Best Paused Poems

Medication paused a day
the balm of urge then delayed
with a will to live without
if only for the briefest time

until the need comes again
sight unseen to other folks
yet more present than concerns
voiced for the abstinence

when that fix to ease the pain
sometimes a scratch or bloody gash
demands...

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Two months after graduation I dialed her number, 8 - 1 - 8,
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she paused
in front of him and smiled
graduation day...

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Stone floors whisper of
waterfalls poured through
algae, moss, fern
sedimentary, limestone
layer upon layer formed
from steaming warm springs.
 
This same granite counter
once graced by
a gazelle - or on its bedrock 
a jackal howled, a shy marten 
scurried away.  This same stone
cut square, smoothed, glazed
and laid in some ultra-modern kitchen
for imbedded...

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Our journey got paused 
I insisted to the passengers
Let’s sleep on our way
We got to the Ibadan garage 1.05am
Then, we move on ‘morrow morning 
Dissenting voices echoed diverse views
I offered to alight at the park
Couldn’t put my life at risk
Some of my co-travelers concurred
We paused...

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There is a split, precious time where it is necessary to stop everything
And just stare into the hearts of the unknown
To really look in
Without a speck of fear to curl your way downwards
In a fetal position I avert my eyes to view the pumping organ
But...

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In a library where time has paused to rest its heavy wings,
two shadows float among the rows like phantoms lost in ink,
where smoke rises like memories of a forgotten dream,
two souls meet and burn like two stars in the endless night:
Your coat carries the scent...

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Doing what you want like u 
some kinda star?

Idk who you think you are!

telling me that I'm not allowed

Does makin me cry make you 
feel proud?

Why you out wit ya girls just 
livin it up 

I'm stuck at home feelin down 
on my luck

Thinking of...

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A PAUSED GAME

It was a rainy evening of May,
We were tired of sitting and,
Gazing at the downpour.
Through the gaps of my fingers,
The roaring thunder did crawl in.
Tear stained window panes,
Waved wide in the winds.
At out the windows far,
Lay our ground wet with,
The cricket game half...

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The lady paused, it was not fair
           That one should boast such raven hair
And ample breasts so round and flush
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pieces
tattered
broken 
bloody
I fell apart
fell silent
sat still
it's what you wanted 
me to stop
now you see
this is what happens
I stop
and I fall apart
the thoughts attack
ripping me apart
my body shakes
mind screams
I rock back and forth
hug myself
tears stream down
you wanted me to pause
step back and look
don't you see it
it's...

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The textured page holds my finger
Swift memory steals the pause
Here I’ll sit and so long linger 
Again, I’ll wonder who she was

Moved as if by a magic wand
To soles and autumn leaves
Carried back to Walden’s pond
Amongst observant trees

Its here I held her young hand
And wondered...

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Ruffling the feathers
Of your expectations.
Rilke to the left.
The portrait of Alf
The back of my left ear.
What unconscionable theives,
These Time Czars,
Where we live with the scars,
As joy bounces on the crevices.
I see you in the dark in some cave.
Let me be your bombastic populist.
The Strong Arm...

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I Paused for a second


I paused for a second,to see what this means to me.
I open my eyes,yet they don't see.
The clock on the wall,time just marches on.
Paused for a second,then everything's gone.
I paused for a second, to consider my fate,
Finding your place as you...

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At the deep shelf of night
a niche
a cubby-hole of stillness

Somewhere a hunt is on
somewhere there is death and feeding
but in this hollow mouth of the cosmos
you can rest
within your eyes
be not stung blind by any blood hungers

Here you can sleep on a bed of starlight
forget...

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