As the sun rises
So also hope
A new day has come
Yesterday is yesterday
Mistakes put aside
Where pain and anger lay
Joy and faith now reside
Thursday, 22 January 2015
"Olowo ori Mi"
"Olowo ori mi"
He owns my time
He controls my thoughts and desires
Slaps and blows of love
Kicks and insults
Shouts of love
Shoves of discipline.
A puddle of blood in an ocean of tears
He owns my time
He controls my thoughts and desires
Slaps and blows of love
Kicks and insults
Shouts of love
Shoves of discipline.
A puddle of blood in an ocean of tears
Monday, 29 December 2014
ONE MY FAVOURITE POEMS BY MAYA ANGELOU
Pretty women wonder where my secret lies.
I'm not cute or built to suit a fashion model's size
But when I start to tell them,
They think I'm telling lies.
I say,
It's in the reach of my arms
The span of my hips,
The stride of my step,
The curl of my lips.
I'm a woman
phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's me.
I walk into a room
Just as cool as you please,
And to a man,
The fellows stand or
Fall down on their knees.
Then they swarm around me,
A hive of honey bees.
I say,
It's the fire in my eyes,
And the flash of my teeth,
The swing in my waist,
And the joy in my feet.
I'm a woman
phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's me.
Men themselves have wondered
what they see in me.
They try so much
but they can't touch
my inner mystery.
When I try to show them
they say they still can't see.
I say,
It's in the arch of my back,
The sun of my smile,
The ride of my breasts,
The grace of my style.
I'm a woman
I'm not cute or built to suit a fashion model's size
But when I start to tell them,
They think I'm telling lies.
I say,
It's in the reach of my arms
The span of my hips,
The stride of my step,
The curl of my lips.
I'm a woman
phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's me.
I walk into a room
Just as cool as you please,
And to a man,
The fellows stand or
Fall down on their knees.
Then they swarm around me,
A hive of honey bees.
I say,
It's the fire in my eyes,
And the flash of my teeth,
The swing in my waist,
And the joy in my feet.
I'm a woman
phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's me.
Men themselves have wondered
what they see in me.
They try so much
but they can't touch
my inner mystery.
When I try to show them
they say they still can't see.
I say,
It's in the arch of my back,
The sun of my smile,
The ride of my breasts,
The grace of my style.
I'm a woman
Wednesday, 24 December 2014
TO LUCY.
Your life has been planned out from your birth,
You strive for a different path,
To choose your own destiny,
You try, but that's all it will be,
You are born,
You go to school,
You get your degree,
You get a job,
You get married,
You have kids,
You grow old,
You die.
That is not a life
It's a pattern,
There is so much more to life,
More to life than a degree,
Than marriage,
Than the opinion of others,
There's LIFE.
You strive for a different path,
To choose your own destiny,
You try, but that's all it will be,
You are born,
You go to school,
You get your degree,
You get a job,
You get married,
You have kids,
You grow old,
You die.
That is not a life
It's a pattern,
There is so much more to life,
More to life than a degree,
Than marriage,
Than the opinion of others,
There's LIFE.
MY DRIVE.
Destiny or so it seems,
I awake with a drive inside me,
Rejecting the things that be,
My thoughts are of the future,
And all it can be,
A life chosen by me,
I call all the shots,
I am nobody's employee,
My rhymes are read in every city,
My words in every song,
No one owns my time,
I am no one's employee,
Not running the rat race,
Running my own race,
All of the world will see,
I am no one's employee.
I awake with a drive inside me,
Rejecting the things that be,
My thoughts are of the future,
And all it can be,
A life chosen by me,
I call all the shots,
I am nobody's employee,
My rhymes are read in every city,
My words in every song,
No one owns my time,
I am no one's employee,
Not running the rat race,
Running my own race,
All of the world will see,
I am no one's employee.
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