Chime Hilary Uchenna Poems

AFRICA

(to africans in diaspora)
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distanced we sat, barred from
spoken words
masked, our lives became one
volume of thoughts race
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beautiful mermaid,
eyes, of mine solitary soul
out of depth of your heart;
cast a glance!
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tensed we watched
as our fathers before us, has done
we watched as dawn streaks across the neighing sky
another day has come
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My father,
out of your seeds
emerged i,
millions of us swarm across the eggling waters
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heavenly guest
heralding thunderously
in its own awake
pelting on men
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i appreciate
adore
praise
envy
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if you have a door
guide it well,
secure it jealously
for it is a passage for all
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we have a cause
we all have a noble cause
we had a dream,
we all dreamt a hopeful dream
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death 1

if one can capture death
and have it arraigned in the court of peoples heart
...