Lit eZine Vol 3 | p-8 | POETRY | Idemeli My Best Friend – Manic Sylph Writes… Poetry & Thoughts by Mona Soorma

SHORT POEM

IDEMELI MY BEST FRIEND
by Njie Martin Vevanje

Woman with raised hands — *Image by* *martinahavlikova84*

Idemeli, my friend
Your disappearance was like thunder storms
Which left me contemplating my tomorrow
As I wander through this valley called life.
  
Idemeli, the daffodil 
That grew by night and died by dawn
Your splendor is uplifted
Beyond the metaphysical realm.

Idemeli, the goddess of stories
Who showered her spirit on me
A gladiator of ancient stories
Mother Earth welcomed you with joy.
  
Idemeli, you giggled about your stories
As I raised my cheek to your glory
But my tears like river Jordan
Won’t stop rolling in your glory.

Idemeli, my jewel, so precious were you
I wish to see your wrinkled face once more
But death so cold as the ice of Buea
Took you away like the wind of the desert

Idemeli, The Icelander of this Iceland called Earth
With courage speaks the Icelandic language with grandeur
You were a friend just like Mojome the heroine 
The clouds are dark as I remember the moments of friendship.

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Njie Martin Vevanje is a talented Cameroonian writer, with a focus on playwriting, scriptwriting, storytelling, and poetry. At the age of 21, he has authored “Died Before Her Time,” a work published on Wattpad. Currently, he is pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in Performing and Visual Arts at the University of Buea, where he continues to hone his creative skills.