I told my wish into the dark teach me how to listen to hear the voice that is truth the voice that speaks between the spaces of my words Teach me grace not to beg for love’s return but to be granted the grace to give it Teach me how to walk barefoot through myContinue reading “Understanding is the birth of love”
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My child… I love her so deeply that she will not exist.
The warrior who knows her weakness walks barefoot through fire just to prove she’s still alive Not to be born would have been mercy The kindest mercy But I was chosen Condemned To pain To dream against my will This flesh A cage Of borrowed time This mind A mirror painfully aware of its endContinue reading “My child… I love her so deeply that she will not exist.”
I am
This is me Because I am I was the one exiled from the classroom My knees pressed to the concrete My head bowed Ashamed that I am Because I am I was the one handed shame disguised as discipline Handed fear Told it was help Shrank me into pain Carved insults into my growing mindContinue reading “I am”
I Got Tired
I don’t know why we keep placing our faith in human beings. Human beings are not good people. I don’t know when we’ll learn. Look around. Look at Benue State (Nigeria). Look at your own country. Look at history. Look at the world. From the beginning, we’ve proven, again and again, that cruelty comes moreContinue reading “I Got Tired”
There is no reason in love
You don’t choose Not the moment Not the man You don’t choose Not in his goodness Not in his flaws You don’t choose You simply fall We are often told everything in life is fate But love Love is the only thing that escapes the script The only thing that defies fate It begins inContinue reading “There is no reason in love”
Only artists allowed in my house
Yes Writers Dancers Producers Storytellers Truth tellers I want them all When I become a parent? Best believe I am raising a tribe of loud, expressive, artistic little humans Only artists allowed in my house We are not prepping for board meetings We are not dreaming rockets to Mars We are writing monologues We are throwingContinue reading “Only artists allowed in my house”
Hand in Hand
Hand in Hand God My connection to You has not always been loud It has not always been clear Most times it’s quiet But somewhere in my heart You remain certain You have always been there I don’t know what it was Or what exactly changed But something stirred in me this weekend Something thatContinue reading “Hand in Hand”
He took that from me
I still remember the phone notes The simple poems you used to write It feels like such a long time ago I don’t remember the exact words Just… the feeling Back then, I thought they were silly I felt awkward reading them while you stood there watching But now I realize… it wasn’t the poemsContinue reading “He took that from me”
What if tomorrow begins without me
Lying on my bed Drowning in thoughts of how life can be beautiful in the day Yet melt slowly into death at night I wonder why shadows feel like false promises of life I can’t help but thinkWhat if tomorrow begins without meMy life and death summed up in a single eulogy Forced to acceptContinue reading “What if tomorrow begins without me”
In sleep
In sleep I find relief An escape from the corridors of reality’s harshness Where voices command my confidence with compelling demands And racing thoughts are never ending Inflicting silent pain As I question my existence In sleep I create a world that’s mine alone Where seeds of hope are sown At last, I taste happinessContinue reading “In sleep”
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