Fasika Ayalew Poems

Float me upon the source of the Nile
Where the sky meets the water
And let me sing...
'Row, Row, little boat
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We are colors, colors to time
With varying tones
We fade away as life goes
We are colors, colors to life
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Marching down high altitude
Engulfed by white solitude
Avalanches of snow pile upon
The aching part of the lonely soul
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You are like a mirror, I am its reflection
You are like a drum, I am its vibration
You are like a waterdrop, I am its rainbow
You are like a tree, I am its bough.
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Scattered dreams
Dispersed like motes of dust
Came together
Highlighted by shaft of light
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Take any thing you want
from my body parts
if it looks good on you
take my hair,
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Compass of freedom directs us within
In our soul freedom tunes, songs of redemption
Let not liberty die in our heart
Let not freedom dwindle in our mind
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Through a settled spirit
A wandering mind,
And calm of my conscious
Inside my head I heard silence
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Bumps and detour, even or steep
we travel a road without an end
This road of life...
To journey along choices it has
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As the grass submits to the power of the wind
So does the hands to the melody of the songs
So s..l..o..w
Like David's dance before the arc
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