Have you noticed? When I don’t talk,There’s silence between us. When I don’t call,There’s distance. When I don’t text,We run out of words. Have you noticed? When I don’t askThere’s no openness. When I don’t show affectionNone of us cares. When I don’t prayThere’s no amen. Darling, have you noticed?That I’m the one dating us.
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I have heard of broken hearts But I’ve never seen their smashed pieces littered on marble floors. I have heard of broken hearts But they still seem to beat and pump blood into veins. I have heard of broken hearts How come they pull themselves together to love again? To tear a heart apart Take […]
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I can’t swim so I know to stay away from pools and rivers or if ever I decide to venture I wet my feet first (don’t judge) slowly sink in by the edge have something floatable around me all this while ensuring I’m in the gaze of the lifeguard Life is a river I was […]
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Hey guys, it’s me here again, your you know poet Rachel, and this time, I am not dropping in for the Friday column, now how weird would that be for a Thursday. Well, I’m particularly excited to tell you that I featured on this day’s edition of PBG5ONE’s Thursday Video Content Thursday poetry. I did […]
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Yesterday was a Sunday that had me asking: -where the Sun dey? But things that bothered me,Bothers me no more,For I’ve come in terms with the fact that there are some things I’ll never know, -like who God’s mom is. Maybe when I see Elohim He’ll tell me, Maybe not, Maybe I’ll never know,But the […]
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You may write my sins on to the heavens And cause me problems, a score of twenty-seven. You may raise dust around with your busy feet And Increase the volume of the noise you call music. You may strip my happiness naked and push me to the streets to feed on the scorn. You may […]
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Once upon a vintage of black and white A time when the air was stiff with violence A season of vengeance and dark Knights Everything was tolerable but tolerance The Elders sat on low stools with hurt painted in their eyes And the youths inches lower with limbs crossed Ears pricked to hear the ache […]
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I know you’ll say it doesn’t make senseAll of the insults I takeFor your sake,That sometimes, being polite is rudeBeing rude to myself,And love is but just a ruse. I know you’ll say reckless loving,Is a fool’s mayhemEndless obsessionIs a madman’s endAnd even the devilWill not dare. I know you’ll warnThat you’re not the oneThat […]
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Dark regrets played darts with confusion taking the place of a referee as it caused a disruption in the deposits of my mindAltering the metaphysical intercourse Between Spirit and spirit. The corner of my left eye twitched open to unfold the crippled woman dressed in an ambiance of expectations Patiently waiting to hear the final […]
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Every once in a while, I say hi I go try chyke you like say I don high. Every once in a while I say die But the next day I dey claim say na you be my life. Every once in a while, You see me. But I dey claim say You dey on […]
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