Category: World issues
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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…
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A TEENAGER’S REGRET
Am I destined for a life of shame?Disrespected simply because of my name.Words cannot shield me from this world of pain That is Inextricably linked to my past again. Am I slipping into a life of crime?Listening to violence in songs in GrimeHardened gangster lost ,thinking there is no other way While songs of the mourners strum…
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EMBERS OF WAR
The embers of war, they flicker and burn,A testament to the battles we yearn.In the depths of destruction, they ignite,A haunting reminder of the endless fight. They smolder and shimmer, casting their glow,A tragic display of a world laid low.Once vibrant cities reduced to ash,The embers of war, a somber and harsh. The scars run…
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CONFLICT
Why in the World is there so much killing?People losing focus of peace and building.Instead of love, fanning flames of hatred,Fuelling thoughts of hurt and vengeance . Both are guilty, both have strayed.But only the innocents will be taxed with pain.They are pushed against the grain.Splintered lives without a refuge. Both denying their lust agenda.Stoking…
MARYANN BOSAH 