See How You Left Me

See how you left me
Just see how you kept me
A lonely canoe paddler
In turbulent and windy waters

Let me go into oblivion
For i am lost in nowhere
Yea! Let my memory be swallowed
In total and unrepentant coma.

I am not blind yet i cannot see
I am healthy yet very sick
Because you left me with nothing
Gasping for strength in solitude

I turn left, its emptiness i feel
My right holds darkness in daylight
My foot knocks in utter fear, for
Pain has become my friend

You left carrying my love unreturned
Wearing the hood of a stranger
Uttering dark and piercing words
As you sail away to strangeness

Oh just see how you left me
A proverb before many mouths
A walking flesh without bones
Just see how you left me

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Poet Destroyer A

Date: 4/5/2015 10:41:00 PM

OTOME, Thank you for the sweet reply to my comment. Have yourself a Happy Easter Love LINDA

Anne-Lise Andresen

Date: 10/8/2014 1:13:00 PM

- Warm welcome to PoetrySoup, Otome- I choose your first deep moving and very well written poem - Nice to meet you! - Hope you will be satisfied with our "soup family" - we are many .. but has plenty of room for you too- Be kind and keep PoetrySoup as a haven -(Comment on the poetry of others and they will comment on yours.) Thank you for posted your words and thoughts here, I want to come back to read more another day. - oxox // Anne-Lise :)

Otome Elisha Okoromoba
Date: 10/8/2014 1:38:00 PM

Oh thank you Anne, I just went through some of works....they are quite beautiful. I hope to put a poem at least every week. Thanks for the comment

Dorian Petersen Potter

Date: 10/7/2014 6:02:00 PM

Awesome write! Truly enjoyed and love your poem. I can almost feel every word and line of it. This is very sad and intense. I liked it! Welcome to PS! Looking forward to read more of your poems. Best to you! xxxx D.

Otome Elisha Okoromoba
Date: 10/8/2014 8:40:00 AM

Thanks Dorian, I just joined here yesterday...I hope to submit many other of my works. I appreciate your comment. I will read some of yours too.

Poet Destroyer A

Date: 10/7/2014 4:43:00 PM

Otome,, A nice warm WELCOME to poetry soup. I hope you enjoy the community. You'll find many friendly poets, who are ready to support and give positive feedback. I want to be the first to invite you on over, to the contest page. I OFFER MY CONTEST, in hopes it inspires you to write another poem. I'm looking forward to following you and your poetry:) Here's the link to the contest page. http://www.poetrysoup.com/poetry_contests/ <---~Take Care!! From: your new poet friend @-> LINDA <-@

Otome Elisha Okoromoba
Date: 10/8/2014 8:42:00 AM

Thanks my dear, I appreciate it. I will start reading your works as well. I really don't know how the poetry contest works. Your new poet friend