She lived in a world of her own,
Oblivious of her surroundings,
Nothing mattered to her,
Her memory wiped
clean as a slate,
Nothing could bring
her down memory lane,
In a world of hers
though in a world of ours,
I longed to see her,
I longed to talk to her,
Even though a stranger I’d be,
A gulf was between us,
The ocean was our barrier,
She’s gone,
Closed her eyes
in a farewell night sleep,
The last survivor of her clan,
A woman of many tales,
A woman of deep words,
A ray in the gloom.
Thompson I. Emate is a graduate of the University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria. His keen interest in creative writing particularly prose and poetry has seen him spend most of his leisure time writing these two. He has his poems, “Foot Soldier” and “Lilies” published in a youth magazine. He livesIin Lagos, Nigeria.