Long Crush Poems
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Canoeing in shallow waters
Sunny calm and heavenly
Till ever so suddenly came a squall
That’s what they call crazy storms
That come out of nowhere
Without warning
I really thought it was all over for me
Thought I’d be meeting my maker
Somehow panic gave way
To a cool level head
A rational inner voice echoing
Paddle as strong as you can
Strong and steady
Amazingly we did reach the shore
Too exhausted to be euphoric
Feeling taller
Feeling superhuman
Jubilant but in an inner quiet way
Feeling very humble
Afraid to ask
The source of this
Sudden wild rebellious rage
Willing to crush anyone in its way
On a day I was never so close to my death
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I visit this tree each and every day.
From the steams, to the fruit to the leaves.
Each part is a different part of her.
She blossoms in spurts.
Her leaves lost in the wind.
Hiding how ticklish she really is.
She keeps the best part of her high up on the branches.
Inspiring me to reach higher.
Knowing that arms reach wouldn't satisfy either of us.
Old pieces of her falling off to wither.Rot.
The parts of her that weren't ready to share.
I love every bit of it.
To sit and reconcile under the shade of her leafy dress.
Beautiful and strong.
We rustle ourselves in the comfort of each others company.
Taking our time to climb the ladder of branches.
I am always happy to see her.
Taking the seeds that she gives.
Planting them all around her.
Until we reveal everything there is, about ourselves.
In beautiful coincidence.
Taking our time to climb her beautiful branches
Do I need to be different for you to love me,
In a crowd of extravagant dresses,
Wear a plain white one
In a room of plain dresses,
Wear a dress that shines as bright as the sun?
Do I need to be pretty for you to love me,
For you to glance my way,
And immediately know we could live together in peace and harmony?
Do I need to surprise you for you to love me?
You being used to peace
And me energetically taking you out of your comfort?
Do I need to hate you for you to love me?
If they say opposites attract,
Will that attract you to me?
Isn’t it enough if I love you—
Understand you, cry with you,
Comfort you, laugh at your jokes
No one else laughs at,
Care for you?
Or is it because of the fact
I’m not the female lead
That you don’t love me.
How else do we prop a leaning tower?
Pull it down? Root and roof and all
falling, crush roaches and rodents—
aliens without a fatherland.
Leeches and suckers, they're. Carriers
of malaria, bloated tummies, fire red.
Hawks and vultures, hovering for carcass;
babblers, shrinking common coffers
with glee till the tower crumbles;
till they turn dumb. A peacock in borrowed
rainbow feathers, strutting. A white rooster
crowing at dawn with delight,
but cooing his dirge.
Will wind of fire fan a preening bird on
a perch? Will storm spare a lone Iroko
in a forest of shrubs; or soldier ants,
a tramping foot?
Digging deep, plumb and level in hand!
Dressed stone for foundation; cured bricks for walls!
The tower points high, firmly braced
in steady steps to stand storm and quake.
Stand! Stand, a tower as we stare gleefully,
heads raised to the sky.
© 2016 Celestine S. Ikwuamaesi
I’ll never forget my first day at primary school
You bounded into the classroom, flashing a gap tooth smile
With your blonde curly hair and blue eyes, I was smitten
My first crush at the tender age of five!
Over the years we became inseparable
Then one day you told me terrible news
Your dad had a promotion and you were leaving the area
We both sobbed buckets of tears and vowed to stay in touch.
Letters flew between us like arrows, then suddenly they stopped
Years passed and I married then subsequently divorced
When moving house I came across your letters
I’d kept them in an old shoebox, they were tied with blue ribbon.
I sat reminiscing wondering how your life had panned out
Months later I joined friends re-united -
To my amazement I found your name
I was overjoyed when you replied to my contact
We had so much to talk about and a lot of catching up to do
I was hesitant when you suggested meeting
Would those childhood feelings still be the same?
The minute I saw you at the station my heart pounded
Still the same steel blue eyes, but a lot less hair!
We talked late into the small hours of the night
and when we kissed … I felt like a teenager again!
