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Best Poems Written by Victor Apeanyo Jr.

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Emptyness

A place still lies
Lonely and untouched
Every night it cries
Seeking for its walls to be patched

A place still lies
But dead in its self
With broken memories
And an empty shelf

I struggle to find myself
In the midst of all the strife
But above me a cloud of darkness
So thick, full of sadness

The place will still lie
But not utter a cry
It shall continue to die
Because no one asked why

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Earth Swallow Me

Have you ever felt so empty
That you know not what you want
A feeling that keeps you thinking
Why every hurt is your fault

Such emotional and mental depletion
Which keeps heaping anvils on the head
Thinking about everything, but nothing
Then sad waters begin to shed

I say, for i feel
I feel it so deep in my marrows
I feel it heavily and cannot think
All i feel is,  heart of sorrows

I can hear them now
Those voices in my ears
They are getting larger now
But i feel no fears

It shall all be well
At least a comforting answer
To relieve me from the heart that fell
The heart which broke and had no repairer

The voices, they tell me
"End it all, free your soul from this body
The soul has no pain to feel
At peace: nothing about which to worry."

I rejoice at the solution
But then, my soul would be more sad
For after the persuaded soul-elevation
Many hearts will go bad

So now i lie on the shores
The Ocean and the land
Fate, are you keeping me
Or should i bid them, GOOD-BYE

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In Hope

i crave in hope
for things unexpecting
far from the norm
merged in my dreams

who said fantasies were felonies
for then i would have received a death penalty
take my wish list and see for yourself
yes, i know what you want to tell me
"Wild dreams can make you go mad."

but all i feel
is the strength within
a candle lit eternally
a bond of life to fulfill

there's one thing i know
the candle shall never go off
for that strength in heart
shall soar me onwards

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Placing You First

I placed you first,

Even though you knew not.

For it was better done than said;

That it was truly from my heart.

 

And so I gave them up

I gave it all up for good

Left my mind heated from thoughts

As I lain every night to sleep

 

Thoughts so deep, I could not understand;

Whether I was going mad,

When I took that spit for you,

Or it was just love,

That I had for you.

 

My granny would not forgive me

For I left his funeral so early

To get you that ice cream

Else you would scream

 

Wishing to wake up and say,

"What a dream!"

NO! not a dream, it's a nightmare.

One that i cannot bear to share.

 

I pray you leave me now

My heart you wrecked

Lies in ruins

To think that place you had, but how.

 

I placed you first

Not because I knew you first

I placed you first

Because you were the best

 

And now I rest my words

For I now weep

Good-bye my sweet

Or may I say, my CURSE!

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Times Like These

Times like these
Are times of ease
When so much peace
Reigns without cease

Unlike far across the ocean
Where reigns commotion
Full of depression 
And worn out of liberation

So there's enmity and servity
And all things are vanity
Such regardless quality
For peace and humanity

But thank you, oh God
For my precious life
Creating me so strong
On this gracious land

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A Wanderer

A  wanderer  once  set  out
In  search  of  some  treasure  to  have
Nothing  so  precious  thought  about
Than  something  as  true  as  love

A  wanderer,  once  tired  of  searching
Threw  down  the  anchor  to  settle
On  halt  was  no  pleasure  in  perching
In  the  sight  of  an  anxious  looking  turtle

But  then  …

The  wanderer  met  the  wanderer
And  thanked  the  One  above
They  couldn’t  and  cannot  be  put  asunder
For  truly  they  are  in  love

A  wonderer  once  was  in  contradiction
In  doubts  of  what  seemed  and  was  right
Tired  of  thoughts,  a  false  discretion
A  far  walk  away  from  the  light

A  wonderer  once  got  to  know
Of  the  wonderful  treasure  found
It  was,  to  the  one,  a  mighty  blow
The  head  spinning  all  around

For  …

The  wanderer  met  the  wanderer
And  thanked  the  One  above
They  couldn’t  and  cannot  be  put  asunder
For  truly  they  were  in  love

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A Time Like This

Sore pain and misery is our meal again for tommorrow,
Swirling in poverty and having our motto as sorrow.
The world is an enemy, so what can we ever borrow,
Until manna falls down, we shall forever remain mellow.

Burning eyes, always with tears flowing.
It's a norm, so the tradition keeps going.
We cry,''Help us!Help us, Lord!We are dying''.
But our oppressors just stay back,always smiling.

Is this our purpose brought on this earth?
To live suffering , and at last to face death?
What good have our forefathers done bringing us forth?
Nothing but great calamity, a world with no worth!

The time has come to make a solemn vow,
To trust and believe in ourselves, and to no one we bow;
To grow in wisdom, and develop the strength of a cow;
But to begin, we wish we knew how.