Entry for Wow 9
										I can still hear her call my name  
Loud and clear 
No matter how hard I try not to 
It's like blood stain that refuses to wash away 
Like an housefly that refuses fly away 
Like weed 
Unwanted but keeps growing in my mind 
And blossoming whenever I write poetry 
Then there's poetry 
My escape from the depression's tight hold 
My expression of every single feeling I feel 
My message of every single message I can't seem to pass across 
But just like mama says  
Who poetry ep? 
 
We are in Nigeria honey 
If what you love to do does not pay you 
then you have to love what you'll do  
And best believe what you'll do will hardly be loveable 
But 
Who cares? 
Who cares if poetry brings that thrill? 
Who cares if you could forever listen to the poems on poetreel 
Who cares if it carries more than words can say? 
Yes, it gingers you and a few others but ginger isn't a food per say 
Does it feed you? 
 
I can still hear her call my name 
Chiamaka 
Who poetry ep? 
Shey na Mama Ngozi wey hin pikin die last year? 
Abi nah Chinedu wey lose hin job last week? 
Shey na your mama wey geh you and five others to feed? 
No forget say na face me I face you you still dey live 
Yes, I know the things you write often make you forget reality 
But it doesn't change the reality 
You don't always get what you want 
So just like your friends who laughed at your first ever poetry performance at high school said 
Chiamaka who poetry epp? 
 
Well, I, Chiamaka, I'm sorry I don't have an answer to that 
And you probably think I've stopped but I don't think I can ever 
So yes, I still write poetry 
and just like before 
I still hope it helps  
more than we can ever imagine.