Bernard Gabriel Okurut Poems
- 1. This Coward I Have Become.
I almost speak up,
But your beauty shuts me up.
I guess I need your help
To overcome this coward I have become.
... - 2. For Without You, I Don't Know Who I Am.
Perhaps,
...but a few lines of poorly written verse
Won't speak to your heart.
Am thinking of a bad joke not to crack,
... - 3. Art!
A giant rotten egg
Clothed in a golden shell
With nothing but outer beauty to sell...
... - 4. Light-years
The sum
of all the stars
wouldn't make
half your worth.
... - 5. She Asked Why....
She asked why
I did not fall for her,
I scratched my head and said
" you are perfectly built,
... - 6. Raging Love
You spoke to me
With words of sulphur
And looked with rage
Into my anxious eyes.
... - 7. An Epitaph (to Be Written On My Grave).
I looked for peace
And found it here in my grave.
So don't weep but smile,
For my soul is at rest.
... - 8. I Will Rise And Shine.
I will rise and shine
Like the smiling morning sun,
From grass to grace
Like a phoenix rising from it's ashes.
... - 9. The Noisy Silence
Quiet as you are,
Your silence roars in my ears.
With my eyes closed,
Dreams bring you to me.
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