#5DaysToVals Contest Entry by Lady Cyrstabel Tamakloe It has always been me Alone with my thoughts Till the other me walked in It was hard making an acquaintance coz like a turtle; I was always in my shell It took a while to get used to him... Read More
Spring Time (Letter To An Unknown Wife)
Exceptional; my thoughts of you.Devoted; my thirst for you.Greedy; my yearn for your body.A million wish had I, and I chose you.Around your orbit I desire to cruise through.As Colombus find thy arousing islands.If the truth was a lie,And I lied to the... Read More
A Bleeding Rose!
Bleeding RoseI cry ,Like the rain drops from the skyI ask myself whyShould I let my tender heart dieI’m brokenEvery time my heart is openedThe shards of the pain ripping me apartFor my misery has awokenLonely meWhere is thy walls that... Read More
Now will I rise!!
I am many broken peopleI have broken dreamsSlowly losing hopeas I watch my livespass before my eyesas in a film.I want to be lovedBy the He whom I selectednot ignoredSame person who claim he was madefrom this sandI make him my leaderBut then He dusts... Read More
My Name Is
By Makhfuza Imamova A way of life became a thin bridge,I couldn’t pass it without fail.I have raised only absence,But I never took your heart up. To come the fate’s bows,Aimed only me among othersOh, my dear, it has no tongue,Of my heart... Read More
IMMORTALITY
In this piece,I do bare my soul like a sacrifice.That when each verse seems a trance;You shall walk in my thoughts,Feel the battles I fought,Get obsessed in the feelings I felt,Live within the pain in which I dwelt,Acquaint in thee, the passion that... Read More
The Snake
I love the snake,Its skin is rich in patterns,Its body is a shiny glider,For the cobra, I love its majestic head that it wears like a crown.For the rattlesnake, I love the music of its tail.For the green mamba, I love its easy colour of camouflage.For... Read More
STAY
By Deoye Falade I can’t see youBut like lovers in a long-distance relationshipI feel you more than words could tellYou’re in meYou feel off me. Like a static sunAn unpeturbed stallionYou don’t turn or kick oftenLike the others did before they... Read More
Now That Gone You Are
Now that gone you aremy days are lengthy and colderand my nights are buried in tons of thoughts,as distant images of you resurfaces.To myself I rewrite the good of your absenceas a reminder to my common sensethat I shall be free of thoughts which ruin... Read More