Neso Onyeuche Poems

I sat beside the window sill
and watched the world turn gray
I didn't know what I should feel
so I just looked away
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I am patient

I wait for things to fall apart
so patient, I anticipate
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I cried above the sink today.
my tears could not be found
for they had joined themselves
with soapy water, stolen now.
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Lovely lemon-scented bubbles
lounging, listless in the air.
Running from your only purpose;
dirty dishes are down there.
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Subtle stripes like faded dye
stain my face each dawn.
relics of a sleepless night;
evidence I mourn.
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just when I think the day is dry,
just when I think it's boring, I
pass an old friend at the supermarket—
an old friend in a hideous jacket.
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Sunset-hued balls of sugar
idle on the platter.
not like oranges,
less acidic.
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'Black Lives Matter'
says the activist.
she has been here ages.
daunting though this age is,
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peel your eyes from
lofty skies and
vast horizons please.
if you look
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unbelievable
her beauty in the morning
how am I to breathe?
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