Tag: Poetry
Eyes made of love by Adigun Peter
Your eyes remind me of love. Not the fairytale love story, but one where two beings, though separate, are still together. They can live without each other, but will never feel complete until they are together. Your eyes remind me of the love I wished for after reading my first romance novel. The “HAPPILY […]
You remind me of by Riian
You remind me of the colour, Orange. Like the sun On a good Eve. Of the colour, Brown. Like warm hugs and soft kisses Like coffee on a cold morn’ Of the colour, Blue. Calm, beautiful, and true. • You remind me of the colour, Orange. Faint, soft The hue your skin […]
The Wallflower by Akinsànyà Naomi
From shining bright to wallflower’s plight, I hide in shadows, shrinking from sight. I can take any form as long as I’m hidden, Losing myself in a world I’ve forbidden. Reminded of my past, I feel small and weak, Longing for the person I used to be. My body reminds me I’m no longer it’s […]
A Man Named Fear by Suulola
In the solemn quarters of a young mind A man named fear, brings gift unkind Wraps his hand around my heart The fear he brings, tears me apart The fear of failure, a constant host Chasing dreams behind the coast It whispers in my ear at night The fear of failure, dimes my light Climbed […]
Dreams At The Other Side by Amongmen
Dreams are our what if’s A chance to embark on the possibilities of our talents For some, dreams are more sacred Embedded in meanings not of the spiritual But of hope, dispensation, and wine which quenches thirst Dreams are an endless void Continually stacked as we learn about the world A sword in the hands […]
Bread, Honey by Tìmíléyìn Akínsànyà
I have never known love to be this kind and freeI have never felt this way beforeMy heart relaxes in your touch and I am allowed to be myselfTo take off the masks I wear that shield me from the painLayerByLayerYou take them off and kiss meYou take them off and see me There is […]
The Heart and The Mind by Mila
My heart is a brain if it feels right I don’t have to think about it,But for every dumb decision my heart’s made, it’s my actual brain that’s dealt with every bit,With every beat of my heart, my mind grows weary with thoughts,Like I decide to wear my heart on my sleeves and my brain […]
Real Me by Oyinkansola Alausa
I’m a black childWith lots of dream and aspirationBorn into polygamyNot by choice, but by force I am that child who replaces worry with solitudeWhere I turn my words and feeling to creative insightsA gift giving to me by God to manufacture wingsAs I run on my heels Gift to inspire hope and saturate courageLines […]
Without Him by Muhibbah Yahya
Without you I have been nothing but a broken shell holding up a façade of wholeness,For how can I be whole when without you I am half agony, half wonder completely and irrevocably incomplete,I sit starless night after night gazing up in search of the star that was once subject to your dandy,But night after […]
DROWN by Ordeezy
If you fall in love with a poet;You will fall too deep but you’ll love it.You will lose every reason to struggle and fall with a smile.You will dive in the ocean of his words;Words so perfect like water from spring they will clean the heart.You will bury your soul in the sea of his […]
