Mission Statement – hour 3

The hourglass is breaking And I still don’t have a line That fits this prompt’s parameters Repeating 3, 4 times You should see the balls of paper Cluttering my floor Full of lines that repeat 2 times But couldn’t, anymore Well, shit, there’s just 3…

Capture moments in the eyes Store memories in the heart The sound of laughter never fades away The glimpse of a smile never dissolves In our hearts, we carry it along With the hope they last long!

Lies

After three nights spent with her, I can proudly say She lives in me She lives in me. She lives in me. Does she live in me?  

Prophylaxis

There’s an invisible enemy hanging in the air some say it’s from Wuhan in China, over there. It doesn’t really matter now. They say it’s here to stay.   Wear a mask. Wear a mask. Wear a mask.   Some folks have conjured up stories, …

Begin

How can we heal all the hurt in the world? Undo the past and the harms that linger? How can we stop the blaming, shaming, and wagging of the finger? How do we right the wrongs that abound. To create change we’re so desperate to…

It Doesn’t Matter (hour 3, prompt 3)

I don’t know what’s worse That I finally gave in and believed Or that you promised you’d stay Only to turn around and leave. I guess it doesn’t matter, anymore Except I’m here, and you’re not Surrounded by our broken dreams Once so full of…

Family Picnic

So, here’s the deal After 3 months of shutdown staying at home and centuries of civil unrest that erupted during covid Our family has a picnic Connections can happen no matter the distance. People alone and lonely tired of their own company whining about their…

Paranoia

September 19 is coming. Confusion lying in wait At the polling units. PDP, APC, no difference. Just same men changing parties. F*cking government.   What do I do on that day?   They claim they are not like the others. But were tutored by the…

One More Line…

I like my poems short and sweet reading or writing, I prefer to be brief. Some go on and on without relief words flow, I yawn and off goes the beat! But I do not wail or suffer in grief Read them in full and…

The Allure of Testing

NB: Very mild spoilers for Portal 2. What is the allure of testing? Never resting, striving after New disasters for the test To best a challenge thrown By unknown opponents Enter the ring Testing, proving, Trying, moving, Thinking, knowing, Learning, growing. GLaDOS knows her drive,…