Purple Velvet
July 25, 2020PoemsMy wondering eyes First beheld the shimmer of indigo Ever before my gaze inclined with the bearer Of magical aura Life and death at just a wink Purple velvet It beamed conspicuous Thick the...
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You and the Ring
May 28, 2020PoemsNo candle light No sweet scent No Sheeran’s “Perfect” Just you And the thought Of where he should have been No white gown No down the aisle No Priest’s “say...
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Free Friday Cocktail
May 23, 2020PoemsIt was Friday again You called her — as it was your manner Same rendezvous The corner of the bar Where the spinning rainbow ignores your existence She’s your Meerkat and that’s her...
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He Found Me
May 11, 2020PoemsI was stripped of my rind Then discarded I was a forsaken matter The type you find in the refuse With malodorous neigbours And the songs of the flies Dampened and depraved I thought that...
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A New Orge on the Street
April 16, 2020PoemsThere used to be orges on the street They used to be wars of loud bang Of the songs that filled the street with raving wails and gnash Of AKs that drilled our walls Of thunderous boom That turned...
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I Ask No Man Pardon
March 4, 2020Short storiesChapter 1: O Murdres! This world, you know, is concrete. And did I mention cold?” I said lying on the bed. My lower body was inside the black velvety quilt. I put a cigarette between my lips,...
50I won’t leave you
March 4, 2020PoemsI won’t leave you, ever You will be my always, forever Even if you bleed me Even if you crush me Even if you harm me Even if you disturb me I won’t leave you, ever I love you,...
30I live past me!
March 4, 2020PoemsI bleed red,The scars rustedthe tears overflown,I craved for painnot for a sympathy gainquite long living suffocationI lived throbbing in every pulse,flowing in every veinI die less faster than i...
20The Sketch
March 4, 2020PoemsA pale and colourless piece of art.I found in my cupboard,Made by someone close to my heart.It was a sketch with no shades.Or, the colours have been washed up by the waves.Some spark was there,In...
20WORDS OF A SHATTERED SOUL
March 4, 2020PoemsWhen I was in a state of despair,I made up my mind of desist everything.I was fully covered with darknessNo hope of light!No hope of happiness! No one was there to help me out.No one was there to...
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I Waited Here
February 13, 2020PoemsI waited here Those long hours, for youHopeful, you would notice me todayThen you cameAnd you gave a glanceTwo-second attention – like a goldfishI countedThrough the hurry in your eyesI...
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Delusions
January 23, 2020Short storiesFola grinned on the front page again, beside the president. Why him all the time? Where has he been that I haven’t? I’ve been to the tropical paradise where green carpet damps the...
50Just Another Song
January 12, 2020PoemsI want to know what you’re writing I want to know if it’s about me I need to know if you’ve thought the way I do I want to know how often and what it is What it is you think about What did I...
50Dry Throat
January 12, 2020PoemsMy heart hasn’t beat like this for so long My mouth hasn’t been this dry in forever That same feeling in the back of my throat I used to have everyday It’s surprising to me that I feel...
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Dead Super Hero
January 4, 2020PoemsIt started as pinches, the type that made your neighbours run to the wall, to hear his words tingle – pins. You noticed, as you walked the street, neighbours whispered, “see where he...
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The Hand that Fed Him
December 30, 2019PoemsEfe bit the hand that fed him. The fingers cried – pitiable waah! The thumb watched in awe. But Efe showed no remorse. He would still carry his shoulder, like one who hides a boil in his...
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What Could Be Wrong with the Right?
December 28, 2019PoemsIn my own right I’ll say Julie was not always right For she would think her left was the right But her right wasn’t the right, but the left Twas hard to tell her That the right was...
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