Sunday, March 8, 2009

Yearning to be a poet

I yearn to be a poet
Strung on letters to form words
To follow like a stream
Like the poets does
When I read a poem
I marvel in amazement and wonderment
On how letters ride on to words
To give meaning and peace

As you read on all through
Yet could not fathom
How they do it all
Yet yearn to be a poet
So as to capture moments in time
Translate moments in words
For mind and eyes to remember
How do they do it?

Despite the wonderment
I still yearn to be a poet
And one day I shall be a poet.

Zaynab Tukur

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