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I am a young woman, mother, student, and best of all child of God with a zest for life!

  August 2018     5 years ago

Submitted Poems 6 total

Relentless pursuit

My love, my all
Let me share this secret with you
I am after your heart,
 I will pursue it until it beats in synchrony with mine!
 I will dwell in its innermost room and refuse to leave!
And the impossibility-specialist himself is in my corner!
I...

– by Laulindah Shiku

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My Child

I love many things my child,
I love rainy days, the smell of the earth soaked,
And flowers boasting of their apparel.
I love wintry nights and starry skies,
And the melody they hum of sights they've seen.
I love pointless walks and the thoughts they...

– by Laulindah Shiku

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My race

To well meaning voices and mockers alike
Who scream to my heart "give chase"
For this truth I implore, do brace.

Your alarm clocks of me misplace
For the flower which calls my body its vase
Will not be hurried to...

– by Laulindah Shiku

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Fine fine house

Overwhelmed by his love,
My lover set out to weave a tent for me
A house, with me in which it would delight him to dwell
A grand mansion over which He spared no...

– by Laulindah Shiku

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Freed

Freed

Like the harlot thrust at his feet,
My eyes knew to be downcast
For my punishment would be just.

His love had other plans.
Mercy sprung from his heart
Undeserved, unearned
Healed my heart and made it...

– by Laulindah Shiku

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