BELEMA SANDRA EKINE: Poems

286 · Apr 2018

BELEMA SANDRA EKINE Apr 2018

I am not a wo(man) because someone says I am
I am a wo(man) because I am chosen by God to be
HE chose me to be part of this race, the Human Race
For it,HE gave me an Identity, HE gave me my Name
Peculiar to me, Qualifying me
to run this race. So I run.

Like every race, there are others too
Runners who cross my path, Cutting
In on my race, Kidnapping the gifts
Along my lane, Replacing the good
With pain and shame, Pasting on
My chest and back, an identity
not my own.

So that I say along with them
This is who I am, This is what I am
This is what as a wo(man) I must
Live through, endure and embrace

I am not a wo(man) because someone says I am
I am a wo(man) because I am chosen by God to be
HE chose me to be a part of this race, the Human Race
For it, HE gave me an Identity, HE gave me my Name
So I run this race. For I am

Qualified, I am Worthy
I am Enough, I am an Answer
I reclaim my race by grace
I am PROGRESS.

©Belema.S.Ekine
(belemascribbles)

#name #identity #god #race

279 · Apr 2018

NEURALYZER

BELEMA SANDRA EKINE Apr 2018

NEURALYZER

Remember Those
Lines, Words
You said you would always find me in?

Those
Songs, Beats
You would always feel me in?

Remember Those
Chuckles, Laughs
You said would always be my signature?

Those
Frowns, Angry Lines
You would always trace your fingers and kisses through?

Yeah, Well.

DONT!

©Belema.S.Ekine
(belemascribbles)

#neuralyzer #remember #kisses #frowns

273 · Sep 2017

RITUAL

BELEMA SANDRA EKINE Sep 2017

RITUAL

A ritual performed, The morning after
Facing the fear of letting go, Moving on
Opening the door to the unknown to come
A release sought at grief’s last phase
Opening the eyes, Accepting the fate
A ceremony had alone in bed
Laptop in lap, Deleting away
Photos, videos and voicenotes made
A Bonfire would have been great
But for safety sake T-shirts were fed
To the scissors fetched with fire in hand
Pieces in trash, digits erased
It is final this time Not a single tear
Was shed.

©Belema. S. Ekine

Cleansed!!! Moving on...

265 · Jul 2017

TWISTED IRONY

BELEMA SANDRA EKINE Jul 2017

TWISTED IRONY

In the BEGINNING

There was you

And with you

Came me

It was us

Us against the world

Strolling towards the future

Side by side

Lost in a warp

With the world plugged in our ears

It is you and I

Against us

Our backs turned against the future

(a future frozen even with global warming)

We look behind

Remembering not LOT’s wife

And the PILLAR of salt.

The END

©Belema .S. Ekine

once there was us but now there is just salt

#beginnings #us #future #ends #salt

231 · Dec 2017

CAMBRIA

BELEMA SANDRA EKINE Dec 2017

CAMBRIA

The best chapter in the book
Most re-read pages of all

with creases on its once smooth edges
Your fingerprints on her pages

Yellow strikethrough markers drawn across her words

You have marked your territory
Made her yours

There is no denying it

The chemistry

Each time your eyes are fixed on Cambria

Her words come flooding through your medulla
A shock wave of euphoria mixed with jolts of guilt

Then you realize

Oh ****!!

She marked her territory!!!
She made you, HERS.

©Belema. S. Ekine

227 · Apr 2018

SOOTHING DROPS

BELEMA SANDRA EKINE Apr 2018

SOOTHING DROPS

Soothing drops of rain
Loosen the tightened knots in my brain.
Your light fingers caress my sun dried skin,
Cooling me from the outside in.
For a long hot week it has been,
What a perfect way to end the reign.
Soothing drops of rain
Soothing drops of rain
O come have your way with me.

©Belema.S.Ekine
(belemascribbles)

#rain

208 · Apr 2018

BANG BANG BELLS

BELEMA SANDRA EKINE Apr 2018

BANG BANG BELLS

"Tell me you love me like you used to whisper in my eyes"

She screamed,
Pointing the Glock, a 99,mm luger at Seye
Her Seye, the groom

"Drop the gun ****, let's talk
Let me whisper in your ear just the way you like it"

'No!! no more whispering
I want the whole world to know
I want HER to hear you say to me
She thinks she is special because she is dressed in white"

**** ***** the Glock, waves it at Terrified Girl in white

"Okay okay! You would let her go if I say it?

"Yes my love. So it is just you and I"

"I love you ****!! I love every bit of you even the crazy
I love you"

BANG!!! Down goes the bride

"Ooops! I lied" she said with a laugh
Just like your lies, your 'I love yous'
Take care of the present, they have no future
So why should you two?"

BANG!! Down goes the groom

And IT'S A WRAP!!! yells the Director

BANG!! down goes ****

What just happened?!! that was not part of the script!!!

©Belema.S.Ekine
(belemascribbles)

176 · Apr 2018

00:03SECONDS

BELEMA SANDRA EKINE Apr 2018

00:03SECONDS

Like a detective with an audio recording in hand,
Listening for an imperceptible sound-an echo, a jangle
An early morning east wind weaving through the branches
That missing clue with which to break his mysterious case
wide open. I find myself with you in my ear on rerun,
Pressing play, pause, rewind on impulse. Like an astronaut
on a mission to Mercury, your words trailing your voice,
Left ear to right, swimming around within, keeping my core
warm and fluffy like freshly baked doughnuts.

So,
Here I am

SNAP SNAP SNAP
SNAPPING my musical fingers
to the PERFECT song, as your words
in 00:03 seconds,
collide with my beguin'ing heart
Like drumsticks on a set.

©Belema.S.Ekine
(belemascribbles)

165 · Apr 2018

IRON CLAD

BELEMA SANDRA EKINE Apr 2018

IRON CLAD

You come first, he goes next
This is the way it will be done
From now henceforth

Whoever washes the dishes today
Gets a pass on Tuesday
Born on a Wednesday
Says you wash the dishes on this day

Just like in birth
Your sibling follows suit
The next day

Iron clad roster
You'd say

Till she sees the mountain of dishes
Waiting in the sink on Friday

©Belema.S.Ekine
(belemascribbles)

152 · Apr 2018

A WALTZ WITH THE NIGHT

BELEMA SANDRA EKINE Apr 2018

A WALTZ WITH THE NIGHT

Like the last thing on her mind, you sneak up on her dreams
Face in mask, taking the lead-one, two, three, one, two, three
Gentle arms sway, her besotted frame all around night's dance floor,
Gliding into the thick of its dark with ease-hip to hip, cheek to cheek;
Fluidly evading the light beams seeking to reveal, to peel off the blinds on
Eye's unsuspecting lids. Pebbles on gong; cue music to the ears of dawn,
Same fashion as before, you sneak out the back door, as the lids come off.

©Belema.S.Ekine
(belemascribbles)

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