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The Black Anthem

Yonathan G.

By Yonathan GetachewPublished 4 years ago 1 min read

I wish but I can't

It's always there to hunt

The hidden bondage

shackling my age

Why am i beneath?

There i couldn't breath

I'm losing my creed

no body here to lead

dreams start to Fade

Vacuuming my head

The road is draggy

My cruise is craggy

Why is the lane so foggy?

Why?

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Oh my God!

Oh my God!

what fettered my hand

Where the hell is my eye?

Why I'm not allowed to die?

why?

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Seeing the terrain is dry

Here I shout to the sky

I needed its cool hug

But it gave birth to deluge

I hoped it would purify

But it made me putrefy

Why?

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Searching for freedom

Seeking my own kingdom

I ended up in the foxhole

hiding in pit like hapless mole

What have I done to be detained?

Why exhaustion? Why am i drained?

Why?

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Even if I begin

To confess all my pain

You got none to listen

Your ears are all taken

Putting up your earphone

You're here but you're gone

Hoping with all the beat

Burning with the tune heat

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Let me sing my pain

So i won't be slain

It'll be your jam

For my tears a dam

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Here I sing the song

Beat me now I'm the gong

Bop up with the Rhythm

My pain is my anthem!

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sad poetry

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