KWEE Liberian Literary Magazine Jan. Iss. Vol. 0115 Apr Iss. Vol. 0415 | Page 33
Liberian Literary Magazine
Promoting Liberian literature, Arts and Culture
Baltimore C. Verdier
There is no easy way to live a life
I Have Seen It All
Be contended for the little things
Work with a heart of love and with honesty
Young man, I have seen it all
Yes, the days of old and new
Pray for good health and not wealth
And let your church be your heart
I have watched it from far and near
From the break of dawn to sun set
Copyright © Baltimore C. Verdier
Dripping in sweat and in blood
Drowning in tears and in grief
Mohammed Donzo Dolley
But you question my remote days
Term it backward and a dark era
Words
You boast of yours being sophisticated
Digitally interconnected and free flowing
Words I have used to educate people
Words I have used to persuade people
Words I have used to motivate people
Words I have used to disagree with people
So true, but I'm still here
Much longer than you ever know
Words I have used to advice people
Words I have used to lie to people
But words I have not used to
Exacerbate the pitiable conditions of
people
But words I have not used to murder people
But words I have not used to humiliate
people
Look son, I am proud of my days
I had it rough and really tough
And it made me a strong world
Because I work with the heart to live
I took the long way to still be around today
Never an easy way my young man
Words, Words,
More
Words, Words
I chose the days of trouble
So you can have peace in your time
But you blew it all away with your
sophistication
Now your own world is crumbling upon you
They are powerful
For when words are used
They are either positive
or negative
Positive, that`s welcoming
Negative, that`s something
I never wish to happen
For my conscience will
never serve me right
Sadly, you end up at an early age
Because you chose the shortcuts to life
But I'm still here seeing you come and go
Painfully grieving your loss
Seeing you been buried is just too much to
bear
But this is the world you created
Monrovia, Liberia, 01/14
© 2016 Mohammed Donzo Dolley
You have a chance to turn it around
Learn the secret of this silver hair
Mohammed Dolley’s first chapbook Our
Future, publishes in the second quarter of
2016.
Life is a sweet sorrow my dear boy
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