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<blockquote>Because sometimes the heart speaks louder with water..</blockquote>Each tear drop…Each one carries a weight you can’t measure with eyes,A heaviness you only feel when the world finally grows quiet.Let them flow.Because sometimes the heart speaks louder in waterThan the mouth ever could in words.These drops…They’re not weakness,They’re the body’s way of saying,“I’ve held too much for too long.”Every tear is an emotion escaping;A silent scream,A broken prayer,A soft confessionOf everything you couldn’t explain.So let them fall,Let them travel down your cheeksLike stories sliding off a tired soul.For in the falling,There is relief.And in the relief,There is healing.And in the healing,There is you—Still standing. —Zainab Kolajo.

Each Tear Drop.

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<blockquote>But my unfolding is a journey..and not a destiny.</blockquote>I am a seed planted deep, deep, inside and within&nbsp;I yearn to sprout, to unfold and to thrive,The me I desire, is waiting, waiting to break free,But my unfolding is a journey and not a destiny. It's a process, in between, a slow release,A shedding of layers, a finding of peace,I'm unlearning and also learning to beThe best version of me, wild and carefree. I'm a work in progress, a masterpiece in the making,A story still being written, with each step, though aching,The chains of doubt, the weights that I've carried....I'm finding my voice, my heart, my soul and my manner through all... My unfolding is a journey, winding and slow,But with each step, I find my flow,I'm discovering parts of me, I never knew existed,I'm becoming the me, I've always wished to be existed. So I'll keep on unfolding, like a flower in bloom,I'll keep on growing, till I reach my full bloom,My unfolding is a process, and I'm feeling alive,I'm becoming the me, I desire, and it's feeling good to thrive. (Sometimes growth whispers in the silence) —Oreoluwa Odusina.

The Me I Desire.

Voices Of Naija: November’s Yemipoet Spoken-Word Contest Unveiled

<blockquote>Now his heart beats with a different song.He knows connection makes the broken strong.</blockquote>I remember telling this fragile soulto cherish the one thing that keeps us whole.I begged him to value what truly sustains,but he never granted audience.His silence echoed through my veins. Life in his little cubicle seemed enough.He hid there, smiling through moments rough.An island in a desert he quietly made,a lonely wanderer living in fading shade. He carried baggage no words could explain,the kind that bends shouldersand sinks a heart in pain.With every step, his strength slipped away,yet he kept insisting,“Relationships ain’t my thing.Life is every man for himself.Guard your soul and guard your shelf.” His voice trembled with a confidencehe never truly felt.Fear was the armour in which he dwelt. He refused the lifeline I stretched with care.He pushed away comfort, warmth, and prayer.He could have had shelter on stormy nights,arms that shield and heart that lights. Yet he wandered alone.Craving a fellow man.Needing a touch of companionship,but unable to open his span.His Master whispered warnings soft and kind,but he locked every door,closed every window,shut out every design. Without these bonds he could not rise.His dreams fell still before his eyes.He made other things his top pursuitand paid the price in silent dispute. But life has a way of teaching trutheven to the strongest heart aloof.Pain became his tutor.Loneliness became his guide.And from experience he finally learnedwhat pride tried so long to hide. Now his heart beats with a different song.He knows connection makes the broken strong.He has become a voice for love’s embrace,an advocate for bonds we dare not replace. He teaches that relationshipsare gifts wrapped in human form.They pull us from darknessand carry us through storm. Building bonds with fellow menshould be our highest call again.Help from above will reach your handbut often through the touchof another human’s strand. So build with tenderness.Value with grace.For relationships soften life’s hardest place. —Adetutu Oluwapelumi Deuel.

Human Bridges. 

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<blockquote>And I hope that someday I'll rediscover what it means to be in a comfort zone</blockquote>I've found solace within myself,&nbsp;Yet, I tremble in the presence of others.&nbsp;The four walls of my room have become my sanctuary.&nbsp;I tried to find comfort with myself. My emotions are overwhelming,&nbsp;And the weight of failures and rejections has sobered me.&nbsp;I'm intimidated by my own self,&nbsp;And surprisingly, I don't find solace within myself any more. Comfort zone you say??To me, that is just a foreign concept.&nbsp;I struggle to find peace,And I hope that someday I'll rediscover what it means to be in a comfort zone….. —Zainab Kolajo.

The Weight of Emotions.

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—after Adeyemi Samuel﻿ <blockquote>..I am still capable of beautiful things</blockquote>It is the close of the rainy season,and, like these final drops, I amslowly drifting away. Lately, I've been preoccupied bythe weight of my presence. Life, what trick have you gotten upyour sleeve for me?Me— bushy hair. Me— shaky hands,broken diastema. At the mouth of his poem, my friend Adeyemi,Says, “I am still capable of the thingsI am yet to become."And that is what scares me; How nature always takes its course,How the baobab does not, of its own accord,choose to become twigs of bones. But I have beheld baobabs bombarded by beauty—filled to the brim with grins—Life welling up again like it never left.This is the miracle I bid November bring. O, November,Tell me I am still capable of beautiful things.

November Begins.

Yemipoet Creation

Yemipoet is an Instagram  page that organizes monthly and random poetry contest. Top 3 winner gets a cash prize. Yemipoet is registered  as Yemipoet Creation Company in Nigeria