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Feb 2022
"Leaves of Life" (1990)
      
But the bonds of birth,
   of life and its toils,
Planted by me
  Becoming, never Being,
To the bright hearts
  of those 'forever loves,'
Cherished by them,
  though glorified by me
     only,
Stand tall against my
  thought of  trip.
Many a time have I sunk
  in deep thought,
Wet and trapped like
   a caught fish, in doubt,
Many a time have I
   heard my heart aloud!
The riches and rages
   Nature endowed  upon
      us,
And the laughs by Fate
   at those who fail,
While hand in hand
   working together,
Reward each of us
   by  merits of known
     deeds:
Peace to him who
   persists in action,
To him poverty who
   rests in pestilent
      wealth--
For the world belongs to
   him who knows how!
Hakim Kassim
Written by
Hakim Kassim  M/Jigjiga, Ethiopia
(M/Jigjiga, Ethiopia)   
94
   Weeping willow
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