Ridwan Olamide Poems

Awake, Mother Africa! ! !
It is a bright bay
the world awaits you
from the sunrise in the east
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Dazed with fear
he walked on,
filled with despair
he continued,
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Friendship is breakable
handle it with care,
Friendship is inflammable
keep away from fire,
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A mile, then the next,
Ten miles, then another,
A hundred miles and still counting.
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Not until then,
when veins are slit in millions,
when skins go cold in unison,
and death is a responsibilty,
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Ye Soul!
I summon you,
Never turn away heedless,
Little indeed is the time that's left,
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It's seems a finger's breadth away,
But indeed it's so distant,
My quest for it leads me astray,
But to return, I'm reluctant,
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'With ease' warns the watchman,
Nay, I shall go forth with all zeal,
Little I know of this vain quest,
'Leave me to wallow in ignorance' I yell.
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Flying birds and humming bees,
Beautiful walkways between tall trees,
Memories from years back,
How sweet is the sound of my home.
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In a world that knows no order,
and all we fear is hunger,
we survive even at the cost of murder,
we set our ideals so little do we bother.
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