Jusu Jaka Yawmah (in photo), a Sierra Leonean living in Ghana, and one of the country\u2019s most young talented poets has illuminated his brilliance once more by sharing another of his insightful and soul searching poems, “Friends, Who Are…?”\u00a0 This is Jay’s fifth poem he has shared with us from his inspirational and uplifting invaluable compendium, \u201cJay\u2019s Anthology,\u201d \u2026 a must read for all ages!<\/p>\n
There is a friend who sticks by me, from dawn till nightfall
\nHe sees all with me, he is all to me, and I am his loved of all
\nHe is with me, with me he stumbles, with me he takes the fall
\nHe is always there, running swiftly to my beckoning call
\nI know him so well, his affection makes me stand so tall
\nAlways giving a helping hand, especially when I face a stall
\nAlso giving me hope and confidence, even when I feel appall.
\nHe is my buddy and completion, called my casual friend.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He is very loyal, I take him high, he treats me with significance
\nI run to him, to my utmost needs he runs to with due endurance
\nI feel his misdeeds, to my excesses, he fills love in abundance
\nHe keeps a secret, he guards them with a serious cognizance
\nI am so dear to him, surely he forms a part of my remembrance
\nAlways joyful, he approaches life with a very stable countenance
\nA quality that comes handy but hardly with a very lucky chance.
\nHe is my common acquaintance, called my mutual friend.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I am the inseparable piece, the person you got with so high
\nSo high without wings, when we soared the colorful blue sky
\nWhen you gracefully taught me how to dive, even how to fly
\nThe one with whom you did those things that make you feel so shy
\nWhen you bitterly regretted, bitterly asking yourself, “Oh God, Why?”
\nWith our eyes shedding tears that flow like a river whenever we cry
\nBinding us both to a moment that stays till we grow old, grey and die!
\nHe is the one guy, who was there, called my circumstantial friend.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He was even there, from the very beginning to the very end
\nDuring those times when my life on a loop of hope subtend
\nHe wakes up with me, with words that were a perfect blend
\nAnd stayed there, even at those boring times when I pretend
\nTo be unaware that he cares for me as he always ever intend.
\nI tease him often, but his response to me is not that of a fiend.
\nThere are only four types of friends; Casual and Mutual friends
\nCircumstantial and the very rare, called the friends of friends.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Friends, who, amongst a million are always distinctively so rare
\nFriends, who go through with you, showing how much they care
\nFriends, who stick close with you, always there, staying so near
\nFriends, whose show of love is genuine, plain and simply so dear
\nFriends, who honestly express their depths, very loud and clear
\nFriends, who help you walk a path without tremble, without fear
\nFriends, who are fountains, always ready to take and give a share.
\nFriends, let us honestly ask ourselves, “Friends, who really are…?”\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u00a9<\/strong>JUSU JAKA YAWMAH<\/em><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Stay with Sierra Express Media, for your trusted place in news!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Jusu Jaka Yawmah (in photo), a Sierra Leonean living in Ghana, and one of the country\u2019s most young talented poets has illuminated his brilliance once […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30195,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[671,745,1],"tags":[10236,10237,7079,1009],"class_list":["post-31650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-life-and-entertainment","category-uncategorized","tag-jays-anthology","tag-jusu-jaka-yawmah","tag-sierra-leone-poetry","tag-sierra-leone-poets"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31650","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31650"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31650\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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