Is There A Safe Place? Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDECFGHIJJ KKLJMNO PQDR SBITBIUIJIPTP VJWJXJ YIJJZJNA2SA2B2MA2C2J VD2JA2A2JE2J JWJF2G2H2JH2XKH2 I2VJSFVJXFFJ2I2J| I come from the Western part | A |
| Of West Africa | B |
| A lover of the East | C |
| Forbidden to mingle | D |
| With the daughters | E |
| Of the kings of the East | C |
| Should I cross the boundaries | F |
| That's where things go South | G |
| I grew up in the North | H |
| Where we're used to | I |
| Being Hot Hurt | J |
| Yet never Hault | J |
| - | |
| I think my nation is awesome | K |
| Quote that Awesome | K |
| At getting me lost in thoughts | L |
| The economy and modus operandi | J |
| Makes me go ballistic | M |
| But don't get me wrong | N |
| Home is where the heart lives | O |
| - | |
| They say | P |
| The world is a book | Q |
| Those who do not travel | D |
| Only read one page | R |
| - | |
| To everyone who has intentions | S |
| Or exploitations of living in diaspora | B |
| Uhh I salute you | I |
| For reasons of Business | T |
| Pleasure Exposure Etcetera | B |
| I pray for you | I |
| And I wish God's grace | U |
| Though I cannot advice you | I |
| To be afraid | J |
| But I'd like to alert you | I |
| To be watchful and pray | P |
| For different shades of darkness | T |
| Has always objectified man as prey | P |
| - | |
| To a Wise and Goodman | V |
| The whole earth is his Fatherland | J |
| So does serving or loving | W |
| My motherland require me | J |
| To detest or hate my father | X |
| For service or land | J |
| - | |
| Two captains can't run a ship | Y |
| True | I |
| Well let's not forget that | J |
| Water differs from land | J |
| Nevertheless | Z |
| If you were thinking clearly | J |
| What went wrong | N |
| Was your perspective | A2 |
| For the wrong reasons | S |
| Some turned defensive | A2 |
| In the absence of attack | B2 |
| Became pessimistic | M |
| Negatively argumentative | A2 |
| Ambassadors of conflicts | C2 |
| Deforming conformity | J |
| Mis respresenting the definition | V |
| Of Humanity and frustrating the peace | D2 |
| Of those who cherish Unity | J |
| Becoming aggressive | A2 |
| Forcing us to play defensive | A2 |
| Even without a strategy | J |
| The only way this ends | E2 |
| Is obviously in tragedy | J |
| - | |
| Can't you see | J |
| The violence is threatening | W |
| The very peace that we need | J |
| Don't you hear | F2 |
| Heartbeats of joy | G2 |
| Took a different tempo | H2 |
| Now hearts beat heavy | J |
| Because It's hard to let go | H2 |
| How long shall we suffer | X |
| From the pandemonium | K |
| Of this racial tornado | H2 |
| - | |
| Is there anywhere safe | I2 |
| On the planet for an African | V |
| If nations seize to unite | J |
| What's United nations | S |
| If I'm not free to go overseas | F |
| Freedom needs new definition | V |
| Apparently | J |
| I've got dreams larger | X |
| Than my continent's boundaries | F |
| But I fear that crossing the boundaries | F |
| Could turn my dreams into a nightmares | J2 |
| Is there anywhere safe | I2 |
| For an African immigrant | J |
Ajiboye Temitopelodobaba
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