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JUST LET ME BE

To be or not to be
To smile or not to smile
To wave or not to wave.

A foe I must fight 
A stranger I must meet
A friend I must greet.

Why can't I just be
A face that no one knows
A voice that no one hears
A person that no one sees.

Why can't I just live
Buried in the rubble
Head underneath the sand
Eyes closed all the time.

So no one can say
I know who that is.

Copyright © Madonna Amah | Year Posted 2025



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Unshackle Me

The shackles that hold me
Visible to my eye alone.

The collar around my neck
Only cause I allow it.

The chains around my feet
Have bound me to this prison,

A prison I call home
But feels a dungeon.

The boulder on my chest
Shouldn't keep me so stunted,

But what a great locksmith 
I've turned out to be

An oppressor I have made me
To hold myself in place

And even when I try to
I cannot let me go.

A slave I have turned me
To serve until I'm dead.

But maybe someday
Unshackled I'll become.

Copyright © Madonna Amah | Year Posted 2025


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