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Effacement

I breathe the solemn stillness of the air between us,

It slithers in my chest,

Away from the frivolous,

A momentary arrest.


You think my eyes are on the ground,

My face carved on the pavement,

Because it keeps your head bowed,

Your attempts of my effacement.


My screaming dwarfed by the distance,

Out of sight, out of mind,

I have seen the rage of resentment,

But am not familiar with this kind.


I...

Dearest

The sweet scent of bubblegum is what arouses my awakening.The soft and cooling scent wafts gently into my nose and as I open my eyes slowly The dim lights and warm orange of what i assume are flames of a fireplace fill my sight. Strange, i did not remember coming here.

The room is warm and small, wooden walls surrounding me and small neat furniture meticulously positioned in front of me. My head ...

Drowned

There exists no word, phrase nor symbol to encompass the sea of emotions that drown me in your presence. You are a great white, your waves pulling and lulling my mind with the sweet siren of whispered wishes. I float on your warm breath, a sole survivor on a measly raft buoyant on your surface. Your current drags me in a fated direction, right into the great hole of your mouth. Greedily you swallo...

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Who’s Left To Trust

When the silence stretches

And pressed lips line flat,

When words are mumbled

And she’s said this and he’s said that.


When the troubled wringing,

The fearful flutters of a heart,

So used to the loss and mayhem,

Of when things fall apart.


When the familiar glances

Become fogged with lies,

Echos and Half truths,

Of when trust dies.


The stringent acid of,

An unsettled stomach,

The cold lace of fi...

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