Bewitching Smile

Do not cry more my child
No more thoughts of bilk
Betrayal is this world’s rites``
Bewitching smile is its dress

Somewhere in this world of perfidy 
I kept forgetting my songs of lullaby   
Even the breast milk you drank 
Tasted the sadness of this treachery

You had grown drinking it
Gained the knowledge of knowing it
Still you are weak to oppugn
Bewitching smile is its gown

They are here who acts like near
They are here who betrayed your mother
They have wealth and they have power
They reborn with merciless eyes and ears

Do not cry more my child
Try to forget and forgive
Betrayal is this world’s rites``
Bewitching smile is its dress

We have the color of black soil
We have the power of Black Panther
They may fire our dreams and hope
But we will resurrect for a great reap
Copyright © | Year Posted 2005

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January 1, 2016 at 10:59 AM
John, pleasure to read :) HAVE YOURSELF A HAPPY January 1st. ...... SKAT
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January 29, 2012 at 2:31 PM
Great poem! My fav. is the last stanza... :) Thanks for sharing, Love, J.
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