LESSONS CAN'T BE FORGOTTEN
Some events were great surprises
that could print on mind some pictures.
Seen so clearly and so wisely,
time cannot disturb their features.

Once, l had a friend quite boasting.
He supposed he was a genius,
and he claimed he taught his classmates
how to reach  the highest levels.

Sitting near me in an exam,
he pretended to have knowledge.
I beheld his answers differed;
changing mine, l wrote his jewels.

When we went home, l discovered
mine had been the correct answers.
Laughing, l said, "lt's a lesson
that l will not ever forget."
BY JOSEPH ZENIEH
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APPRECIATION
Blooming flower, what's your choice
which bestirs your heart to live?
It's the butterfly that roams
all the fields and lands on me.

It has seen the flowers all
which are noble in their hues
and possess most charming scents;
once approached, no one can leave.

They have winked to it invite.
It's perceived their lures and smells.
It's neglected their warm calls,
choosing what its heart adores.

You've implored your Lord for rain,
which endows your green and red
purest colours which you need
to receive what gives you worth.
BY JOSEPH ZENIEH
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MISTAKES DON'T SHOW THE CHARACTER.
Who tells you that your mistakes show
the person that your skin conceals?
Mistakes do not show what you are;
a trip is not a deer's right step.

A freezing day may once escape
and mar the beauty of the sky,
but summer is known for its sun
and its clear sky whose blue charms man.

A mare which has a well known breed
is worth ten horses that pull carts.
It may fall down, but it's well known
for its great value and its speed.

A man may slip and wrongly act,
but his heart's of a sublime beat.
He loves and helps the weakest first;
can that slip bring him a bad name?
BY JOSEPH ZENIEH
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SELFISHNESS
I'm sorry for the west to have
this rapid fall into its death.
It had great nations which could rule
the world from furthest east to west.

They were the leaders who could build
the knowledge that advanced the world.
They gave inventions that could stun
the nations of dark ignorance.

All that is caused because their men
have wished to have the *** they need
without protection to their girls
who need safe homes to live and breed.

Corruption has replaced deep faith.
Their people are in full decrease.
Their youths are coming from abroad
to bring with them Europe's downfall.
BY JOSEPH ZENIEH
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WAS THAT FAIR?
A little bird looked at a hawk
whose high respect filled all the sky.
She liked the power that he showed
and hoped to have the force he owned.

The hawk could do all what he liked.
He killed small birds and had good time.
He had *** far from his own nest
where by his wife he'd not be chased.

The little bird stayed near her house.
She saw a male bird near to her.
She had an ******* with him
not for enjoyment but morale.

Her male saw her and got enraged,
and he at once divorced his wife.
She thought that those who were not strong.
Should keep away from what was wrong.
BY JOSEPH ZENIEH
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FORCED, SO IT MUST BE GOOD.
When l think of how we come to life
I become quite sure life must be sweet.
No one has been asked before he's born
if he wants to come to this hard world.

Compare between self and Jesus Christ.
Have you sacrificed a thing for man?
Jesus gave His blood and suffered much.
Can this Man force you for what is hard?

God gives us a soul that will not fall
in the grave and face any decay.
It remains afloat in its Eden
with the saints and parents you adore.

You won't miss a human who is dear,
but you live with him in endless sky.
Can there be a life better than this?
All this is performed with Jesus Christ.
BY JOSEPH ZENIEH
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WHEN HEARTS CRY
The streets on which my father walked
long time ago to reach his work
are dear to me and call my heart
to shed its inner tears unseen.

Some parts of them are wholly changed
but not inside my wistful mind.
I still recall how they were then
The unchanged sites can me remind.

I miss the persons; they're still dear
as they were when l could not deem
to part with them when they were here
but add to that the work of time.

As they have left, my heart is squeezed.
I miss them and l have no hope.
Since l can't see them anymore,
I can't leave where they loved to live.
BY JOSEPH ZENIEH
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