Page 23 - Compilation of Poems Arau International Poetry Festival 2021

You told us
That you would protect us
From the pit of snakes
But we were not told
That the pit is yours

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Of a sweet tongue that would set us free
O f a s e t t n g u a o u l e s e
In reality
It feeds us misery
It is of a tongue
Waiting patiently
To paint agonizing chaos
On our canvas unwillingly
We may seem vulnerable
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But here we are
The silent grandmaster on your chessboard
Waiting patiently
For the time when
We move the pieces on our free will
For we have hope
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To that glimmer of lights
That could set us free
From the shackles that made us saunter
From the ghostly fear
That the tongue had whispered
All the lies and their terror
Because your time of slithering
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That is longing
A room for the lifeless denigratory serpent