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when I hear you
say my name
I feel like jumping
over all words
to hold you close
in times
when wars create
terrible chaos unexpectedly
obsessive heads of state
allow their armies also
to  attack civilian targets
killing thousands of innocents
in theaters  churches  hospitals
just to show
they can

in times like these
what can a poet do
   in addition to feeding some NGOs
except find words
to tell the wannabe dictators of the world
that they are really tiny souls
desperately trying to gain global recognition
with their bombs and their artillery  
just to show

apparently they all are unaware
that they will be remembered
not as the saviors but the butchers
of their devastated nations
when I don't have
the pleasure of your presence

I always wish I could
 Jun 2022 Karijinbba
- JP DeVille
She sleeps by me
I lie next to her and think of her
Her eyes closed away from me
Secrets kept hidden

Her warmth
A fireside on a cold December
My lips
Like monarchs in search of spring

I wonder if she knows I think of her

She sleeps and dreams of better days
I lie next to her and think of her

My fleeting eyes
Can see her sleeping
As they fly away

And she dreams of us
Dancing on a patch of grass

But eagles sore too far
Above the ground

And dreams like books
On a top library shelf
Always too hard to reach

So she keeps on dreaming
And so do I

I see her sleeping and think of her

I lie next to her and think of her

Her eyes kept away from me
My lips fly and my eyes soar

Underneath the covers

Lies and secrets

Closed away
 Jun 2022 Karijinbba
- JP DeVille
America is the land of broken promises,
And unaccomplished dreams.

America is the land of life,
But not liberty,
And the pursuit of happiness
Has been stomped on
By governments big and small.

America was founded on the blood and toil of our forefathers,
But America will be killed
By pretenders,
By so called interpreters
Of the constitution,
By geriatrics with no sense of reason.

America is ruled by the same people
That walled Ruby Bridges from attending school.
America is ruled by the same people
That called us rapists, murderers,
Not good people.

America is the sleeping giant,
But our slumber has overstayed its welcome.
Wake up America!
Wake up oh great Roman Empire!
We are falling from within!

First they came for the blacks,
But I was not black,
So I did nothing.
Then they came for the Asians,
But I was not asian,
So I did nothing.
Then they came for the Muslims,
But I was not Muslim,
So I did nothing.
Then they came for the Mexicans,
But I was not Mexican,
So I did nothing.
Then they came for women's rights,
But I was not a woman,
So I did nothing.
And then they came for ME,
And there was no one left
To stand by me.

June twenty-fourth,
twenty-twenty two,
A day that will live in infamy.
In your presence I am but a sparkle in the sand a breath of Angel dust
In your presence I am the sun's companion and the moon's best friend
In your presence I seek only light and the path that leads me home
  In your momentary presence, ... I just am
In your presence I am love and only love, both young and old  
In your presence I become the flower that thirsts for Holy Water
In your presence I diminish and you appear I am never left alone
In your momentary presence, ...I am there
In your presence all my worries turn to ashes as I pray
In your presence I watch the gentle changing of the guards
In your presence the ebon of the night turns into light
In your presence I can truly see the path that leads me home
In this momentary presence of respite, there is always you.
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