Still...

Subdued, lacking in effervescence
She lay there, frail and in tears
Wishing she hadn’t known him at all

In agony, she reminisce
How their union was once the epitome of love
That has now gone sour

Still, she lay down bleeding
Beating herself up for falling for his cheap lines
And useless promises

Yet still, inwardly she screams for him
To love her again, and be the man
She once thought he was

As her world stands still
Her life loses meaning
For all her being, she had given it all to him

She confesses, she loves him still
Though he doesn’t love her back
She will love him still


Even if he mistreats her, she forgives him still
And when he comes back, she will accept him still
For she is a woman

In tears and blood she will love you still
Until that day she tires of you, and leave you
Hoping she will still return, but hell NO!

by Clifford B. Okumu

Let's Burn Bridges

Let’s burn bridges,
Let’s burn bridges and see what transpires
Maybe it will fulfill our heart’s hankerings
Maybe ease the agony they have caused us
Maybe even rid us of the trouble crossing over
What the heck!
Let’s just burn bridges!

Let’s burn bridges, I say
Bridges of whatever type
Beam bridges, cantilever bridges,
Arch bridges, suspension bridges,
Cable-stayed bridges, truss bridges,
And any other there is,
Let’s darn burn them!

Yes, let’s burn them in the literal sense
Let’s torch them, incinerate, smolder them
Etc. the synonyms that will drive
The point home
We are better off spanning the water,
Or the valley beneath than live
With these suicidal props

Let’s burn them,
They took the apple of my eye
Let’s burn them all
For on to them she shed her last tear
Let’s burn every darn bridge
From its ledge she jumped into the water
Let’s burn bridges
For on to them she dies over and over again!



-Another Writer's Block, Working on it though.