Michael Eziudo

If I was an image in an evening classroom
I'd tell the privileged learners I'm their antonym
They have wings and can fly
But staying in this cage with a will to try
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Enyi m, ezigbo enyi m
I budi nwanne m ka I bu nwanna m
Enyi m onye kwo m n'azu ukwu m na-eru ala
Kee nke i meere m I no na-akoghari
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You came at dawn
With the zeal and energy of a young day
Promising and hoping all impossibilities to win
The world seemed a cascade of labyrinth decoy
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Ụwa m, ụwa m e, ụwaọma my Praise
Yes, the prayer in my heart, the smile on my face and the praise on my lips
Once upon a time one was it all
But like the dawn after a cold night you arrived
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I am the womb that gave you life
The shield from harshness from uncanny uncertain destination
And you had to breathe by my breath
And bone up by my bones
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Through the hedges and rough edges
Through the thorns and the pines
This rose that should be gotten
And held high and in all esteem
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I got here
Here where I once lived
And yesterday is not here
It went
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Good night everyone
If love cares let it find me
For on my personal pursuit
I'm yet to hit the spot
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You are the song that I sing
Then when my heart get excited at mere promises
When all roads lead to the distance ever longed for
When the sun walks away
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I am a star yes I know
A star that does not recognise his fans is that one a star?
Soon, his source of light will deem
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How caring you are and how faithful and loyal
Oh, I forgot, and how hardworking and primal
The best staff of the year and award topples awards
More time for the job and less time to yourself and less life
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I'm gone
Sorry to say, but I'm done
I measure all my sacrifices as no loss
Since the joy it brought me was my cause
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Once the tree looked withered and dried
For years sprouting seemed far
Was it summer or winter
Or planting season or harvest that showed
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When you see them
Tell them enmity does not fan the coal or oil the lamp
Tell them love soars on games not as the chameleon plays
Tell them a faithful man is a man of patience that watches the mouse run around the corners of the four walls and rests when it's tired
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This green green green
Shines from a world of wonders
Where no duo exists of one
And no beauty equates the other
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And the celebration of a time that is
Is the tears that flow of a time that was
When the clouds see the drought so strong
And hold back the wetness that can debunk
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I am a mortal
Held bound by the weaknesses that control the soul
Loathing the choices that control my deals
And loathed by the deals of with I stay no longer at ease
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Haven't you seen
That impossible is never impossible
The earth tells it own tales
Of the mountains that once were and never are
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Yes, they were, were truly were
When I meant that the sky and the firmament were inseparable
That the sun fed the moon without which darkness would hold the night with stenchy blackness
That water in a nostril couldn't run without the nose
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The gloominess that once was
Gave in to light that brought smiles
And the loner feels your presence even in your absence
And strength birthed by coherence
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