The Joy of My Cradle

The Joy of My Cradle

A Poem by Bonaventure Onuabuchi
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The pains of having responsibilities that you cannot afford to take care of

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At the thought of my home my mind shrinks,
And much more it does when my phone rings!
For that melodic voice that will bless has a rhythm that stings,
Haunts my heart, squeezes my blood and drinks.
While I'm needing more blood to wash off my stain,
Offering much of what I do not truly bring
That much more stain I through such benevolence retain.
Now, just like every then, there's this me to strangle the string.
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Craving for this death that will feed my life with breath
But I cannot like a coward scorn my spring
Nor drink the water that can't till my night repel my thirst
Such Wisdom to posterity will make my name stink.
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The cradle of me on a swing,
With many unclear sounds stealing my rest,
My mind they fog, with their brute my whole they arrest
That I resort just to the lullaby they sing.
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At the demise of hopes lunges this voice with a sword,
Not to stab me, but the voices that are wrong,
And the inert me, it makes less strong,
That I have me the strength to quest for my stain a full void.
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With no such fertile soil to link my root,
Through this voice I tap into morrow's light to blind today's night.

© 2019 Bonaventure Onuabuchi


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Added on April 3, 2019
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Bonaventure Onuabuchi
Bonaventure Onuabuchi

Ohaozara, Ebonyi, South East, Nigeria



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