YESTERDAY

It seems like yesterday we used to have dreams
Life was full of love and we all enjoyed the beauty of life resources
We dialogue with the gods and speak in our mother's tongues
I used to look up the sky, stretched my hands and reach it
The lives we live was no fairy tale
Because deep down in our heart we can feel it
There was no pride, every man can fend for himself
I remembered i used to walk down the street like i own it
God was living with mankind, we had everything we needed
I woke up one morning and saw the world i knew has changed
It has become a nightmare i never thought would become a reality
Evil now lives in our homes, wickedness walks on our streets
The world is no longer big enough to accommodate our dreams
We betray each other for wealth which lapses in time
Pride has blindfolded our judgment, we no longer believe in what’s right
The sky has become far from our reach
We no longer have wings to fly to reach our dreams
Life is now a fairytale; man's zeal for life is lost
No more morning to wake up to
To take these nightmares away
Just like yesterday, everything we once believed in
Are now fragile thought we pray and hope for everyday
I wish life had remain the way it was yesterday
So man wouldn't have to worry about today

WRITE ME A LOVE LETTER

It will be exciting to know deep inside your heart how much you feel about me

I will love to read your love letters every night, just before i go to sleep

My heart is anxiously waiting for you to tell me your dreams

Tell me how much you love me and how much hanging out with me makes you feel

Tell me how you felt when i kissed your lips and hold you in my hands

What runs through your mind when i wrap you in my bosom as we lay together all through the night?

When i told you that i love you, how do these words make you feel?

When i take you out to the beach as we sit, what are the thoughts running through your mind?

I will love to know if it’s okay for you to spend the rest of your life with me

I have this feeling that the words you will write, are going to blow me off my feet

How lovely and romantic it will be to know you have a passion for me

I am going to stay up all night reading your letters

I am going to stay awake and figure out how deep the feelings you have for me inside

Babe, i can't wait to read your first letter and keep the words close to my heart

I know you love me and will always want to keep making me smile

Write me a love letter; i want the world to know we share the same feelings inside

That when you said you love me, you meant it right from the depth of your heart

THE PLIGHT OF THE COMMON MAN

Injustice constantly thrive in our society
The common man left with fate to survive 
Integrity substituted for disloyalty 
His life is determined by unscropulous policies

The common man is left in the hand of the elites
Who dare to tarnish his will of expression
From criticizing a fellow elites
And suffer the cruelty of tyrants

Eachday the common man suffer in neglet and rejection
Eachday the common man suffer from conviction
From a leader, selfish enough to sell his birthright
The common man is regarded for an outcast

He is irrelevant if he cannot afford a car 
He is irrelevant if he can not afford a roof over his head
He is irrelevant if he can not buy away his guilt and disloyalty
The common man is cheated upon and prejudice for lamenting 

The life of the common man is like that of a sailor
With a life jacket shipwrecked, lost and floating on sea
Hoping for a rescue ship to sail by 
As he hardly holds on to survive

Praying to be alive long enough to be revived
To overcome a sad and frustrating day
He has but one alibi in life to content with
That is to hope for a better tomorrow

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