The Sweet Nectar Of Poetry Poem by Kenneth Maswabi

If I was a bird
I will be a hummingbird
Not afraid to soak myself in nectar
And pour the formula for youthful existence
Into the vein of life
If I was thunder
I will not hold onto my skills
I will just let the rain fall
Under the palm of Silence
If I was a mosquito
I will not use my quill to cause pain
I will write a million poems about Spain
And maybe listen to Spanish guitar (Toni Braxton)
All night long
If I was a river
I will pour myself a glass of water
Not because I am thirsty
But because I am alive
If I was the sky
I will open my curtains
And show off my garden
Not to reveal my secrets
But to pray for rain
If I was the moon
I will open every window of my heart
And let the moonlight fall through the crevices of my soul
Into the house of humanity
May be then
Humanity will find its heart
And leave my garden alone
If I was planet earth
I will grow poems
On every grain of soil
And let life be a book of poetry

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