Godfrey Machuka Poems

Several years ago
Ere the invasion of white on her head
Some thousands of days ago
When her breasts were still turgid
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I pierce with my eyes the human mind
Elite, lowly, mighty and of every kind
Deep in it I find fault
In what most believe is their intelligence vault
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My eyes will always fill with tears
And my my lame heart with much fears
If you ever rudely to me say
That you will never with me stay
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Damn patience
What is its essence?
Or who can tell the nuance
Of the duration of a chance?
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Like Satan I was roaming
With both mine eyes, mind and legs
Then I saw it coming,
The jewel upon which this story pegs
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It's strange how pain marks our faces,
And makes us look like family
Sitting off by ourselves in our own sullen little parties of one
Jaws slack, eyes distant, shoulders slumped, hands dangling
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God, it’s the lovely creature you created
Who me too has netted
Her handshake accompanied with a seductory itch
And those watery eyes begging for my consent
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Ignore my bright smile
Inside is a hurt heart
Ignore the jolly doodles of my speech
Pain edges at the periphery
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I'd rather a heart of stone
And survive this mega pain
O how better to be a clawn!
And find refuge from your loveless reign
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When your night prolongs
And your sun glows dim
When to you it rains hailstones
And life blows like a tornado
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