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May 10, 2017
Poetry

Ofem Ubi’s Photography Meets Poetry #3

Ofem Ubi’s Photography Meets Poetry #3
May 10, 2017
Poetry


From birth till death 

My kin will always remind me of heaven 

Bare as I can be
My cupboard is filled up

With a leech of lies

My shoes are filled with false pride

And there’s a fleet of confusion in my sternum

There’s traffic in my mind

No escape route this time

I should have listened

When conscience spoke like gentle storm

I should have obeyed

When my legs were swollen in doubt

Telling me that I couldn’t keep up with being china product

When I had everything attainable to become original

I should have read the signs

When my feet sneezed every time I walked steps closer to being someone else

Now I stand lost,

A silhouette of myself

Clothed in regret

With shadow ashamed of who I have become

It was never worth the fade after all

So I prefer the old me

Content with the little life gave me

When I was me with no subtitle

Take me back to the old me

Bare as I can be



Muse – Ofem Ubi

Ofem Ubi is a young multi-talented man using creative poetry to reach thousands. Visit Ofem’s blog here. 

Photographer – @i_am_oti 


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