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BIRDS - Ajijola Habeeb
All birds have wings
But not all can fly.
Some birds would never sing
No matter how hard they try.
The day a child learns to control his tongue,
Is the day, he learns to speak
But even the dumb has a tongue and wishes to sing his song
The troubles of the mind make the eyes go weak
The bat has eyes but are always closed
Never ask the hell-keeper why he sweats a lot
Even the king's feet sometimes gets cold
And the hot sun too sometimes gets hurt
Life tells tales of truth with lies
Even with our wings we sometimes fail to fly
Though we can’t keep from falling
Our faulty wings never keep us from rising
Ajijola Habeeb
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