Whisperings UnheardA Poem by Adeosun Olamide
My father says-
We live in vanities and disguise is no lie That we must go hungry sometimes To remind us of those without food And stay outdoors in the frosty morning To remind us of those without shelter Mother says we spear our roofs, So the light of the sky may touch For we shouldn’t hide or run From the frenzy, the heats God gives My father teaches us to pray- That the Lord rescues us from vanity Sees our rented robes and hidden smile And heal the troubled souls- My father says We live in vanities and disguise is no lie That- we on the rags, the odor To reminds us of the poor, the sick That we keep quiet some days To hold feelings of those who can’t speak And go around blindfolded, So we remember the blind, feel their darkness And pray for them My Mothers says she put the scar here, Removed my teeth To remind of those who are ugly And cause me bald, To remind of those who are different My father does- He locks me in the dark To remind of those lonely My father does- He call me to his lap, a little abuse- To feel what sexually abused children face- He hits my mother, redden her eyes So she may feel what some women go thru Now my mother does and says- She must kill father So we may feel what widows go thru And I say in dark where father locked me To remind of those lonely- I say in that dark- I should kill mother So I may feel what orphans go thru But that will be when I am out of here Out this box hidden in the earth- © 2017 Adeosun Olamide |
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Added on August 2, 2017 Last Updated on August 2, 2017 Author
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