Depression

Chika Unigwe


I dreamt in techni-color

Tonight of you

Not Sprawled across

Like you were when they found you

A James Patterson character

Devoid of life

A corpse

How cold!

Still makes me shiver and tremble and shiver

I dreamt in techni-color

Tonight of you

Dancing in my arms

Like we used to

In those long ago days

When life was a long beautiful summer

I dreamt in techni-color

Tonight of you

It was so real

My techni-colored man

I woke and cried

And cried

 

Cele Uwa

When the news came from home

Spirited by the waves

That you had gone

I snapped my fingers beside my ears

To still the steps of fate

I weave a basket of words

To accompany you on your journey

If you listen really hard

You will hear the trilling of my voice

As it calls your name

And reminds you of what you were

What you are

I garner a harvest of euphonies

To lament my loss of you

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