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Poem: Oh Child by JimsonJaat001(m): 8:23pm On Jan 27, 2016 |
Young you are and fragile As immaculate as an angel As happy as a lark As joyful as a fly As lively as a cricket. I am stupidfied by your innocence I watch pitiful as you smile and kick I near cry when I hear your joyous laughter when your mama tickle you The softness of your skin shows your no experience in life Your clean and fragile body shows that you are just newly made You are as natural as life. You are helpless until helped And all your early life depend on your mama Little and little,teaching you the way of life Steady by steady; the laws of life She is your first teacher: as honest as mirror. But,child,did you know which land you are born into? Did you know which people own you now? And their language,food,dressings,tradition and heritage? Realities of life will wake you from slumber It fears me for I don't know which side life will turn to you. You are ignorant and,should learn little by little Your mama can't hold you forever,you must go into life Bring it good nasty experiences Your mama can't say more than: be careful,child For she knows not which way you will choose. I know not which will first get to you- the right or the opposite A threat to life you want to be or it defender? Will you be your people's defender or destroyer? Will you be a thorn in our flesh? Oh child,will life make that smiles disappear from your face? I ask: did you want to hunt your brother down or be hunted? I look at your face,but it is expressionless. Learn the rules of life and its games Learn the good of life and its deceptions Don't let the windy sand feed you to the air Don't just play,had I known earlier I wouldn't have played Can't you see that life is a battle and every minutes is the time of fight? Don't you see that life is much in evils and small in good? Oh Child,be wise: life only deceive the fool Walk the path that will make you live long and enjoy Not the path of those that are lead,or is it that made themselves to be led astray? Because when a child is astray,it pains me and I cry for the pains of Motherhood. Don't you want to make part in life,I am afraid? Don't you want to be as lasting as the pyramids? Won't you like to be known as the stars? Create it! Child,create it So,your name could be written in bold golden letters I sit and wait for I don't know what life will give you I fold my hands and look to the uncertainty of the Future. - Jimson Jaat Taofik |
Re: Poem: Oh Child by joanee20(f): 12:10am On Jan 28, 2016 |
Not bad.. |
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