Author: John Phebe Ifeoluwa
Poetry
Between Us
Between Us..
Between us is a scar
Emboldened, grave
Cutting deep into flesh
Between us is a space
Empty, with walls
That echo each time I scream
Your name
Between us is time
Too long, yet not enough
Cause a million visions of you
Keeps me awake
Between us is pain,
Joy and laughter
All in a world we wanted to make
Between us is a voice
Still and loud
To remind me of you
Between us is a song
The words often
Sung in silence!
With melodies for the soul
Between us is memory
As beautiful and as painful
As history itself.
At 10' Clock
At 10 o' clock
At 10 o' clock
We look at the moon
At the same time
We're not saying
What we're feeling
Until we laugh again.
Each passing second,
The silence
Meaning much more
Than spoken words
And that smile
Reassuring "I love you".
Traveling through time,
Racing against the wind
Together,
We fought
Till our hearts
Content.
Tears mixed with kisses
As I say,
Goodbye
Leaping through
Those memories
I'm glad I met you.
I hope
When I'm standing
The storm
With my own sail
It only blows me
Closer to you.
What If
'What If'
I'm afraid whether to insert myself
Into the timeline of eventuality
I'm afraid I'll never be able to,
Take choices of what ifs and maybe
Life strikes us with decisions
Leaving us without the benefit of a doubt
Neither letting us know the outcomes
But reveling in the what ifs
"Keep trying", they say
Good will come your way
But who knows when?
What if it never comes?
What if the lights aren't green?
What if the sun doesn't come?
What if I can't walk that path?
What if I'm just living in my own dreams
This suppositional question,
We will see again and again
But one thing remains
Hope always keeps us at bay
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