CANKERWORM
Akeem Olabisi Ilupeju
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CANKERWORM

Akeem Olabisi Ilupeju
@akeemolabisiilupeju300449

10 months ago

#poetry

CANKERWORM

I was born into nature,
as a natural creature,
just to be a treasure, and
so impressive was the
measure of my meekness,
yet, I suffer from the
pressure of my weakness;
how can I detox myself
from my sickness?
Tell me if you know!
.
Eaten deep like
hookworm; I'm remnant
of the cankerworm. I
was a child forsaken in
shade of vicious norm,
too steep to keep my
head in moral form. I
seek reform ere I deform.
If you can help, please
come and inform!
.
I'm tangled in the scope,
so difficult to escape. I
eat dope; my hope dangles
on a falling slope of
cobweb rope. I grope in
euphoria, mope my life
slowly away in utopia; I
watch my sanity erode;
I can no longer cope. I see
my life ready to explode!
.
I haste, and craved tastes,
so I took heist. Hungry for
arms, to scam and harm. I
was foster child of ungodly
arms, raised off correction.
Now, I tested positive to
addiction. How can I evade
destruction? I seek medication
to cure fornication, intoxication...
Come, tell me now if you know!
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CANKERWORM
Copyright©2020.
Akeem Olabisi Ilupeju.
11 September, 2020.
All Rights Reserved.
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micheal morgan @michealmorgan028179
addiction, a love that keeps us in trouble with ourself, you have a beautiful poem, I love the clear message as well as the rhymes.
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Akeem Olabisi Ilupeju @akeemolabisiilupeju300449
Thanks for the acknowledgement and comments and for taking your time to read through
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Akeem Olabisi Ilupeju @akeemolabisiilupeju300449
Thanks for the acknowledgement and comments and for taking your time to read through
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Becky Oludayo Peleowo @beckyoludayoadenuga426965
This stirs up emotions. It seemed so real like I was in a conversation with the actual victim and I felt inclined to help. The rhymes, the enjambment and rhythm makes it look more like poetry slam. You can try put this in spoken word. It's touching!
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Akeem Olabisi Ilupeju @akeemolabisiilupeju300449
Thanks for the acknowledgement. Thanks for the encouragement and thanks for expression of feelings and for sparing taking your valuable time to read through.
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Akeem Olabisi Ilupeju @akeemolabisiilupeju300449
Thanks for the acknowledgement. Thanks for the encouragement and thanks for expression of feelings and for sparing taking your valuable time to read through.
10 months ago