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Best Poems Written by Esther Mhango

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Tales of the night

When i wrote
The absence of sleep was a conducive environment for the cultivation of what i called hidden truths that were watered each time sleep desserted these eyes  and when my brain sought comfort in the company of letters of the alphabet that i arranged and rearranged till dawn yielding beautiful symphonies at times or discovering mysteries that yearned the company of some more sleepless nights to uncover their meaning but now sleepless nights are a punishment i face in the absence of words where silence haunts and words are a source of excruciating pain because in the absence of synching words a sleepless night is a capital punishment i have to endure before dawn paves way to day light

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Giants Fall

They said i was not good enough
Good enough to waste a glance on
They claimed i was not strong enough
Strong enough to fight battles alongside them
They assumed i was not brave enough
Brave enough to face their acclaimed barriers
They inferred i was not confident enough
Confident enough to stand for my beliefs 
They presumed i was not conversant enough 
Conversant enough to understand the set standards of society 
They reckoned i was not learned enough
Learned enough to take a seat in their circle
They speculated i was not great enough
Great enough to ignite a fire of change
They concluded i was not worthy enough
Worthy enough to make a difference 

I reflected within the walls of self 
and i saw something different from what they saw
They thought they had crushed me enough to keep me down
I arose and dusted myself and decided to walk an extra mile
Because i am good enough for a second glance
I am  derf enough to carry the shield and fight battles
I am courageous enough to knock down obstacles 
in my way
I am self assured  enough of what i believe in
I am well acquainted of the set standards of society 
(Also i refuse to habituate myself to the limitations set by society)
I am erudite enough to have my ideas heard amongst great minds
(After all lessons are drawn from failed attempts, that's why learning remains an ongoing process)
I am significant enough to trigger a series of modification events
I am revered enough to stand out amongst a group of greats
I know the value that i hold
And i know there's more to me than what people think
they raised giants on my path
So i Knocked them down and kept moving 
If you ask me, i will tell you
I'm reaching for the stars