Kept In The Shadow Poem by John Ugolo Umah

Just
alone in this thick shade
where I'm waiting
waiting to hold
waiting to touch
waiting to feel

who are you
where are you from
I waited in this place
for you to come
wheel me out

I waited in the mud
I waited not in vain
that some day
the true one will come
will give me all it has

in the shadows
I'm not hidden to the eyes
of the one that love me
I stand like the flamingo
in the middle of the ocean
waiting for my beloved

every night, I look out
from under my blanket when
the gentle breeze blow in
through to me
to see you closing the doors
to see you coming towards me
to titillate my nights

I waited, with my eyes close
I waited, all for you
now I can't say the right words
now, I only whisper from
my heart
if you can listen
my belove, I'm the one
kept in the shadows
longing for you
with stretch arms

come in, I wait
fill in, I wait
to hold you for ever
I waited for this day
kept all alone
kept in the shadows
for you my belove...