Another Fly On The Wall

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  • I Am Not Me by Eli Oko

    I Am Not Me by Eli Oko

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    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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    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…

  • Great Talk by Eli Oko

    Great Talk by Eli Oko

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    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…

  • Guidelines by Eli Oko

    Guidelines by Eli Oko

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    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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    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…

  • I’m Max by Eli Oko

    I’m Max by Eli Oko

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    Eli Oko
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      I watch the sunset rise And sleep in eyes I yawn and start my day I wait around for my favourite sounds And then allow the scent to lead the way There’s nothing like breakfast Like a meal to set you off Nothing like having someone Who prepares it with so much love It’s leg…

  • Perfect Poetry by Maya Angelou

    Perfect Poetry by Maya Angelou

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    Eli Oko
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    I love having people in my life who help me to acknowledge and grow on the things I’m passionate about in life. Last night I had a 3 hour long chat with a close friend (Greta) and she shared some spoken word performances she had recently seen. I was super impressed and it reminded me…

  • They’re Losing ME by Eli Oko

    They’re Losing ME by Eli Oko

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    Eli Oko
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    Nobody should determine whether you are strong enough to stand or fall That is your choice If I could teleport right now, I would go to where I need be I would navigate to that area I would pinpoint that street I would stand before those doors and walk in very proud I would forget…