Ralph Okafor

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Ralph Okafor
Thursday 13 June 2024

CACTUS

Once, I was a glorious flower. My thorns were fluffy petals. Soft and velvety and reeked of musk.

I lured Butterflies with them. Birds sang my praise. And just like the rose's, I truly knew how to bloom.

Until I was completely torn. Injured by conjugal lust. I no longer condone lovers ingratiating to me.

So I strayed into loneliness from the garden where I used to be the peck of the litter.

Into the lingering wilderness of sand dunes in the arid desert. To bloom only at midnight where none can see me.

I declare that I do not need companions to survive. I do not even need the rain. I do not yield to draught.

The tears welled up in my Bossom can last me until the end of time.

I am cactus, a damsel in distress.



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