"African Poetry 2 - Delay"

DELAY

From the corner of my eye

I see beauty in my world

I see the blackness around

From the cliff of nearby mountains

I hear the cries across the ocean

I hear music of shattered dreams

From behind the bars of my heart

I feel the love lost for nought

I hear wings flapping love away

From the dotted lines of experience

I read the hidden handle of pains

I saw it in poetry painted on canvas

From the lips of the aged, I heard:

"Delay is the thief of time"

"Delay is our ruin"

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From now on till forever
I still have no reason why I paused
When my heart felt that pulse.
That I should have taken up my cause.

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