In between our cracks and brokenness, we are golden magmas carved into the spaces of the

universe, a perfect case of kintsukuroi – ultimately seeking love and time to live as much.

 

Our past making up who we are and what we hide from strangers; the scars bearing our

victories, the memories of the lives & souls we connected or collided with.

 

Most times we fall in love and sometimes, we find it – right at the corner where we have

always had it all along.

 

Love is…

Life’s starter pack, a spider web neatly woven that interconnects everything we do with

everyone else. A subconscious decision to accept the light and darkness bound in the souls

we connect with; for if we will to love, we will.

 

Love is…

Happiness mixed with hot chocolates and cakes. To love and to be loved, for the moments

that words can’t fully describe. It’s in finding peace and stillness; in our emotions finding a

home.

 

Love is…

Like poetry – For every moment our pens spill, a piece of us is revealed in between the lines.

In all felicity; it leaves us to share open and it’s the only thing that can heal a broken heart.

 

Love is…

Like a Lego game – building on itself and growing with all the broken pieces and different

shapes. Logic’s its foe and placing expectations before assembling, get you missing the

important parts.

 

Love is…

Finding a safe haven in God (Allah); and ultimately believing in the existence of angels who

live among us.

 

Love is…

In the sunset and sunrise, in a two pairs of eyes and a pumping heart, in starless nights and

morning dews, in the rains andlightening. It’s a miracle, a light, something divine and

redemptive.

 

Sometimes the ones who promised to read us like a book, always leave us hanging on the

shelf.

 

But broken wings don’t mean loss of ability to fly and cupid arrows still miss the best of us.

 

How imperfect and sometimes clueless we can be with this thing called Love. How unsettling

it is to leave ourselves vulnerable.

 

But wouldn’t it be a rather sad thing not to try over and over again, to find a home for this

divinity we carry within?

Written by : Michael Afenfia

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56 Comments

  1. Chukwuka Okoro February 1, 2018 at 10:25 pm - Reply

    I can’t find a better poetic description of love than this. With such a flow, I’d become an Oliver Twist. Thanks for the piece Nneoma

  2. Isabella chinenye February 2, 2018 at 8:50 am - Reply

    This is nothing but total description of love at its peak. Nice one dearie.

  3. Muna February 2, 2018 at 9:15 am - Reply

    Sometimes when asked what love really is most of us come up with nothing not because we don’t have the words to describe it but because we have no real definition to it. But this, you said it all. I don’t think there’s a perfect definition to what love it. Kudos!!!

  4. Theophany February 2, 2018 at 9:51 am - Reply

    wow….great piece Nneoma.

  5. Zorah February 2, 2018 at 10:58 am - Reply

    This is good!
    Really good

  6. Noella Chirotam February 2, 2018 at 11:38 am - Reply

    Beautiful piece. No better way to describe this than the word “excellent”. I’m super proud of you dear

  7. Millicent Louis February 2, 2018 at 1:01 pm - Reply

    Great piece…. Kudos Jane

  8. Ogee February 2, 2018 at 3:22 pm - Reply

    My heart!!! Well done girl🙌

  9. Ifeanyi February 2, 2018 at 5:02 pm - Reply

    This is beautiful.

  10. Dan jaha February 2, 2018 at 6:27 pm - Reply

    Wow nice

  11. Nellen February 3, 2018 at 10:13 am - Reply

    This is amazing!!!!

  12. Maleble February 3, 2018 at 10:15 am - Reply

    What love is can’t go further than this poem. Nice one

  13. Dash February 3, 2018 at 11:23 am - Reply

    Thanks a lot for this.
    Needed to hear this.

  14. Ojo February 3, 2018 at 11:28 am - Reply

    Awwwww! I am in love.

  15. Michael February 3, 2018 at 10:35 pm - Reply

    Haaaa…
    I went through all the other poems but this right here is epic.

  16. Trinity February 3, 2018 at 10:36 pm - Reply

    I love this. This is the best

  17. Daniel February 3, 2018 at 10:36 pm - Reply

    I vote Jane’s Love in Paragraphs

  18. Shalom February 3, 2018 at 10:37 pm - Reply

    This is amazing!

