JOSEPH ABUTU Poems

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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