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27 Sep 2021 1 minute read 2 comments emily2u
I've only myself to blame,For this hard road I walk,For choosing this path,For not listening to you.I've only myself to blame,For not working as hard,For taking things for granted,For not achieving my goals.I've only myself to blame,For not believing...
26 Sep 2021 1 minute read 1 comment Olawalium
I remember the Saturday night I first met youYou stood by the lone bridgeAnd you stared down at the still water underneathWhatever you must have hadgoing on in your mind, I couldn't tellBut at that momentYou looked like something out of a picture A...
26 Sep 2021 1 minute read 1 comment Olawalium
First sight at the earthThe journey begins, small gentle stepsFrom crawling to standing and finally to walkingDestiny starts to unfoldIt's left to fate, hard work and providenceTo let this destiny come to fulfilment Life's first cry to final breath...
26 Sep 2021 1 minute read 1 comment emily2u
The hands of my watch tick byI track their progress, fascinated,But time seems to be moving slowlyDragging its feet, unmotivated.Feeling stuck in the momentLost in my own thought,A whistle snaps me out of itOh, board the train I ought!As I am carried...
25 Sep 2021 1 minute read 0 comments Olawalium
In my countryThere are learned hyenasWith fancy robes made of silkNo one gets as rich as themThey are at the helms of powerThey make the law, they make the people conform to themIlliterates ruling literates - What an irony! In my countryThere are r...
25 Sep 2021 1 minute read 1 comment emily2u
As I lay here against the breezeMemories invade my thoughts,Shaded under the palm treesBrushing sand from my shorts.So many things I want to sayCan't find the words to express,Nothing uttered turns out rightlySo just bottle up in my chest.Children pl...
25 Sep 2021 1 minute read 0 comments Olawalium
I want to live and leave this worldAs one who fought and lived her dreamsI want to burn brightly and blindlyAs I lit paths for othersAnd show myself to the world I want to live like a flame that burns brightlyAnd shine like I should, till I wilt gl...
24 Sep 2021 1 minute read 0 comments Vaske75
Somewhere out thereSomewhere in the valley, where the first morning mists obscure the sun, where roosters can be heard singing, somewhere where bees are buzzing, where the barking of a dog in front of an old house is heard, somewhere my homeland is m...
24 Sep 2021 1 minute read 0 comments Olawalium
I know so many peopleNot a lot really, just a handfulBut do they know me?Not this smile filled face but the real me Most people see this shellAnd they think it's meThey don't see the things deep downMummified and buriedCursed to never see the light...
24 Sep 2021 1 minute read 0 comments Olawalium
There is something about being lonely and wantingSuch person opens their heart to people quicklyEveryone seems like a nice personIn as much they have laughter for themOr talk to them at least They get hurt as quickly as they open their heartsBut do...
