Yusuf Adamu

Global village

Though we are all human
we are made to be different
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For Sally

In a world that is continuously flattened
Frontiers are being more tightened
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If you look at the mirror
What you see is your image not mine
If I look at the mirror
What I see is my image not yours
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For Judith Ann Walker

The gracious brick coloured city
Of traditional eminence and status
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From non existence to existence
A meeting space
From existence to non existence
A parting space
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In memory of Ruqayya

I hate goodbyes, for long goodbyes
Are painful and they hurt
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FOR MARTINE CHRISTIN

On one side stands the hill of power
On the other the light of learning
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History

Events roll the tiles of time
We pass through day and night
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Mathematics tends to be tick
Although it makes me sick
Even when I study it for a week
Figures do make me weak
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A community of nations of the world
Where every member is a family member
Where every member is a stakeholder
A community where we are all humans
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Mubarak Just Go, it is time
That’s what Egyptians are saying
But you don’t seem to understand
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The mirror once told me that
My face was smooth and cute
My chin as bare as the Sahara
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They tail time
Step by step
They tread that path
Trodden by time
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Tradition it is becoming
When power is snatched from your hands
When your influence is gone
When you no longer have a say
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She came into my life
After my mind had been conquered
She waited and observed
Patiently, waited and studied
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Smoothness of affairs
Freedom from wants and worries
Promises of the day break
Gives us a peace of mind
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