It’s raining hours on my minutes
while I wish it would just shower seconds. Continue reading
Tag: Poetry
Breathless
The minute I heard He called you home,
my arms hung like a wall clock at 5.35,
every appendage saluting the floor
while disconsolate eyes spat bitterness
from the flooded alcoves of my soul. Continue reading
Throwback Thursday
You move me,
shift my equilibrium
like weights on a scale
you tip the balance
and upturn my spirit. Continue reading
Hello Husband, Farewell Friend
I forgot to say goodbye.
When you left that morning,
my breath damp with fatigue
with the audacity of nightmare
the immediacy of distress Continue reading
When Your Parents Stay Winning, It Is Easy to Feel Like You’re Losing
“When the stallion of loneliness rides over you
And the scream of despair swallows hope
Take the armour of humility in your left hand
And sword of tears in your right hand Continue reading
How To Die of a Broken Heart
Some women are half
empty vessels, allowing
any man to dilute
and fill them. Unaware
that they can never be safe
in his unsteady palms.
He will spill you both.
©Assumpta Ozua 2016 Continue reading
In The Midnight Hour
Somewhere between wake and sleep
sleep and wake
I led impatient ink to a patient page
and penned this insomniacs poem. Continue reading
#Archive
I wondered what to post today. I intend to blog everyday until my birthday – 13 posts in 13 days and so far so good. Today is day 7. Continue reading
Choose Persistence
Close your eyes and count to ten,
then hope you never see Perfection again.
She dropped down dead at Improbable’s door.
You can’t be friends with her anymore.
©Assumpta Ozua Continue reading
Because Sometimes
…coffee is a metaphor for my words. Continue reading
