Best Poems Written by Hannah Azubuike

This Present Darkness

"If the light in you is dark then how great is the darkness"


It is 2am
But I am thinking of a way to tell my dreams that I have no means to lead it to its reality

Do I tell it?
That it was child’s play that I really didn't mean the words I say?
Or that it was just a charade?

How do I tell it?
That I have become a herbalist
Concocting lies from the lessons Experience leaves me
That as I sip this mixture, I get into an old arbitrary dance step
“One step forward and two step back”
Sliding into the hole I once dreaded
That the feeling I fear has summoned me
Overwhelming the lids of my eyes so I can’t see

I try
To open my eyes but I hear defeat each time
I work and work and work but a strange server keeps loading


How do I tell it?
That it was because I inhaled only smokes daily and though my eyes could see, I judged it right to touch more counterfeits rather that the real deal

My efforts have betrayed me
They taught me to believe that the applause I get is my ticket to stand among the living

I am weary
I have given up the will to get back on my feet
How do I tell this dizzy dream of mine that I tried to dampen the red coals needed to charge it?


How do I tell it?
That I might have brought a stranger home and it is the cause of this present darkness?

 "If the light in you is dark then how great is the darkness"

Copyright © Hannah Azubuike | Year Posted 2021