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The Caring and Loving Poems of Cindy Uduh

As I walk through the alley

I feel the sweat of an old man.

I hear the cry of the cat

That looks for food.

I understand the feeling of those

Who have no food, no life, no voice.

As I walk though the alley

I see those who have suffered.

The crystal blue water glimmers

In the radiant sunlight

As I perch myself by the river bank

And lower my head down to get

A cool refreshing drink

Of the cool wavy river

That is sweet and fast.

Sea, so calm you could hear

The howling of the wind;

It is like the meadows, so soft the light whistles

Could enchant you into an everlasting sleep.

Sea, so blue it’s the reflection

Of a princess’s beauty;

It’s like the cruel witch

Could not even undo its beauty.

Sea, so strong it could blemish

A whole army with one blow;

That is me:

Queen of the Sea.

My shadow follows me everywhere.

When I go to sleep

It goes to sleep too.

When I go to walk

It comes too.

I love my shadow

Because it is me:

Caring and loving.

© Cindy Uduh, 1997

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