Henry Utomudo Poems

I want to be the emptiness around you when the lights go out. The sound of the night when the wind passes through. I want to be the chill embracing your bare skin, caressing every inch. You are at my mercy, enclosed in a seamless sheet of murky nothingness.
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Like frozen dandelions. You're unreal. I thought I felt you shiver, but ghosts don't need to feel. .When you whisper I feel your hands on my face, your voice caressing my cheek. Severed from reality, your apparition is my dearest companion. Behind your mirage, an escape towards a faint reality. The oasis hid beneath the thirst, the communion of fire and smoke. I've held your heart in my hand, it's warmth churning my bowels.
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The ramblings of a fragile mind.

My heart, home to many..strained for lack of space. I walk around with a half smile, coaxing strength..wishing I was stronger.
Hiding behind a polyethurine mask, subtle shades to hide my pain. Nobody sees through the blinds, I'm safe in its shadow. I exude strength when I'm really falling apart, like a mute giant..a weak ferry, I can't complain about the weight I'm bearing. Even though I'm cracking underneath, I still flash a smile or two.
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In a show of surrender, with outstretched arms I grasp at what seems like life. Death is everywhere.

I am the air beneath the husky tundra.
The chill that bites your skin.
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feel like drowning next to me? When all that's between us is fabric, I know your heart still beat like the first time. If we held on too long we might exhaust the magic, I still kiss you like we're doing it for the last time.

does your body cringe at the sight of the hooded executioner? if my love comes crashing down on you, I know you'd stay put and not flee for your dear life. All of my life is encompassed around you, you have taken away my will to escape even if I remembered to try.
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