Benjamin Debrah Poems

By the cry she could infer
The urgency of the request
And with care she would defer
The show her eyes seek first
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If you cross, you win
It does not matter how you begin
It is how you end
Keep it in mind friend
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I'm a nice guy
You don't need to ask why:
When I speak lives begin to shine
When I'm around people feel fine
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Yester-night I prayed for you
I started at eleven fifty-eight
It wasn't something I had planned to do
It was something I felt you could relate
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Do not be far from me
Do not turn your ears against my plea
If the door is locked, you are the key
If the place is dark, you are the light I see
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I don't know what to say
I wonder why I continued to disobey
Well I have had enough of the roam
I want to go back home
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From afar, you can spell
Look at me, you can tell
The perfume I'm wearing, you couldn't smell
The flies are chasing, they like me well
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I'll still be here
I'll tell the story of this year
And my children will listen to history
I'm a survivor; that isn't a mystery
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That night was cold
It was cold for the young, the old and the bold
That same night freedom was sold
Its mysteries are yet to be told
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At the ceremony, they gave me wine
They also gave me water
They drew the line
That I may not falter
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