JOSEPH ABUTU

Just as every other,
It was another new day,
But featuring the murder-
Of a helpless prey.
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Always we wish,
But when scared we pray
Many times we walk,
But when pursued we run.
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Worthless man of shame,
Stripped of your name;
Guilty were you born;
Sinly you have done.
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At the wake of grudge,
More graves in the dark are dug;
Mercy taken for revenge
And slaughtered even before-
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A simple pattern
That makes perfect sense,
The rumor is scattered,
It goes, we know not whence.
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Rules are rules,
Like not breaking them;
Signs don’t speak
But yet is clear.
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Riches are given
But never enough-
To quench a man’s greed.
Secrets are in heaven,
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Younger than the morrow,
Too grown to be a man;
Clothed like a rainbow,
Pride ruined the plan.
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Fear has become
The weather in my soul;
Shocking like the breeze
That sets lose the cold.
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The faces we know
Are the faces we trust;
Yours I have lost
So the answer is “no”
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As the heart beats,
Days get older,
Shoulders get colder;
It’s just what it is,
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Simple soul,
Servant of my destiny;
Watch my ways unfold
Like the curtains of royalty.
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Old traveler on the road
Whistling out in the blistering cold
Serving as a guide through the damp
Is the little mould of light on a lamp.
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Lonely in a garden of thoughts,
Missing spaces like queue of dots;
Measuring the length of my flaws,
Sobbing like a babe with no nurse.
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My world is my faith,
I hold it so true;
Explains to me the hate,
Turns my doubt to clue.
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Dawning earlier than sunrise
As at the waking of softest dues
Every moment formed before the eyes
Newness calm as the blues
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The sky like a stage,
Where many a play-
Has moments to stay

As a home to belong,
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“Few more strokes to shore”
But you said that before
And yet no sign of freedom;
I am but a woman,
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Trading with sight so dim,
Deceived there’s nothing to lose
Including the soul within-
Trapped to pay wild dues;
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Of course! No grudges
It is paradise, no orgies

That vacuum of grudge is filled-
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