Another Fly On The Wall

Category: Spoken Poetry

  • Options by Eli Oko

    Options by Eli Oko

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    We have so many options! Up to us which one we choose We know what we have to gain Crystal clear what we could lose Honestly, sometimes I hate the options I sit and struggle picking one I wish that one was picked for me I would have to settle, job done. I think we have too many options And now…

  • I Am Not Me by Eli Oko

    I Am Not Me by Eli Oko

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    I am not I. I do not watch girls drift off into night skies With sirens and screeching tyres Debauched dirty men pointing to invisible friends And scattered screams of celebration I remember walking alone between tall buildings I recall the sensation of cold cement floors I hated the glare of city lights on shop windows…

  • “Written Today, Heard Tomorrow” Extract by Eli Oko

    “Written Today, Heard Tomorrow” Extract by Eli Oko

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      • hands • We are the hands clasped tight The palms open wide We are the veins pumping The words flowing through them We are the distilled emotions As if fingers running through a tangeled skull Untwisting knots in thoughts that are dull We are the hands That carried weight When even your heart…

  • Undone by Eli Oko (Collab with Alex Undone)

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    Is this what being an adult feels like? Where shall we start? The goal to be on a billboard Driven by my success, black and white in papers But rainbow effects, in my heart This mission is more than an external goal, It is empowered by what is within Make your inner person great, be…

  • Rose Gold Petals by Eli Oko

    Rose Gold Petals by Eli Oko

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    You are like rose gold petals you fall on to grounds of milk you grow wings and fly into skies of candy floss you are the edibles we write about you are the fresh pastures we farm you keep the forests blooming you need nothing but water and sunlight you are the reason why we keep…

  • To My Silent Readers

    To My Silent Readers

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    Dear Silent Readers, I am sorry I am calling you out, I am sorry there is no more hiding my frustration I can not control these words from my mouth.  I feel you silently build me up, you grow me with your tranquil waters, however lately I have been experiencing the stormy weathers with downpours and…

  • Great Talk by Eli Oko

    Great Talk by Eli Oko

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    Please excuse these tears They do not reflect my inner most feelings As deep and desperate they may seem Inside I am jumping for joy Because my concern has always been your happieness Your happiness has always been my thought And my thought and has always been you Not in the way every person may wish…

  • Protected: #DreamingOutLoud – Coming Soon! 

    Protected: #DreamingOutLoud – Coming Soon! 

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    There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.

  • Guidelines by Eli Oko

    Guidelines by Eli Oko

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    Not everything must stay in its guidelines you can watch truth spill over the edges Lies filling the gaps of love Willing to break free or at least break revealing true colours To be put back into the cage it came in We are a generation of unboxing Love that grows on trees Branches that snap…

  • Like Origami by Eli Oko

    Like Origami by Eli Oko

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    Fold me like origami I am a prepackaged square Bend my surface and create lines that will forever define my shape Make me into something beautiful As my curves begin to form Like jagged edges of swords Let the war between my art, fight Let it roar as if a lion This beast of a…