Sookdeo Manansingh Poems

We left our motherland of India on a journey west
with the hope that we would live life to the best

together we considered ourselves jahaghis on the boat
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Tubal Uriah 'Buzz' Butler fought for workers labored in the oil
to highlight the right of safety while in the night they quietly toil

Trinidad and Tobago celebrates his legacy with a public holiday
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In the balcony close to the roof of the house
when in the moment of introspection I douse
to separate from the struggles each day
I listen to the whispers of silence and pray
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In the balcony close to the roof of the house
when in the moment of introspection I douse
to separate from the struggles each day
I listen to the whispers of silence and pray
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Poetry has flowed in my veins since writing in school
and I wanted to share my love like a bath in the pool

I would pen on paper to express the love from my heart
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