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He whispers.
planting ugly seeds
of despair,
a cacophony
from the messenger
seeking to take refuge
in my head.
I whisper back,
not today, Satan!
never ever!
My whisper, more like a roar,
reverberates in my soul,
leaving shivers running from my tippy toes.
to my head.
© Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha
Sometimes it seems letting go…
is easier than holding on.
Sometimes it seems holding on…
is better than letting go.
Sometimes the see-saw of life…
leaves you pondering;
which end to let go
and which end to hold on to…
©Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha
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her fairytales of life
no more Princes are there to be had,
and the knights in shining armour
perished with Arthur.
rather,
there’s just her,
an ordinary woman
riding her own steed
and slaying her own dragons.
long live the dragon slayer!
Life is so unscripted,
that most times
when we struggle so hard
to get the best lines
we end up with the wrong parts.
©
Jacqueline
This is life,
a beautiful, dirty fighter.
filling your eyes with splendour
then punches you in the guts,
with a fist full of pain
that breaks invisible parts
you never knew you had.
This is life,
shaped like a beautiful city,
charming yet endowed with chaos
glitzy upper streets with ghettos to the side;
just when you thought things looked rosy
the stench of its rawness sucks the air out of you
leaving you gasping and watering your face.
©
Jacqueline
you say that you love me,
i doubt it
‘cos your heart
is so barren
that nothing fruitful
but hate grows in there
you say that you love me,
i wonder how
‘cos you treat yourself
with such self-hatred;
and no one can find love
where hate inhabits
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The more they want to shut you down, the louder your voice becomes.
Be my anchor
even when your love
makes me fly
©
Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha
a cooking pot and twisted tales 