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No concealer to hide
tired, puffy eyes.
No paint-on lips
with rouge lip-stick.
No mascara that extend
eye-lashes to no end.
No swept-on blush
that give an added touch
to make one look flush.
All you can see
The natural me.
Stop!
your complaining.
It’s very draining.
Stop!
wearing a frown.
It gets us down.
Stop!
with your chiding
it’s overriding
everyone’s joy.
Why annoy us
with your bunk?
Get out of your funk!
 Jan 2019 Emeka Mokeme
Andrea
As nostalgia takes me
I go back to old memories
Of broken dreams and shattered realities
My future seems incredibly bleak.

It’s been months since we’ve parted
and to your farewell I couldn’t attend
I just couldn’t stomach the thought
of you being erased from existence.

But now i’ve dealt with things,
I want to say thank you..
For everything you’ve done for me but here's
A belated Goodbye, A forgotten I love you
On this lovely September morn
It's time for congratulations
Into this world a child is born
Lets raise a glass in celebration.

He starts his world with lulabbys
Parents are there with a guiding hand
To help to see that he gets by
Untill on his own he can make a stand.

But that is many years away
No need to think so far ahead
All that matters is this lovely day
As mother is resting in her bed.

But tomorrow will be another day
With his first steps on life's road
A world that that will be full of play
The future no one knows.

So let's take in this special time
Where all the family gather round
Mother and newborn are doing fine
She smiles when hearing his very first sound.
My wife's wife best friends daughter in law gave
Birth to a baby boy September 20th .she asked me to write a poem
So I wrote this poem .I hope you like it.
 Jan 2019 Emeka Mokeme
Chameleon
There she is.
My old pal sadness, it's been awhile since her last visit.
She must have gone to see the ocean or the Grand Canyon, but, she always comes back. She never really leaves my side because nothing gold can stay.
 Jan 2019 Emeka Mokeme
zoe
interlude
 Jan 2019 Emeka Mokeme
zoe
One day you will be
A five-minute memory
That fades away
When the music ends.
 Jan 2019 Emeka Mokeme
Amanda
8:41pm
 Jan 2019 Emeka Mokeme
Amanda
your eyes look like sunset today
don't close them just yet
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