Another Fly On The Wall

Category: Spoken Poetry

  • Broken Pieces of Time by Eli Oko

    Broken Pieces of Time by Eli Oko

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    I waited so long for you to come in I began to see the cracks in time I waited so long that now I prefer to see you on the other side – EO   We lost the power to dictate each other’s lives a long time ago To say what we want, what we…

  • Applause by Eli Oko

    Applause by Eli Oko

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    And the things they say about love echoed with every clap. It’s unpredictable and cold even at its warmest Held hostage in the only place she can’t grow daisies Clap, Clap, Clap It’s unfathomable even when explained, in detail Its criss crosses and squiggly lines Among the straight and narrow paths Are like a paved…

  • The Futures History by Eli Oko

    The Futures History by Eli Oko

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    We are clothed in tomorrow’s outfit And today we dance For yesterday’s lessons We celebrate yesterdays trials Because they are todays reward And become the futures history.  

  • The 1st by Eli Oko 

    The 1st by Eli Oko 

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    And I prayed that my prayer be heard. As he mentioned all the reasons I felt we should walk away  He concluded that he didn’t know what to say But I felt the letters form in my mouth of what we should do And as they bubbled forth I looked up to my patchy ceiling…

  • In Marriage by Eli Oko

    In Marriage by Eli Oko

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    Do your part Help my self-esteem Support me in marriage Don’t laugh at my dreams Remind me to love deeper in marriage Don’t touch me so deep When my word, stop, is taken seriously Don’t disguise wrong Conclude You & Me as good I am not a playing field for a game of thrones You…

  • Concrete Jungle by Eli Oko

    Concrete Jungle by Eli Oko

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    And they try to deceive us creating pop-up parks around the city centre. Giving us hope that pure air surrounds. But truthfully it’s beneath layers of the thick scent of betrayal and as another pop-up park erects between the city centre – we pick the flowers from its nurtured soil and hand it to our…

  • Protected: Truths from Eli Oko

    Protected: Truths from Eli Oko

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  • 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…