{"id":233,"date":"2014-02-27T06:53:56","date_gmt":"2014-02-27T06:53:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/javamylove.wordpress.com\/?p=233"},"modified":"2014-02-27T06:53:56","modified_gmt":"2014-02-27T06:53:56","slug":"love-trapped-in-hate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukmanjaji.com\/2014\/02\/27\/love-trapped-in-hate\/","title":{"rendered":"Love Trapped in Hate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"line-height:1.5em;\">Remember when our Relationship was like the game of Tennis\/<\/span><\/p>\n<p>When love meant nothing<br \/>\nWhen every hello or hi said was enough<br \/>\nWhen I never cared if you had a cold or cough<br \/>\nAnd when you were so comfortable calling the bluff<\/p>\n<p>Remember the days you will pass me by like you never cared\/<br \/>\nAnd I would bow down my head in fear rubbing my beard\/<br \/>\nPraying upon the moon\/<br \/>\nWishing upon the stars\/<br \/>\nThat the lord will reveal to me the contents of your heart\/<\/p>\n<p>Remember the first time we stared at each other for two seconds\/<br \/>\nAnd for a second\/<br \/>\nMy soul absconded from my flesh\/<br \/>\nFor the other second that felt like a year\/<br \/>\nIt was surreal and yet so real<br \/>\nSpeechless we were but we communicated<br \/>\nThe pupils in our eyes clicked, like a square peg in a square hole<br \/>\nThe break beats of our hearts in sync&#8230;<br \/>\nAt that point. . .<br \/>\nWe were like a thief caught in the act with gun pointed to his forehead<br \/>\nWe knew we had to give it up<br \/>\nI lacked words<br \/>\nYou lacked expressions. . .<br \/>\nBut I struggled with every muscle in hands, in my heart&#8230;<br \/>\nEvery breadth in my being<br \/>\nTo murmur the simplest and the most powerful words I could find<br \/>\n&#8220;Odeshalau Yene Konjo&#8221;<br \/>\nWe knew We were in love.<\/p>\n<p>Do I need to explain the pains I went through<br \/>\nOr the ones that you went through. . .<br \/>\nSeeing our worlds in ourselves like a see-through<br \/>\nBut chose to wear dark ray-bans to shade it away. . .which wasnt cool<\/p>\n<p>Do I need to tell the world how free we now feel<br \/>\nKnowing I&#8217;m the melody, and you are the beat that moves me<br \/>\nAnd every day I night I pray<br \/>\nThat the fruit of your womb will be sweeter than oranges<br \/>\nI have packed all my belongings and deserted the state of shock\/<br \/>\nThe state of fear<br \/>\nTo the state where you reside<br \/>\nAnd forever,<br \/>\nI&#8217;ll be by your side.<\/p>\n<p>Again, before I close<br \/>\nI&#8217;ll love to propose\/<br \/>\nA toast\/<br \/>\nTo my black goddess<br \/>\nMy GI-Joe in times of emotional tsunamis<br \/>\nMy blanket in times of cold<br \/>\nMy friend<br \/>\nMy sister<br \/>\nMy everything. . .<br \/>\nFrom this day to the time when there will be no more days<br \/>\nFrom this night to the nights you will be guarded by black knights<br \/>\nThe flame of our love will burn. . .<br \/>\nI&#8217;ll fuel the fire.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>Odeshalau Yene Konjo &#8211; Means I love You in Ahmaric Language<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Remember when our Relationship was like the game of Tennis\/ When love meant nothing When every hello or hi said was enough When I never cared if you had a cold or cough And when you were so comfortable calling the bluff Remember the days you will pass me by like you never cared\/ And I would bow down my head in fear rubbing my beard\/ Praying upon the moon\/ Wishing upon the stars\/ That the lord will reveal to&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":7,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poetry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - 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