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Children of the Dust

CHILDREN OF THE DUST
FROM THE DUST WE WERE BORN
FROM THE DUST WE WERE GIVEN LIFE
WE WERE CRAFTED INTO BEINGS
CRAFTED TO WALK THIS SOIL AND BREATH THIS AIR
TO ENJOY AND REAP THE FRUITS OF THIS SOIL
GIVEN TIME WE EVOLVED FROM OUR RAW SELVES
AND DEVELOPED INTO GREAT BEINGS

SOME ARE IN THE AIR FLOATING WITH THE COUDS
SOME ARE THE STARS OF THE SKIES
ONLY WE THE CHILDREN OF THE DUST REMAIN IN THE DIRTY SOIL
ONLY WE THE CHILDREN OF THE DUST DO NOT EVOLVE
ONLY WE THE CHILDREN OF THE SOIL DO NOT SEE THE STARS
ALL WE SEE IS THE DARK SKY
WE KNOW NOT OF SOMETHING CALLED HAPPINESS, JOY OR SMILE
OUR MOUTHS ARE TENSE TO PRODUCE A SMILE
OUR EYES ARE BLIND TO SEE THE LIGHT
OUR LEGS ARE WEAK TO STAND ON THIER OWN
WE NEED A SHOULDER TO STAND UPON

WE ARE THE CHILDREN OF THE DUST
WE FOLLOW THE WHISTLES OF THOSE IN THE SKIES
WE ARE SLAVES TO THE HEARTS OF THOSE ABOVE US
THEY HAVE IMPRISIONED US
WE ARE BEGGARS OF NOT ONLY FOOD BUT OF THE WORD AS WELL
BEGGING TO BE FREED FROM THE WORLD OF DARKNESS IN WHICH WE LIVE IN
ALL WE SEE WHEN WE LOOK IN THE SKIES IS ONLY THE DARKNESS
WHICH BRINGS US DESPERATION
DESPERATION OF FOOD HAPPINESS AND LOVE

ONLY US THE CHILDREN OF THE DUST ARE CRAFTED TO REMAIN DIRTY
OUR EYES ARE LIKE THE SPRING WHICH FOREVER FLOWS
THE TEARS WE CRY HAVE NOW FILLED THE RIVERS OF THIS EARTH

WE ARE THE CHILDREN OF THE DUST
WE LOOKED UP THE SKIES IN SEARCH OF YOUR FACE
BUT ALL WE SAW WAS THE EYES OF THOSE IN THE SKIES CALLING THEMSELVES GODS
WE LISTENED AND LISTENED FOR YOUR VOICE
BUT WE HEARD NOT YOUR CALLING
WE WAITED FOR YOUR HAND TO PULL US OUT OF THE MUD WE CALL LIFE
OUT OF THIS DUST THAT WE LIVE UPON

ON THIS DARKNESS WE CALL DAY
WE FALL DOWN AND WITH OUR DIRTY FACES
WE LOOK UP AND ASK
OUR CREATOR WHY HAVE YOU FORSAKEN US
WHY HAVE YOU DEPRIVED US THE SKILLS TO EVOLVE
THE SKILLS TO STAND TALL TO THE SKIES
WHY ARE WE FOREVER THE CHILDREN OF THE DUST

WE LIVE OUR DUSTY DARK DAYS WAITING FOR THE TIME WE ARE BURIED DEEP WITH THOSE WHO WERE IN THE SKIES

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Faraz Ajmal Date: 6/11/2017 2:54:00 PM A very beautiful written poem, I ve read your other poems also and I like the idea of what you re trying to tell the world from your poems, yeah It s true we re born from dust and will end up in it however I m new on this site and would really appreciate if you could find time to read my poems and give your honest reviews about them Login to Reply Abdullah Gofa Moruakgomo Date: 6/13/2017 4:01:00 PM Thank you very much, yes i will read your poems....don't worry we writers are never wrong, just because the readers don't understand our writtings doesn't mean our words are wrong....PLEASE LETS WRITE THE WORDS WITHIN US THROUGH POETRY.