Category: World issues
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CANCER
I hear this is tragedy playing around inside my head,Cancer is here and I feel it spread,Within my chest my heart fears will science treadAnd defeat this illness that I dread. I am all alone wondering as I lie in bed,Whether I am another taking the ride to death.I hope and pray that I will…
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CLARITY
Clarity is what I seekBehind the veil,let me speakFreely, I shall seekThe answers and let it speak Why is the world so cold and grey?Where vultures swoop down and grab their preyNobody cares about these crimes todayRidiculing what people try to say Wars , invasions and starvationSeem acceptable in certain nationsHeart ache and pain, a signature…
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INTERNATIONAL DISABILITIES DAY
Let us share our story.Let us share the dream,Where our differences live in historyAnd beauty of its knowledge becomes the reality We will break the barriers that cause disunity.Celebrating the strength in unity,Of all who move through life differently ,Living above impressions, expressing liberty. So, let the rhythm of resilience rise in symphonyWhere differences threads…
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PERSEVERE
Overcoming barriers that foster uncertainty,Like a ship navigating a stormy sea.Waves crashing against its hull with force,But still pushing forward, staying the course. Doubt and fear try to hold us back,But we refuse to let them track.We rise above the doubts and the fears,Breaking through the barriers that appear. With determination and strength in our…
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WHIRRING EMOTIONS
In the middle of the night where worries and thoughts collideFear raises up its head in a battlefield unseenDoubts and confusion is what is seen The fluttering heart is besieged with painAnd the mind is boggled by haunting strainsThat rears itself from your pastThe raging tempest that you cannot cast It is time to fight…
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POETIC JUSTICE
In the shadowed vale where echoes wail, Silent cries thread through splintered trees, War paints its canvas with the blood of fate, And hope is a ghost lost in flame. Fields once green lie under ashen skies, Heroes forged from loss and despair, Yet here we stand—fractured souls, Each breath a testament to our plight. Adversity grips with iron hands, Gnarled fingers…
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WAR’S COLD SWAY
As dawn breaks forth and war ‘s cold swayLeaves people displaced in the light of day.It is time to choose which path to takeTo stop the killing ,repair and remake. The world is watching with bated breath,Wondering how to stop the stream of deathWhile voices of the past whisper what is nearImpending doom is not…
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SOUTHPORT 2024
Unseen forces are at play,Sending rioters to displayRacial intolerance as a right to say,Acts of violence is their part to play. Is it right or is it wrong?That a person’ action has ‘justly’ won .Mob reactions who feel so strongAbout destroying the work that is now undone. Who is safe and who is not?The boiling…
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CURRENCY OF WAR
You stand justified in this prolonged warBut are you winning the fight so far?You have pledged the currency of lives untoldAnd bartered fiercely with the young and old The human cost and towns destroyedBecome the testament of the senseless exploitsAnd throughout history the story of hate is retoldDespite the lineage and boundaries thatyou both hold…
MARYANN BOSAH 