Kemi Oyesiku Kemi Oyesiku

Hi. I am a Writer. Human. Woman. Nigerian. INFP. HSP. Traveler. Global Citizen. Universal Alien. A life-long student of personal growth focusing on a mindful, honest and holistic approach to all areas of life...without being cheesy about it.

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Gnat Mind

   You are reading a Poem from Being on October 5, 2022 February 7, 2023 Share Facebook Twitter Pinterest Google+ Email

I wonder if I like to stretch the future into forever, or at least into “not yet”,
so that I can delay decisions whose outcomes disappoint,
or require meeting great expectations.

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Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself. - rumiclick to tweet

Against the will of others

   You are reading a Poem from Being Tagged: strength, will on July 13, 2022 December 30, 2022 Share Facebook Twitter Pinterest Google+ Email

Against the will of others, I lean hard.
I lean hard against my door:
iron; reinforced; made for struggle.

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Unquestioned

   You are reading a Poem from Being Tagged: questioning on July 4, 2022 December 30, 2022 Share Facebook Twitter Pinterest Google+ Email

Sometimes when I’m on the floor, child’s pose,
I look under my bed at the empty untouched landscape,
exhale.
It doesn’t need to be filled.

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If Only I Had the Chance

   You are reading a Poem from Connecting Tagged: family, love on June 29, 2022 February 7, 2023 Share Facebook Twitter Pinterest Google+ Email

I would have been really good at love if only I had the chance.

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We can be crushed by the weight of the things we can’t see, especially the things we refuse to see.click to tweet

Invincible

   You are reading a Poem from Connecting on April 28, 2022 April 28, 2022 Share Facebook Twitter Pinterest Google+ Email

X: You’re not as invincible as you pretend to be.

Y: I’m not pretending.

X: You forget, I’ve seen you curled up in the darkest corners of your life. 

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The More Loving One by W.H. Auden

   You are reading a Poem from Connecting on April 23, 2022 April 23, 2022 Share Facebook Twitter Pinterest Google+ Email

Looking up at the stars, I know quite well
That, for all they care, I can go to hell,
But on earth indifference is the least
We have to dread from man or beast.

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In a Name

   You are reading a Poem from Being on April 17, 2022 April 21, 2022 Share Facebook Twitter Pinterest Google+ Email

My name means gift from god.
But how can I be a gift from a thing that doesn’t exist,
or from an idea I don’t believe in?
I suppose it’s the thought that counts.

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Every secret of a writer’s soul, every experience of his life, every quality of his mind, is written large in his works. - Virginia Woolfclick to tweet
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Kemi Oyesiku
Wanderer. Writer. Human.

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Life’s a Journey, not a destination…walk on.

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