Bernedita Rosinha Pinto Poems

I have not asked the sunrise to show its brightness
and wake me up every morning when longer I would like to sleep;
I have not asked the clouds to hold droplets of water
and wet me with showers of rain in the monsoon winds.
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From a little girl, I grew
very silent, observant;
and into a woman I turned
young, beautiful, attractive;
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And in your own field
be a shepherd of love
if you have to be;
in your own house
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The echoes of love
you can hear them
from everywhere
from afar and above
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Remember,
love never dies
and love always lasts
when in those words you read or hear
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"Lets go" said he
"where" I asked
"ahead in life" said he,
the man who said this
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Nothing prevents man from pursuits,
man by his own scrupulousness
ventures to find many routes to vengeance;
dissatisfied he keeps prolonging his own agony
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Dawn upon nights alighted,
evening upon mornings descended,
weeks after days, years after months,
waned away the moments of life;
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Your unity belongs to you
your prosperity belongs to you
your nation belongs to you
your benevolence belongs to others.
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I am greater than your mother
I have taught you more than she did;
She has only made you hold a pencil
and coaxed you to scribble the a, b, c's
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