Kingsley Ukpanyang

Although they say
My future is bleak
I believe, one day
I shall have what I seek.
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I thought you were the sun goddess

when I first beheld your charming radiance;
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The Lord cannot be seen
but can be found.
Though He sits above the sky
and the stars abound,
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For the families of those that
died in the man's acts of
violence,
I offer to you my deepest
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Jay
Crested, jazzy
Singing, zinging, ling'ring
Really ecstatic
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I dug my grudges from my trove
And stowed it in a chest.
Off I heaved to the west,
Fluttering my wings of love;
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The sleep of a laboring man is
sweet,
But a lazy man's slumber is his greatest feat.
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The new day's like a fresh new page.
I stride to school, bearing my bag
Passers-by pass me by
On the snaky lane
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I'm happy when I see my friends

Each is a wonder that never ends,
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My pen must bleed! On this blank page,
With words of rhymes and
rhythm,
I’ll lead thoughts out of the
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When God's stirred us to do a job,
We should not let dismay
Nor allow words of vain men rob
Our zeal along the way.
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Feeling refreshed, I leave my bed,
Last night's sleep healed my tired head;
Evening left me peace and quiet
My eyes were served Slumber's diet.
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Like rays of the ascending sun
That through Night's teeming darkness spears,
So shines Christ's love on everyone,
Ignoring our sinful wears.
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The loveliness of a new sun
Its glory and its dominion
Quelling the chariots of darkness
Is an emblem of His prowess
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'From the bosom of God himself;

I proceed forth, into the ears of the hearers,
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My heart is no longer mine

For what they see in me is divine,
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When you hurt yourself at play,
Come to me

Come to me
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The wind ne'er ceases to blow,
And so is a mother's love you know,
Like the moon that ne'er leaves the earth,
So she was with me from birth;
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