Ortiz Antwi

My father brought the idea
You accepted it and kept me safely in your womb
Like a tenant you were my landlord
I fed on what you ate, drunk on what you’ve drunk
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Who battles with sleep when her child is sick?
Her surveillance around him alone is a cure
Who knows the meanings to her child's actions?
Who understands the heartbeats of her children?
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Love is the oldest of all emotions
That was what I felt when you began to crawl
Your convulsions made me fall
I have loved you since Adam was a boy
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How beautiful you are up above
With no one around your beauty sings aloud
Just like dead bodies among those alive
So are you in the dark sky
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Oh! Cosmos' first daughter
You who was given the chance to alter
To make your offspring's better
But chose the path of your mother
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And Adam said to Eve 'this is at last bone of my bone
And flesh of my flesh...'
But I say 'this is at last God's finest creation,
a missing angel from above.'
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My deepest fear is falling in love
A line once crossed coming back is impossible
Love is full of pain,
Hurts so much, you feel it in your veins
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Love is a mystery
A mystery on uncertainties
Uncertainties of pain or gain
Love is a game
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To my mother who gave birth to me.
Mother who raised me in a gutter
All your toils you never wither
Your faith in me never falters
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What am I going to do
Now that you are no more?
What am I going to do?
When you are the tape for a torn-
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Crashing down in love
Oh what a feeling!
It sues for a draft
Like a drunk reeling.
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Life is a 400m race with no rules
Survival of the most greedy
An obdurately vicious mule
With zero commiseration for the needy
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I remember just like yesterday prior to my promotion to the senior most class
When all the whims and caprices of the world seemed to be dancing to my tune
When all the exults and the kid ult thoughts seemed to be deeply entrenched in my heart and mind
When my freedom and haste surpassed all birds that floats up high over hills and vales
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I wake up every morning and I do not know what happened before
I shake off knowing I have everything under control.
With my malodorous attire I wander
An old mosquito with a walking stick dressed up like a man
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I wandered lonely over hills and vales
With no one beside me equally pale
Swallowing my tears and fears
And looking for my peers with my ears
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