Jude Uchella

There is an appointed place for you to be,
a position that suits your personality.
There is an office calling on you to man,
a staff waiting for your plan.
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Jesus is my friend,
I know he's no fiend.
In him i'm complete,
I can achieve any feat.
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There she stands,
five storey tall,
lofty with pride,
never to fall.
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Slowly, I walked through
the dark passage,
with eyes strained to follow
the path.
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I. The Occupants.
My days here have become
weeks
stuck in this tidy sewer that
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2012 is gone

2012 is gone and 2013 is born.
2012 the year we once anticipated,
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Deep within shells lies free will,
infant at birth and childhood
feeble like legs of aged Achebe
jailed with motive for greater good.
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The lanky linguistic lad of language,
who decades past trod the slimy passage
and sauntered slow into our wacky world,
leaving the durance to our advantage.
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Everyone has the power to make a change,
to stand up to any challenge.
Everyone can make it to the top,
and avoid being a flop.
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Outside in the dark I see nothing,
save the stars in the sky smiling.
The night breeze is tender on my skin,
to soothe me her hands are keen.
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My head lies buried
in palms of misery,
and my eyes fraught with endless water,
my heart is ripped apart,
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Great is the lord,
he's mighty in battle,
all the world he rules,
of his power I startle.
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