SAINT VALENTINE'S DAY

Valentine, l raise my hands,
Praying with you for lock bonds
That joins each man with his girl
Whose love makes his heart swirl.

Love gives life its proper sense;
Single people live wild mess:
Men are lost with stupid thoughts,
And girls' hearts are in hotpots.

Both think that love is mere ***:
Inner feeling to relax.
They don't deem that love is more,
Mighty Power to live for.

Man gives flesh and God the breath,
Which makes couples share in birth.
Each two blend in heart and soul
As so sacred is their role.

BY JOSEPH ZENIEH
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GOD IS LIFE AND LOVE.

His knife in hand, good Abraham,
His son with him so nice and calm.
Just ere he dashed the boy to slay,
His Lord a ram asked to convey.
He felt so pleased and it he slew
And his son to his chest he drew.

When Cain killed Abel, God was cross
For hatred and for that great loss.
He took poor Abel by the hand,
To dwell in heaven strong and glad.

When death got free to **** the throng,
God felt so sad and found that wrong.
He took and still takes all the dead
To live in heaven pleased and sound.

The Lord is God of life and love.
He wants His children to survive.
When death attacks, He takes them all
To live with Him in heart and soul.

BY JOSEPH ZENIEH
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HEARTS' GIFTS ARE FREE.

I help some people to be glad;
They do their best to drive me mad.
I give them water from my tears;
They never see my love and cares.

My Lord, it can be clearly seen
So hard their lives have always been.
They've suffered quite a lot in life.
What can we expect from that grief?

Just give and don't ask for return.
No hearts can hold back what they own.
If they have love in depth of heart,
Without requests with it depart.

So few who've suffered can give free
As they need more what others plea.
Don't ask for love from who have thirst;
They need that water to drink first.

BY JOSEPH ZENIEH
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NO ONE IS ALREADY THAT MR WONDERFUL.

We write a poem and we think
That everyone should appreciate
As l write it and who can be
Such great a writer just like me?

Perhaps you are, but let me know
The meanings you say and employ
By telling me through your clear words
What you may mean by such great work.

When l cognize all that you mean,
I may appreciate what you say
Because your work has taken time,
And you are not a common man.

When you write clearly and l ken
What you want through your piece to mean,
I may like your work; then you get
That Mr wonderful you've meant.

BY JOSEPH ZENIEH
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LOVE,  THE  BEST  PRAYER

You pray and think you do God's will
And deem you will in heaven dwell,
But if in love your heart is cold
Heaven won't be your coming world.

The world you seek is in your heart
Where God, His throne and peace has built.
There is your heaven and your dream
If love and peace from your heart gleam.

Your alms and prayers are so good;
They help to love and show the road
To love, to help and dry the tears;
Then you dwell in the world of cheers.

If you pray and that does not move
Your pity and your  heart's deep love,
Your prayers are not well addressed,
And their right way they have digressed.

BY JOSEPH ZENIEH
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THE  COMPETITION

What can man say, but please my Lord
Help me to do well in this world.
It is for once, not to repeat
And all of us have to compete.

What can l do when l compare
Myself with Plato and Voltaire?
Should l stand still and say they are
Compared with me, they are too far?

How can l say so to my Lord,
Who will retort l give you mind.
I've given them what l give you;
You should like them stand up and do.

I'm your Dad, and they are your kin.
I think you should from now begin
To retrieve the time you have lost
And in your Dad and self have trust.

BY JOSEPH ZENIEH
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GOD  OR  MAN ?

To whom shall l give ear, to God or man ?
I want to flesh and soul great joy to plan.
We have just one short life; none wants to waste,
But lives in full and gets what is the best.

How can l hark to man who works for self
To gain himself a throne that lasts long life
And neglect what l can clearly behold
The deeds of God that led Him to His rood ?

Those deeds were done for me; that was so clear,
Which makes them send a voice l clearly hear ;
It moves in me a call l can't neglect
As it has on my heart a great effect.

It affects me to seek what can me soothe
And dress my heart with silk so soft and smooth
To satiate the deep love l have in heart
That nothing can requite except one light.

That light can soothe my heart to go up high
And from there l can live the life in sky
Where love is deep and pure and has no stint,
So no man can it teach but the Lord's feat.

BY JOSEPH ZENIEH
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