A Darker Shade...(Sequel of The Shallows)

Image by Miki Tahashi

"Mandy! Mandy! Mandy!"
Two clocks the time,
She came running,delighted to hold that pen,
Blissful that she might have me speak.
"Please write", I begun...
I read through the shallows,my heart soared,
Soared because it felt like me.
Like that poet lent my very voice.
Mandy please do write,
I'll give it a darker shade,for there's still much to write.


I fumble with the key,
A part of me wants to remain locked in,
Locked in knowing no one would replace me,
I know it's a dream! One in wildest of them.
He did call...
Yes he called when he received my letter.
Strangely, I couldn't figure his voice.
I never thought to forget that voice,
The one that spoke my favorite lies,
"I love you",
"I miss you",
Yeah and this too..."You're my world."
Haha...lies I held dear.


"He said all of that?", Mandy awed
" Oh Mandy, please write..."
The lies I once cherished, all void of meaning.
Perhaps....
Just perhaps, he craved vengeance.
When he began the torture, I'd ask...
"haven't you had your fill yet?"
Then he called a lot I began to wonder..."Was he so desperate a man?"

Mandy...
Please write me a poem,will you?
A poem that speaks of revenge,lies,deception..
Hurdles around hate and love.
But don't you think Mandy...
That love and dinosaurs have much in common?


Okunlola Azeezat Olayinka _Zeeyola