A Woman’s Troubles

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or When you were blind to see her blistered hands Reaching out for help, grasping for support Her lipless ghost is left to roam Searching for her, searching for her self But there is nothing to find Only a breathing corpse, wandering on So that when you are finished with this mirage There’s no wife to find And there’s no home to stagger into.Emmanuel Stephen Ogboh is a young Nigerian poet who loves to write about his observations and experiences. Inspired by Lisa Smallwood, an American poet and Ch

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idinma Abiakalam, a Nigerian counselor he’s written works published or forthcoming on Tuck, Matador Review, Down in the Dirt, Chelsea Review, and elsewhere. Follow him here: <a href="https://medium.com/@Stephenecdotes">https://medium.com/@Stephenecdotes</a>.For more by poems by observers of life, follow <a href="https://medium.com/fourth-wave">Fourth Wave</a> the publication, not this account, which we use to post stories by writers who aren’t members on Medium.</article></body>

By Stephen Emmanuel Ogboh

Photo by the author of his mum.

She is the girl you lost To toothless waves of your selfishness’ sea First drowning, struggling to find herself But soon overwhelmed by duty A duty to love and honor A duty to ‘put family first’ Hiding her tears in cups behind the mirror When you were blind to see her blistered hands Reaching out for help, grasping for support Her lipless ghost is left to roam Searching for her, searching for her self But there is nothing to find Only a breathing corpse, wandering on So that when you are finished with this mirage There’s no wife to find And there’s no home to stagger into.

Emmanuel Stephen Ogboh is a young Nigerian poet who loves to write about his observations and experiences. Inspired by Lisa Smallwood, an American poet and Chidinma Abiakalam, a Nigerian counselor he’s written works published or forthcoming on Tuck, Matador Review, Down in the Dirt, Chelsea Review, and elsewhere. Follow him here: https://medium.com/@Stephenecdotes.

For more by poems by observers of life, follow Fourth Wave the publication, not this account, which we use to post stories by writers who aren’t members on Medium.