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Best Poems Written by Olu'um Mm

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Mr Nobody

Mr. Nobody
                                               
A candle flickered upon a hearth newly hewn with stone, 
in a cabin upon a mountaintop freshly laid with snow.
A smoky haze grazed the sky of wintry purple and gray.
Whilst two busy hands colored a lumber tan, stoked the flames and wished the lonely hours away.

All alone beneath the night, Oh how bittersweet!
Seemed all those hours spent hiding from humanity.

He labored and toiled, sat and read; but it seemed so futile because he had no little one to tuck into bed. No pleading eyes begging for a kiss, no soft eyes staring into his.

 There he remained working day and night, doing nothing but listening for sounds of life.

And after one hundred years Mr. Nobody had died. 
leaving his belongings there. 
 Till thieves came and whisked them away, but alas there was nothing of value anyway.

All alone on that mountaintop, there the cabin stood:                                                      Despite peeling paint and trampled rhododendron bush.                                                                                                          
Waiting like a sentry guard, waiting patiently
To snare another guilty man and make him believe that a lonely life would be better than a dozen years of penitentiary.

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Company

There was a divide.
I didn't want to face the truth.
I had absolutely nothing to give to you.

I knew the truth and it hurt.
I had lost the very things 
that I equated with social approval and my own personal peace.
I was left with social anxiety.

But you chose me.

Your love is true and sure.
You never lie to me. 
You never say, "I love you" but then turn and leave me.
When hard reality sets in and I am very sad,
I am able to read your letters back to back.

I still feel like I am not enough.
I still overthink.
I wonder, "what if" or "why me?"
But that's just me. 

If it had not been for the struggle, the futile distractions, and tears,
I might not have ended up in the company of a Father who is present and near.

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Summer Has Left Us

Summer is leaving us,
Fall has begun
I can see it in the leaves and the early setting sun.

Summer is leaving us,
Fall has come
I am no longer scratching mosquito bites and cleaning ants out of the tub.

Oh, she is leaving us, and I am very glad
 but when December comes I shall wish her back.

Summer has left us.
This I know.
I am craving turkey and my skin has lost it's glow.

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Rhyme

I often write in rhyme 
 you see,
it’s a problem I experience quite frequently.

 I can’t seem to write spoken word
 It seems to me quite absurd.

I pick up my pen and write away,
 till I have wasted an entire day.

But then I look back and sigh...
It was all a waste of time.
For I can’t seem to write
In any form but rhyme.