Love Poem: If We Can Give Love a Chance
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Written by: Emmanuel Tenjoh

If We Can Give Love a Chance

If we can give love a chance 

O love; sweet love if we can give it a chance 
As our God-given blessed children 
Black, yellow, white, green, innocent of our wars 
Live doing when in rain bow multi-colour 
They go playing without hatred and fear 

O love; sweet love if we can give it a chance 
By allowing truth to live in everybody’s tongue 
We men will be very strong 
And hatred that reigns to the bay will shyly move 
Leaving us in peace unending, for we will be sinking in the sea of love 

If we can give love a chance 
Then at day dawn, we men black, yellow, white green 
Without fear will drive our flocks from field to fold 
Free as the air to watch rivers that rage 
And the rocks that grow old 
Free to listen to the birds that sing 
Free without fear to scent the flowers and walk the wanton fields 
Free to enjoy what pleasures nature can bring 

If we can give love a chance 
Then there will be peace everlasting 
Peace and joy that must be in any day that breaks 
And soon withers them forgotten 
As eggs that go rotten 
Peace that brings joy, joy that happiness 
That gives a honey tongue, a heart of gall 
Joy that brings sorrow to fall