IFEOLUWA POPOOLA Poems

Clear as crystal in a dream, she came.
Flashed her brightest smile, exposing her ever perfect white set of teeth
She was a beauty, radiant clean skin
Head full of hairs, dark and lovely
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Hast thou found love yet, troubled soul?
Clingy and humble lovers approach thee,
Rich and poor, old and young adore thee
Alas! Rejection you served them all.
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Shaken to the roots,
As the only ray of sunshine diminished
Love came crashing
At Twenty - one
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I want a life,
Free from control,
Free from scoldings,
Free from abuses.
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Once, I was in a womb,
Naive and depending on Ma,
Throwing kicks at will,
Demanding for meals at odd hours.
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When I heard you, who were so sweet and loving the best,
Leaving a 'beauty' for beauty,
Picking a blobfish - like human, dumping a
Humuhumunukunukuapua'a - like gem,
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