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Eternallyoursunshine Nigeria
Writer @ Delta State University
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In Relationships 1 min read
Better Left Unsaid
<p style="text-align: center; "><br/></p><p style="text-align: center; "><br/></p><p style="text-align: left;"><em><strong>The blanket still lingered with his scent, </strong></em></p><p style="text-align: left;"><em><strong>Not because she didn't wash it, </strong></em></p><p style="text-align: left;"><em><strong>It was because she couldn't wash it, </strong></em></p><p style="text-align: left;"><em><strong>Saying anything was like pitching a tattered tent, </strong></em></p><p style="text-align: left;"><em><strong>Offering solace where there was only a void, an emptiness, </strong></em></p><p style="text-align: left;"><em><strong>Because the day he left, </strong></em></p><p style="text-align: left;"><em><strong>She stood her ground, lips shut, eyes closed,</strong></em></p><p style="text-align: left;"><em><strong>As if opening will unleash the word that ate into her, like water into flame, </strong></em></p><p style="text-align: left;"><em><strong><br/></strong></em></p><p style="text-align: left;"><em><strong>"Don't go." </strong></em></p><p style="text-align: left;"><em><strong><br/></strong></em></p><p style="text-align: left;"><em><strong>"Don't leave." </strong></em></p><p style="text-align: left;"><em><strong><br/></strong></em></p><p style="text-align: left;"><em><strong>Darkness tugged at her heart string, sealing her mouth and eyes shut,</strong></em></p><p style="text-align: left;"><em><strong>While she heard him leave, heartbroken, despair-ridden,</strong></em></p><p style="text-align: left;"><em><strong>And then she opened her eyes, </strong></em></p><p style="text-align: left;"><em><strong>Stood up, cleaned the cabinets,</strong></em></p><p style="text-align: left;"><em><strong>Dropped a pen, </strong></em></p><p style="text-align: left;"><em><strong>And stared at a blank wall.</strong></em></p><p style="text-align: left;"><em><strong>Life was ordinary without him,</strong></em></p><p style="text-align: left;"><em><strong>Sunday mornings silent without him, </strong></em></p><p style="text-align: left;"><em><strong>The world moving in it's own unbothered pace without him, </strong></em></p><p style="text-align: left;"><em><strong>It was normal, quiet, </strong></em></p><p style="text-align: left;"><em><strong>Like something she needed,</strong></em></p><p style="text-align: left;"><em><strong>Or so she thought, </strong></em></p><p style="text-align: left;"><em><strong>She hugged the blanket on weary nights,</strong></em></p><p style="text-align: left;"><em><strong>Drew him on happy ones,</strong></em></p><p style="text-align: left;"><em><strong>And when she thought she'd found the truth, </strong></em></p><p style="text-align: left;"><em><strong>He was with another.</strong></em></p><p style="text-align: left;"><em><strong>Hands intertwined, face glowing with an unprecedented grace, </strong></em></p><p style="text-align: left;"><em><strong>And there she decided,</strong></em></p><p style="text-align: left;"><em><strong>The things she never said </strong></em></p><p style="text-align: left;"><em><strong>Were better left unsaid.</strong></em></p><p style="text-align: left;"><em><strong><br/></strong></em></p><p style="text-align: left;"><em><strong><br/></strong></em></p><p style="text-align: left;"><em><strong>_</strong></em></p><p style="text-align: left;"><em><strong><br/></strong></em></p><p style="text-align: left;"><em><strong>ZAMMY.</strong></em></p>

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