Phenomenal man.

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Like the tree that has no need to prove it is a tree,
Its branches and leaves tell you,
Its fruit tells you,
Like a tiger that has no need to prove it is a tiger,
Its stripes tell you,
The ferocity in its fight tells you,
Like a lion that has no need to prove it is a lion,
The pride in its walk and its mane tell you,
The courage in its hunt tells you,
Like the sun that has no need to prove it is the sun,
The glowing resplendence of its rays tells you,

You have no need to prove you are a man,
A phenomenal man,
Your strength is not for abuse,
But for the human family's use,
Your intellect is not for misuse
You are the head of your household,
You protect and look over the women and the kids,
You answer the door in the late night calls,
You answer the call when responsibility knocks,
You help bring out the best in your wife,
You help the child shine the brightest,
You help fellowman glow a little brighter every time,
You are the brother, father, uncle, nephew, cousin, and son,
Trying to be better in those roles every time,
You are the breadwinner,
Your sheer humanity tells your story,
Your strength of character speaks volumes,
The size of your compassion mind blowing,
Phenomenal man,
Not because of big muscles,
Not because of a manly figure,
But because of what you do with it,
Phenomenal man,
Small, big, short, tall,
Has nothing to do with your size,
Everything to do with your heart,
And the quantity of love in it.

Brussels © January 2015 afesehngwaHilary

Stop the Blame game!

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Started from the days of Adam and Eve,
It is still true today on eternity's eve,
You know you have done it before,
Thinking it will lessen the consequential sore,
Not knowing it is irresponsibility at its core,
Don't blame it on an absent father,
Resist the temptation to blame a drug high mother,
No excuse for you to be high like a kite on drugs,
Take some responsibility for yielding to societal pressure,
When from experience you could shape society in stead,
Be a thermostat,
Stay away from the jail cells,
Not stash your future away behind bars,

Don't blame a brother or a sister,
Refuse to blame another,
Take some responsibility,
Clean up your act, 
Get some help,
Move to make a difference in your life,
Drop the blame game,
It is the devil's best game,
Don't be his ally,
He is your enemy,
Confront your demons,

Don’t deny them,
Denying them will not make them go away,
Your every tomorrow can be brighter,
But it all depends on you,
No one can live your life for you!

Brussels © January 2015 afesehngwaHilary

Real Fake people!

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You think they are real until someday you wake,

To find out indeed they’re really fake,

You know they are fake,

Never show up to bake,
Show up only to eat your cake,

They will claim your rights,
Bring you many blights,
Put out your lights,

Intentionally blur your sights,
Cherish your painful nights,

Dwarf your possible lofty heights

You know they are fake,

It is always for their sake,

They greet you with a smile,

When they nurse your bile,

With Mephistophelian schemes beguile,
And before you go a mile,
You feel a forceful jab,
As they back stab,

They are plastic,
Their morals very elastic,

Looking very monastic,

Meretriciously fantastic,

Bombastic,

And reality suddenly becomes wryly sarcastic.

Brussels © January 2015 afesehngwaHilary

She sees me - Yes she does!

The doctors say she is blind,
Her senses deeply acute,
Few people I know ooze more joyful happiness,
Than she does at the sound of my voice,
A voice she can distinctly pick out from a million,

She hugged me,
She felt me,
And then she proceeded to tell me,
"You make me feel like a little girl again,
When I see you!"
Oh yes she sees me,
A medical term might describe her blind,
But she sees me probably more than anybody I know,

In her presence,
She gives me a perception of my own importance in this universal cosmos,
That nobody else does,
In her presence she makes me believe,
I am superman,
I am her doctor,
I am capable of anything,
I can protect her from anything,
I can provide her with anything,
All the persecution and doubts from the world,
Could not drown the confidence I feel in her presence,
I have never succeeded in convincing her otherwise,
So I gave up trying,

Despite all the lofty sometimes unreal impressions of me,
She sees and hugs and embraces and acknowledges,
The most authentic forms of me,
She gives me permission to be me,
To be silly, mistaken, mischievous,
To tease with graceful ease,
To be her little boy - her grand son,

And she also gives herself permission to rebuke me as needed,
Always lovingly,
Yea she is blind,
But she sees me more than anybody I know,
In her presence,
I can know her undivided attention,
And nothing else is more important,
This is why when I am in Cameroon for one day,
I try to see her if I can,
To some she is that old blind princess of the Bafut Fondom,
The doctors and the world say she is blind,
But what do they know about seeing,
She sees me and I don't care what the world thinks,
She is my precious grandmother.

