Poetry by Uwana

Meet Joshua Highpraise Uwanabong. She's 18 years old and she's studying sociology in Covenant University going to 200 level. Her poetry (just like many other renowned poets) is based on her mood and the happenings in her surroundings. What the writer has read, watched, heard seen or witnessed is important in her writing. Enjoy :)

Chasing Shadows

You never seem to understand that You're all I possibly ever wanted Your imperfections  They keep me wading  For you To embrace your flaws To hold you To squeeze you Tighter, Closer, To myself You dip yourself in these waters To wash away your sins You strive to kill yourself  To gain perfection  "They're still there" you say Dipping yourself some more. "No my love" I tell you "That's where true beauty lies" But you're stubborn  You go ahead to swim Looking for the non existent  You want to change your name to Dora Because you love to explore You never give up till you get what you want  You don't seem to understand this truth And so you drown yourself  You make the choice  To lose yourself to societal talk To be forgotten after such a little while For purchasing something that was And still  is my darling

So unreal.

Uwana.

Stray

I need to know  What goes through your mind at times like this You just always seem spaced out Focused on something other than me Good thing you don't know how to lie When you tell me it's nothing  That you're fine. But now... Now that's changed You're at it again  Don't tell me it's her again I can't think straight knowing that she's what you think about That she's your distraction  No this isn't selfish of me It's meant to be all me But you're sharing  And there's a pang in my chest An ache in my heart Knowing that I'm gradually losing you to her Now we don't talk anymore In this dark night  The stars twinkle and does the mischief in my eyes I lay by you, turned from me And I'm cold You refuse me the warmth only your body can bring me This blanket serving none I'm left desperate  You've pushed me to the wall Past it even... And you care less That right now I am sexually driven  And in need of you But then  With you what shalt I do With no work whatsoever coming from your end Into saving what you've made of this... Out of this Suddenly breaking marriage  You want to walk away from me  And away with her  In our carriage that we've built  Not so fast honey I'm still so lonely  And we aren't done here yet Clearly I remember  With what is for eternity yes? You can't be through with me yet Remember what the priest said? "Till death do us part " And since you dearly want to part I'll help you I'll put this beast to sleep As I poison you Then lay you in that cast And look good while I pass fast Fake a cry or two While they console me A petty widow like me "He was a good man" In the chants I hear of you  But baby if only they knew Then this phase wouldn't be so new Actually it would have never come through  And I probably wouldn't have been so cold and blue

Paris