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Best Poems Written by Eshe Benson

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He Settled For the Moon

she could have been 
his sun
to light his path 
to far away 
meadows 
he could not stand 
her piercing 
brightness 
he settled 
for the moon 

the night came 
the moon 
dimmed him further
he groped 
in the dark
and wished 
for the sun
only the sun 
was way beyond 
the horizon 
of his past 
quietly 
mooning 
over another
in a 
faraway land

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Footprints

mama taught me 
not to drag my feet 
as i walk through the sands of time
a thirsty soul might come looking
and find their way 
to the watering hole 

~ footprints

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Village Love

sordid floors
dark paths
lily scented nights 
crispy country air
crackling fireplaces
shadows under the moon
sounds of the night
silence in the dark
mingling
tangoing 
in perfect pitch 
the harmonious beat
of intoxicating drums
the twirling dance
of dizzying 
village 
love

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Africa

they call her 
the dark continent
though the sun shines 
brightest on her
blue rain pours on her 
every day 
making nonsense 
of her sun’s toil

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Thoughts From My World

they say 
your thoughts
create your world
my third world was birthed
when the white storm
swept across our homesteads
do i get to recreate it
by simply thinking
of meadows and prairies
crystal jars
of milk and honey?

i think of thorns
pricking her beautiful skin
the midday sun
scorching her blooming day

i think of green fields and empty pots
flowing rivers and bare granaries
i think of beautiful jewels and plastic chains
naked servants and gucci clad masters
i think of flooded homes and empty dams
i think of the nail crowns
bleeding my people dry

~ thoughts from my world

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Writing

WRITING

when other souls
are conceiving
in their dreams 
my breath 
gives birth 
at midnight

my soul
only knows 
to labour
to push 
to birth
alone

~ Eshe Benson

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Aloneness

the swelling taste 
of your absence 
was heavy on the tongue 
of my silent night

i grabbed speckles 
of darkness 
flying between 
my longing eyes

i searched for the shadow 
of your moon
within the walls 
of my starry night

my eyes bled crystal rivulets  
as my mind defogged
with the knowledge 
of my aloneness  

i lay down to sleep 
hanging on to 
the endless rails 
of your vivid departure

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Here To Stay

i stand boldly 
in rank and wit 
before the midday sun
the noise of my 
tempestuous blood 
is louder than 
johnny’s flour mill

you have padded your ears 
to the sound 
of my misery 
you have put blinders 
against the silhouette 
of my unwelcome existence

my screams stain 
your clear day 
my words defile 
your peaceful night
i haunt your dreams 
i gnaw at your conscious 

you wish me away 
then wake up 
to find me 
seated heavily
on your padded chair

you see
it took me long 
to get here
it will take you longer 
to get me going

~ against workplace gender discrimination

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Waiting For Nightingale To Sing

she livened the world 
with her songs
one day the hippo 
heard her sing
he looked up 
and insulted her beak

she stared at her reflection 
in the water
the hippo was right
she was one ugly fowl
she was one ungifted bird

she swore never to come out again
she swore never to sing again

while she sits still
the world is silent  
waiting for nightingale 
to sing

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This Love

i see your beautiful smile 
on the face of a stranger
i hear your soft voice 
in the whistling wind 
of my restless mind
i hear your soothing laughter
in the mingled noises 
of a boisterous day
i hear your heartbeat 
in the heavy thumping 
of my aching heart
this love!