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The Hero In Me

With a shade of colourless eyes
Have I looked upon a world of discrimination 
My nature is a rare form of uniqueness
And I defile every race by description 

Golden hair on pale silver skin 
An African white woman of Timbuktu  kin
I have danced to the tune of my mockery 
With  teary eyes have I smiled at victory

Sharp edged stares may pierce me daily 
Yet I walk head high and  step most steady 
Though the sun remains a foe that tortures 
Still I conquer it with protective amours 

I scowled at the honey tongues of lying lovers
Professing love only to taste my rare fairness
I read through their lines but read in between better
For this fragile,ignorant creature was fully harnessed 

I have been belittled, scoffed  and shaken
And redefined by several ethnic culture  
I have been judged,ignored and broken
I have been worshipped,feared and obscured 

But I created the burning hero in Me
And won my inner battle the greatest battle to be
For i embraced my deepest weakness
And savoured every drop of success 

I am that nature's mysterious creation
A shortsighted being with farther vision
I betrayed my timidity and trampled its shell 
I am a story and this story I tell 

By: Adams O Elizabeth 

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If Ever You Should Err

The strength that I have found 
My comfort and my pride 
I know no other being 
That gives such love to me

You are my hope and bliss
The face I crave to kiss
My dearest darling Angel 
Rare beauty that I must tell 

If ever should you err
My love for you remains 
For in you I do believe 
And this reason I forgive 

Love me the way you can 
And crown me a lucky man
For love to me is you 
So sincere and so true 

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The Plight of Albinos

Alas they as are born as albinos
What is more for them to undergo 
Though contracted in a bow of woe
Don't they also deserve to be known?

Now ask I where is the tie
That binds one being to another 
When one race lives high
And place inferiority on the other 

O what causes this shot of madness
To such a loving nature 
Could it be the habits of loneliness 
In which they take no pleasure 

When men mock the creator's scope 
Their imaginations becomes barren 
What image feeds desires and hopes 
When all they seek for is a reason 

In the bitterness of their wounded spirit 
Life becomes a channel of blur grace 
Why exist such scornful superiority 
From a different color race 

Now the tenderness of acceptance pass them by
For I dare to ask if it is a crime 
Must albinos forever in heart cry 
Since they exist from a different color line

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Albinos Are Made To Shine

Speak of us as wonderful beings 
Whose uniqueness respects no race

Made to shine and made to stand out 
Epitomizing the beauty that nature holds

With blond hair on pale silver skin 
Pure hazel eyes expressing class

The secrets in our dancing eyes 
Attracts the fancy of every onlooker 

With every stride we command heads 
To turn and marvel at our looks

Rare is our kind, inferior to none
Born to lead and born to conquer 

For the agelessness of our essence 
Crowns us a show of pure elegance 

BY: Adams Elizabeth Oyarese 

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Facing the Unknown

I adapted to my pain 
And felt it's existence no longer 
Sometimes facing the unknown 
Makes it less a wonder 

My mockery became my amour 
And yes! it shielded me 
For in the absence of the sun
The moon must learn to shine 

A thousand times did I crawl
In the dark 
And collided with unseen objects
Still now I run in the same darkness
And need not any light 

In this scar was a flesh so broken 
I never thought could heal 
In this night i was once asleep
And never dreamt to be awoken

But of all things said and done 
And for every hurdle come
I have put a foot ahead 
And steadily I count my steps 

I was that seed buried and forgotten 
I was that onion that once was rotten 
Yet in my rot did I germinate 
And out of the ground I propagate 

BY: Adams O Elizabeth 
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If You Knew

IF YOU KNEW 

If you knew it would be the last time 
To see your loved ones sleep 
Will you not tuck them tightly  
And pray their soul to keep ?

If you knew it would be the last time 
To see them walk through the door 
Will you not give them a  kiss
And call them back for more ?

If you knew it would be the last time 
You would hear their voice in praise 
Will you not record every line
And play them back in days ?

If you knew it would be the last time 
For them to say 'i love you'
Would you think of a better time 
To say you also do ?

