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Requiem To Broken Bodies Igniting Into Poetry —Michelle Adegboro



Requiem To Broken Bodies Igniting Into Poetry

And i gazed on nature

only to find the carcass of this broken body

who says there is hope?

find me cure

for this body is hollow

 

i wish to ignite a poem

besides this sagging body

say, i might just pass out the pain 

by clouding my heart with strings of your hands

 

look, my humanity is ablaze

i am drowning in doom's silence 

just breathe a sign towards 

my destination 

just tell me;

i would not drown in this waters


Bio:

Michelle Adegboro is a 13yr old Nigeria poet, spoken word artist and short story writer. She has many role model and mentors she looks up to. She aspires to build up a name for herself through poetry.

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