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Category: Poetry
Posts here will be sharing of poetry
Heat
At times in the bubbling heat
Things, a thing is done, said out of character
The uncapped frustration, hitting the surface from the abyss
In the hindsight of the now
Thoughts scream wow, one made a mistake like pow
The left side eye, says shut up
The right side eye, smirks I told you
Bamboo cane
I dey Datus Co
Yellow shirt, embroidered crest on the left side of my top pocket
Knee long dark, blue shorts
Brown belt, matching synthe sandals
Short afro hair this time, lit. No more in my adulthood, its cool the hairs don’t like my shining scalp now
Lunch box in hand.
Meet friends and to primary school we go, in Bubuashie
Other side
Flee self, be
Living Mama’s are the carriers of thy labouring nine months
Ripples and waves of aches and pains
The anguish to relish the blossom of thy cactus
Shaping into adulthood from childhood
She parented, guarded thee, the child
Thy mind, body and soul
Differing thoughts and emotions transpire
Clash of the titans, bumpy roads and potholes
O humanity!
Rest in Peace George Floyd, João Pedro Matos Pinto, David McAtee, Julian Cole. Many more brothers and sisters. Tapping words to drip.
O humanity!
It takes this.. and it’s consistent thread of injustice, prejudice to move this.
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