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Distraction wears a captivating guise,
Drawing you in with its allure,
Infatuation leading you astray,
Frivolous pursuits squandering time,
Neglecting what truly matters,
Opportunities slipping through your grasp.

Distraction takes on affliction’s shape,
Extending its grip to the highest peak,
Like a relentless disease it spreads,
Slowly consuming, never relenting,
Will you let it divert your gaze,
From the path you have carefully paved?

Distraction can wear the mask of relationships,
Exerting influence on every decision made,
Guiding you away from education’s path,
When misjudged, success becomes elusive,
Leading you down an arduous detour.

Distraction can become an addiction,
When love for something takes control,
Drugs imprisoning your very soul,
Peer pressure leaving you stranded,
Lost in the wilderness of stagnation.

Distraction truncates your journey,
Derailing your aspirations with ease,
Allow it, and it lingers till the end,
Refusing to depart until all is lost,
Reject it, and swiftly reach your goal,
Focus, the ultimate key to success.

It arrives subtly, assuming varied forms,
A friend gossiping with ill intent,
Or hours spent enslaved to your phone,
Days consumed by binge-watching tales,
Time mocks you, laughing as it slips away,
Without a pause or regard for your delay.

No longer shall we tolerate this halt,
Remain resolute and fix your gaze,
Stay focused, undeterred and determined.

© Ifedolapo Ogunniyi

Honey, we need to talk, to clear the air,
It’s not just grand gestures, but showing you care.
Communication’s key, let’s not leave it behind,
In our words and actions, true love we can find.

Remember when I was stressed and near tears?
You went to the garage, vanished with your fears.
There’s a difference between giving space and cold shoulder,
Sometimes I need a hug, your love to hold closer.

Pampering me isn’t about gifts or gold,
But valuing my efforts, letting your love unfold.
Look after my welfare, see the work that I do,
A team in the home, it’s me and it’s you.

Remember the times you swept issues away?
Unspoken problems lead us astray.
Fixing the faucet, the shelf that might fall,
It’s these little things that mean most of all.

When I was harassed and you stayed still,
Defending with presence, that’s the real thrill.
Money’s not everything, a simple date can be grand,
It’s in the effort, the touch of your hand.

I know your upbringing didn’t teach you this part,
But we can learn together, hand in heart.
Let’s sweep out the issues, let’s talk and be true,
Are you ready, my love, to start something new?

© Ifedolapo Ogunniyi
2024

I remember the night when my world turned cold,
When you chose his arms over mine, left me to hold
The shadows of a childhood, broken and torn,
A daughter abandoned, a heart forlorn.

In our little house, the walls whispered pain,
Your love was a ghost, a faint, fleeting strain.
I watched from the doorway, a silent, small wraith,
As you slipped into darkness, forsaking your faith.

Your promises shattered, like glass on the floor,
Each piece cut my soul, left me yearning for more.
A mother’s embrace, a whisper, a song,
But you chased his shadows, and I was all wrong.

Years passed in silence, in shadows and fears,
My heart ached with longing, soaked with silent tears.
I grew in the darkness, where love doesn’t tread,
With dreams made of sorrow, and words left unsaid.

Then one fateful evening, the years brought us face,
Your eyes met my own in a cold, empty space.
You reached out in tremors, a ghost of regret,
But the wounds you had carved, they had not healed yet.

I spoke with a voice that trembled and shook,
Recounting the nights in the shadowy nook,
Where I waited and wondered, why I wasn’t enough,
Why his love was more, and mine was so tough.

I told you of nights when the silence would scream,
Of the tears that would fall, in an endless stream.
Of the dreams that were crushed, of the love that I craved,
Of the child you abandoned, the heart you enslaved.

You wept with the truth, in the cold, bitter air,
But the scars of the past, they were still there.
I forgave but remembered, as I turned to depart,
Leaving you with the echoes, of a long-broken heart.

In that moment of sorrow, of truth and despair,
You saw in my eyes, the life you laid bare.
A mother who lost, what she once chose to leave,
A daughter who found strength, in the ache and the grief.

So I walked away slowly, with tears in my eyes,
Leaving you in the shadows, with your silent goodbyes.
For I was the daughter, who survived through the pain,
And you were the mother, who lost more than she gained.

© Ifedolapo Ogunniyi
2024

Darkness creeps, a silent shroud,
Whispers echo, lost and loud.
A candle flickers, flame so frail,
As shadows writhe and secrets wail.

Words unspoken, etched in air,
Beckon forth what’s hidden there.
A circle drawn, a line is crossed,
The very air begins to frost.

The ground it trembles, unseen hand,
Pulls at the threads of this strange land.
A figure stirs, a chilling sight,
Emerging from the endless night.

Eyes like embers, burning bright,
Pierce through the soul with darkest night.
The summoning, a bond entwined,
A power unleashed, unconfined.

Will dawn break through this wicked plight,
Or will darkness hold its endless night?
The answer waits, unseen, unknown,
As shadows gather round the throne.

© Ifedolapo Ogunniyi
2024