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Moving On...

18 Sep 2021 1 minute read 0 comments Olawalium

There's something about moving onAfter someone you loved diesYou tell yourself you need to move onYou have to let go You tell yourself to stop hurting and continue living lifeAnd when you finally get out from the hell holeYour first sight of the su...

Dear Country.

18 Sep 2021 1 minute read 0 comments Olawalium

Dear countryWhat will you do about your offspringsWho are wilting away graduallyLike plants in the desert? Dear countryYour future leaders can barely escapeThe ugly hands of untimely misfortunes Dear countryYour Greenland is getting sandyYour hard...

Tears.

17 Sep 2021 1 minute read 0 comments Olawalium

Tiny drops in a continuous flowHoping they would make up for the emptiness at the heartQuiet heartbreaking tearsAs they drop so does the heartThis hot and cold waterThat breaks the heart as it flowsLoud wailing sobs for grief and lossThey flow from...

The First Time.

15 Sep 2021 1 minute read 2 comments Olawalium

The first time I met herThe moment our eyes metI could hear the bells and the songsI could see the flowers thatdecorated her faceThen and there, I knew I met my soulmate The moment she openedher mouth to speakThe moment my ears heard her voice -In...

In Love With A Nun.

14 Sep 2021 1 minute read 0 comments Olawalium

She is the face of beautyThe soul of surrealShe walks and all heads turn Sister in ChurchYou have turned my thoughts away from GodI came to confess my sinsHere I am, confessing my feelings What would I say to GodIf He asks me what I did in His Hous...

A Goddess.

13 Sep 2021 1 minute read 0 comments Olawalium

A Goddess - that's what you areThe way you command attentionYou leave every man with intentionThank God, you and I, we have a connectionIf possible, I would come for you again after resurrectionMy bestie, we have crossed many paths without directio...

Mama.

13 Sep 2021 1 minute read 0 comments Olawalium

When I, at first came to beShe was the road and the vehicleThat conveyed me safe hereAnd as I start to grow she remained stillThe path that I treadEven if it's slippery at timesIt comforts that she awaits me at the end of the roadTo hug and say "We...

The Misfits.

12 Sep 2021 1 minute read 0 comments Olawalium

They are quite the little devilsAnd sometimes, they are the boisterous angelsFilled with life and darknessIn the right proportions tooA good balance just like fire and ice They are misfits who always have a spaceIn their own little worldWith temper...

Diary Of The Ghosted.

11 Sep 2021 1 minute read 0 comments Olawalium

At the door that leads to your beautiful spiky heartI stand patiently, awaiting the day of PentecostWhen your heart will be finally opened and receive the spirit of love At the door that leads to your compassionI wait as I get showered with a rain...

I'm Sorry, Mama.

11 Sep 2021 1 minute read 0 comments Olawalium

I guess I'm not the nice personMom claimed I wouldgrow up to beI can't smile cheerfully when people hurt meI complain in a poem like this And think twice before helping anyone again I guess I'm not a good person after allI can't move on and pretend...