Quotes and poetry by khemmie_ray

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Thorns and Roses

For the ups and downs
As we sail our love-ship
I equated it with
Thorns in a rose flower
Telling myself that
There's no beautiful
Without a dose of pain
There's no fairytale
Without a dose of unhappy ending
There's no perfection
Without a dose of flaws
So I stayed,
Roses aren't choked by its thorns
So I stayed,
Even with all the battery
Still I stayed
Telling myself lies from an illusion
Till I got a single rose from you
Telling me to "rest in peace".
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Letter to a fallen Star

Dear friend,

Words fail me for
I am scared,
Scared of saying goodbye,
Scared it will mean acceptance,
Acceptance that you are gone forever,
Hidden six feet beneath.
I am tired,
Tired of tears that won't fall,
Tired of dialogues that won't happen,
Tired of memories that haunt,
Tired of being tired.
I am sorry,
Sorry I spoke instead of listening,
Sorry I wasn't there when needed,
Sorry I over think and judge,
Sorry I was selfish.
Words are too heavy to be said
So I write, sealing it in a bottle
Throwing it into the sea
To sail the waves of thousand ocean
Hoping you hear me
In my own way
As I bid you goodbye.
©khemmie_ray

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I died tonight
For holding a placard
Expressing my hopes
For a better future,
I died tonight
Not for holding a gun
But for raising my voice against
The imposition to live in fear,
I died tonight
Not for being a criminal
But for making demands for my rights
"I just want to live",
I died tonight
From the loudest response ever heard
From World Powers to our 'Distress Calls'-
SILENCE!
I died tonight
Not from the bullets aimed at me
But from the reality of my own
Seeking to murder me.
I died, clenching a bleeding flag
To my broken heart.
I died, falling like dry leaves
To join my comrades on the weeping earth.
I died, stuck with my fist in the air
And my anthem escaping my tired lips.
I died, drowning in the blood
Of innocent lives lost.
I died tonight at the Gates of Massacre.

#lekkigatemassacre, #endsars #prayfornigeria

Gates of Massacre

I died, clenching a bleeding flag to my broken heart.
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I wrote this early this year had to delete it, then I was like a tiny ripple in an ocean but now we won't back down #endtopolicebrutality, #endsarsinnigeria , #endswatinnigeria

What Matters?

"Black life matters" we chant
Just when the injustice
Wears a different skin color
What matters, when our own
Clip us down like chickens and
Tear us down with dynamites?
What matters when
Symbols of law and order become
Agents of mayhem and chaos?
Protectors of lives and property
Become collaborators with death?
What matters when
No matter where we hide
Your Accidental Discharge always find us
Forcing us to embark on a journey to the grave?
You say it's your job description
Does it include harassing for fun?
Killing with no consequence?
Terrorizing the younger generation
For succeeding where you failed?
It never mattered when
Voices cried, as the change promised was
Just a brand new name
Transformed by an alphabet
Accommodating same set of rotten apples
From the ashes of the old
Servants Advocating Ruins Strategically-SARS
For how long do we watch you spill our blood
And do nothing because
Our skin color makes us the same?
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#doubt

Doubt

Doubt is that tiny roach that grows into a consuming dragon when you heed it persistent voice.
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Depression

Emotions like a withering tree
Making living so hard and quite unexplainable
Escape to disappear seems comforting.
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#thoughts

Zero Class Citizens

Remember us
Even if we are too weak a link
To be remembered
We take no pleasure in
Disobeying legislations
We are just rebels
Born out of circumstance
We have no fortress to hide
Just the street corners
To scamper in
Yet we are tossed and jostled around
By your cleansing chemicals
And your agents of enforcement.
Beat us not nor arrest us
For we hear but are lame to action
The luxury you teach
For our survival
We can't afford
We just sit still
Wondering which will
Be the death of us
The disease that moves with us
Or the pangs that bites the stomach.
©khemmie_ray

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Time

There was a time
Time was never enough
Now life is at a standstill
With excess time on our hands
Yet anxiety keeps us still
Fear paralyse our resolves
We just sit still
Watching the world fade
Through the eyes of our gadgets
Hoping this will pass too.
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Power

Power has the capacity to corrupt or poison not just its wielder but also the perceptions of everyone surrounding the wielder
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Curses and Blessings

A curse or a blessing
The departure of the white men
A curse or a blessing
Our own in power
A curse or a blessing
The black water in barrels
A curse or a blessing
The green richness of our land
A curse or a blessing
A giant turning dwarf
A curse or a blessing
A crawling adult
A curse or a blessing
Our friends in uniform
A curse or a blessing
The prophetic man in white
A curse or a blessing
The man with the rosary
A curse or a blessing
Power an ambitious fruit
A curse or a blessing
The poison of the mind…CORRUPTION
A curse or a blessing
Our hands against one another
A curse or a blessing
A crown inflicting pains
A curse or a blessing
Our differences as a prejudice
A curse or a blessing
Our past, our present, our future
A curse or a blessing
BLESSED but not accursed
©khemmie_ray