Adeyefa Tolulope Michael Poems

My Jerusalem, my Jerusalem!

Thou art more embracing
East or west, you are still the best;
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Hither they've again appear
From far and near;
Like an August visitor,
To engage us in their usual convos.
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"Crack the bridge"
"And set an inferno underneath! "
"That he who dares to cross over it"
"Shall fall not to survive in the bottomless pit! "
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We've all tread the strange path in mystery
Like a traveller who is unfamiliar with his destination
We took our grand entrance leading to earth with hand so empty
And arrived with our naked bodies to enjoy a forgraith accommodation
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When death still tarries to toll its bell
In summoning me with no chance for a farewell
Alas! My body turn its own death
And forced me out of itself to dwell
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