Nancy Handabile

The other day
I woke up feeling low
I tried not to think about you
to stop the inevitable tears that threatened to fall.
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On my mind scarily,
I am craving that which I have never tasted,
Wanting it to last forever yet it hasn't began.
U are my secret addiction,
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There are a lot of moments

The thought owns me
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When nothing makes sense

The thought of him draws me in deeper
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Something I could never have
Someone I could never have
A mockery of love
A taunting of my emotions
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I hold his hand and place it on my waist

You walk into the club
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She claims him but his heart belongs to me.

The intricacies of this situation constantly drowning me in waves of uncertainty.
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He is what he is
Two days down the line
And I am missing him
His smile which is rarely given
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I think of him every so often
His skin under my touch
His fingers weaving into mine.
I think of him
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Sometimes you move past someone,
Not because you don't love them,
But because their love causes you pain.
Because to continue loving them is to start hating yourself
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I once knew a man who loved me dearly.
He was older much older than l, with all the idiosyncrasies that come from old age.

He was grouchy, grumpy and at times mean-spirited but he loved me dearly.
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I feel nothing,

even when you wrap your arms around me
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LEAVING

Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned so they say
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Too many times we expect too much,
To be loved by who we want,
To be happy with who we have,
To be respected by who we love,
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People call me Beautiful

I do not see it
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At some point

Things have to change
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I met him in a small bar
Tipsy and lightheaded

I looked at him
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Funny how when you are single no one seems to want you


but when you meet someone all of a sudden you are flooded by others.
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MY BELOVED NUBIA

So much is always said about how our continent is poor, squalid, dirty.
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I weep for the boy he once was
And I weep for the man he has become
For I know between boyhood and manhood
There is a lot of pain and sorrow
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