Odelana Rapheal Poems

No gladness


I feel lost inside myself,
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Our first contact was on WhatsApp "Hello, I'm Odelana Adejoke",
I blinked my eyes in war and peace, maybe the message was a slick,
I quickly travel in happiness and questions, how will the sunname looks alike,
Chai! Within seconds, my thought react allergic.
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My ear, enchanted by your whispered tales,
Those men of lust are lost at your first sight,
But I, with deeper glance, see what prevails—
Deceit, and flaws that shatter love's delight.
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I know that the sun rises in the east
And sets in the west, a daily feast.
The seasonal changes begin in the north
And finish in the south, a cycle of rebirth.
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Why is the world a flux?
Continuous movement and change perplex.
What is the world made of? Ionians say,
Not a myth in chapters and verses to sway.
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The mountain behind the stadium,

Claims the sky with its height grand,
As if it owns the heavens, ain't that so bland?
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Like a sculptor's chisel on the wood's edge,
Death whispers away both the bitter and sweet pledge.
Time denied you treasures, gold's karrat's gleam,
And your beingness crumbles like a silent stream.
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At night, it's dark, my thoughts are full of pain,
Alone, I sit and ponder my despair.
Rejected, hearing "No, " and "Try again, "
I cannot chase the dreams I long to bear.
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Besides my house lies a cemetery,
Not a day passes without a grave being dug.
The wailing of the bereaved sounds so eerie,
Telling a tale of vanity, life's final shrug.
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Men rise and fall like a winter wheat...
I've dine with struggle and my throat melt
Have been in hell with the company of parent
What a precious life that war preserve till eternity.
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