Lonely Africa Poems

When whispers shout out pain in silence
And echoes rejoice in gladness
A crowd of smiles in absence
Yet the back bone spares no one regardless
I get to...

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In fields where wheat shines bright as gold,
A family's tale of love unfolds.
Mother, father, fires aglow,
Brother's shelter through wars that blow.

The night is long, the...

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Never enough
Am looking for something 
Am still figuring out life 
My Mind over life matters
I can't escape my star
The more I live the more I...

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Lonely caterpillar, roaming around wondering what your purpose is, why the butterflies are so beautiful and you are you! Crawling around, getting ready to sleep,...

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I'm lonely 
Everyone takes me for fun 
Thinking its just a story 

Deserted by the one whom I loved 
She promised me 
So I gave...

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Mercury
An Angel Having Recently Visited You
Sent back Metal Film
of Your Ancient shores
Cratered silver with loneliness

the Humming of Silver Tides
Or discs bent longingly
With long lonely empty...

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In the bleak night, ‘pon lonely street of Capitol Bye Pass,
Mine stomach’s growl, louder than thunder’s clash,
Mine lips, pink and cracked like parched earth’s skin,
I...

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Riding on the longest road taken 
on the filthy path not yet walked
building Mecca without its bricks
The Kaaba stood  on lonely strip

who is bold...

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Heavy thoughts stirred his sleep
waiting for him in his limbo
His past drifted away like fleeting clouds
returning vaguely, like lurking shadows
Visions drizzling through his future past
stranded...

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Burnt and dry
in crimson red and foggy smoke
children of perdition littered in it
Let every mother warn her child.
The street is strict.

Death has found their children.
on...

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Nigeria, the country I love. the fertile continent
The colossus of Africa
I salute my lovely country

We are abundantly gifted with natural resources 
From the north to...

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Fragments of a dream falls into place for me to see
Of all the things life's meant for me  to be
One day I'll find my...

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Healthy lonely life 
I know the rich also cry 
Cos am sure they are not God 
They got material pride
Yet that does not guarantee their...

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It can't always be nice 
You once had a dream 
Now I see you struggling at the top 
Yes that very top of your wishes
I...

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In my loneliness, I lie in my bed
hopelessly listening to the chirping of crickets
The consoling breeze blowing from the cracks of my window
whistling tunes that...

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