  19. Choc February 3, 2018 at 10:38 pm - Reply

    This is classic. One for all

  20. Daniel February 3, 2018 at 10:40 pm - Reply

    Depth as the drips of an ocean. You just dug in me the true sense of what love is. I vote you.

  21. Victoria February 3, 2018 at 10:41 pm - Reply

    You deserve the both crowns, my dear. Even though I don’t know you. Your IG says you deserve both.

  22. James February 3, 2018 at 10:42 pm - Reply

    Win these 50k, lady.
    You deserve the two sums.

  23. Duke February 3, 2018 at 10:43 pm - Reply

    I am in awe of what you can do with words.

  24. Ruxta February 3, 2018 at 10:44 pm - Reply

    I vote you any day for this.

  25. Boniface February 3, 2018 at 10:45 pm - Reply

    This is everything

  26. Nells February 3, 2018 at 10:46 pm - Reply

    I love your use of words. Nice one

  27. Ochakwu February 3, 2018 at 10:47 pm - Reply

    I love this. It’s depth & description. Wow

  28. Raymond February 3, 2018 at 10:48 pm - Reply

    You know you deserve this, right?
    I vote you

  29. Fidelus February 3, 2018 at 10:49 pm - Reply

    Nice one, girls. Keep it coming

  30. King February 3, 2018 at 10:50 pm - Reply

    Good stuff, Good read.

  31. Samson February 3, 2018 at 10:51 pm - Reply

    If wishes were horses, I wish you that 50k. To think you are the only one who made it to the top 1p, both category.

  32. George February 3, 2018 at 10:52 pm - Reply

    Drum rolls!!! I vote you.

  33. Jacob February 3, 2018 at 10:53 pm - Reply

    You are damn fine.

  34. Cosmo February 3, 2018 at 10:54 pm - Reply

    This is excellent.

  35. Nellen February 5, 2018 at 12:31 pm - Reply

    This is absolutely love in paragraphs.

  36. Malexy February 5, 2018 at 12:32 pm - Reply

    I vote Jane for the epic unveiling.

  37. Daniella February 5, 2018 at 12:33 pm - Reply

    I vote Jane for this amazing poetry.

  38. Frederica February 5, 2018 at 9:00 pm - Reply

    This poetry has more metaphors of love than love itself.

  39. Ifeoma February 5, 2018 at 9:01 pm - Reply

    This cuts me deep. I vote you

  40. Frances February 5, 2018 at 9:05 pm - Reply

    It would definitely be a sad thing not to find a home for this divinity we carry within. Love this much!
    I vote for you

  41. Mela February 5, 2018 at 9:08 pm - Reply

    This is indeed love in paragraphs. I love this the most. I vote you

  42. Stella February 5, 2018 at 9:40 pm - Reply

    Splendid writing!

  43. Nelo February 6, 2018 at 1:56 pm - Reply

    This was made my day.

  44. michael February 6, 2018 at 1:58 pm - Reply

    Amazing… you are so good with words.

  45. Cintia February 6, 2018 at 2:45 pm - Reply

    Good Stuff. Nice one

  46. Bae February 6, 2018 at 2:46 pm - Reply

    This is the best poetry of love I have ever read.

  47. Jane February 6, 2018 at 2:50 pm - Reply

    Best Work on Love Description. Very deep and precise.

  48. Sandra February 6, 2018 at 2:52 pm - Reply

    I vote this as the best and it is truly the best.

  49. Ella February 6, 2018 at 2:58 pm - Reply

    Best work of art on love ever!!!

  50. Jackson February 12, 2018 at 6:07 pm - Reply

    This is inspirational and very on point.

  51. daniel February 12, 2018 at 6:08 pm - Reply

    I love this! I love this!!!!!!

  52. Sia February 12, 2018 at 6:09 pm - Reply

    I Vote This!

  53. Duke February 12, 2018 at 6:12 pm - Reply

    I am humbled by this description of Love.

  54. Max February 12, 2018 at 6:16 pm - Reply

    Finally, I have seen the best love poetry!

  55. Favor February 12, 2018 at 6:17 pm - Reply

    Wow!!!! I am speechless.

  56. Jane Queen February 12, 2018 at 8:28 pm - Reply

    I love this!!

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