Submissions by Enigma19 (Atiemo)
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
Ever since I became a poet, my style of writing seeks to go in-depth to the wonders, mysteries, marvelous and ordinary affairs of life. And, oh, I'm a Christian, so I sometimes love to direct my poetry to God and his closed book personality.
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
1st Jun 2020 5:46pm
1st Jun 2020 5:46pm
White or black, we were all taught.
When you were in your mother's womb, did you know how you were going to look like? Did you know the resultant of your skin's colour? Obviously, your response will be, "no."
You were brought forth into this world with the right skin tone in relation to the atmospheric condition of your environment. No one chooses; you are given, and whether you detest it or not, it is yours till you die.
Every single day, a child is born into this world; the location, the culture, the way of life, and norms are what defines and triggers the style or behavioral patterns of the child. What...
You were brought forth into this world with the right skin tone in relation to the atmospheric condition of your environment. No one chooses; you are given, and whether you detest it or not, it is yours till you die.
Every single day, a child is born into this world; the location, the culture, the way of life, and norms are what defines and triggers the style or behavioral patterns of the child. What...
#peace
#prose
#memories
#racism
#morality
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3 Comments
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
29th May 2020 00:27am
29th May 2020 00:27am
Talents
You and I, not so same
Cast the die, unlike spots of a game
Fingers of different sizes and length
Made to throw or catch a ball
Short, plumpy and tall
All with a diverse call.
Don’t abuse, nay
Don’t cheat, nay
Seasons will cloud your brain
And talents will serve no more food
to leave crumbs for the dogs
Your past, an outcast cast.
No longer needed in the play
A replacement; a mirror on the wall
Will do. Talents delivered
For saucepan lids to open ajar
Amused at the sight
A pleasant delight.
...
Cast the die, unlike spots of a game
Fingers of different sizes and length
Made to throw or catch a ball
Short, plumpy and tall
All with a diverse call.
Don’t abuse, nay
Don’t cheat, nay
Seasons will cloud your brain
And talents will serve no more food
to leave crumbs for the dogs
Your past, an outcast cast.
No longer needed in the play
A replacement; a mirror on the wall
Will do. Talents delivered
For saucepan lids to open ajar
Amused at the sight
A pleasant delight.
...
#inspirational
#God
#humankind
#gratitude
#metaphor
331 reads
1 Comment
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
24th May 2020 1:21am
24th May 2020 1:21am
The plight of a slave
Black and white
All innocent before thy sight
Elegant beings with their first bellow
The sign of life fluxing through their veins
But little do they know
That their fate is nothing but a desolate fellow.
Abandoned by their creators
And left in the hands of vultures
A tiny box as their companion
And the wails of a frightened infant
The only route to a savior
But a new hen approaches with a bad omen.
She rescues the creature from nature’s savageness
Only to be raised by Cinderella’s wicked stepmother
Together with...
All innocent before thy sight
Elegant beings with their first bellow
The sign of life fluxing through their veins
But little do they know
That their fate is nothing but a desolate fellow.
Abandoned by their creators
And left in the hands of vultures
A tiny box as their companion
And the wails of a frightened infant
The only route to a savior
But a new hen approaches with a bad omen.
She rescues the creature from nature’s savageness
Only to be raised by Cinderella’s wicked stepmother
Together with...
#rejection
#tragedy
#suffering
#FeelingTrapped
#emotional
346 reads
1 Comment
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
17th May 2020 1:25am
17th May 2020 1:25am
Life
The answers you seek reside within you;
endeavour to devour the truth.
Life sometimes is a subterfuge,
it blindfolds you from unwrapping your true purpose.
Its desire is not synced with what you aspire.
If you intend to gain,
you’ll have to go through pain;
nothing comes with ease in this arduous world.
The sun shines, but darkness dominates.
Your die-hard spirit is your only option to be on track.
Some begin well, and some begin badly,
but the end result rests in your palms.
No one said...
endeavour to devour the truth.
