Never Happy

Never Happy

By Omara Olok

Promises broken since dawn of man

Law of land, feet burns through scathing sand

Designed to remind

Perfect, unwind

Unravel, the tales of a lonely soul

A smile and giggle for the masses, little do they know

Pace

A step forward, five steps back

Relapse into the quench thirst the sand, recap

Lushes of water taste salty

Tear drops, fault for me

Clearly, hazed by the daze

Mirages ablaze, find the grass I can graze

Mention a wave

A splash, a cool droplet

Anything to pull me out of a phase

See a reminder in your woes and weeps

The sheep led to slaughter, bleed for weeks

Complaints filed, single

Riled or ready to mingle

Broken like Fritos

Heart struck, numb clutch

Jealous runs amuck

And for what? To test dumb luck

A sad clown willing to burst bubbles

Back from the dark lit room, rumbling troubles

Climb through rubble, a child below catacombs

Lone, the life led

Striped down, feelings drop

Metronome

Sour as lemons, demons battle, angels praying

Never happy

Lonely, no such thing as born again Christian

Pattern Hearts

A poem by Omara Olok

Gratuitous and moves swiftly,

Failure is not an option when the heart beats gently

First breath drawn, palms nervous

Nothing near perfect or what’s deserving

State the obvious through a message or note

On the fridge, she looks

Smiles, then copes

Peer evaluation, girl to girl gossip

Thought ahead and ready, behavior of a prophet

Doesn’t matter the bad, doesn’t matter the good

To rise above the situation, that I knew you could

Walk down the road, the path narrow

Between the lines, above one sees two sparrows

Back on Earth, in front of her is the partner

Hand out, gesture

Ready for departure

Grin so large, you could frame it by picture

Fast forward, the children come, asking about dinner

Pressures through time, widened

Gaps can be closed

Days when he and she were reckless, before the propose

Love is sew and stitched, quilted blankets on the sofa

Patterns of hearts reach euphoria

Distant applauses from the crowd

Here now, and Forever

Define Love at Age 25

By Omara Olok

 

Love

Complex, neutral, a sabbatical from the conformity

Love

Friend and foe, ideally

An idea passed by fluidly

Mouth open, breath mint necessary

Love

Courteous, ruthless, hatred, opposites of your search

Perched on the heavens

Reverend’s blessing, pastoral communion

The whole nine yards as a secret deadly weapon

Love

Broken down like automobiles you’re driving

Broken down like a friendship dissolving

Maturity, security, lusting for since prom night

Desires required, avoid all the drunken college bar fights

Love

Adored, sweet, miscellaneous and compiled into a novel or sonnet

A couplet, a haiku

Shy notions abolished

Define Love

To a lonely heart finding another

Ups and downs at the altar, discussions between a son to mother

Daughter to once absent father, Cousin to distant cousin

Rejections offers

Love

Reality in front of the scope

Through the looking glass, we see it IF we don’t get wrapped up

in our own scope

Love