The Long Night By Chibuzo Emelogu
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- April 25, 2020
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Every day I wake up to the same dream. When will all this end? When will I flip to the next page? It hurts so deep I can’t scream. Silent echoes as I’m trapped in…
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Every day I wake up to the same dream. When will all this end? When will I flip to the next page? It hurts so deep I can’t scream. Silent echoes as I’m trapped in…
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The battlefield is full of tension, As all the lights get dimmer. The faceless enemy is gaining much attention, As mankind weeps and wishes for a true healer. The enemy has blown the war…
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Unannounced the world falls apart, Save us….let not our souls depart, Gradually the bucket-list increases, Sadly mankind decreases. Humbled by instincts kings summon servants to a feast. A feast of Grace or Grave?…
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Groundnut tusks falling on ground Dusty from disuse And starvation Hens pecking up remnants Thrown from masters’ tables On grounds Brown from dirt And fertility. Beaks peck beaks in war internecine Over remnant…
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Every night i carry in my chest, pain so sharp that release my tears. Why do i have to carry this crest? If Black is beautiful why awaken my fears? Sing me a lullaby. I…
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Before the journey Of life and death I should have known And had, the present knowledge Learnt, the present lessonsIf I had felt the sting Of a broken home Single parenthood And the broken hearts…
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In the prison Of this past, I have stayed For quite a while A thousand, or less Rigging my role Into the heart of this earth This earth doesn’t seem fooled She knows I knew…
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The law of Moses wasn’t for yes & Amen.It was for opposite reaction to every action.Eye for an eye, ashes to ashes, dust to dust;Caine killed Abel & mark was on his face,a mark of death…
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In the middle of life we are in death& I now come to rescue this boy from theenemy that stretched bodies into pains.I stared at the sky as the first shaft of September’s sun crept…
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The world is on make up like a woman,Wait till there is war and destruction &See what really mask the reality of her.The world is a body of a woman which Fades gradually as it gives…
