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ANONYMOUS. - Chukwuemeka Anyiam-Osigwe.aka Cmex D Poet
On this human body I can see INDELIBLE scars and LEGIBLE MARKS a
STARK REMARK of a past preferred to be hidden, left in the DARK. Yet
your behaviour can not help but ignite a SPARK.
Suddenly the past becomes present brought into the light. It is funny
how mannerisms can create a sense of hindsight, RETROSPECT. It is not
hard to see that you often REFLECT, deep in your thoughts where you
INTROSPECT. I cannot help but DETECT a feeling of long term NEGLECT.
Yet this ASPECT of your life is only part of the STORY, for the way you
immaculately dress reflects shades of former GLORY, years when stress
was faint and no signs of trauma or WORRY. Now I see, those scars and
behaviour were only an ALLEGORY used to tell your FABLE and despite it
all you remain strong, far from FEEBLE. Quick and witty you are
perpetually NIMBLE. I hope through this poem I could stich your scars
with my empathetic needle, sympathetic thread and protective
THIMBLE.
This is because you are a SYMBOL of TENACITY despite the events that
transpired which almost drove you to INSANITY. A condition you always
evaded with flash like ALACRITY and Wonder Woman’s AGILITY, together
by a show of equestrian like DEXTERITY. I truly admire your SINCERITY
for it gave me the ABILITY to write this poem and through it I hope to
depict a brief chronology of your REALITY like the Aztecs did on a
TOTEM. Poetry is my documentary SYSTEM.
Yes, your name I have chosen to hide, kept ANONYMOUS but the same
cannot be said for your bravery which can only be described as
TREMENDOUS. And after reading this poem all shall agree, so it is
UNANIMOUS. Simple by nature, you are not one to use big words and
sound AMBIGUOUS. Ever striving to be better, you are simply
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