Bamenda © December 2014 afesehngwaHilary

The blind mother!

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To salute the blind mother,

So blind to her very own genetic make up,

She sees beyond the family face and build,

Her motherhood is honed and her vision sharpened,

She sees so deeply, so profoundly she is blind,

She has seen enough in the world to be blind,

Blind to the tribal origins of a child,

To the circumstances of their birth,

To the color of their eyes,

To the color of their skin,

To the name of their country,

Her blindness helps her see one thing above all things,

Humanity,

She only sees a child,

And every child supremely summons the mother in her,

This is to that mother,

While the world looks silently, blindly, cold with unconcern,

No drums beat at the sound of your name,

But you make the world a better place,

Rocking with motherly love the cradle that nurses the future,

Future of mankind.

Brussels © December 2014 afesehngwaHilary

Phenomenal woman!

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Not a definite end,

A growing journey,

Sustained by boundless grace,

Stepping out,
Standing out,
From a crowd of look alikes,
Different but not indifferent,
Phenomenal woman,
Not because of the curve of your lip,
or the size of your hip,
But in spite of it,
Not because of the beauty on your face,
But despite it,
Because of the resplendent beauty in your heart,

Phenomenal woman,
With no desire to be a man,
No zeal to usurp his role,
Phenomenal woman,
Wife to the man,
Mother to the children,
Sister to the brethren,
Farmer on the farm,
Cook in the kitchen,
Teacher in the classroom,
Worker in the office,
Engineer, doctor, president,
Phenomenal woman,

Groundbreaking resilience,
Indefatigable persistence,
Amidst heartbreaking pestilence,
Even as victim of abuse,
Witness of abuse,
Phenomenal woman,
Unspeakable graceful strength,
Unbelievable loving power,
Flowing like a mighty stream,
Phenomenal woman,

Body bashed,
Face bowed,
Not in resignation,
But in quiet painful hopeful contemplation,
Scheming a bounce back,
Mapping recovery,
The spineless ignoramus looks down on you,
The world looks up to you,
Even when they realize it not,
Phenomenal woman,
You hold the skies of our humanity in place,
Nobody can take your place,
No man can replace,
Phenomenal woman,

You are too important,
You are too critical,
You are too vital,
You are too invaluable,
True humanity needs you,
Anything which threatens,
And endangers your womanhood,
Puts mankind at the very brink,
The brink of extinction,
Phenomenal woman,

Beware! Beware! Beware!
Beware of extreme 'feminists',
Beware of male chauvinists,
Beware of overarching careers,
Beware of an overly demanding world,
Like all these beware of anything,
Anything which vies to suffocate and choke,
The priceless jewel you are,
Phenomenal woman.

Brussels © December 2014 afesehngwaHilary

Please let it be me!

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Been waiting years for the opportunity to apprise,

This may come to your as a surprise,

I have been secretly hoping somehow you will surmise,

Looking into your eyes I feel shy and want to disguise and revise,

I know this may be unwise but I am not keen to be wise,

I just want to be able to rise above the sweet smiling lies,

Which give you no hint of the hidden cries,

I have chickened out after numerous many past tries,

Today I must stop falling from those lofty dreamy skies,

I have time tested that I love you only,

Been dying for a day when I tell you to please let it be me,

Life filled with all the sweetness of the world without you will still be lonely,

I can no longer let that feeling be my friend so please let it be me,

I will make all the necessary sacrifices,

God helping me embrace you with all your vices,

Bring to our love many countless spices,

Tell me all the different prices,

Please let it be me,

If someone eternally holds your hand down the paths called life,

If you ever say yes to somebody who asks you to be his wife,

Please let it be me,

If you ever need somebody to help you bear the sadness,

Help you find and light the glow of gladness,

Please let it be me,

If you ever prayed for someone who can be equally wise and silly around you,

Someone who lives a life with company that richly abounds in you,

Please it be me,

Each time I see you,

Each time you hold my hand and make my heart feel you,

Each time you open your arms and bless someone in the circle of your magical embrace,

Each time you pray and tie someone’s purpose to yours with prayer like a lace,

Somebody to step with into every new tomorrow with,

Please let it be me,

I beg you tell me that you will always... always... always…

Let it be me.

Treviso © December 2014 afesehngwaHilary