LETTING YOU GO by Ojo Victoria Ilemobayo

 LETTING YOU GO

Today, the sun refuses to lend her light.

The way you choose to nip your love 

in the writhing leaves of my soul. I miss your 

flowery blue smiles, your bosom; a cocoon 

 

of comfort, you were my glow-in-the-dark. 

I have vivid memories of how my confined 

 

confidence flew, flamboyantly - when I'm with you. 

Your voice, my darling, was a lake of calm. 

 

Seconds after seconds, the breeze wiggles 

with the footprints of your heart. My velvet is 

 

an ocean whose waters soak my skin and looking 

at its steady mirror, now, I trade this ton of tears 

 

with the damp cloud. Darling, this is me unstrapping 

you from us. To let you flee, to let you...

         G

           O.

Ojo Victoria Ilemobayo is a Nigerian spontaneous poet, living in the outskirts of Lagos State. In love with art and literature, she enjoys quiet stare at nature and artworks, feeling pleased to stare at the moon at night and the twinkling stars. She writes poems and sometimes plays into fiction.

Some of her works have been published by national and international magazines, some appeared as Honourable Mentions, Editor's Pick amongst others.

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