Some Wounds Don't Heal Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFD GHCIJKL MNJOPQMRSTUVDWJX| Bird chirps laughter and water wave noise | A |
| Those were the sounds that filled my environment | B |
| Long lasting silence occupying the atmosphere | C |
| The horses in my fathers farmhouse would often neigh disrupting the silence we are all used to | D |
| As little kids we gather around to play in group | E |
| Our loud laughter cracking through walls of various homes | F |
| We were innocent and naive happiness was the only emotion we knew | D |
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| Then they came Yes in big trucks and tanks | G |
| Their hands wielding cold metals that emits fire | H |
| Gunshots wailing and crying filled our ever peaceful atmosphere | C |
| Blood of innocent children and mothers flow through my father's farmland | I |
| I saw wailing mothers clinging onto their children and defenseless Fathers falling to the ground like debris | J |
| It all lasted for seconds then total silence | K |
| It is often said that all is fair in love and war and this was war | L |
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| Gboa I heard the sound loudly in my ears my hands tremble and beads of sweat gathered on my forehead | M |
| My heart raced like there was no tomorrow | N |
| I saw them again pointing their guns towards me | J |
| My mouth opened partly and I draw in inconsistent breaths | O |
| I struggled to the window and I saw the car that just bumped into the tree by the road side | P |
| Phew I sighed it's been ten years since the incident at my village but I still live in the illusion of the past | Q |
| Just last week Vivian was pouring me wine on my bed | M |
| As she poured the content into my cup | R |
| All I could see was blood flowing from my father's farmland into my goblet | S |
| My hands trembled and my chest tightened at the sight | T |
| Now a young man living in the city but still in chains | U |
| Anxiety fear sadness anger and trauma are the order of my days | V |
| I've said my predicament to only few | D |
| Some said I should find closure closure where | W |
| Many told me time heals all wounds that's only a fallacy | J |
| I feel this wound won't heal for a long time to come | X |
Lekan Adeneye Malloren
(C) All Rights Reserved. Poem Submitted on 11/27/2020
Poet's note: This poem is basically my part on a collaboration I did with another poet. It's about the mental illness PTSD; a mental illness oblivious to some and sometimes ignored by some people in my society. People who lives with symptoms of mental illness like PTSD and OCD are sometimes stigmatized in the society, so the need to write about the pains of those with this illness so the society can see those living with this illness needs the love of the society and not otherwise. And to create and awareness that truly, people live with those illnesses
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