Tunde left me for good
Good riddance to bad rubbish
I thought he meant well
I guess he never did
And so to the dark corners of my room I crept
Crying my eyes out in pain
And heartbreaking sorrow
I took liberty on a thought
Though unnecessary and unthinkable
For a sign, I wanted for closure
And so, cropped up my hair in fragment and batches
Till it became skins bare
Afterward, my head began to act like a detector
What it detects I don’t know
Just a little quarter at the back of the left side
The hair there stands on end
As if waiting to be counted
Goosebumps crops out of my skin
As if I have a crocodile cold skin
What is happening to me?
Why am I feeling this way?
However,
Gone were the heartache and heartbreak
It was like they were never there
But I got something else to think about now
It’s the antenna flickering at the back of my bearskin head.
This is one amazing poem. It is one of the best I have read from the marathon. Thank you for your heart and soul writing. To God be the glory for giving us talent!
Amen to that!