Life sometimes is a subterfuge,
it blindfolds you from unwrapping your true purpose.
Its desire is not synced with what you aspire.
If you intend to gain,
you’ll have to go through pain;
nothing comes with ease in this arduous world.
The sun shines, but darkness dominates.
Your die-hard spirit is your only option to be on track.
Some begin well, and some begin badly,
but the end result rests in your palms.
No one said...
#courage
#motivational
#inspirational #PowerOfWords
#inspirational #PowerOfWords
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1 Comment
SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
7th May 2020 2:12am
7th May 2020 2:12am
Your soul
Your soul
Mortal man
Soft and hard
Tissues and lungs
All in inside
Joints and muscles
Move your parts
But ask self
“What’s really inside?”
Chaff you are
The next you’re gone
But a part remains
For eternity to come
the spiritual, the immaterial
That which makes you, you
All attributes embedded
Taken away...to who knows where.
When the big sleep calls
Where would your
Awaken self be?
Your true self.
Anticipate.
Mortal man
Soft and hard
Tissues and lungs
All in inside
Joints and muscles
Move your parts
But ask self
“What’s really inside?”
Chaff you are
The next you’re gone
But a part remains
For eternity to come
the spiritual, the immaterial
That which makes you, you
All attributes embedded
Taken away...to who knows where.
When the big sleep calls
Where would your
Awaken self be?
Your true self.
Anticipate.
#Christian
#spiritual
#heaven
#hell
#emotions
629 reads
3 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
7th May 2020 00:53am
7th May 2020 00:53am
Foward
The feet leaves foot prints.
Foot prints don’t leave the feet.
Foot prints don’t leave the feet.
#LifeGoals
#aging
#MovingOn
455 reads
1 Comment
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
6th May 2020 3:03pm
6th May 2020 3:03pm
Wisdom
Wisdom
Not far but near
Listen and you’ll hear
She whispers...but faint
She spills her paint
All over your brain
Colorful
And very plain
Embrace her and she’ll leave a stain
She’s not some enigma
Neither a stigma
She is your solution
to your folly
Pure and holy
She is Wisdom.
Not far but near
Listen and you’ll hear
She whispers...but faint
She spills her paint
All over your brain
Colorful
And very plain
Embrace her and she’ll leave a stain
She’s not some enigma
Neither a stigma
She is your solution
to your folly
Pure and holy
She is Wisdom.
#inspirational
#rhyming
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1 Comment
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
5th May 2020 8:08pm
5th May 2020 8:08pm
I
I am you when you look in the mirror
I am around when the lights are on
I follow you even when you don’t want me to
I am in and out of you
I am you and you are me
Together, we are I.
Two pieces connected and glued as one
Inseparable
I see you and you see me
I talk and you listen
You talk and I obey.
When you are hurt, I am also
Emotions intertwined
I am who I am
And you are who I am
Don’t bother extracting
You’ll only cause mental deterioration
Just view me as a play station ...
I am around when the lights are on
I follow you even when you don’t want me to
I am in and out of you
I am you and you are me
Together, we are I.
Two pieces connected and glued as one
Inseparable
I see you and you see me
I talk and you listen
You talk and I obey.
When you are hurt, I am also
Emotions intertwined
I am who I am
And you are who I am
Don’t bother extracting
You’ll only cause mental deterioration
Just view me as a play station ...
#identity
#myself
#PowerOfWords
#SelfReflection
#acceptance
559 reads
5 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
5th May 2020 00:40am
5th May 2020 00:40am
JESUS' SECOND COMING, A CAUSE FOR OUR PRAISE.
Verse 1:
The time is almost near,
I know it cos I feel intense fear, right here.
I mean the question is, “I’m I even ready…I’m I prepared?”
are you?… Or are you just…scared?
Torn apart and afraid that he won’t come for you,
dumbfounded cause you think you would be left behind…and denied,
Well… I’ve just got four words for you,
WHERE…DO…YOU…CHOOSE?
