I have had tears at the back of my eyes
Days worth of tears
Tears that have refused to drop
…That have refused to let me feel
….To let me clean them off
Tears have refused to drop
Despite the agony I feel
Despite the saddness embbed in my heart
Depsite the loneliness I feel in the midst of friends
Tears have refused to drop
Refused to shake me to my core
Refused me that tremble that I’ll so appreciate these days
Why deny me of solace
Why deny my heart what it wants
I want to cry a stream
A river if there’s enough strength in me
For I have love but I can’t reach it
My heart yearns for home
For peace
For happiness that this strange land and people cannot give me.
My heart yearns for love
To love and be loved
To love and have love smile at me
My heart yearns for home
It bleeds for my bed
My hands ache from not being able to cook for my dad
It calls for the smile of my mum
The arguments with my sisters
My body aches to hold my nephew once more
Written by: ADEBANKE FALADE.