TIME WAITS FOR NOBODYOn a sunny day
Right in my parlour
Laying on the couch
I was going through my phone
Then I paused for a moment
Because of the sound of our wall clock.
The time keeps ticking
Every second
You see how busy nature is
Why sitting without labouring?
Don't choose comfort
At the age of labour
Then you...
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Categories:
my children, africa, children, christian, community,
Form: Didactic
Leaders Of Tomorrow
Been around the world
seen some strange sights in my time
and looking back
my favourite is a roadway sign
of yellow and black
viewed in the U.S.A.
which read
(intellectually challenged?)
'SLOW CHILDREN AT PLAY'
...
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Categories:
my children, children, humor, language, leadership,
Form: Rhyme
unheardi remember being a child
longing for someone to hear my scream
a scream i never screamed
a cry i never cried
feeling like i was the only one with eyes
wishing someone was wise enough to see
what was happening
begging someone to realize
how broken
my lonely heart really was...
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Categories:
my children, child, child abuse, children,
Form: Free verse
Heartbreaking In Leaves
A tree birthed in girl's heart behind the window
Wherever, however, old Aspens are made —
And God was in green's time, Christ coming in gold.
The solo leaf that before my look just swayed —
She dropped in the dark, though would her lost life grow.
While at Autumn's end, I remember her shade —
Tree limbs...
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Categories:
my children, angst, children, devotion, growth,
Form: Rispetto
A funeral for myselfIt was a funeral for myself
And I still haven't buried her yet
The sky opened up and released its anger
Rained down in grief and sadness
The only other witness to her multiple deaths
The world built her to break
It was too late to save her
For she was now unrecognisable
In a casket crafted from pain...
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Categories:
my children, death, discrimination, funeral, prejudice,
Form: Free verse
REALITY OF LIFEWhen you're hot
I mean when you start
Glowing or winning
Instead of them to flow
They start looking for faults
Bringing the past you've outgrown to shine
Just to bring you down
Stay strong, so they won't think their plots or plans have been manifested.
When you're happy
They'll do anything
To make you bored
Just to see you...
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Categories:
my children, africa, children, community, deep,
Form: Didactic
BE TOLD, STAY BOLD AND TAKE HOLDBe Told
What worth a thousand
Can't be attained with hundreds
To know the degree
You must measure
To get to the top of a tree
You have to climb it.
Stay bold
If you're working on it
It will surely work out
When you give it your all
There must be an outcome
Even if not immediately but it's certain.
Take...
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Categories:
my children, africa, children, community, deep,
Form: Didactic
I'VE SEEN IT ALLI've seen it all
Very crystal clear
How people
Judge and condemn
What they don't understand or can't control.
I've seen it all
Without a blurry vision
How people spit at you
When you hit the rock bottom.
I've seen it all
The support is small
When you're building
But very massive
When you start winning.
I've seen it all
I keep contemplating...
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Categories:
my children, africa, children, community, deep,
Form: Narrative
Illegitimate ChildI was born in absence—
not just of a father,
but of the myth of one.
Raised by silence,
I searched for manhood
in shadows and wounds.
My name is Oedipus rewritten—
not in fate,
but in affection never given.
My sister wears men like seasons,
because no one taught her
what protection felt like.
A home is soul-architecture:
a mother to nurture,
a father to protect.
Remove one—
the child...
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Categories:
my children, character, child, childhood, children,
Form: Free verse
MESSAGE TO THE YOUTHSIf you want to go far in life
Reduce your circle
The people you share your dreams with
It's not about numbers, but loyalty
Make a long table, helping others
So you can be stable
When ever you're not capable
So you'll be able, to get where you want to be.
If you want to be
Liked by people
Start...
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Categories:
my children, africa, children, christian, community,
Form: Didactic
ROOTS AND WINGS
There are two vital gifts we can give our children…
two important things….
The first would be to give them roots…
the second would be wings.
The roots we give them grow out of love and acceptance…
and knowing, when needed, you will always be nearby…
Their wings they get when we help them believe in themselves
and give them confidence to...
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Categories:
my children, children,
Form: Rhyme
REDEMPTIONEvery tribe, a savior
That's why we have
Different religion
Every person, a choice
That's why everyone
Has who they endowed.
Every time or season
Someone is risen
Base on some reasons
To liberate his or her people
So they don't live in bondages
Suffering from past ancestral mistakes.
If you don't wake up
You'll always initiate
Break ups
Because...
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Categories:
my children, africa, children, community, deep,
Form: Narrative
SilenceAutumn leaves
fall slow
a child's questions
left hanging
in digital silence.
My fingers trace
letters that will not
hold still
b becomes d
was becomes saw
help becomes
nothing.
The maple outside
my bedroom window
drops one red leaf,
then another,
marking time
the old way.
Mom's phone buzzes:
Car arriving in 3 minutes
Pizza en route
Package delivered.
But no alert sounds
for the moment
understanding
slips away
from me.
No GPS tracks
the distance
between
what I know
and what
I need to...
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Categories:
my children, children, education, student,
Form: Free verse
Take Back The Streets
There used to be a time I can still remember when
but times have changed they're not the same
we have to roll the rock turn back the clock
things are going wrong something's gone astray
the streets are yours and mine
let's make them safe for kids to play
the good old days do you still remember then
those days are...
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Categories:
my children, children, city, how i
Form: Rhyme
The Gaza’s Stolen ChildhoodEvery forty-five minutes, thirty children vanish—
not into memory, but into blood and rubble.
The soil of Gaza drinks the tears of mothers,
while those in power sip wine behind closed doors.
This is not war.
It is business—
and crime is its most profitable currency.
Why should we entrust justice to those who profit from injustice?
Why should we plead with architects...
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Categories:
my children, betrayal, child, child abuse,
Form: Free verse
Specific Types of My Children Poems
Definition | What is My Children in Poetry?