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Lily
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LILY
She looked rather cute, Lily
She came from Somalia, Lily
In a ship full of immigrants
Who all came willingly
To collect garbage in Paris.
She thought we were all equal, Lily,
In Voltaire and Hugo's country, Lily,
Yet in our musical language
A white note is worth 2 blacks,
That's quite a difference.
She loved liberty so much, Lily,
She dreamed of fraternity, Lily,
A hotel owner Rue Secrétan
Explained in no uncertain terms
That only whites were welcome there
She unloaded crates, Lily,
She held all sorts of dirty jobs, Lily,
She yells out to sell cauliflowers
While in the street her coloured brothers
Accompany her on their jackhammers.
And when they called her Snow White, Lily,
She did not fall for the old trick, Lily,
She went along the “funny” joke,
Though she had to grit her teeth,
So as not to give them the satisfaction.
She met a handsome blond guy, Lily,
Who would gladly have married her, Lily,
But the in-laws-to-be declared:
“Though we are anything but racist
We can’t accept this sort of thing'.
She had a go in America, Lily,
That emblematic democracy, Lily,
She couldn’t believe her eyes
When she found out that even there
Black was the colour of despair
But in a meeting in Memphis, Lily,
She met Angela Davis, Lily,
Who said 'come, little sister
Together we are less frightened.
Of the wolves circling the trapper'.
So it is to ward off her fear, Lily,
That she too raises an angry fist, Lily,
Among all these crackpots
Who set alight those busses
Prohibited to coloured people
Still, amidst you daily struggle, Lily,
You will meet a good man, Lily,
And the child who will be born someday
Will be the colour of love
That no one can question
She looked rather cute, Lily
She came from Somalia, Lily
In a ship full of immigrants
Who all came willingly
To collect garbage in Paris.
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28.10.2024
The Enemy
My youth was but a tempest, dark and savage,
Through which, at times, a dazzling sun would shoot
The thunder and the rain have made such ravage
My garden is nigh bare of rosy fruit.
Now I have reached the Autumn of my thought,
And spade and rake must toil the land to save,
That fragments of my flooded fields be sought
From where the water sluices out a grave.
Who knows if the new flowers my dreams prefigure,
In this washed soil should find, as by a sluit,
The mystic nourishment to give them vigour?
Time swallows up our life, O ruthless rigour!
And the dark foe that nibbles our heart's root,
Grows on our blood the stronger and the bigger!
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28.10.2024
The day you and this planet disappeared
Trapped inside a steel cage, a pair of deep blue eyes
Stuck in this rotten world, where we were born
My heart was shut ice cold, the sky gray full of ash
Even so, I got to meet you
Your silver locks of hair were suddenly dyed red
We held so tightly in a warm embrace
My only purpose was protecting you, but still
Even so, you became a star
The lights they shine as bright as dying stars
I shall forget about you and this universe
'Please answer me' My voice hoarse as I call you
And my feelings, forever washed away
I walk under the sky caressed by the cold rain
Cut through the barren land, sharp as a blade
As if the countless stars were washed away by blood
That was the day you disappeared
The lights they shine as bright as dying stars
I shall forget about you and this universe
'Please answer me' My voice hoarse as I call you
And my feelings, forever washed away
So please forget, forget we ever met
And let me hear you and all of the stars above
'Please answer me' My voice hoarse as I call you
And my feelings, forever washed away
Please answer me...
Please look for me...
As we embrace I let out all my strength
And let the light engulf all that we know
Even my feelings will be washed away
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28.10.2024
When you go on a trip
When you go on a trip, you sometimes realize
What is important?
What is important?
When you go on a trip, you sometimes realize
Who is the person you love?
What is the thing you love?
Every time I meet myself
Everything passes
What is the thing that remains?
When you go on a trip, you sometimes realize
Every time I meet myself
That's why I'm a little scared
When you go on a trip, you sometimes realize
I want to meet myself
Today, I'm going on a trip again
Why do you show your face here?
Why do I remember those words here?
There are so many things I don't understand
I don't understand 'myself' the most
That's why I go on a trip
What is important?
Who is the person I love?
28.10.2024
Like there are stars in the sky
Like there are stars in the sky
Like there's sand on the beach
There's only one thing in my heart
I had a small dream
Like the wind blowing east
Like the river flowing
With the passage of time
My one and only small dream has vanished
Lonely, lonely, staring at the stars
Alone, alone, covered in tears
Everything everything is
Although it's over
Everything around me
Although it has disappeared
Like a light rain in spring
Like dead leaves falling in autumn
It seems like everyone has that
It's just a change of seasons