Tag: Life
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It Was Perfect by Eli Oko
I let him go because he was the comfort of my heart. He kept me together when everything was falling apart.
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Snipe Hunt by Eli Oko
Right on target Aim is clear I felt your eyes meet mine Your mind leaked rhymes All others couldn’t compare See at first I never put 2 + 2 I should have known it was hopeless I had everything to lose Music and cider Comforted by neither I was just happy to be out There…
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Making Lemonade by Eli Oko
Life threw me so many curve balls Life threw so many trial and tribulations I caught each I saw them in the moment I watched them transpire Because as hard as the moment may seem They do transpire They turn into dust Just like us Life saw me in the mirror And I stared back…
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A-Z Of All I’ve Met
A – Annabel B – Brenda C – Chris (Whoever you wish this to be) D – Davinia E – Elijah F – Francisca (She has the same name as me) G – Greta H – Hanson ( A path I feel privileged to explore) I – Isaac J – Joseph (My brother who gave…
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Options by Eli Oko
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…
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I Am Not Me by Eli Oko
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…
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“Written Today, Heard Tomorrow” Extract by Eli Oko
• 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…
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Rose Gold Petals by Eli Oko
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…
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Great Talk by Eli Oko
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…
Another Fly On The Wall 