If you knew it would be the last time 
You both have to share a day 
Will you not plead eternal sunshine 
So that day won't slip away?

If you knew it would be the last time 
For you to kiss so long 
Would you say there would be another 
To make up for that wrong ?

Though there would be many chances 
But if this is all you get 
Will you not love like you are in a trance
And hope they won't forget?

Tomorrow is not certain
To young and old alike 
Today may be the last day 
You get to share a hike 

Why should you leave for tomorrow 
What you can do right now ?
So if tomorrow never comes 
You will not say a wasted vow 

Just go that extra mile
It may be their last wish
Give them a kiss or smile 
Do not wait until you are rich 

 Hold your loved ones tight 
Hold them very close
Tell them your dreams at night 
Give then even a rose

Take special time to say
'I love you', 'thank you' or 'do not worry'
So if tomorrow never stays
You will not feel so sorry

By:Adams Elizabeth Oyarese 
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When Suicide Knocks

If someday the tables turn
And i live a life of endless scorn
If my loved ones choose to leave
And their affections to another give
If poverty reclaims my pockets
And i shed tears to fill a bucket 

If i wallow in the embrace of self pity
And relocate to a hopeless city
If the dusk crowns my days of failure
And the dawn my dreams recapture
If i struggle with the burden of depression
And look upon life with a hazy vision
If the rains water no olive of bliss
And my lips the feet of frustration kiss

Would i welcome a rope around my neck
And drink from a most venomous cup?
Would i leave a note by my death bed
And make in vain the bowing of my mama's head?
Would i recreate my woes when i fail not to fail
And gobble up my demise as i be not to be?
Would i dance to the dirge of my oblivion
And succumb to the torments of public opinion?
Would I leave an action so worthy to emulate ?
If my steps i erase from life's own slate?

All these shall i ponder when suicide knocks
And then i shall look upon life's own clock
Amidst the tears,depression and gray
I shall say to death ;"No,not today!"

For i will picture the smile on my face
When someday my victory shall bring much grace
For i rather sell my death
 to buy another day
Than betray my dreams and walk in death's way.
By: Adams .O. Elizabeth 
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My Precious Flower

Someday when my land is more fertile 
And my gardener is ready to toil
I shall welcome you my precious flower 
And nurture you in my soil

Faced with responsibility and emotion
Humbled by the reality of obligation 
I am compelled to be a coward 
Too afraid to make you my own 

I am a poor and naive flowerpot
Lacking the nutrients to keep a flower 
I own no tool to make your bed
Or gold enough to maintain your petals

So, keep you away I must for now
To embark on making life better
Soon on a finer day you shall return 
Under a more suitable weather 

For someday, my dearest one
When I am brave enough to hold you
I shall love and keep you in my bosom
And grow you with care to blossom 

By: Adams Elizabeth Oyarese 
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A Hungry Fire

She blew a goodbye kiss to mummy 
And off into the school she scampered 
Exchanging pleasantries and last night's stories 
And looking forward to dusk to get pampered 

A busy day it was at school 
Anticipating the end of day 
Oh! yes the bell finally came through 
Off to the bus as it led the way 

An excited mother has made a dish 
And smiles at the newly bought party dress
My daughter would try this after her stew of fish 
Once she is home and undressed 

Alas ! the awaiting inferno
Beings are burnt to worthless ash
With wailing whispers and twisted groans 
Oh mummy! oh mummy! the fire comes in a flash 

Still the waiting mother,waits but in vain
Oblivious to her daughter's severe pain 
Until the news is brought to light 
And it did leave her in such a fright

With melancholy she beholds the cremation 
Yeh! Moremi! my only daughter 
Has become a fuel for incineration
Lost and vanished in a hungry Fire

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Africa a Home For All

Like the River Nile she flows with food and culture 
With natural resources and unrefined treasure 
Nurtured and moulded by noble ancestry 
With such quality and beauty of the ebony 
Her head remains lifted in unique royalty 
Like Mount Kilimanjaro standing proud and tall 
She remains unshaken, a home for all