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In my head butterflies sing of birth reality snaps it to a stillbirth. 9 months in belly, few seconds to life ousted its verve. God! They infiltrate dreams; to a…More
Belly crys, head aches
a jobless tomorrow, no pay…
grateful am alive; how do I survive?
Say she doesn't understand my poetry the rhyme scheme it seems bled out of the pen so I made out with spoken words sweet and fresh out like juice from…More
Jam packed loggerhead rumbled tumultous echoes of dreams wailing yelling hooting in their different colours corners owners hustling,bustling rustling,wrestling down the streets hits,defeat in heat… to eatMore
I feel the pain and see you with nothing to sustain but this plate chain handed down… I see you roam the streets belly empty,head hollow but a song rolling…More
I am the one who you seek in your soul but can't find I am the one who knocks on the invisible door of your heart. You desire,require;inquire about. I…More
Pitch black covers the lid I’m sitting in peaceful disturbance away with cloth; away with thoughts away with thrive sweaty wandering soul draped in its shadow looking faraway from tomorrow…More
If I’m saying two same different things it aint figurative, not near literature. It’s me feeling stupidly uncanny: the mind ‘poli-tricks’ it’s intelligence; making you see sense in me,…More
you are a flickering in my firmament I got lost, found and then lost wandering towards your twinkling I’d gather the sky gather you… whispers of the night would tell…More