Tuesday, June 5, 2012

If Ever by Frank Malaba



If ever there was anything more beautiful than life
It would never exist.
If ever there was anyone more beautiful than you
They would be a liar.
If ever there was a dream that was more real than us
It would be insane.

You make my wings grow out of my back
And you make me soar above the skies
To places unknown that I never thought existed.

If ever there was a poem truer than this
It would never be.
The only truth I know to be,
That pumps oxygen into my being
Is that you and I are born from love.
That no one can ever strip away from our very souls.


Monday, June 4, 2012

Thief And Chief by Kufre Udeme



The thief ambled round the palace garden.
He had a lion face, and cobra eyes;
You couldn't fear him anywhere.
He appeared as a Chief; he put on a crown and robe
And sat on the throne as a Chief
And the elders said:
'What a lamb face he has, what dove eyes!
How clever he looks!
You could fear him anywhere!'

The thief was sitting on the throne as the chief
He had a lamb face and dove eyes;
You could fear him anywhere.
He appeared as a thief; he put on thief's clothes - full of pockets
And ambled round the palace garden.
And the elders said:
'What a lion face he has, what cobra eyes!
How foolish he looks!
You couldn't fear him anywhere!'

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