THE REIGN OF A NATION

By John Fox

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Wind blows west, wind blows south

Trees sway back and forth

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All is amiss, all is in mess

The sun has fallen off the horizon

Like rain, cometh the reign of a nation

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Dusty cometh the summer

In the hearts arises anger

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Clouds shift lazily across the skyline
The fools dine, on table with wine

Dark dirks double the din of dirge

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The nation led astray to astral,

Is building a new castle

Like rain, cometh the reign of a nation.

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Among fools the power is shared

Behind their hearts, hope is buried

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Heroes come and go whenever

But the nation stays forever

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The wounded will of war,
Will light lives like lignite no more
The people power propells prominently
Like rain, cometh the reign of a nation.

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John Fox (John Garang Ayak); student in Nakuru, Kenya. The poet can be reach at his email johngarang60@yahoo.com

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