Roland Nkwah Cho

Long are their hours of labour!
Servants with no eye on the clock…
In this slow drowning aridity!
Still protesting; though no longer in tight holes!
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Calmly and elegantly you flow!
Deeply my imagination you blow!
Like a kingly bed is your flatness,
Like milked-coffee is your brownness!
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Mistakes made and acknowledged
Mistakes made and abolished
Mistakes not made but assumed
Mistakes made but consumed
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Rulers in our nation abound
Rulers for whom Ours is a playground
Rulers more vocal than practical
Rulers more tactical than technical
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See me the way I am
Take me for whom I am
Know me for what I am
And then, you'll know real me!
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I saw you first a long time ago
When you seemed just beginning to grow.
I got into your arms,
And round me you clad your arms.
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To Her I came for sustenance!
In Her open arms I sheltered, though still trembling;
Because Her arms remained wide open to fall out of
Though still vulnerable or so I felt,
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People talk and people invite or visit
Talk about Home, invite or visit Home
People visit and visit again and maybe again
‘Cos there’s something to talk about or visit
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We must stand up now
We must start the fights; fights not fought or forgotten!
Why do we see ourselves more unable to do what we can?
Why do we always think the West can help us or should help us?
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You are in everyone and in everything,
Spoken of by everyone.
Your seven-lettered name evokes reactions.
Good are some, bad are others:
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When love was ‘she’, everyone needed her!
When love was love, men enjoyed her and could die for her.
Women gave her life, and love meant love!
Children had homes, and streets had pedestrians.
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As you go about, remember to be wise!
Love has lost its ears, and now has four eyes!
Tell her She made the world go round when she was true.
Today, it is hard not to say that she is through.
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I still kiss you in my dreams
And dream about you when I kiss
I’ll regain you someday, it seems.
You are the only thing I really miss!
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Out in the night so dark
I crave a moon so blue!
Wishing even lightning would spark
Just so I can see you!
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Like a bird perches on a greening lawn in early spring,
My eyes fell on that rare beauty and cost Reason its place.
A sudden feeling it was, and a genuine feeling I wished it were.
Wishing I could slide on dust, just to pamper if I could
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I know I don’t know much,
But I know how much I love you
I know I don’t have much,
But I know how much I owe you
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For being Black, I am feared!
But by some I am revered.
Because I am Black explorers "Treat" me.
Since I have darker skin employers cheat me.
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That you are beautiful, this I know
Because we are!
That you will come safely, this I know
Because we pray so!
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Of you, I can swear anything
For you, I will do anything
With you, there is no fear of anything
Like you, there are few in many ways!
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Just promises you never stop making
Promises you never can deliver.
Promises you’ve made, promises forgotten
“Strong Juju-Man” you claim to be
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