Pink Petals Poem ™/ Text / Daniel Adjei / Illustration / Kiran Nijar
13th August 2008

We didn’t stack happiness throughout our time,
But if we did our happiness would have crashed down like jenga sticks.
I’m not perfect nor am I polite,
But I get what I want if I feel it feels right.
Mistakes have I made.
It’s wrong to steal.
Interfering with love was like a ready made meal.
Better kept quiet or I’ll have no secrets,
So I tell myself instead of future regrets...
He was in touch with his feelings,
A softy.
All the ladies loved him,
Maybe that’s why I couldn’t rise above him.
To me, he didn’t deserve her, so I observed her,
And took her away with my charm.
And now she’s under my arm.
He’s helpless like he has no thumbs.
But thumbs don’t make a man,
Whether down or up.
He has patience,
He’s respectful,
And nowhere near neglectful, as I.
And now I’ve realised...
I’ve learnt it’s the time that you take,
The results that you see,
And the improvements you can make.
We don’t sit together and talk about our lives,
Our lives sit down and talk about us.
If you had a vision of the future,
Would you have bothered?
My heart stays with the metal like rust.
Sometimes it’s easier to know what will happen.
Or maybe I’m selfish because I can’t make things happen...
I was afraid that one day she’d find out I’m not half the man by the hour.
Not as respectable as a flower.
I don’t have all the time in the world to listen,
Hate to be stared at,
And I don’t just appear in back gardens.
I knew I wouldn’t be recognised for my flamboyance,
A flower doesn’t charm and cheat or take.
I am not a flower, I am thin air.
I’ll carry you for a few seconds until you can get there.
I’ll fill your lungs so you can proceed to the next step,
Ruin your dreams and use my guilt to help you correct.
How am I supposed to continue, after doing what I’ve done?
Witnessing the fall of my very own love.
She’s leaving me, my heart hard and cold like metal,
Because she says she misses the feeling of pink petals.

Issue Two
Aug 2008

Reggie Yates Interview
Road To 2012 : Olympics Special
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Freedom At A Price
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Life In The Marine Corps
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March 2008

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