Apart From Him. Poem by Elorm Dogbo

I sleep
So deep
And yet contemplate
About what I will get
The next day
Who knows?
Who knows that despite my smiles
I still have a mountain
Of vengeance in my mind.

Despite seeing life so bitter
With me,
And how the neighbours
Reject me
Who gives me the hope that
Tomorrow will be better
With me.

Because of my pride,
I disgraced my house.
Would you have known
If I had not told that
I lust
When I see my neighbour’s spouse.
I fast
Because I do not have enough
To make my Juliet laugh.
Only my choices befit me
So let it be
Despite my widest grin,
I still have a painful
Melancholy inside.
No one knows all these…