You are an Extension of Art…

A POEM BY ZAYNAH IBRAHIM BARJE

NAKED PAIN

Come to me unmasked,
With heart shredded from the stab of your misery,
And soul shattered like the eruption of a volcano.

Come like a wilting rose,
Thirsty of nectar, hungry of vigour,
Come in your haggard being.

Come in your crippled spirit,
With all the dreadful emotions and all the ache,
Come like a wounded bear.

Come with all the wounds,
The breaks and all the hurts,
Come with your ruptured pieces.

Come in your lucid self,
Come with no cover,
Come and show me your Naked Pain.

Author’s Biography

My name is Zaynah Ibrahim Barje, a biological science graduate of Ahmadu Bello University Zaria.
I am poet, an essayist, and a lover of everything _art_ .