You know as beings, God has given us the free will to choose,
It is our choices that determine whether we win or...
The time is almost near,
I know it cos I feel intense fear, right here.
I mean the question is, “I’m I even ready…I’m I prepared?”
are you?… Or are you just…scared?
Torn apart and afraid that he won’t come for you,
dumbfounded cause you think you would be left behind…and denied,
Well… I’ve just got four words for you,
WHERE…DO…YOU…CHOOSE?
You know as beings, God has given us the free will to choose,
It is our choices that determine whether we win or...
#hope
#forgiveness
#motivational
#inspirational
#redemption
318 reads
2 Comments
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
4th May 2020 00:32am
4th May 2020 00:32am
"Mmm... the feeling."
Angry mood, with a hood
Neck bent, I stood
Chilly palms dipped in pockets
A posture like a model
Heel static, feet tapping.
Fingers on the chin, pondering
Snap! A lighted bulb appears
Hands thrust back in pockets
Feeling the iciness of metal
Lifted and held in numb palms
The sensation, the feeling beginning.
Shaky finger against the screen
Scrolling upwards... and downwards
Impatient
Finally, eyes gazed widely
Exhilarating!
Ears on marks, heart palpitating.
Phone...
Neck bent, I stood
Chilly palms dipped in pockets
A posture like a model
Heel static, feet tapping.
Fingers on the chin, pondering
Snap! A lighted bulb appears
Hands thrust back in pockets
Feeling the iciness of metal
Lifted and held in numb palms
The sensation, the feeling beginning.
Shaky finger against the screen
Scrolling upwards... and downwards
Impatient
Finally, eyes gazed widely
Exhilarating!
Ears on marks, heart palpitating.
Phone...
#happiness
#music
#meditation #emotions
#meditation #emotions
429 reads
8 Comments
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
2nd May 2020 00:09am
2nd May 2020 00:09am
Weather
The red-yellowish ball emits its light;
A light so bright that folks make hay
To stack away;
That in case the clouds decide to cry
They hide in shells and munch on meat till
The red-yellowish ball appears once more.
Some love it when their feet splash in mud;
When the land beneath their feet feels like mashed potatoes.
Lads and Lasses come out to bask the heavy drops mother nature drops
And when they see the anger of Thor,
Usain Bolt takes over.
There are seasons coupled with special seasons;
Snowflakes sprinkled on...
A light so bright that folks make hay
To stack away;
That in case the clouds decide to cry
They hide in shells and munch on meat till
The red-yellowish ball appears once more.
Some love it when their feet splash in mud;
When the land beneath their feet feels like mashed potatoes.
Lads and Lasses come out to bask the heavy drops mother nature drops
And when they see the anger of Thor,
Usain Bolt takes over.
There are seasons coupled with special seasons;
Snowflakes sprinkled on...
#storm
#wind
#snow
#mythology
#emotions
571 reads
4 Comments
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
28th Apr 2020 2:42pm
28th Apr 2020 2:42pm
Destined child.
Destined Child
Verse 1:
He was in existence from the very beginning,
From the moment God proclaimed...“let there be light!”
The light swallowed the darkness whole
So we had a day and we had the night...right?
He was as bright as the star, far up high in the sky
The three all have similar characteristics
Because they are the same...three in one
But one had to agree to dispatch from the three
The father had to let go of the son
Ripped off his majesty and fellowship of heaven
Forsake haven like a raven to be in the midst of...
Verse 1:
He was in existence from the very beginning,
From the moment God proclaimed...“let there be light!”
The light swallowed the darkness whole
So we had a day and we had the night...right?
He was as bright as the star, far up high in the sky
The three all have similar characteristics
Because they are the same...three in one
But one had to agree to dispatch from the three
The father had to let go of the son
Ripped off his majesty and fellowship of heaven
Forsake haven like a raven to be in the midst of...
#hope
#Christmas
#Christian
#fate
#sacrifice
386 reads
2 Comments
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