Jasmine Fafanyo Awagah

Pain,
one thing all man hates
but we only hate what is good in the beginning
pain is good
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There are many things on my mind but one
All of them I can say but how
Too loaded with thoughts racing
Thinking of so many things but nothing has surfaced
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Unexpectedly, I fell into a river
In it I saw something worth more than treasure
Honestly my deepest fear was to drown
So to free myself I swam
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Pain and tears sorrow us
But deep down in them is happiness
Mysterious are the joys in pain and tears
This good in pain in tears is what makes it hurts
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I remember the seed
and I remember my deed
because I remember my digging
and also I remember my planting
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I was on top like hairs
The good things of life and I were trousered, pairs
I knew no pain but gains
There was nothing that blurs but clear as plains
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It was broken and it made me cry
I was exposed from the only home I knew
Many hands held me but why
some wiping my face not to make me a clown
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Times past
I wish I had them by me
Dice I cast
I wish I could withdraw completely
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I have heard of it
Many people talked about it
They talked about how they felt it
Others said they lost it when they found it
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She was home, home sweet home
She had no where to go
Feeling like she has been traped alone
The truth is it was His joy
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It was at drama show when she first saw me
I had no idea
Then I was at the Unknown People's meeting seat
She entered the door at the rear
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I walk with my toes down and heels high
What horror do run from that I walk in discreet to hide?
What treasure do I seek that I run to buy?
Its no horror I'm scared of but its more than a treasure I admire
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Yesterday I was a kid
Playing kid games with shes claiming it was dating
We always talk about love, we were just debating
Saying we knew love not knowing we were crawling
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It is too late to fight
Too late to turn it all around and make it right
The sun is up but it is already night
Tears run down her cheeks as she cries out
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Here I am
There she is
individuals both we are like branches of the palm
but are one on the same axis
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(This is a poem in a dialogue form between two people)

J: I have a tale to tell. A tale that made me rise after I fell, my name is Jasmine everyone calls me J
E: I have a tale to tell. A tale that gave me strength and made me well, my name is Emmanuel.
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Innocent born
Was raised up eating corn
His best was the green shirt that was torn
He hanged it and enjoyed the joy of not getting it worn
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You ask me
What is love?
This is such a big question
Definitions vary from person to person
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when i run, i walk
when i win, i lose
when i smile, i frown
when i am up, i am down
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A number of four
Walking a distance they have always walked before
It was getting dark
SO as cars on their own they had to park
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