Activities of Sahid Alhaji Kanu

Oh girl child,
A rare gem
A care giver
A potential mother
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Imperfection is Perfection at its Best
In a society, image is everything. You are judged from the people you hang out with, the things you do, the clothes you wear. People shout out that the boy sitting in the corner of gym class is too fat or whisper about how that girl down the hall is far too skinny. The head of the dance team is told she has one too many curves and should not be "poppin' and lockin'" with so much confidence, yet the cheerleader is criticized for her petite stature and flat chest. The boy with the glasses? He gets bullied daily for his lack of social activity, meanwhile the football is faking his confidence and putting on a persona simply to hold up his high school reputation.

Children grow up with the assurance that beauty is on the inside, and that what is on the outside doesn't matter, yet this statement has proven itself to be false time and time again. These children were lied to. You were lied to. I was lied to. The world is cruel. It is judgmental and ignorant. People are turned down their dream jobs over the most miniscule stupidities, such as the fact that they have a tattoo on their arm or because their hair is purple. You are judged at every corner of your journey, and your world will always revolve around the physicality of how you look.
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Fallen world, fallen world! !
A world of pain and sorrow.
'The struggles of man begin at birth';
His days are few yet sauced with agony and grief.
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Dear mama salone
A new year is here
Seems an eon here
Much's passed under
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Dear mama salone
A new year is here
Seems an eon here
Much's passed under
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I have known beauty
for it is life;
the freedom of being free
from hardship and strife.
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Dear mama salone
End of year is here
Seems an eon here
Much's passed under
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O love where are you now
I am growing old,
I hear your voice in my heart somehow
words that went by untold.
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