Tony Adah Poems

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371.
A Promise

She was promised a rose
Carefully sequestered in a heart
Beautiful and firm whorls
The rose though with a thorn never
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372.
Liberty's Light Is Dim

Freedom beckons from a far harbour
Liberty holds her torch
And the world black and white
Blue and green converge
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373.
Final Home

There's no place like a grave
A home you don't struggle to build
Away from the hustling bustling of the world
Naked you came, naked you have gone
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374.
Broken Friendship

Injuries to my wealth are beginning
To gather scars
Flies have lost hope in their source of food
And they are thinning out in droves
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375.
Going To Where I Do Not Know

I am going home
To where I do not know
They say there is everything and bliss there
That place hmmm that place!
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376.
Master Of All

Man loves to hate man
That is why he is the master of all
Lesser men are his okro
He plants and it grows taller than him
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377.
The World In Fear

Fear grips the world by the jugular
And the painful shadow if war
Looms above the earth
Religion the pacifier
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378.
Those Who Refused To Attend Farm

The sun hung up high in the sky
And the earth was hot and humid
A hell kite dropped to scoop a chick
In its mortal claws
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379.
When A Poet Writes

In bed asleep I often think
That I am sitting on my writing desk
A haze of ideas smothering
And pressing me down
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380.
I Have No Wings To Fly

I have no wings to fly
I have no legs to walk
I have no friend to hold
I am alone
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