Melanie Emikohe Poems

Like an obedient child,
I wait. I wait.
Tomorrow, will you?
At a friend's party.
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Don't stare at the mists in my eyes
they are not children of grief;
don't embarrass me by prying
I would rather you look away.
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He is all about subtleties -
Half smiles, off-whites on cinco de mayo;
He gets around with restraint,
A sneaky shadow in a crowd!
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Time has never been this slow..
Each second, I get crushed -
If only that when I wake up
I've already served a tnousand sleeps!
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Today, I marry my eccentricity.
I am done tiptoeing!
To fit in and ravish the same fruit,
Got me bewildered. Oh, insecurity!
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I anticipate disaster
before it bumps into my way;
gradually accumulated
the stress wrinkles.
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An agreement of minds
convene; all of them
dressed in suits and ties
to discuss by which
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but statemen genuflect
to buy whatever costs
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I will sing to you a song
that nobody sang to me~
melody that would have
made me cry and smile.
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let it be known to Sorrow
that I've reopened to smile -
Inspite of its ritual calling,
that I dwell and share his cries.
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