Juwan David Poems

I wasn't in Tonga
Neither was I in Kiritimati,
But I was the first to see the dawn of the new year.
Heaven has passed me by a hundred times
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How many times would I tell you
That I am from here?

My father was the Mayor
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And while everything was going
Miscellaneously,
That night
In my room
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At the face of death,
When the last string is about
To cut off
From the board of the guitar
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"God must have wanted to update his dictionary, and while redefining the word beautiful, he created you"

For "The beautiful you"
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I write because you won't listen!

Because you won't listen
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I have traveled far and wide
Carrying secrets
and scars
From dry hot lands to greener pastures
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أكتب هذا مع الأسف والكثير من الحب.

'aktib hdha mae alasfi walkathir min alhabb.
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Sometimes I get lost within myself.
Behind this brown skin
Is the child that was born, bright
And the boy that fell in love
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I prefer girls with bright futures
But God the benevolent,
In his infinite mercy wouldn't bless me with one
Except those with overwhelming pasts.
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