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Tesem Ikima Poem
I feel like Afghanistan
All the friends who helped me through my depression
Have left
I want to leave this body I call home
Rather than wage war with my demons
Strong and mighty
Smiling is equivalent to holding a plane at Kabul.
I fly for a minute
And drop back down into the abyss
Depression you restrict me like the Afghan woman now.
But I will learn to love my body
And I will find my home some day
Copyright © Tesem Ikima | Year Posted 2021
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Tesem Ikima Poem
PEER PRESSURE
I slit my wrists
To put some ice on it
Being cool has a price
(Tesem Tellz Ikima 2021)
Copyright © Tesem Ikima | Year Posted 2021
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Tesem Ikima Poem
This a story of Lisa
she was born In south of Nigeria
Papa was a young dealer
her mama was high of Santa Maria.
Daddy said go to church everyday
But the pastor was tryne get in her.
Put his tongue in her mouth
When she told her dad He slapped her “Lisa”
Dumb girl Don’t be lying here
She was dumbfound like mama
They called the family pastor started deliverance on her matter
Took her back to the church and they left her home alone with that pastor
20 abortions later she was filled with hate for her father.
Crying to God on her knees everyday
and she looking for a single answer
Only silence came Took her bags and ran
Then she ended in the house of a gangster
So wait
They Told her she beautiful
They Told her she really cool
They Told her to take clothes off
Let them photograph nudes
Flashlight on journey to ****
Heroin coke and the Molly she’s done
Drowning in darkness Drowning in darkness
There’s no light at the end of the tunnel
How many nights unpaid
How many nights of sex
How many nights of rape.
She looks at the sextape and cries out
This for my sisters that been abused and live sad
Stuck with a memory of the past so they relapse
This for my sisters that need God but feel bad
There’s a light at the end of the tunnel so don’t give up
Lisa became the biggest pornstar at 24
Fast money Fast Life
lying on her pretty fours
No shame white eyes daddy’s girl was living raw
Since he didn’t play his role attention was her daddy now
The comment section and the million followers got needier
She learnt this love ain’t real cos all they wanted was that nastier
Gangbang threesomes she’s breaking every mirror
She gained the world and lost her soul the drug abuse was deadlier
overdose and found herself lying in a hospital
A picture on the wall says “God loves you” and she’s crying out
“Why did you leave me,” She wept
“Why didn’t you help me, you left”
She felt a hand on her shoulder and a soft voice say
“Forgiveness was the answer
Forgive your past first Forgive yourself next
Pain is a guest That becomes entitled
when you let it stay longer through shame and regret”
Copyright © Tesem Ikima | Year Posted 2026
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Tesem Ikima Poem
I know the music of violence
The dance of scared feet
The drums of pounding heart
The ugly masquerade
Malevolent with sharp teeth
That drinks the warmth of innocence
and leaves generations scared to embrace peace
I know the cry of dark skies
The shouts of burning roofs
The Crackled whip of confusion,
Mothers Daughter Fathers Son
Death becomes family
draped in blood, silence
While peace screams illusion
Mount the White Flag
Young ones
Surrender to unity
For Unity is
a family of different ideas
It is a table of laughter
A meal of hope
A Glass of joy drank together
A quenched thirst and a belly filled with gratitude.
Unity is a Fathers Pride
It is a Nations Gift
Wrapped in the sacrifice and
Thoughts of freedom
Unity is a Mother’s Prayer
The earth knows the lines on her knees
So Unite, Let’s Unite,
For unity is a safe tarred road
For the present and next generation to walk on.
Copyright © Tesem Ikima | Year Posted 2026
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Tesem Ikima Poem
There’s a poem in the shadow of your eyes
I read it and feel the weight of your heart
I touch it and know the strength of your mind.
I kiss it and taste the tears that have dried.
There’s a poem in the maps left behind
The marks that stretch east to west like palm fronds on your right behind
There’s a poem in the hospitality of your hands, warm and welcome every line
Wears a safety badge if you’d patiently tarry.
There’s a poem in the music of shared laughter singing perfect notes with you
In good and bad.
There’s a poem in you
And I’m glad you are my favorite poem.
Copyright © Tesem Ikima | Year Posted 2026
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Tesem Ikima Poem
Hear the cry of begging stop
The evil silence out for blood
A haunted shadow stains our walls
Fear unleashed with hellish force
The crows address their common lord
A hungry feast if the righteous fall.
Say a prayer for your soul
Before the wicked takes it toll.
Unholy Serpent Dark and wild
I know that Terror wants a bride tonight
Ashes to Ashes
what a kiss of sin
Panic is free: the curse of innocence
Copyright © Tesem Ikima | Year Posted 2026
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