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POEM| I Promise
I’ve said the words “I promise” often
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POEM| Damn You Insecurities
I see my reflection in the mirror and tears trickle down my face Am I pretty I’m not so sure Am I confident I’m not so sure
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POEM| No Heart
What if I had no heart… I probably wouldn’t be alive I wouldn’t know love I wouldn’t know pain
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I Wonder
I wonder if crunchy nut is still your favorite cereal and if you still drink vodka straight from the bottle. I wonder if you still stay on the phone for hours talking to your family and if you still stay on the phone till you fall asleep.
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Questions
Why do I find it difficult to fall asleep, but you sleep immediately your head touches the pillow Why do I read a book for three days and it still looks brand new, but you read it for the same amount of days and it looks a year old
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POEM| It’s Over
you left with a sense of achievement you’re the man and you no longer needed me or so you thought
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Missing You
As days turn to weeks and weeks to months, my heart is still heavy and trying to heal Every day is another day without you and though I’ve come to accept that,
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Finding My Way
I’m just a girl who is trying to find her way in this hard world
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Unwanted Desire
The desire that runs deep within you to want what can’t possibly be yours that feels close but yet so far away
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Back To You
I’m lost and I can’t find my way back in the middle of the ocean and I can’t seem to find the shore I’m starting to hear my heart race as I go over my journey
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Life Of A Writer
From sleep, I am awoken by words untold aching to be let out so I turn on the light
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Waiting On Love To Find Me
It usually begins slow till you start talking everyday the early morning messages and phone calls for hours you become friends first then you start thinking of what should come next
MARIAM SHITTU 