Conflict Within My Heart

Never will I give in, how many times will I reply?
You sing to my ear the same song
I will never dance to your music.......
You are a deceit I know of you
You aimed to deceive me I will never dance
I saw you each time I am in another world,
in the day you choke my lung with different thoughts,
I will never give in, I repeat.
You use my heart as hut, you tell me give up my dream;
you tell me I have nought to gain on this way
I know you are the devil within mind, you are a stone
and I am the hammer you will be shred
You tell me to stop endure this difficulties,
You tell me it is all a shame;
You tell me it's a waste of precious time.
I know you are an angry ocean therein,
I'm the dryer you will dry.
You are a sailor, vanish is your goal,
I   will  never      give      up   my    boat.
Hope in me is Mississippi, how do
you expect YOU, elephant to drink her off.
This can only happen if YOU,
FIRE kill the ember of hope glowing
Within me, but not, you are
fertiliser for me, summer plant.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2015

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Scott Avatar
August 11, 2015 at 10:42 AM
Beautiful write. Congratulations!!!
A  Avatar
August 10, 2015 at 6:27 PM
AFOLABI, :-) Congratulations on your wonderful win! *SKAT*
Kendrick Avatar
August 10, 2015 at 3:23 PM
Awesome use of metaphors !! No wonder it is in the winners’ list. Congrats..Sara
Trifiatis Avatar
August 10, 2015 at 5:43 AM
The dynamism and the potential is there the results will soon come, dear A.M. very good!
Sathasivam Avatar
August 10, 2015 at 1:55 AM
Excellent. A very deep and emotional write. Enjoyed reading it. Thanks for sharing it.
A. Sharma Avatar
August 10, 2015 at 1:37 AM
Congrats on ur awesome winning poem Afolabi! Great work!
Nunez Avatar
August 9, 2015 at 11:35 PM
Congrats on your great win for the metaphor contest, AM. hugs
La France Avatar
August 9, 2015 at 8:52 PM
Am, a very deep and emotional write and thanks for visiting my randomling poem
Lindley Avatar
August 9, 2015 at 1:40 PM
Very strong and emotion filled poem my friend. Bravo!! Devil , heart and stone verse was awesome .... as was- "I know you are the angry ocean within my heart and I'm the autumn you will dry"
Dietrich Avatar
August 9, 2015 at 10:48 AM
This is a very emotive poem from you. I enjoyed the imagery, especially "Hope in me is Mississippi" Thanks for stopping by to see me today.
Hamilton Avatar
August 9, 2015 at 8:11 AM
great pen A.M hugs7
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