A Poem
I wish
I could
cut my heart open
and bleed to you
the pain
running deep
I wish
I could
part my lips
and cry to you
the wailings of my soul
I wish
I could scream
without worry
of my sanity
I wish
I could express myself
without the judgement
of society.
©️ Fọlábòmí Àmọ̀ó 2022
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A shadorama
she kept her
eighties road atlas
by the phone
as some keep
a bible for reference
in the right moment
she was rapt
peering at places
she would not
have ever
actually been willing
to visit herself
she kept it
long past the point where
I often
drove on roads
she could not find…
A cywydd deuair fyrion (no, I can’t pronounce that either)
I caught the throes
the mortal blows
active, vital
suicidal
all is dying
still here trying
fateful, fatal
rockin’ cradle
such grave matters
family scatters
fresh tomb to rob
con job macabre
brush off lethal
like Knievel
dodging lilies
like Achilles
at the graveside
I’m still topside
reaper cheated
undefeated