october poetry





all by moyin agbaosi


These are two poems I wrote recently. The woman with the bright eyes was inspired by a trip to New York, on which we visited Ellis Island, the main gateway for immigrants hoping for a new life in America. While there, I read a story about a girl traveling with her elderly grandmother, who was denied entry simply because her fingernails were dirty. The girl never saw her grandmother again, even after years of searching. The Facade is a poem I wrote on the phrase "If the world were blind, who would you impress?" Sorry if the flow is weird, I'm struggling to find a good word for the last line of the second stanza (beyond my __).





the facade



moyin agbaosi



"If the world were blind,

who would you impress?"

I sat for a moment

my mind in distress


my brain was racing

i looked for an answer

what was my worth

beyond my glamour


behind the pretty face

i feared something lacked

a feeling

a concept

some matter of fact


would i still matter

if pretty were no more

if the world were blind

what worth will i hold?



the woman with the bright eyes



moyin agbaosi



a cough

a sneeze

a penetrating glare


a sob

a whisper

to one not really there


a woman

a haggard

in her ripe old age


her face grim,

her eyes dead

for she knew what i knew-


she'll never make it pass

shell never make it through


my gaze met her gaze, suddenly

bright

deep

intense


the corner of her lip twitched into a smile


her eyes, those big, sparkling eyes,

weren't so

dead

after all


that smile told me much

that she saw me for who i was

her bright eyes opened the

lid to my thoughts

and spilt them

on the floor


years later, i searched

in all the records

and data

and documents


none of them knew of

the woman with the bright eyes



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