lifelong lessons
That love could be so strong I had no idea at all He despises love Who finds himself surrounded by it Yet, when distance broadens, The heart grows fonder* And as thoughts deepen Harbored* anger fades And precious moments are longed for shall I have the opportune time again I shall bask in that love
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Up one early morn Faith arose Before dawn, had begun work He toiled hard to push Hurting his nails to their roots He wouldn’t give up And again to push he arose Dusk closed in but he kept on His destiny, to push it was This Mountain must be moved And harder still Faith pushed Just then the mountain moved. Moved! And into the sea it plunged Faith looked behind him And full of smiles was Work […]
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PRACTICAL PRESENCE I appear to represent you, yet I am not sent of thee A form of godliness indeed, the power therefore is lacking I speak the language of the court, I am known in the royal parlance Respected for office and authority, but deep within, I am hollow Filled with emptiness and void, nothingness ravages my mind Troubling my thought and meditations, channeling them in directions That are marked for destruction If I plead for you to avenge my […]
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MY DESIRE Wishes are that I be near Near enough from God to hear His yoke I desire to bear So that when I’m in fear Being neither here or there He as he assures, will care Making dry my rolling tear Making worthwhile the days that make my year Wiping from me the sin that has me in tss smear I desire to be near Near enough from God to hear “Well done , my son so dear”
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SPIN YOUR WEB Frail is the spider’s web But sure is its daily bread Neglect feels the bed For the books must be read Other have said Many have heard You that have read Have it so penned Success is ahead That’s what I wish as led If you must eat bread Then none but you will spin the web
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GOD’S GRACE We all have dreams Some sweet as creams Others end in screams But a dream is a dream We all dream to reign And our full heights attain But unsure is the terrain And so good and evil may altogether reign If our dreams fail That shouldn’t make us pale We may not look hale But it pays not to be frail Whatever we go through is a passing phase No matter how slow the […]
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FOR ‘BOMI Looked like a snub way back in school Silent in public like a press club tool The many times I tried to read you I ended up without a single clue As I tried to fit my figures with glue My facts got beaten black and blue Thus I sensed you had paid your due Cos this was a challenge born anew Years later a friend gave me a cue I got close and saw a different you […]
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FOR BEN Then when i met Ben His calm was like balm i need to mention that… He was fine and still had shine Many months have past And sir ben is still a blast Though his pen is pretty fast Yet his written works do last He always has lots to say Yet he’s quiet that others may He rejoices in making a way That another might make hay Now that i know Ben He […]
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FOR LADEE While the world tells tales she earnestly makes sales and tears bales upon bales Doing much more than many males When she decides your day to make she would go the exra mile for your sake and since It’s no surprise that she can bake it’s always a delight to taste her cake She will travel far to buy you a shoe not minding who you are and what you do anything asides the shoe, […]
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CULTURE OF SILENCE Speech is said to be silver Silence is akin to golden Words could make you a believer And staying mute could do ones bidding To talk or be silent, which gives freedom? It’s easy to find, in many words, a lie Yet there are words of wisdom But when a fool is quiet, he is deemed wise Most men are seen as silent dudes They could make a woman sheath her sword And tame […]
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