Sayeed Abubakar Poems

Death is very easy;
Difficult is birth.

Destruction is very easy;
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Blow the sail, boatman, in this unruly wind. Removing the sweat
Of forehead, grip the oar in the blister-stricken hand.
With successive strokes of faith, go forward cutting the angry waves
And keep muttering the name of the kinsman of your existence.
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Where does love come from and
Get settled in our heart?
It makes one's life heaven
Though once it was desert.
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Once her false speeches
Tasted very sweet;
All the sweetmeats
Turned tasteless in shame.
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Heroes are villains here;
Villains, heroes.

O friends, let us move to forests
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I dream a world where there's no war,
No suffering, crying, sorrow.
I dream a world where all are rich,
A man needs nothing to borrow.
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How can I write poems on the Moon tonight
When fight
Is going on against those wild beasts
Who are doing feast
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I have forgotten her face;
Only her two eyes
Yet float into my eyes.
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My heart has fallen down under your feet;
Listening to your love-song
Coming from the distant shore of the Atlantic ocean,
My heart has utterly been destroyed like the land
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I realize buds, flowers
And their blooming;
Only their shedding
I cannot realize.
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