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Best Poems Written by Eclidah Sema

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Where the Lilies Bloom

I have seen and known the stories
Our writers have depicted, denoted
Our artists have painted
Pain so passionate
We indulge in misconception
So we may forget the hurt of each day
But i know and i have seen  a place
Where the lilies bloom

Where the scent of air sweetened  with nectar
Where streams  run clean with waters
Where the wild is neither brutal nor aggressive
Where the silence is a mode of communication
Where clouds form to rain
And not flood the land
Water logging soil
Where beauty has  no definition
I have seen the place
However  far  from home
A place where  the Lilies Bloom

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Young Love

He was gentle and soft
Like leaf painted fig tree
He wore patience like a coat of honor
Careful not spill words lest he  hurt a  heart  vulnerable
My first lover on Earth
Graced me like i was cup or glass
Tilted at the side  of the  table
Like an egg lifted off of  the tray
And  yet, i oh the unthankful!
Pushed  stones  and  rocks and caused hurt
Painted broken pictures  of what 'Us' would be
Stabbed him with words 
Who walked away from me
Like  swords drawn from an angry commander i..
I was still talking, hundreds of phrases  spilling  from my mouth 
Like an  angry psycho  maniac 
I  could calculate all the  things  i said  down to zero
But who is keeping count?

then  days past, after other days
days past... like passing winds and  written stories
the stories of  'Us' was a Cliche
And it never rained
i was  choking  into the  dryness of  the  air
warm as the coal from the  mines
It never rained and i could feel draught land  on ma home grounds
lacerated by the  unquenchable thirst of  what you used to do
do make me  feel...
My heart still holds tender  the  memories
Yet months pass when the two unraveled epics
would never be told
we hold still in silence
i never knew you.... you never knew me
then months found  their  way into months
and years  their way into  years

And yet today i have been reminded
Of High School memories
When a  young woman found  no pride  in love
And no shame in words of the epitome of  her heart
I have been reminded to mend  the broken strings
To make  right my wrongs
And if  it fits the purpose
i will lift my feet to find him
hmm... fear takes  over
and  i hesitate
do wish me luck

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Time Or Death

Time hasn't taken from us what he would not give to it,
time  doesn't take from  us what we  didn't give to him,
Time  doesn't snatch  from our hands what we sincerely protected,
And yet death requires no authority to take  from man what is cherished;
When man has launched war  against his fellow man,
When oblivion has stripped  me off of family.

Oh! take from me what  is precious
but do not rob off of my childhood
For  while  this time may pass me by 
we will catch up -
-with the wonderful memories of our past in future,
Yet if the darkness and  coldness of grave has encompassed me,
How would I remember the days of my innocence?
Cant the wise declare war  against death? 
For  even if time passed,
And we wailed away our  hurt,
When old  age approaches, 
With irretrievable deformity:
That snatches sight from eyes,
Strength from knees to carry me,
Withe  the De-coloring of my hair
When  memory deflects to oblivion
Not  out of choice but incapacity to fight for my life
And the shades of my side surge breath off of my nostrils  
I chose death over time 
That it may be held liable for murder,
For  death has snuggle into the hands of time
To disregard old-age 
And take from man what is of value
Take the wise  and leave the world to obliterate  
Of the young and unwise 
Until the  world goes to ruin
and so like  the hopeless romantics on  screen played episodes
I write that:
"When you see the falling  tears 
Know that today is the day i  am  allowed to cry"
Not out of  strength 
But out of the weakness of my heart 
its OK for me to crush glasses
and burn favorite letters
It's OK  if i  got to  sleep without food
It's  of if remain sunken, sulking till  dawn 
It's OK if i spent sleepless nights wondering  who will care for  me
Because i refuse to blame time that has had  us build so many wonderful memories With  my  loved one
I hold it against death for though he taken so much  
His greed wont grant him satisfaction;
So when u see  the falling tears,
Know  that today its okay  for me to cry!

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I Felt Lost

it was a muggy day
like every other
times  passed
but i couldn't find way
all i needed was mother
and yet ma prolonged days
would never give to me what i rightfully deserved
stuck at cross roads we
wavering at passers by, we
haul the cold desert night in patience, we
hold fast till the  morning has come for, we
are reminded of the days to come, we
refuse to  subdue despite the  pain, we
refuses  to victimize our selves of t he pain, we
know in the best words of the  wise that:
"a war that can never be won must always be fought"

and yet after so much courage i still felt lost
out alone, alone at last, i struggle,
to pull ma act together i refuse
to swallow ma tears, i
Crush!!
hold me together' i fall
Apart
mine is a broken mirror glass
like pieces of me scattered on the floor
for now  more  than ever
i  feel lost

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The Heart of a Poet

The crushing night left me with little remorse
We approach down;
The hauling wind doesn't take so much from
The beast that ripped ma clothes off,
Hearts be passing, 
we see through a chest - cracked open
The trumpet of ma heart beat
Doesn't forget to remind me to dance to this sad melody
Yes you KNOW, you have seen..
THE HEART OF A POET