LETTER TO AMAKA

By Kamiludeen Hamsat

I have run the race of heart, 
Distinctly in different regions and stances. 
To walk over anguish and despair after sincere rejections;
And forsake what I wanted to possess. 
To live and keep living even when living isn't worth it again. 
I know the pain.
Allow me to yearn you what I felt of you 
and for you, the day you broadcasted your love, 
Through media and casted ear-to-ear rumors. 
Would I forget the gossip of us on the streets?

I would lie that I have ditto emotions for you. 
My lies are sincere if you would believe. 
Very hard to let you go now-
Because of the acquaintance of your visibility after the lies. 
Your sweet words that stays aloof the ocean;
Dress and dance with tides to the aesthetic shore. 
Do you remember that day you sang melodiously 
Like a nightingale, in the once a while twilight? 
All these memories are of the villain. 
I kept lying to you over and over because of them.

Amaka, both of us tied the ribbons at eve, 
But I have forgotten to open up that I never loved you.
I am sorry.

Yours in unfaithful love, but sincere friendship.

Biography

Kamiludeen Hamsat is a Law student at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna State. He is a seasoned writer and a freelance poet.
He was raised by a single mother, due to the death of his father at a tender age, which drew a new life for him - a voluntary solicited solitude life. This new norm led to his desire to be a writer, throughout his secondary school days.

His hobbies are reading, writing, and freelance arguments. His dream is to become a reputable judge and internationally known poet.

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