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O beautiful soul

O beautiful soul the secret of love sleep within our hearts Do not awaken, lest it takes flight Let us watch, till time touch the river of light The pattern of the cloud forms a newly born Freely we...

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We shall drink with the poor

We shall drink with the poor, attend to his wound, and clean his feet Listen to his words dust his jacket kiss his sad face We shall offer some silence to the distant world, wave goodbye to the sun...

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Another day of grace

Another day It’s been your grace What a painless rain that stood a sparrow by the gates Another day of Sunshine It’s been my mistake I planted some seeds where straws settled in Another day to begin...

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My Brow is emptied with tears

My brow is emptied with tears I can no longer read I can no longer sleep I find peace in my death A strong reflection in the wreathe of my youth’s belt I find asleep the nakedness unbridled with lust...

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The Tears of a Mother

Have you tasted the tears of a Mother in pain? I have I would spare you the taste The loose rocks, the falling sands down the mountain, the grayness of the leaves in refusal of rain The flowers in...

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The reality of Death

It would be high class illusion, a kind of grenade hidden under our skin if we feel that we would never die. Death an inevitable reality in which all man must face in this world (except for...

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God rejects no beauty

God rejects no beauty The wise, the unlearned and the mate soaked in gin– eyes gory in darkness Man intimates all beauty The passions, pleasure and the bulls that plough the field relentlessly Angels...

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Healing in Sorrow

When all hope is lost And we are left but a wooden Cross Flee no more Your pride is found The glories of the world has taken a narrow route The worries of the soul is before the savior’s throne The...

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My Words come alive

Bits by bits, my words come alive in me, it kicks like an infant wanting to be freed I want to set eyes on it Kiss the divine magically, with an ointment on its knees It press fire in me, a rage...

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O gentle man with purple robe

O gentle man with purple robe Eloquence mightier than a crown of thorns Truth was your royal hood If only the crowd could hear you once They stiffened their neck like a burning house They pat their...

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Slavery on the Farmland

Far spent is the morning on wasted lands The ground can’t bear their mournful groans The city streets is an enemy to their silver chains and gold The belt is tired slack round the waist Of some...

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When Death shall come

Pass only by night When Death shall come Let your lamp be burning bright For the far fields beyond girt your loins, O miserable man For thy hour of judgment has come The Bridegroom shall show to see...

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Death O come me by?

Death, O come me by? Fill up your miseries with the Wishes of man Sadden up your moments with laughters from pauper’s pipe Gather up faint roses for the songs of Twilight Prepare your highway for...

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I await my Love to Me

For my love was kept hidden From me, It rained a hundred days and nights And the storm covered your face Thy angels happily sang to me Consoling my heart, I shall see you again Tomorrow, next, or the...

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The Sound of the Fiery wind

The sound of the fiery wind awake the cities on a worldly morning, stretching the noise of a new beginning Coward men rule from high places They form an army spread across country hills Pentecost was...

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The Last Day of each man

What would my dying gratitude be? Or the eyes that resign to set sight centuries before me A fine signature, an uncovered plot or spilled ink lost colour devoid of enduring memory The end would have...

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I resign to thee

In tears and mourning I resign to thee True love, my maker, My breast to thee All the years would be poisonous to me if without my heart, I’m not close to thee The season of eternal guilt would perish...

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I would live again, my love

I would live again at the sound of your voice the cherry tears in your eyes I won’t fly away Heaven’s door is in your arms with your pretty face The smile you give would save my broken faith It would...

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We come from God and shall return to Him

We come from God and shall return to him One day, one time, it may be like a sleep Our angels shall be our lawyer to defend our deeds We shall ascend his throne with all purity, like the innocent...

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For you are only a Man

For you are only a man, Dear Adam Look beyond, the glories of this world is falling flat The pops and glamour it offers is a shield for the pleasurable one, the mistaken hope of the miserly soul...

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