Aug 162012
Sometimes
I long for you like
Prisoners long for
Freedom,
I crave for you like
Lizards crave
Harmattan,
Thirst for you
Like nomads do
For cool water,
Yearn for you
Like an weed addict
Does for ganjah,
Pant for you
Like the doe
Pants for the river,
Pine for you
Like children do
For Christmas,
Miss you
Like garri misses soup,
Want you
Like a old woman
Wants her lost teeth,
Yearn for you
Like a storm tossed sailor
Yearns for the shore.
And at other times
I dry my eyes,
And I steel my heart
Till my eyes are stone
And my heart is brass,
Shut my ears
To the cacophony within,
Lock up my feelings
Such shamelessly
Smitten things!
And I act like nothing
Is wrong.
Until someone listens
And hears me sing
The same sad elegiac
Song.
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Bravo.Original and a score.
Thank you @yahayamadu, what is a score?
@nicolebassey Ask footballers.
Oh! THAT score
. Thanks!
“Like an weed addict” (a weed addict)
thanks @kaycee , twas un typo
Lol.
“… And I remember things that almost happened
In that dingy room and not so dingy car
And try to make my heart brass…”
Excellent, in more ways than one. Well done.
Thank you , Wow You do? Interesting
I like it cuz its real. Couples and lovebirds can attest too that. Welldone @sunshine.
I like the expression because its real. It’s something Couples and love birds can attest to. Such feelings are not far-fetched in relationships. Welldone @sunshine.
Thanks @starrilyn .Thanks a lot
I like the expression because its real. It’s something Couples and love birds can attest to. Such feelings are not far-fetched in relationships. Well done @nicolebassey.
No be small war dey go on for this mind. And it was aptly captured. Kudos Sunshine!
Abi water ganjah hamarttan etc thanks @francis
Wonderful stew of similes. Well done @nicolebassey
*singing Woiyo sai by Anne Inyang and dancing etighi* Checking the calendar to see if it is Feb 20. @xikay commented on my poem. I go hammer today o! Lol. Thanks Soldier. .:)
*passing*
Ahn ahn! No Spraying? Dont Worry Sanusi Is Asleep @xikay
wow! I like the similes. Great job!
(But how did you know that garri misses soup?)
@ayistar !!! Yay! thank you for reading o! Ah! Ahn! Which ksi question be dat now? *Waffi-ly Intoned* Pesin wey get garri no get soup how e wan take swallow am now? lol. Any Nigerian that has been away from home knows exactly how garri misses soup.
Oh I see… True talk!
@ayistar I knew you would
Like the sun flower, which follows every movement of the sun…..
Shine O Sunshine!
Like an old woman.
@ostar how old woman dey shine? Hian! lol.