Miraquill
It's easy for people to remember the bad you did, but when asked a good deed of yours, they'll act as if they never knew you.
©ndeenda_elao
#africanwriter
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ndeenda_elao 2w
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You can control your grades.
©ndeenda_elao9 0
Alone
Like the gushing cold winter breeze that everyone avoids, I, myself and I am all alone.
©ndeenda_elao8 0
Atmosphere
At most I feared people
Never wanting to be discovered
Hiding behind the loudness
And cheer
At most I feared society
Afraid to voice what
I truly felt so I
Nodded in agreement
At most I feared patriarchy
Never wanting to
Be submissive so
I disregarded them
At most I feared
My atmosphere
Wanting to be
At most sheer
Far away from the fear
Hoping it would never come near
©ndeenda_elao10 0
Perspectives
Judging things from what you see could be as disastrous as overthinking things that may not be. There are many sides to a thing, person, situation; everything.
When you must pick a side, do not overlook the possibility of it's many other sides.
©jbuzor8 0
the1taniart
15w
Read More#Elements #DefiningPower #book1 #bookone #bookseries #nigerianstories #storytelling #nigerianstorytelling #fiction #fantasy #nigerianbooks #nigerianbookseries #africanstories #africanstorytelling #africanbooks #nigerianwriter #nigerianwriters #africanwriter #africanwriters #nigerianart #art #africanart #books ...
"If you truly believe my pain...my suffering is not enough, then tell her to kiss me again. Kill me if you wish to forgive my sins against you, my love."
- Orathon Omeiza Runal (from Elements book series).
- The Taniart.
©the1taniartPhoto By Eriks Abzinovs on Unsplash7 0
dosbambi
20w
Read MoreHappy New Year folks...
Thanks for all the love shown in 2021, we do better this year. Cheers to doing better this year.
Thank you!
You can follow me on IG @bambidanieloluwadare
#dosbambiwrites #dosbambiinspires #nigerianpoet #nigerianwriter #africanpoet #africanwriter #happynewyear #appreciationThe new year has finally walked in,
2022 has collected the baton from 2021,
and now, we are up for another ride.
We go harder, this new chapter,
We do better, this new phase,
Nothing but raising the bar
on this new ride.
©dosbambi7 0
We were flying engines in search of a barricade
Between an atmosphere and a cage
That so deep we cascade like a bird into the larger space
Finding gases to bridge breathe and a swim.
But we never found anything
Because we were already in the space we sought
No divide to be found above;
No bounds demarcated below;
Only a POV that excluded us
From the picture.
©Othana_writes9 0 1
jbuzor
67w
Read MoreWhat purpose does death serve? #Questionkupoem #WritersNetwork #AfricanWriter #inspiration #poetry #life #thoughts #diary
Born a baby,
Growing for decades,
What purpose does death serve?
©jbuzor29 0 5
jbuzor
68w
Read MoreWhat other way to test how brave you are? Be #Fearless #wod #AfricanWriter #inspiration #poetry #life #thoughts #diary
Seasons come
Seasons go
When life hurls lemons your way
Learn the art of making lemonades
When a swarm of bees attack
A sweet prize awaits in a nearby comb
Even roses are guarded by an army of thorns
There will always be things to discourage your every move
But what other way to test how brave you are?
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jbuzor
68w
Read MoreKeep all hope alive, just inhale! #WOD #Inhale #AfricanWriter #Poetry #inspiration #poetry #life #thoughts #diary
I inhale and I feel a reborn of all hopes that were dashed.
I inhale and the wall of fear built around my plans crumble.
I inhale and I realise each time that it is all I have to do to triumph at life's unending race.
©jbuzor7 3
lolasmiles
85w
∞
Will you let me be,
Hold my hand and guide me through
Be my peace through this turmoil
Correct me and love me.
Celebrate me and clap for me.
Dear self, will you let me be
Because I am stuck with you until infinity.
©lolasmiles9 0
Truth in your eyes
She will look into your eyes
To see if you mean what you say
She searches for the emotions behind every word
You can't lie to her
Because she looks into your eyes
And connects every word to whatever emotion in your eyes
If you mean what you say
You will love it when she looks into your eyes
Because she will even see the things words cannot articulate
She will see emotions you cannot put to words
Let her look into your eyes
Let her explore the emotions in your heart
And only hope she sees what you want her see
Because truth and honesty is beyond just words
The eyes are the windows to your soul
I hope people are happy when they look into your eyes!
