Okenyi Sunday Chinweike Poems

TRUTH OF ADULTHOOD.
Truth spied on the veil of days ago
When day trails
mixed with tottering truth and beauty
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SHADOW
In my youthful innocence, detached from reality's grasp,
I wandered along the path of shadows.
A towering tree reached towards the sky,
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Amidst the vast expanse of the sea,
I hear the cries of countless souls,
Lost in the clutches of drowning despair,
Engulfed in a world where battles are painted.
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I don't love.
For the greatest joys seem distant,
Keeping pain at bay,
Allowing room for pursuits that yield more,
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Why must we wait in anticipation
For that which dies?

Allow me to don the mask,
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Eyes witnessed tears,
As a barren land bloomed with golden flowers,
Their beauty embraced with reverence,
Like a dying breed of sunlight's warmth,
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In the depths of a troubled mind,
He sits in silence within a dark room,
Where the whistling wind cascades,
Whispering and urging for release.
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