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i need to be the one
that stands strong
and helps everyone else
i need to help people
so they dont feel bad
so they can be happy
so they can live a good life
because if i dont do it
i know no one would for some people
so i have to
otherwise they'll never get it
so i have to be strong
and not cry
and just be the pillar of happiness
and strength
that people know they can trust
and rely on
that has no cracks in it
so they can lean on it
and not worry about falling
A twirl of blue satin tugged between your fingers
Twining hard trying to keep it intact
Crossing over, squeezing under and pulling out
Learning to make your first knot
Finding bliss in a tangled ribbon
My son learnt to make a knot
 Mar 2020 Abayomi Ayo-Kayode
kier
"i like you"
he had said,
his words i had obsessed
and misread
the idea of being loved is
inconceivable
yet i wished for my foolish dreams to be believable
your anonymity
and my delusions
gave weight
to my inner rhythm
The roaring sound of the early morning breeze
Creeps through my ears
It tries its hardest to lull me to sleep,
By whispering my deepest, darkest fears

At the wee hours of the morning,
Where the calm and darkness dance and crawl,
People are dreaming deeply of a tomorrow
That may never come at all

As our cries are thrown silently to the void
And as the world sleeps tightly tonight
The solitude within the night comforts us
As we wait for the glorious morning light
As the title implies, I wrote this one when I failed to get some good night sleep and I cannot help but think of all the thoughts that make my head heavy.

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