AINA OLUWASEGUN YAKUB - SOULFUL HEART

Popular known as ‘Soloh’ by friends, Aina Oluwasegun Yakub is a poet and a freelancer, who weaves emotions into verses and denude imaginations with rhymes. He resides in southwestern part of Nigeria.

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​SOULFUL HEART
 
I know how you feel
The anger and the pain
The stress and the sadness
I know the conscience you bear
The tetchy forces within your heart
The emotions you try to hide
And the love you dream to share.
I know your frustrations
The very kindness you can’t afford
The aching sickness you can’t heal
The sparkling laughter you can’t pass
And the sweet words you can’t say
It hurts…
I know
It hurts to see sorrow, and
Not having the shoulder to give
It hurts to see tears, and
Not having a silk to soak it off
It hurts to see a child, homeless
And not having a shelter to render
I know it hurts…
It hurts to see drought, and
Not having the rain to fall
It hurts so badly, that
You pinch yourself in pain, questioning the heavens
That you aren’t born… to heal souls.