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A Poem: Elusiveness; In Search Of Love by JohnWriter(op): 7:04pm On Mar 22, 2017
ELUSIVENESS; IN SEARCH OF LOVE

I looked for you on the outside
You appeared in different shades & colours
Oh, I was wrong
Did I expect to find you everywhere?
You are beauty beneath the bones

For all the times I raced for my life
I imagined if I will ever find you
Maybe I was not meant to find you
Just maybe I do not deserve your comfort
You are beauty beneath the surface

I looked for you in shapes
Are you that pretty face?
My conviction of you is weak
Maybe you do not exist anyways
The world said they have you
But they painted you in multiple pictures
Maybe you meant different things to different folks
Maybe you meant nothing to them all

I asked myself
Have I lost you in those multitude of faces?
Have you come to me in a shape I did not desire?
Your complexion was dark & fair
Maybe I walked past you the other day
Maybe I had you and let you slip through my fingers
You should have told me it was you

By: Yinka Olonode

#WorldPoetryDay
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Re: A Poem: Elusiveness; In Search Of Love by thewritingtodo(m): 8:13am On Sep 20, 2017
Great piece.
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Re: A Poem: Elusiveness; In Search Of Love by Felimore: 3:16pm On Sep 27, 2017
What a wonderful poem
thewritingtodo:
Great piece.
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Re: A Poem: Elusiveness; In Search Of Love by itsandi(m): 3:22pm On Sep 27, 2017
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Re: A Poem: Elusiveness; In Search Of Love by JohnWriter(op): 11:22pm On Dec 16, 2018
Thanks a lot.
Please feel free to share!

thewritingtodo:
Great piece.
Re: A Poem: Elusiveness; In Search Of Love by JohnWriter(op): 11:22pm On Dec 16, 2018
Thanks a lot.
Please feel free to share!

Felimore:
What a wonderful poem
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