stephen yusuf Poems

A branded opium of a civil soul
A smile, a guile guided and girded
Bereaved a grown appetite to starvation
Drawn a dry throat to thirst
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Her one whole self-arranged, put on seat and fully seated
Adjusted errors, staggering smoothed verses of terror
Her coordinated peeped open-teeth beamed in glorious glow
Smiles sprouting like lightning amidst ray storms
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I pray for dawning, to this night our heart is aching
Help us dear Lord or we can't make it.

A week ago this news goes
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Faith is divine,
peace is divine,
Likewise the growth of fruits on a vine.
The slender tree creep its weak flexible stem around the surrounding stage
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Life that some may live, some give
Sacrifice? Martyrdom? Slavery? —while others Clive
A moment with our surfing breath, a lifetime without it drive
Eternity, a twisted truth more real than faith thrive
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