POETRY

Back to the Start

A Poem

C.J. Obikile
Scrittura
Published in
2 min readAug 13, 2021

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Part I: Blind Hope

The beginning was always the goal,
Returning to this coveted time —
When we were perfect
Perfectly in love
The butterflies swarming
The nervous excitement
And electrifying chemistry
That I mistook as love
All served to mask our gross imperfection
I didn’t know you. You didn’t know me
How could you? I barely knew me
And though I…

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C.J. Obikile
Scrittura

I write about expressions of humanity as I experience them. Instagram: @ceejay_thesavage