Take Me Home

Take Me Home

A Poem by PADMORE AGBEMABIESE
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Its nostalgia

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Weeds, that's what they want.
Wilted flowers, walking weeds.

That is what they want of me.

 

Sometimes, I go somewhere and hide.


Their thorns pierce and sear through my cover
Pricking, tearing and hurting the pride I carry.
Each day, stones, hard and round pelt at me.
Senye leee! Did you call for me from across the desert?
This loneliness wants to listen to your voice.


Have I wandered off too far and can’t find my way back?
I’m like a destitute with no creed, no power to own.
This hot wind rages like a fire, interminable.
Where is the end of their hate?


I've lost far more than I can offer.
Only memories of “the place I call home” keep me alive.
I've given up far too much of me than I can take home.

Senye leee! Are you not the swirling wind?

I can go nowhere and hide anymore.
Just take me Home.

 

 

 

© 2014 PADMORE AGBEMABIESE


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PADMORE AGBEMABIESE
PADMORE AGBEMABIESE

CLEVELAND, OH



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Dr. Padmore Agbemabiese is a Professor of English and African American and African Studies at Tri-C, Metro Campus, USA. In 2003, he was named the Howard Seely Scholar; in 2005, he received the Disting.. more..

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