We had a whirlwind romance and married three months later
So blissfully happy, making up for lost time …
Until
Until ….the day you’d gone to buy my birthday present
Normally we’d have been together but you wanted to surprise me
You kissed my cheek, drove off on your motorbike into the distance
My memory of what happened next is so hazy
All I remember is a knock on the door
Two policemen were standing there
… I started to scream
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We were parallel walking
she asked if I found [famous person] attractive
I sucked a thoughtful tooth (as if)
and said I'm not one to fawn over
minor celebrities
she said fawn I said yes fawn
But if [famous person] was here now
I'd attach myself to her legs and let her
drag me through the mud
like an I don't know what
the metaphor failed me. She said
Like a dangleberry.
I don't know what you mean, and obv.
which is short for obviously
as an alpha male I am not one to submit
to be dragged away anyway and yet
in this instance [famous person] would have to
beat me off, stop it, that's enough now
I mean her magnificent legs which
in this unlikely scenario I have attached myself to
remember
Honestly, I wish I'd never started this
she said me too
and that was that
for the rest
of our walk
Iran,
do not fear the sky.
It leans toward you.
This is an hour written
before our names were spoken.
Ketu turns the mirror.
Karma asks its due.
Those who ruled by force
now feel the weight of time.
I looked to the heavens,
and the charts were quiet
for United States
and Israel.
Luck does not linger
where pride deafens wisdom.
But over Iran,
Jupiter stands
like a patient teacher.
What he blesses
cannot be hurried,
cannot be stolen,
cannot be cursed.
You did not summon the storm.
You endured it.
And endurance
is older than war.
When blood was scattered
across the earth,
the universe did not forget.
It never does
What is sown
returns—
not in fire,
but in reckoning.
After the night,
a new sun rises—
not to erase the past,
but to remember it rightly.
Power fades.
Law remains.
For no nation stands above
the order of things,
and no hand outruns
the balance of the world.
Here I am again, just waiting by the phone.
You said that you might call, ‘cause you hate to be alone.
So, here I will wait, until your voice is on the line,
And though you’re far from me, I’m with you all the time.
And your love lifts me
On the wings of an eagle,
And I soar, wild and free
When I am with you.
I think I hear the sound of your footsteps near the door.
You said that you might call, but I knew you wanted more.
Here, take my hand and I’ll kiss away your tears,
‘Cause we’ve walked a thousand miles
And held on all these years.
And your love lifts me
On the wings of an eagle,
And I soar, wild and free
When I am with you.
© Cherie 1998
Oh-oh-oh, never refuse to eat delicious ice cream,
oh-oh-oh, it's giving up on each wonderful dream;
has anyone offered you anything?
Grab your guitar and start to sing!
No-no--no, don't do foolish things;
it may seem nothing to even wrongs!
No-no-no, pay little attention to winks:
they don't mean you'll conquer hearts!
Oh-oh-oh, never refuse to eat delicious ice cream;
oh-oh-oh, it's not a candy bar with less sugar,
life must be sweetened with delightful kisses:
kiss the first you find, don't sound the alarm
too soon, or you'll lose the only chance to own her...
if emotions get stronger, control your moves!
No-no-no, never allow deep feelings shape your ideas,
no-no-no, they'll change before you taste lips of betrayal;
oh-oh-oh, they'll take advantage of your naive foolishness,
oh-oh-oh, clutter your silly head with thoughts of April's fool!
If these are the last words off my tongue
Let it be known, my final songs been sung
And Marie, Momma, you could never be wrong
But I always knew that I wouldn’t live long
Warm hugs in the lobby
Now it is your precious smile
That has this young man sobbing
My objective
To remain faithful and effective
And perhaps I came up on my own
Time spent is time blown
And I promise not to be a dead beat
Or let my enemies beat my head in the seat
Until I’m gone and deceased
I’ll take that same stubborn path
Prophecies of cowards scheming
To lay me asleep on a bloody mat
At times, we can be so responsible
And act with such charisma
Shooting for T-O-P-S, expelled as a senior
Now I don’t even know what my future career is ma
Still awaiting happiness to make a series premiere
Something as bizarre as gothic fairies being sincere
As an adolescent, I conquered the lessons
Slaughtered consequences, jumped fences,
Kept my audience in suspense
Constantly hitting them hard with something intensive
Every now and then I come across something offensive
Crush them into saw dust with grammatical utensils