HUNGER

Osemwenoyenmwen Ogbemudia


Like the husband is to the wife

Inseparable because of the vow

So you have been to me

You stick to me like a soul - mate

 

 

Well would I have liked the termination of this friendship

I would have loved to divorce you

But you stick to me like a soul - mate

Even a wicked soul - mate

 

I have known you many days

And it has not been pleasant to me

At times it reduced me to tears

Because of the gnawing in the pit of my stomach

 

 

Even when I cried

I could not tell what made me cry to the world

But I could only whisper to the wall

Just like Midas' wife 'it is hunger'