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001
just like this
i dissolve, i absorb
the grief
just like this, i become
another
something strange
unrecognizable in myself
another half
broken or made
there, lying bare
in harmony with grief
barely breathing
but packed with air
this something...
it breathes
it chokes
it lives
but yet...it dies.
002
they call it pain
this parasite
it prickles
it pinches
you try to let it go
it growls
it's impossible
it protests
it lingers on like a leech
attached to your back
it prefers to stay
....you're the host.
BIO:
Janetta Marilyn Konah is a young Liberian book nerd who aims to use her words to give hope to others. Her works have been featured in KWEE Magazine, Spillwords, Anthologies, and other literary platforms. Her first poetry chapbook: "Beautiful Pieces" is published on Amazon. As a logoless, she is a passionate writer. She volunteers as an active member of We Write Liberia and Monrovia READs, two educational literary platforms in Liberia. The Author and Poet lives in Monrovia where she moves on the wings of poetry.
001
just like this
i dissolve, i absorb
the grief
just like this, i become
another
something strange
unrecognizable in myself
another half
broken or made
there, lying bare
in harmony with grief
barely breathing
but packed with air
this something...
it breathes
it chokes
it lives
but yet...it dies.
002
they call it pain
this parasite
it prickles
it pinches
you try to let it go
it growls
it's impossible
it protests
it lingers on like a leech
attached to your back
it prefers to stay
....you're the host.
BIO:
Janetta Marilyn Konah is a young Liberian book nerd who aims to use her words to give hope to others. Her works have been featured in KWEE Magazine, Spillwords, Anthologies, and other literary platforms. Her first poetry chapbook: "Beautiful Pieces" is published on Amazon. As a logoless, she is a passionate writer. She volunteers as an active member of We Write Liberia and Monrovia READs, two educational literary platforms in Liberia. The Author and Poet lives in Monrovia where she moves on the wings of poetry.
