Gaze upon his back
Not so proud
But strong
Too often bent in subservience
With more stripes
Than the zebra in the Safari
The crimson welts
Are now Stygian scars
His eternal scowl
Began as a frequent wince
His anger is rooted
In his pain
His roots are watered
By his hate
His hate flows
From his past
His past
Has made his back
Not so proud
But strong
About Me
- Porter deHarqourt
- Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria
- an errant youth, deluded pretender to the non-existent throne of Port Harcourt. master of disjointed thoughts and fractious logic. Descendant of fisherfolk, waterside boy at heart. King of nowhere, pawn of all!
22 comments:
Yay first!!! Wo...dude this is deep sha. I hope it's just a poem o. Hatred is such a deep seated feeling that i can't even envisage myself having it for my "foes" (if i have any).
About you being born left-handed, did that bracelet thingy really work? lol.
You know, there are things that i can't do with my right hand also. Like washing and a few other stuff. I didn't even realise this until people started pointing them out to me.
I write with my right hand though and do most things with it, so i don't know if that makes me $%^&** handed...nah mean??? lol.
Rub some dusting powder on his back now so that he can feel cool
Awesome!, wow Nigeria ( to me sounds like a different world) extreemely interesting blog.:)
Take your place black man...
I just wanted the say... the best kind of reading is the kind that takes you somewhere... think something... or use 'wordsmyth.net'(lol... i had to find out the meaning of stygian.. and i've learnt something new... thanks my darling)
thats really deep...sometimes the past are meant to be thrown aside to build up a future filled with hope. i loved the poem and like overwheled naija babe i learnt a new word 'stygian' hope to use it on some peeps and feel cool when they look dazed.
hmmmmn...hope this as not become d naija psyche...
I'm not much of a poetry person but this was short and OK
oh boy, u try.
thats a fantastic poem.
you should be winning an award or something soon
I can bet I asked you to marry me...ok guess i didnt, sorry that was Jaja. meen your posts dey deep o! too deep.
@cally-waffybabe...
...yeah, it's just a poem that i wrote a few years ago, and yes, i'd like to meet ur hands!!!
@catwalk...
...Ha! so na that sensation wey dusting powder dey give wey be ''feeling cool'' why u no tell me since make idey rub am day in, day out?
@oscar...
...it sure is.
and oh...nice Roma coins i saw on ur blog.
@overwhelmed...
...forget words, let's talk legs eh?
and...did u just call me darling? chei!
@fantasy queen...
...i always say that hate is an expensive emotion to have...no need.
@ibilola...
...shebi dem say na we be the happiest peeps on Earth. wetin consain us consain hate?
@bighead...
...my guy how far u sef?
@ozaveshe...
...far too kind my brother, that's what u r.
@badderchic...
...i go wait for u and Jaja to divorce, then add u to my harem!
@ Jaja olodo like you, you no know better thing, fine sexy baaad girl like me, see ehn let me tell you jaja never talk yes plus e don go camp, do quick and lets fornicate abi na adultery now befor in come back come talk yes. lol
Harem? who daaash you?
on a serious note,make una waarn CWG o and Unshined meke dem go reactivate, e no funny o!
lmao... the sound of this your reply.. next thing you'll start asking me on romantic dates... haha... how you dey now?!?!
what hate are you describing please? visit my blog, I've written a couple of short stories and poems.
LOL. Dude, you sure you can handle meeting my hands?
LMAO at badderchic also. Babe, you mean you no pity me after all that abuse? Okay no nuff said for now before dem bring am come dis better dude blog jare.
Dude, in case you've been trying to access my blog, just to inform you that i've shut it down. If you haven't already heard the reason why, long story...
Hugs
xxx
Okay oh*
u no know? Naija hate translate 2 bad belle. Daz why babalawo no dey experience austerity.
Na d jaz dey make us happy!
i was tinking maybe d drug was wearing off.
Keep writing broder! We b luving
It's been a while brother...How are you? now wetin i go call this yer post sef? Na poetry abi na prose? Anyhow sha, I like! Take care!
Comon respect your old age and update!
Wow, this was really I hate to sound cliche, but it was really deep. Loved the way you tied all of the elements together.
well, since badderchic is already hitched.. what do u say -- u and i?? *wink, wink*
Wow, we would travel to a world of words and letters for our honeymoon. We'd do sooooooooo much with "words" and "letters"
Theres a catch tho' -- I'm not polygamous... so how we go take do am?
Your blog keeps getting better and better! Your older articles are not as good as newer ones you have a lot more creativity and originality now keep it up!
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