Goodbye Africa Poems

"My Time is Done"

As I sit here,
And look back on my life,
I see all the things,
I've known, seen and strife.

I've had my ups and had...

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Sometimes a writing does not make sense 
But I writer has to write something 
Through barriers,you find yourself 
As I pick up my pencil 
I...

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Upon this rock, was my fate etched
By the hands of Akooke Olemo. 
I lingered on her laps like mummy’s boy,
Though my own blood at me,...

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Date:  April 2041

It's been one week now. There
Was no sign of the Black China 
Men. The other Hakim family 
Members decided to take residence...

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Jack turned to tell Africa goodbye
transparent rhinos were running past his third eye
he had never felt more loved, but he had to go
knowing he would...

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I'm going to Uvongo
Just me, my cat, and I
I'm saying good bye to Franschhoek
where I watched my darling die
To many, it's a great place 
where...

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Couples like you 
Give me hope 
That singles like me 
Will get through all of the debris 
And finally have a life that is free

Couples...

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Rwanda’s African sunset is pulsing with charm
The sun glides away in her entirety here
Waving goodbye to a lone Baobab tree
Could it ever get any prettier?...

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Once upon an age, you twinkle like star,
Far so high; among others, up the sky.
Even your parents wonder what you are!

Before birth, both admire your...

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He died Today
I've been praying for so long
Days and weeks, months and years 
At last he died 

I run, I jump, I shout, I Scream...

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Faster!  faster!!  faster!!! 
Screaming in piercing silence 
Rising up to the matter 
Like eating delicious dinner in trance 

Harder!  harder!!  harder!!!...

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In every beLIEve, there is a lie
Which lay hold on your mind; a tie 
Like sweats dripping from glands to dry 
For feeble is it...

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I
Times when one had right to stop one's Beloved
From leaving on a trip, urgent but uncovered
For these times. Omicron has made Africa notorious
But Level 1...

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As I watched the blue sky,
I realized time lives to fly, 
Just another day it was July,
It's a blessing we did not die,
Now we're about...

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Mama don't.... 
I saw her bitterly crying
Covered in pain of losing her
The little boy watching from a distance
Guilt could not spare her motherly nature
Played a...

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