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Best Poems Written by Marilyn Shila

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Beautiful Rain

How beautiful is the rain

that flows in my veins 

from the sky to my head

and falls down to the thirsty ground



When I speak listen says Rain

but they don't understand me when I talk

and they talk loudly with noise

and I sing a lullaby for those who listen

and cool the night with each single drop



Freshens the air and the weather

Regulating the temperature of every being 

Creating beautiful smell from a wet clay 

Hurray to the rain animals sing God gives water 

Hurray to the rain farmers sing God gives food 

Hurray to the rain nature sings we will all grow green

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Dear Nanny

Dear Nanny I wish for you to stay,
Stay and see me glow and grow old 
The bond between you and me is unbreakable 
I wish my home was your home 

Those sleepless nights you hold me in your arms 
Singing incomplete lullaby with some words swallowed with the big sleepy eyes widely opened 
I wish my home was your home.

Waking up seeing you is still the sweetest memory 
Your secret cuddles gave warmth to my bones 
Your love dwells in my heart and inspires my soul 
I wish my home was your home 

My thoughts told me you were my mommy,
Thinking that my mommy was the nanny
Because every second you had me on your back 
But I realized raising me was the source of your income
I wish my home was your home 

Your smile and purity fooled the reality
The laughter and songs made me feel at home 
I remember you used to kiss me secretly 
So that mama won’t yell at you
She says your mouth stinks but what I smell is love that genuine love 

I thought my poop was nice to smell with that smile on your face whenever you  changed my diapers
 but the smell was not that entertaining for now I can honestly smell and throwing up is to come 

I wish my home was your home 
That you could have stayed longer 
And I would have bought you a house if that was your dream 
Giving you a better life that was my dream 
And writing you a poem is what I can afford

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MARRIAGE

Finally I am wearing my white shiny dress 
Everyone around the world will see me on media
I’m getting married with the man of my dream 
Whom I vowed with only death will do us apart 

A new home a new neighborhood 
New duties and responsibilities have a family to lead 
This is the life I have been dreaming of 
And changes are always part of life 

On our 10th anniversary not as happy as the first one 
I don’t care much of where he goes and when he comes he neither does 
Living as friends that’s the best way to describe our relationship status 
The presents he buys are not as exciting as those we had before 

Why? They didn’t tell us that affection would collapse 
They didn’t tell us love would also fad 
But many couples look happy on pictures 
But pictures are not an actual reflection of the reality

But few survive they say love, understanding forgiveness, appreciation and tolerance, 
Is the reason for their survival 
Our ancestors know better than anyone else 
Learning more will help us survive.

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Oh Child

I was so glad to welcome you 
And it was such a joy to hold you 
Never wondered how life could’ve been without you 
For I wish My womb could never have carried you 

Feed baby feed on some milk 
Do not cry with fear i am right here 
Close your ears listen to what I want you to hear 
If I am to protect you with my life I would cover you in arms 
I know you are starving and my body is drying 
I can’t produce any more milk for I am starving too 
Oh child 

If I had knew tomorrow would bring war and harm you 
I would never wished for your existence 
My heart is bleeding my eyes are flooded with bloody tears 
Can’t imagine how lonely you might be 
Are there no mother angels please cuddle my child and tell him not to cry
Oh my dear child

I plead for peace 
I plead for Justice 
I plead for calmness 
Is it not what we are fighting for less worth than our lives 
Than the young children 
Is pointing guns at one another necessary than a talk on a table 
A talk on a table would save our tomorrow

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The Rock

My pen write
My heart speaks 
Of how my soul appreciate that one strong man 
Full of dust from head to toe 
Pushing those heavy wheelbarrow 
To earn for a bread 
Whose hands are those it is his family that awaits, awaits for him to share the bread 

My eyes have seen 
Of that wonderful woman 
Who’s turning black not only black but black as charcoal 
For the sun has no mercy for her beautiful skin 
Day and night with the bucket on her head 
She also believes a day in her life will be brighter than yesterday 
That she will no longer inhabit the wrinkles on her face and the cracked legs in her beautiful body.

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Sleep Joshua

I am not sure if you are having a peaceful rest
I may not know you but my heart feels you 
My bones feels your fear and trauma 
How scary it must have been in a land full of strangers
Being  tortured by the humans that could not even understand your pleading 
Yes they are humans and not animals 
And they a bit more scary than wild animals

Did they not know how dear you were to your mama 
Did they not know your father depends on your future 
Did they not know how hard you had struggled to be there 
Did they even not know that your country had trusted you 
How ruthless of them 

I wish I had not seen your picture for your sad face still dwells in my brain 
Imagining how scared you might have been and the pain you might felt breaks my heart into thousand pieces 

Do not be sad everything will be okay 
Sleep son sleep 
The Lord will pay for your injustice 
Sleep son sleep 
Your soul should rest for sure


Dedicated: Joshua Mollel

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BROTHERS

Brethren I write to you 
I Understand I wronged you 
And did not believe in you 

I gave the enemy my ear 
Forgetting what was our nia 
A wish that our ancestors shedded blood for 
Disunity easily scattered it 

My heart is bleeding not knowing when it will end 
My eyes are flooding with tears 
My arms are trembling with fear 
When I realize I pointed a gun at my brothers 

A wise man once said I’m not free 
Until my neighbors land is liberated 
Let’s join our hearts and hands to build a bridge 
That will bring everyone to the light and liberty 

The hands that will flee the enemy,
The enemy that have occupied our territories 
They made us starve while we have food in the farms 
Tanzanite in the mines and oil in the field 
Not only oil and fish in lakes and ocean.

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The Scar

How do you expect me to say 
that I don’t remember the day 
When you tied my leg in chain
It’s hard to burry the memory 
For my scars speaks of the pain 

The life is still the same 
they just changed the game 
And gave us new name
But the scars still speaks of the pain 

They say actions speak louder 
than the words of mouth 
We have seen enough but our ears never heard 
We were wonderfully created our color never had stains
Your today’s laugh should not make you forget of yesterday’s pain
But heal you and heal you completely.

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The Moon

When I look at the dark sky
I see the moon
Inside the moon I see the King
With the Crown
Sitting on the throne
Holding the book with a seal
Leaning on his knees 
And what do you see ?

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Remember the New covenant

From the time of Adam God left 
For they never kept his covenant 
And Noah received the instructions 
But they never followed 
And salvation was upon his house and judgement was upon the rest 

Do you remember Moses 
the man that God chose to save his people 
And he gave them the covenant that they never kept 
For the love that God has for his people 
He gave them a new covenant 
Through his son Emmanuel 
That is God with us 
God lived with his people through Jesus whom they rejected and killed 
The covenant that assures salvation from the spirit of death to life 
And gives assurance for the eternal life 

The new covenant not like that of our fathers that provided an adoption for us to be children of God and have the right to inherit in his kingdom 

For we all know what the new covenant is all about and if we don’t we should seek and learn 
For salvation and eternal life is only provided through knowing and keeping it 
For whoever adds to or subtract from the new covenant will be judged and will never enter heaven 
My pen is lacking ink for I wanted to write everything engraved in my heart