Padmore Enyonam Agbemabiese Poems

God knows there would be times
we'd need a word of cheer
want the face of smile
to brush away our tears
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I miss those blessed walks
down the dusty road with Grandma
to the grazing fields of Hlorve
where we’ll tether the sheep
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my mother’s womb
is Noah’s Ark
in which I was saved.
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sometimes our hearts should not beat alone
it needs someone whose presence
speaks to our grief, someone whose words
touches our souls already lost
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the morning clouds have come
you were not in the shade

where were you
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I want to tell my-story, our-story
not his-story stripped of my-story

I am going back to our-story
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what happens to a dream deferred
does it dry up upon waking
like a stream in the desert
or does it fester and decay like meat
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with nourishment and caring
flowers bloom in spring
from tiny seeds once planted
in the garden of our hearts
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ever since we met behind the sheets of our eyes
in every breath I take in every step of the day
your presence lingers on the breast of my soul
and I feel the rhythm in my heart
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she wanted to sing a song
but there was no ear to hear her sing
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