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WE WILL SING AGAIN

Sadly, I will not call this a poemThis is a mementoFrom the archives of 08/08/19For it is now history Death escorts us back from the hospitalShares mama’s bed with her We all gather around keeping her companyRight there at 3amShe breathes her last Gnashing teethClenching fistsGasping for breathShutting eyes It’s been sobs since yesterdaySonorous soundsWe […]

TO THE ONES WHO BORE US

BASED ON A TRUE LIFE STORY 6:00 am A woman wears a pale skin, her eyeballs floating in a pool of salty water. She frantically tries to lift her eyelids. Amidst sobs, with a protruded belly gasping for breath. She slumps. 12:30pm In the ward, transfixed. Everywhere is silent.The syringe used for her suture falls […]

HOW GOD INTRUDES MY MIND – A MENTAL TORTURE

If heaven was a stone’s throwfolks would have dissected a formulain a closed door meetingto pay God an August visit catch him unawareslegs astridefling Him into abyss afterwards,march with placardsengraved with chants of victoryhashtags in vogue so, on this day I conclude that God must be a sweet-talkerwith a plethora of servantswho serve half-baked sermonsto […]