POETRY.



If I were to be a therapist
I would've been tired of my own story
Those tears and spilted voices
Coming out from my lips
Painted with the natural lip gloss my nose gave it
Those words of misery
Condemnation and rejection proclaiming it self to my heart
Those lips of unfortunate souls
Sharing my pain like a premium gist
A symbol of misery clothed upon my very self .

Isolating the joy in me
Bringing out my pain to those losed lips
I buried my joy in the Chambers of pain
Who would listen to me without telling another
God is not on earth
Who would chew my pain and make me swallow joy
If suicide was not a sin .

Those letters I poured out
Those words on the watery books
That dried My lips and made my eyes white
Arranging every bit of words
Carelessly leaving them on the books
With my heart Sorrowfully dancing into jubilation .

I started naming every words into constructed poetic sentences
I realised that my voice were high
High enough to seal my lips
My pain were no longer known .

Poetry removed my casket
It made me remove those ropes from my kitchen
Using them to dry my faded clothes
Years and decades awaits me .

You pay for therapy
I pay for lines
If poetry was human
How glad would my joy be .

                              

About this poem

The great works of my hands.

Font size:
Collection  PDF     
 

Written on January 12, 2023

Submitted by AmakaAbigailokeoma on January 13, 2023

Modified on March 14, 2023

1:19 min read
0

Quick analysis:

Scheme XABCXAXXXX ACXXXXX XDXXDE BXCX XEXA AXEA
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 1,268
Words 264
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 10, 7, 6, 4, 4, 4

Discuss the poem POETRY. with the community...

0 Comments

    Translation

    Find a translation for this poem in other languages:

    Select another language:

    • - Select -
    • 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
    • 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
    • Español (Spanish)
    • Esperanto (Esperanto)
    • 日本語 (Japanese)
    • Português (Portuguese)
    • Deutsch (German)
    • العربية (Arabic)
    • Français (French)
    • Русский (Russian)
    • ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
    • 한국어 (Korean)
    • עברית (Hebrew)
    • Gaeilge (Irish)
    • Українська (Ukrainian)
    • اردو (Urdu)
    • Magyar (Hungarian)
    • मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
    • Indonesia (Indonesian)
    • Italiano (Italian)
    • தமிழ் (Tamil)
    • Türkçe (Turkish)
    • తెలుగు (Telugu)
    • ภาษาไทย (Thai)
    • Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
    • Čeština (Czech)
    • Polski (Polish)
    • Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
    • Românește (Romanian)
    • Nederlands (Dutch)
    • Ελληνικά (Greek)
    • Latinum (Latin)
    • Svenska (Swedish)
    • Dansk (Danish)
    • Suomi (Finnish)
    • فارسی (Persian)
    • ייִדיש (Yiddish)
    • հայերեն (Armenian)
    • Norsk (Norwegian)
    • English (English)

    Citation

    Use the citation below to add this poem to your bibliography:

    Style:MLAChicagoAPA

    "POETRY." Poetry.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 25 Apr. 2024. <https://www.poetry.com/poem/150775/poetry.>.

    Become a member!

    Join our community of poets and poetry lovers to share your work and offer feedback and encouragement to writers all over the world!

    More poems by

    Amaka Okeoma

    »

    April 2024

    Poetry Contest

    Join our monthly contest for an opportunity to win cash prizes and attain global acclaim for your talent.
    5
    days
    1
    hour
    15
    minutes

    Special Program

    Earn Rewards!

    Unlock exciting rewards such as a free mug and free contest pass by commenting on fellow members' poems today!

    Browse Poetry.com

    Quiz

    Are you a poetry master?

    »
    Who wrote the poem "O Captain! My Captain!"?
    A Emily Dickinson
    B Ezra Pound
    C Samuel Taylor Coleridge
    D Walt Whitman