Human Relationship Poem by Nichola Okoro

I may not be beautiful
But I radiate with laughter.
I may not be rich
But I haven’t resorted to begging.
You say I’m strict
But am I turpitude?
Oh! You say I’m blind
But I’m curious.
You called me an illiterate
But I am an embodiment of knowledge.
You counter the notion of being a spirit
But you have a soul.
You are a glutton
Yet you have never had your fill.
Don’t you see? Don’t you see?
Everywhere is cold, yet all are naked.
Don’t you hear? Don’t you hear?
Sermon deafen you
Yet the world stinks.
Oh, don’t you hear that we
We can’t keep what we preach?
Oh, don’t you know the world make
Prey of you when you are a prey?
Don’t you know that no one protects
You until you let bravado start it?
Oh, don’t you know that self
Love is fulfillment and in-depth?

2
Tolerance and acceptance aren’t same
Don’t get my appearance wrong
I’m not in need, I’m not in need!
You reject yourself, so you reject me
I thought you were secured
But never knew Lucifer blessed you
Put on those exorbitant foot protection
But the soil soils your feet.
You babble from dawn to dusk
But no one has noticed you.
You move to devalue us
But our importance mounts.
When you think I’m dead
Long life embarrasses me.
You thought it was finished for me
But you saw it only started.
I’m not hurting, don’t mind my mien.
I’m not useless, don’t mind my expression.
I’m not loosed but a social animal
Let’s waltz to the stage
To see who goes slower.
Let’s swim to see who the fish is.
Let’s go to the kitchen,
Let’s see the cook!
I may rave but I have peace
I may rave but I’m not angry
I only want self defence
I must talk except I’m slave
You told me you have never stolen
You told me it was like you formed empathy
But a liar is a saint to you.
You said you don’t hurt people
You said you don’t know the future
And memory of man
I nodded, I nodded out of innocence
But you used an axe looking
For my heart
But I disappointed you to failure.
You said you despised copulation
I told you I rave for it
For with it, I saturate my affection,
But when occasion came
You dwelt too long
And was lethargic to depart.
You see me? If the mirror is kaleidoscopic
Then I have gone one per cent beyond it
Perfection is not discipline
Perfection is not righteousness
But knowing your weakness
I have stolen and restituted
I have owned and lost
I have owned and have communicated
For my debtor to understand why
I have fellowshipped, I have communed
I have confessed and been refined
I have mentored in diversions
Yet I remain without knowledge
You fast still you don’t forgive
I wonder if your God is mine
You have wronged me, haven’t you?
I have bitten you, haven’t you?
What will it take for us to kiss?
But you told me you don’t sleep
In such mood for too long
Yes, you are simple like a dunce
No wonder you love power
You have this power, but ignorance
The bedrock of tyranny
Don’t tell me the world has vacuum
But that created by glutton
You may be averse to my songs
I may not have mature pitch
But nightingale have made me their opera
Doubt me, but my confidence
Won’t be put paid