Our Memories - Duet by Iyinsioluwa Ojo & Stefn Sylvester Anyatonwu

The elders say 'the young shall grow'

True to their words

I remember the tress of old

Where we play our queen game

I picture the moment where life still meant sweet

And all we did was take sweet

I don't remember dancing unclad

Like happy monkeys

Down town

When sunshine

Give way for rainstorm.

I don't remember counting stars

And hoping clouds don't cover my tracks.

But I do remember being a kid

And that, I miss

The word 'miss' will be an understatement

I didn't have to be responsible

They made my food available

Just to say i miss been free

Free from the thoughts of tomorrow

Freed from the days of lack & suffering

The lakes where i play & sing

The house where i dance

Those days

I mean those days

The word 'miss' is an understatement

Had I known that growing up

Means missing my boy

I wouldn't had envied uncles

Who flaunted women, wine and wealth.

I've lost my boy

To wanton thoughts

Innocence sit at the foot of the tree

Where I sat and played with Bisi,

mocking at me.

I miss

I missed

The memories flock my back like beads

They wipe me so hard that my eye swim in tears

I find myself loving every bit of the replay

While wishing my happiness didnt become a story

How wont i miss those days

I climbed the tree just to see the beautiful leafs of iroko

A memory displays my ever sweet smiling self

The one i lost in my memory

But memories don't self destruct

As long as air sneak into my lungs

Those days of sweet yore

Shall ever live long

In my jar of time.

So while I walk this plane

Of fleeting memories

And gather many more memories

Like fruits from off the tree of time

May I create better story-lines

Worth a smile

When tagged past.

May my eyes swim not the ocean tides

Of my tears in regret

But rather flap strengthened wings

And sing along in sweet refrain

To memories

To maturity

To Bisi

and the boy I miss

I will journey in this memory lane

Just to see the peeps i miss

I will work hard this day

To find every bit of the love i miss

I will look upon the sky

And it will bless me with more memories to cherish

But still

I will fight for you & me

The happiness i once had

And the freedom

In my memories i will write life is sweet

Sweet to everything that lives

In short, my memories! I will cherish

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