Lawrence Kojo Poems

Life is a long interesting process
We go through
When we start as kids, our only hope is to get old fast
So we can own ourselves, do whatever we want, go wherever we like and eat any food we want
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How did Nat Turner get the will to baptize a white man
When slavery had him caged and freedom was far from sight
Where did Nelson Mandela got the zeal to become a president
Right after being released from prison
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I need to read
I need to sit my skinny ass down and read
Read what?
Read about something that is enigmatic and full of mystery
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This loneliness is upsetting
It's cold and it's so depressing
I might mask my emotions
About my mental dysfunction
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I stay locked in my dungeon
where depression is the only option
they don't see what's underneath
enclosed behind doors
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I am
the black sheep
a misfit
one in a million
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what a dreadful subject

a pale horse egressed
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women, an alluring creature
so appealing to look at
sometimes they just overdo
I can't be tempted by a beautiful woman
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