GK Talabi Poems

I can't get it into my head
That I need to get out of bed
I can't shake this feeling of gloom
As I lay in darkness in my bedroom
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It was on my deathbed that I realised the world is beautiful
And that I had not lived my one and only life to the full
I look back and regret all the opportunities I did not take
Too afraid people would laugh in case I failed or made a mistake.
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I am a woman
A free woman
And I don't see the point
What-so-ever
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My doctor warns
Tobacco is dangerous to my health
He says
It contains Carbon Monoxide
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Today will make it just two years
Still I can't hold back my tears
When I remember that fateful day
Which your life was taken away
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I remember the day we met
That day I certainly won't forget
It was at the famous Hyde Park
Midnight had fallen and everywhere was dark
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In the Garden of Eden we were created
we never courted or dated
Eve you were my wife from the very start
Loving you with all my heart
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Postnatal depression is real
And this is how I feel
Sad, lonely, depressed, withdrawn,
No enjoyment and emotionally worn
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30/March/2023 is the exact date
That I heard about your fate.
I was chatting and having a laugh
With a new member of staff,
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We courted for so many a year
Till we became a compatible pair
I introduced him to my family
And they received him happily
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