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It was a typical love commotion, This time, You're drowning in the pool of total confusion, Being the poor victim violently Crushed by the big feet Of…More
I looked at the mirror And it reflected what I am Sad, rejected, filled with regrets This is not who I want to be This isn’t me Time please…More
Forgive me friend For I can’t forgive you As much as I try not to remember It all keeps coming back The pain, the shame The tears, the fear…More
I am Dis(u) Fortune my Father, Ill(i) Fortune we've always been poor and fear we always will but Father says if we have Patience, we will get Goodluck I struggled…More
The odour here is strong I wear it around Like a lip-stick On the shoulder of an unfaithful spouse … To be sane here is hard Everywhere reeks of marijuana…More
I pick my voice from a pristine stream Echoes of truth chase me every which way I go I carry arabesque of songs On my palms I…More
They said love was blind I heard what they said I have been hearing it since I was little They said love was blind And love…More
I hear him ranting Cursing it seems to him Ranting is it to me I do not speak To do, would break my monopoly I’m smug in my intelligence…More
