Samson Joseph Poems

'Mona, oh Mona, when will you ever understand

our mankind is not for your taking, as you smiled;
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A love sacred to the sinister garden
blossomed fruits set with arcane knowledge.
You are the original that danced,
among the ebony. The one with a heart … that
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In the waking of a crescent,
shadowed by my moon's blossomed heart..
I awake unto clear gem shores
Crystallized eyes peer. 'Such beauty
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Today my coffee is served
with tears from the newspaper
reading eyes. Paralyzing
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Would it be too much for you to rebel?
I pray you'll be unrestrained from the
burden and the hell. You can rise or dwell,
conquer or fall. Rise your phoenix above it
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