Waves
my heart bleeds as my skin sweats,
as my eyes wet, as my hands shake,
as my legs wobble, as my spirit dizzies,
interfacing the lost faces
like an innocent kid propelling
a pictorial horse for a run
gums on my teeth, i don’t know
how to calm the storm settled in my mouth –
grief makes me repine
between dis-eased silences and overweighed speeches
as i swish and swash between
a hundred postures to bend out my pains,
i find a knowing in everything
yet every understanding is a vacuum
horror lives in the immediate past
like a wound that refuses to heal,
and every moment before me
is like my last pass
days: a mainfold of acute pains
people: falling library of joys
places: addresses of torments
life: everything said of days, people and places
death: a presence of absences
Taofeek Ògúnpérí is a poet and an aficionado of arts. He has authoured a published collection of poems – Twisted Tongues (ATMAN Limited, Osogbo; 2017). “Fourteen” and “Songs of the Tryst” are two of his forthcoming poetry collections. His other wrtings include essays, articles, creative nonfiction, and reviews, some of which have appeared in Nigeria and elsewhere. A multi-award winning student, Taofeek studies Literature-in-English at the Department of English of Obafemi Awolowo University. He can be contacted via ogunperitaofeek@gmail.com or 08169896317 on WhatsApp.
