There are two people:
Girl A
The girl who loves to talk
Never ending chatter
Comes with jokes and happiness
Thinks that maybe one day she can do whatever she wants to do
You can do whatever you put your mind to
Loves her melanin
Embraces her kinky hair
Loves to shop
Treats herself
Knows she deserves only the best
Love yourself child
But then there’s Girl B:
It’s 3am
She somehow ended up on the floor
Which is actually where she spends most of her nights
Staring at the wall
Silent tears running down her face
silent tears became her art
Silent tears became her friend
It seems as when the darkness hits
That’s when she seems to quit
On all life surrounding
Drifts into another world
It seems as if the darkness consumes her
The quiet embraces her in its cold arms
“I’m sorry” she whispers a million times
While she traces the map of her mind
Never ending, it’s a winding path
Both of these girls exist in the same being
That being, being me
But by me I mean we
The world is often more complex than it seems
Elikem’s Corner, a series of poems from our Editor-In-Chief, Elikem Thee Poet. These poems give insight to a piece of her world; her own lived experiences and the experiences of people around her.
