Hauwa Nuhu Poloma Poems

Hold me, never let go
My pieces are yours to put together
Be my shield
I’ll let you enclose me
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Where did you come from? A land unknown, a faraway place? I am left to wonder. You won’t tell me today, nor tomorrow, not even in the ever after yet to come.
In my own delusion a private hell I built. The monsters preyed on me day and night, never a moment of peace had I.
I kept digging deeper into this labyrinth hoping to find the proverbial pot of gold that I knew was not in existence in any dimension of reality.
I was my own captain, a pirate, vagabond of dreams, sailing away in search of a mystical treasure buried on an island enchanted by my nightmares.
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If forever could have an extra day, I’d spend it with you.
Forever would just not be enough. I’d pray for the day after forever to be granted just so, we’d share it.
Forever would be incomplete without that extra day.
So I’m begging whoever is in charge of time, for that day after forever, to make the experience worth it.
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