Another Fly On The Wall

Category: Eli Oko

  • Learning to ride a bike by Eli Oko

    Learning to ride a bike by Eli Oko

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    Don’t let go of me  I kept repeating the words in my mind  Because all I could imagine was being left alone  To experience without training  To have support and then none at all  I didn’t want to imagine noone beside me  I kept my eyes focused on my destination just like you suggested  But…

  • Exposed by Eli Oko

    Exposed by Eli Oko

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    I read dark poems about life slipping between fingers  I find myself enjoying how writers explore the sentiments of life and death How they flirt with the idea of ending everything  How they claim to have nothing to lose  But I sense they hold everything they work for within their lines  The validations they have…

  • Colourful Decades by Eli Oko

    Colourful Decades by Eli Oko

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     He thinks he knows me  He thinks he truly understands how my mind works  How reality is from my perspective  But he will never know I cry from my heart.  The veins behind my eyes burst before they even water And the colour of my eyes change  I see red when I peer into my…

  • My Social Love by Eli Oko

    My Social Love by Eli Oko

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    Whatsapp’s are green Emails are blue But even my phone knows When it’s a message from you Snapchats go ping And IG belts a sound I treasure a message from you Wherever it’s found. -EO

  • Dissociation by Eli Oko

    Dissociation by Eli Oko

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    Mental Illness is more common than you wish to believe.

  • Burning by Eli Oko

    Burning by Eli Oko

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      I left my candle burning overnight I lit it to bring some sight to the blind thoughts I had So that I could not only think clearer but feel clearer too I watched the wick transpire for a second slowly I saw the wax heat up and melt It was stronger than me at…

  • For Life by Eli Oko

    For Life by Eli Oko

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    I think my obsession with corridors sparked from things I have never quite been able to explain Parts of my thoughts that don’t have logical reasoning I think the enclosed feeling was security but the longer the corridor the better As it began to symbolise infinity I think my obsession with these 2 walls and…

  • Fatherless by Eli Oko

    Fatherless by Eli Oko

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    Perhaps I should know how it feels to be woken up by the biggest hand I’ll ever feel whispering, “breakfast is ready” I should remember what it was like picking the chair closest to daddy, ensuring no gap resided between us as we ate ready-break on cold winter mornings I’d be silly to forget the…

  • Late Submission by Eli Oko

    Late Submission by Eli Oko

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    So I havent written anything in a while Because I couldnt submit things whilst ill at home in my bed coughing up phlegm the length of strings And playing them in my head like symthanys, pitying myself Because I couldn’t submit things and promote them on my twitter whilst I am travelling with so many…

  • Obsessive Desire by Eli Oko

    Obsessive Desire by Eli Oko

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    Paying attention to how much I was spending yet still spent £2 over I need to pay more attention to the meals I have I was sitting down cowering over my own thoughts and my belly was hanging over my thighs and I thought I have to pay more attention to the meals I have…