Those that i keep if not by heat
Of thirst they die
And the cold night wind blows sand over them
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Dancing thoughts
Shouting silently,
Screaming.
Eyes gleaming.
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Giving
Is receiving the blessings of God.
Vitals that you give
Indeed shall be rewarded.
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You are the architect of sadness
Blindness and madness
Yet uniting us in oneness
Should I be sad or glad?
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I envy those who live high up the montain
Because down here its terrible
In this low altitude
The sun burns the hottest
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When the sun dives
Make haste, return to your hive
You’ll stay alive
When the sun is swallowed by the evening sky, evil men thrive
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I had it in me,
Now it’s all coming out.
I had it in me,
Now I’m clearing my doubt.
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Machete Boys

You see them in all sizes, shapes and colours
Machete boys patrolling the dark corners
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Pursue your goals
Awake your dreams
Conquer the beast of self doubt
Restraining you
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Death is like a friend that is always with you
Like a wife, in sickness and in health
In poverty and in wealth
Death is always watching you
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I am no fool as I once was,
Gave you my fragile heart,
You shattered it unremorsefully.
I see nothing but trickery,
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It was as if the wind, had blown
Stardust in my eyes enchanting me,
With such charm upon perception
Of beauty, so luminously displayed,
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Best sit alone absorbed,
Wonderous world how silly became.
Best keep circle small unpertubed,
Knowing not rabid-dog's name,
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This fire burning within my chest,
I need it to keep burning and I’ll be best.
This inferno blazing within my chest,
Burns through obstacles and every test.
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Noise, noise, noise.
No peace at home, all good unseen.
Microscopic mistakes magnified and used to the fullest,
To torment and attack.
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No more darkness,
No more coldness,
The long night is over,
The cock has finally crowed,
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To taste is not to eat,
Love is a thirst that cannot be quenched by a sip.
Once the heart learns to yearn, it lights a fire that would forever burn.
Many have gone mad, for they tasted and never got eat.
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Real things don't last, fake things do.
Fresh roses plucked from nature
Shrivel after a single adventure
Artificial roses, last for a thousand poses
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