Peace By Piece

Poem
Written By Asafor Ndifor Emmanuel

That on the shore where I had left myself, in ruin because I doubt myself

I pick

Before life passes me by and I buy into regret because I let myself be buried by mistakes 

I pick

Until water flows no more from my eyes and then joy comes to make me cry and I repent from my limiting lies

I pick

For when comes the time and the clock chimes, I want to raise my head high knowing that I fought and slayed the demon of pride


Little by little, I pick up all the pieces of my life and mold my heaven 

Until I own my peace

I pick

Cover photo by Bernadetta Watts

Asafor Ndifor Emmanuel

Asafor Ndifor Emmanuel (he/him) is a poet, spoken word artist and a entrepreneur based in Yaoundé, Cameroon. He is the author of the poetry anthology, “OPEN : The Book” and has been a contributor, in a couple of other poetry collections including “Inside the Beyonds”. He is passionate about arts, music, traveling and his work, alongside a whole lot of other fun things about him can be seen on twitter at @emmanuel_asafor, on IG at @obvious_asafor and on Facebook, he is Emmanuel Asafor.

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