Within the Four Walls

By Abuchi Onyema

Within the Four Walls is a dream within us to pursue happiness in a world that is not perfect—that is our motivation. The collection of poems by Abuchi Onyema is the inspiration in quintessential struggle of every soul: the consciousness of the imperfections and the aspiration of our contributions to raise above evil .Each one of us is a dolphin in the joyous journey from the abyss to dancing in the sky.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Feb 4, 2021
• ISBN: 9781664151406

Abuchi Onyema

Abuchi Onyema is a poet from Anambra state, Nigeria. He writes from the capital of Nigeria, Abuja. He holds a higher national diploma in public administration from Federal Polytechnic, Oko, Anambra state. He’s a published writer whose work has appeared in many journals and websites, including NNOKO Stories, the League of POETS, Bharath Vision, and SpillWords. He started writing during his college education. As an introvert, he finds writing as a way to let the world know his mind. His poems centered on sociopolitical and contemporary issues in the society. He used his poems as a tool to sensitize the public and to fight for good governance.

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Rev. date: 01/15/2021

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CONTENTS

Lonely Pathway

Kindness

The Space Between Us

The Right One and the Right Time

The Bird on the Tree Trunk

Love Light

Walk Away

The Lucky Man

Make Hay While the Sun Shines

Faith and Work

Imperfect Perfection

Within the Four Walls

The Shelf of a Thousand Books

Little Lad

Made for Each Other

Allow me to Dance

A Rising Sun

Grudges

A Friend from Freetown

The Road Taken

Please be my Wife

Almajiri

Beneath the Ground

Waiting in Vain

Responsibility

Religious Bigotry

Hue Glass House

Taker of Life

The Culprits

The Portrait

Into the Badland

The Monster you Made

A Failed Generation

Remove your Shade and See

Betrayed Soul

A Single Soul

Joy of Motherhood

The Lonely Dog on the Street

Listen to Me

A Chunk of my Trust

Unchained Prisoner

Poor Bird

Tankio

Money is Love

Before the Pandemic

Moon Light

My Friday Night

From this End

Night of Terror

This could be Us

Australia is Burning

Young Shall Grow

Shenanigans

Life Without Guaranty

It Will Surely End in Tears

Success

As I Write

The Uncommon Love

Time

The Chain

The Dark Night

Tears of Joy

My Golden Ring

Black

Never Wait in Vain

I Need my Own

Depression

Hold Me

Money, the God we Know

African Child

Before I Found You

Fetus

He is Able

The Convocation of the Eagle

Men of Valor

Understanding

Not Until I Found You

My Heart is Failing Me

Our Vows

I No Do Again

Our Heartbeat

Jungle Justice

I Lost my Mind

Karma will Catch Them

Forgive me, my Princess

Being a Man

Broken Heart

Laziness

Happiness

The Promise I Made

Somebody Should Call Heaven

Old Age is a Blessing

Willpower

Every Girl-Child

From this Moment

Every Moment Counts

Not Today

Life Reciprocates

Unlawful Detention

When I was a Child

Friendship

End of the Long Walk

You are Hope

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LONELY PATHWAY

On this lonely pathway

I lost my precious heart

On this lonely pathway

Everything was taken

Away from me forcefully

With aims and ammunition

Please trace me with my spilled blood

If I got lost on this pathway

Preach no love to me

If I finally walked away

Lest I died on this lonely pathway

Find my stolen heart

And return it to the rightful owner

KINDNESS

Kindness has no name

He’s an unknown melted heart

A wanderer on the street

Kindness has no siblings

He’s always hurt but forgives

He wears a smile as a cloth

Kindness has no status

No personality

He may be poor, maybe rich

He helps without regards

He loves unconditionally

Kindness is nobody but you

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THE SPACE BETWEEN US

Sing no sorrow in your heart

Beat no drums of hate

I was wrong with my choice of words

Forgive and remind not those words

But our promises and sacrifices

My deed was extreme last night

Raptured by a hectic day at work

With flames of toxic queries

I was mad at myself and the man in me

Now I know the pains I caused you

I created a gap between us

Making you fragile under my watch

I watched you, cold and shivering

Swimming in tears of loneliness

While I slept adjacent, relentless

Put the blame on me

I initiated the ugly conversation

But was the trial worth the time?

No, I’d be a fool to allow it to sink deeper

Knowing we’re meant to be each other’s helper

No matter what we had against

Our difference in perception and reasoning

Our love stands above all odds

Hey, love, I know you missed me

And I can’t deny the fact that