Whispers of life / Poem by Jesse Emmanuella

 WHISPERS OF LIFE

 It whispered to her ears

                  With red eyes awaking her fears

A demon of silent whispers  

Speaking to her only in dreams. In nightmares

Sending duplicates of excruciating feelings

                                   Into the holes on her heart.

She melts every night in tears to examine the ticking clock

Tick-tock tick-tock. Tick-tock tick-tock. Life sits uneasy.

If she could discuss with life,

                                The matters of betrayal

Like how Brutus stabbed Caesar and made Rome weep

         With wails for a king, a brother, a lover,

A fallen hero.

If she could discuss with Brutus,

                                      The matters of trust

Like how gods work hard by breaking off the clouds

To spill out water on sunkissed rocks, soil, earth.

Yet green plants slump to death trusting the barren rocks

For more moisture.

If for once, she could speak to Romeo on the matters of love

And to Juliet, on the matters of enmity between families.

                                  How oya and osun splashed

Giving poison to the liver.

If she could find her quiver filled with arrows

Striking the heart

Like a dart

Eliminating the demon

Of pain, of love, of betrayal

And whispers like Caesar...

'et brute?'

©️ Jesse Pheebemi Emmanuella

Jessse Pheebemi Emmanuella is a fifteen years old teen poet from Taraba state, Nigeria. The young poet passionately writes about Africa and painful pasts. She is currently a student of Helina Heritage Academy, based in Jalingo, Taraba state, a member of Hilltop Creative Arts Foundation, and The Newborn Poets Forum.

Emmanualla can be reached on her Facebook handle @ Jesse Emmanualla