Poetry by Musingsofrai: Recent Episodes
Adenike Ponle
This is about falling back in love with yourself. I think it’s so easy to get lost in the trappings of life, which can lead to you neglecting yourself. I think we could all do with spending more time with ourselves. I hope this inspires you to love yourself and invest in being happy.
A sober message about finding your inner strength, and taking that first step away from the things and people that harm you.
How do you say goodbye to a legacy of love? Is it possible to do this? And if it is, what remains of the person left behind? A Heart’s Goodbye reminisces on love’s beginning and takes you through to that final goodbye we must all face.
The warmth and sentiment in this poem works to create a feeling of love. The poem is an ode from the speaker to the love they’ve found, and that they now cherish. It’s a tale of the beauty that comes from letting go and letting love in.
This a very short poem that I wrote about resisting being deep in love. The speaker is trying to evade her own emotions, by staying afloat but she’s struggling to do this. She knows she’ll eventually sink into being love as her ability to stay aloof is quickly going.