Ekenedilichukwu Ubah

When am unable to sleep
She appears to me
Less clear than before
Like fading breath on a window pane
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With my stance I stand on the tomb
Embracing the memories that I once had
Whenever I have this chance I go numb
But the pain still remains in me like a flood.
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Tales analysed by depressed pen
An agony that began from Eden
Constantly constraining us to defenseless den
Should we still continue our words without a spicy cooked hen?
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What a man she was
What a woman she saw
Her mother cried at his birth
Her father took a sigh in the brow
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Your fears are not here now
The last time you met them
The told you
"On your knees"
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The mourner looked askance
Wondering in bewilderment
If the mourned is no more
He asked while soliloquizing:
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Love lies broken hearted
Romance is dead
For he had argued with love
Then put the gun to his head
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From childhood's hour, I have not been as other's were;
I have not seen as others saw
I could not bring my passions from a common spring
From the same source I have not taken
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What name do you call fire
Mixed with blood, the blackness of it all?
Even the tongue cannot dance to the drab music
Of silence;
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