©lolasmiles21 0 1
OK...
How are you? at face value triggers an automatic 'I'm OK' but are we really? Are we really really OK or adapted to not being ok that not OK is OK, we carry on everyday like we're not hurting, we force smiles on our faces like our hearts are not frowning. We walk with our heads held high but we carry burdens that constantly drag us down. We dance to life's unrhythmic music yet our souls have no melodies. Our eyes haven't sparkled, we haven't hummed to song unconsciously or smiled for no reason in a while. Is there really light at the end of the tunnel or are we just holding on to a fictional idea of absolution, in this other wise inconsolable existence...
©mwiccesiame1 0
michael_writes
142w
Read MorePicture credits to the rightful owner... #Africa #African #africanwriter #africanwriters #writers
I am the best of mankind
for I have managed to toil and grind
through this shadows I find.
Conceived of a mother who tills the ground
a mother of pain
who murdered beauty in works under the rain
Oh! An infant boy
Strongly and rightly trained
This inheritance of a skin black
to me is gain.
Hunger and thirst cannot sway me
for I manage to shine bright
even in the darkest of days
poverty and lack have both tortured me
Yet hard work and discipline moulded me
Now! I am the best version of whatever I can be.
I am a black child!
I am a happy child!
I am...
An African Child!
©michael_writes7 0
sley_writes
147w
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honiydrop_
154w
Read MoreWalking out of an abusive relationship, should always be priority for happiness and sanity.
#IGotFlowersToday #AfricanwriterI got flowers today,
Today I met her with her best friend, and i dragged her home. Not minding if I was hurting her.
I got flowers today,
I went through her phone and saw that message with her supposed colleague, rage that I can't justify took over, so yeah I did the cowardly thing, I beat her up.
I got flowers today,
She came in late, with the excuse her tyre was flat and that same colleague dropped her off..
I lost it again, like the week before.
I got flowers today
She looked scruffy and terrible, I met her in the bathroom crying,
We lost our first child, and I bullied her emotionally for it, knowing fully well it was my fault.
I got flowers today,
I always get them from the store across and give her, I give my girlfriend, the same woman i turn to my punching bag.
She got flowers today
Today she dropped it on my grave, while trying to dodge my rage, I slipped and fell and "I got the flowers" .
©honiydrop_10 0
On days like this,
I feel so alone,
I turned to the one thing i know i should not turn to,
On days like this,
I just want to bask in this euphoria.
In Times like this,
I just want you to remember,
I still Exist.
©honeydrop_18 0 1
mwiccesiame
154w
Sinking Ship⚓
Laying down on a bed, sunken into my pillow but sleep eludes me.
Calm but there exists in my mind thoughts in disrupted frequency.
Alarms going off, stampedes broken loose, panic screams fill up the atmosphere.
All logic and measures of safety gone with the absence of courage overridden by fear.
Chaos takes over as captain of the ship, making commands of who to go where, what to be where, other times the who and the what colliding one onto the other.
Confusion takes a toll on the ability to make decisions, whether or not to jump off the ship or to stay on it. See damned if you don't because you'll sink with it a damned if you do because you'll sink without it. Also the water being cold isn't enough it's levels begin competing with our body's will to stay afloat.
Speaking of staying afloat,this damn ship doesn't seem to have any life jackets, or does it or have we been too distracted with terror we never bothered to look?and even if it did have them would they make a difference? how long would it take us to be found if we did survive the sinking ship...
©mwiccesiame1 0
Web of Lies
The web of lies we wove
It began as a simple tiny thread
Knotted in a way that is not complicated
That could have been freed with a single pull
But just like a spiderweb
The more you tried to pull
The more you got entangled in it
Until the web is too complicated to untangle
The web of lies we wove
That we wanted to ensnare others in
But instead we found ourselves snared in it
Stuck with no way out of the tangled mess
19/May/2019
©rayhanatoladele
(ararecovereddiamond)
