Adamu Danjuma Poems

You deserve accolades, respects and awards
From your children across all maternity wards
Perplexed, unhappy and hopeless we were
Before you made us happy, gave us hope and care
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When the night comes knocking tirelessly,

When the day opens our eyes widely,
...

Hey, you, see:
upon all that there is
under the scintillating visage of stars,
you've chosen to come
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I know I can't promise you heaven.

Behold, I can get you a beautiful butterfly.
...

Don't worry, be happy.
If you don't have any power/control over it, don't let it disturb your ‘hard-earned' peace of mind. If it's destined for you to have it, you'll, sooner or later, have it.

If you lost it, pray for something better than it. Else, let it go. Perhaps it is not meant for you.
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...and as he walks pass the next boulevard of pitilessly broken bones

of caged boys,
their eyes look like a constellation of stars in this nonviolent sky.
...

Years of tears and sorrowful
thoughts of an emptied space that once

preoccupied many a minds have gone. You shall smile as you gather the remnants
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