Fasika Ayalew Poems

The sun peeks through the horizon
In the wake of another day
As heart drums, breathe waves
Vibrations inside veins
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They are simply words
World peace human right
They are mere utterance
Now who spoke for them?
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With a gentle touch and a move slow
A light streamed through my window
Taking a twinkling steps
The ray danced upon my face
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Mystic beauty
endless pleasure
filled with eternity
cascade like a fall
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When desire takes over
Insatiable need overrides
The mind will run a prize less one
An endless distance …
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Just a thought
An idea escape
Bang, bang
Knocking the head
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I bright the darkness
I am a lantern
A feeble light I am
Without my enclosure
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A lullaby as silence sings
Back and fourth the soul swings
Caressing and with gentle embrace
A lullaby as silence plays
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I am not only a face
But a creation of His hands
To the world a giver
I am a pure soul
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Today, from the whip of slavery
On my back there is no weal
But the legacy, history and old days
They gripped my mind, prejudice to feel.
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