DEAR GOD, A poem by Nana Ananse.

Dear God, I’ve got a lot of questions I’d like to askI want no third persons but just the two of usIt’s not about this time and its masksNor about options and mustsBut about you. What’s in your being?And where have you been?You said you’ve got no matesYet everything about you is a debate LordContinue reading “DEAR GOD, A poem by Nana Ananse.”

THE SCAR THAT NEVER LEFT

THE SCAR THAT NEVER LEFT These scars are the memoriesof pain that linger inside of me.They remind me of the incisions between my thighs,and how I lost my pride,to the face I never knew. If death were to bear inscriptions,mine’d bear my brother’s writings.That death houses itself in my father’s house,and with its familiar cologne,Continue reading “THE SCAR THAT NEVER LEFT”

IN HER THIGHS

IN HER THIGHS Between the thighsOf lots of beautifuls,And in the mouthOf the gorgeous.In there,I have tried to fillThis void.The void that createsEmptiness andSteals away my joy.Sex is my solutionTo loneliness.It is my distractionFrom pain and identity crisis.So I find solace in a momentOf pleasure.But…As I step out of her embrace,The demons drill more,They makeContinue reading “IN HER THIGHS”

YESTERDAY’S DAWN

Here I stand,On the spot of our first day of meeting,On the spot we said, ‘yes,’On the spot we stamped our vestige(?) Thinking, maybe, that ‘it’s over’ was just a dream of yesterday,But it wasn’t. How could you? How could youMake me sleep on your words?My life was rung round your promises,Promises of an unendingContinue reading “YESTERDAY’S DAWN”

EMPTY ENDINGS

ємρту єи∂ιиgѕLast night we consummated our ignoranceBlending our sins with burnt emotionsI loved the way he ran his fingers through my soul –Sent spasms through my veinsHe left his poetry on the layers of my skinLast night we let our bodiesDance with ecstatic pleasures,Filled our souls with fruits of deathThen left our hearts empty inContinue reading “EMPTY ENDINGS”

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