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​Conversations that happen in my sleep

1/11/2021

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A Poem by Ayomide ‘Wes Oriolowo
Picture
If you look closely in my mouth 
You will see flowers 
Come closer, look closely, 
They are dead. Dig your hand in my throat 
Find my voice / this might be me calling for help / 
Careful – you are there for me 
Don’t lose yourself. It might seem 
 fa-mi-li-ar 
You might like it there 
         That’s fine. I do too / sometimes. / 
Death is just another way of breathing / when you are broken
You can fit in new spaces. / Tell me something,
Don’t you feel it on your tongue when we kiss?
         That taste of dark soil 
Do you spit it out? 
         That’s fine; I do too / sometimes. /
Now you see why I don’t wear clothes
Why I tend to be found 
Only in dark corners
What is the power of the Sun
         on a darkness 
That only houses itself 
in the body.
4 Comments
Joseph Hope
1/11/2021 10:29:08 am

How do you tell people you are freezing under the sun?
How do you show them the face of the invisible tormentor inside your head?

I think the poem did justice to all that: the anguish is fa-mi-li-ar — we've been there, all of us.
We want people to be able to see the invisible tearing us up from inside out.

And sometimes death appears like an angel of mercy; a doorway to the beautiful unknown paradise of the tormented.

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Adedolapo link
22/11/2021 01:25:59 pm

This is wow dude. I hope that you are really and truly proud of your writing. Not a lot of people appreciate the true power.

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Deborah Chinonso link
22/11/2021 03:01:56 pm

Beautiful how you communicated brilliantly what most humans are going through. In most cases, death seems to be a better option to many from escaping unbearable moments.
Well articulated.
I love how you related figuratively, the fact that many of us have difficult moments that aren't visible. How we tend to cover up our sadness in smiles and beautiful clothings.
I also love the live in it, I felt like you were communicating your pain to me. It felt real kind of.
Good job.

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Zion Olatunji
23/11/2021 09:17:18 am

This poem made me cry!

It portrays the reality of inner darkness! Inner emptiness! Inner death and sorrow! That only those who take a closer look can see because it appears beautiful though ugly. (Dead flowers) Those that could help see no need for it! Yet we're dying on the inside

It refrains us from the world and in times like this, we wish to die.

This poem is relatable.

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