I miss you... the girl I once was... with your uncaring attitude and your unattachment... for your ability to be in it but look in on it... to not always say how you feel or what you think... to be so many things to so many people...
I miss you... the girl I once was... with your mature eyes... and your ability to follow through with the 'plan'... your control...
I miss you... the girl I once was... who stood her emotional ground... and... didn't want to cry when it wasn't going the way she wanted even though she knew it was going the way it probably should...
I miss you... the girl I once was... cos you probably wouldn't be here...
... in detrimental 'like'
About Me:
- Overwhelmed Naija Babe
- Fun- loving and wordly to some, and sweetly innocent to others, I am sometimes caught up in a Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde persona that is not entirely my making. The few times I’ve tried to share some of the noisy thoughts in my head have ended in disaster; I’m hoping to use this blogging experience as my therapy. I want to use the power of the written word to explore and really listen to my inner voice. I need closure on a lot of issues in my past, so I can look forward to and completely embrace my future.
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- 1. Mommy's On A Diet
- 2. I'm Sorry Uncle
- 3. He Hits Me
- 4. I'm tired
- 5. A date with a dog
- 6. Mommy... Who's Uncle Israel?
- 7. I Pray
- 8. Chasing Emeka Away
- 9. Next Stop: London, England
- 10. The Day You Left
- 11. No Permanent Home
- 12. Foiled Escape Attempt
- 13. Resettling
- 14. The Faith Of My Mother
- 15: Boarding School Blues
- 16. I'm 21
- 17. My Gold Watch
- 18. For LondonBuki and her Mom (RIP mama)
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35 comments:
maybe you just...grew up?
Hello pookie...
I know what it means to be different things to different people.
Mwahh
I totally relate to your first line...the uncaring attitude, being in it and looking in on it. Soooo me.
....Can't say it's the best thing to do, but it's a good defense mechanism. Protects ur heart mighty well.
i once used 2 b al dat til bro came n released my floodgates of caring
in like is lovely :) I love being in like and being in a safe space to let it all go and just happen. Embrace like, it was only an illusion that control gave you.
Babe, sth is definately up wit u and I tink u need to talk to someone. My advice is sometimes we dream and wish and hope to do and be so many things in d future but Life has its own game and we may or may not get all our tins we want. Don't give up gal stay strong. I'll send u a msg on facebook.
First.
I miss me like that too.
First. I miss that girl that was me.
overwhelmed!! where are you?? please do a proper post soon. we miss you!
xoxo
i really do miss the girl i was once too...
how r u tho??
am I first or what? i'm just too hot!
what happened to this wonderful sounding girl?
did she "grow up"?
lovely write-up
I still say you're a more articulate, taller, better looking, freaking intelligent me,
it's like ur chanelling me or something,
This was a beautiful poem
Uhmn.............
...eventually, we all evolve.
*SIGH*
hope ur good love...
ME TOO.
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It's funny,
A friend of mine just posted a note like this that is almost verbatim of this post.
Part of you is still the girl that you were, and part of you is the woman you must be for now. Detrimental in like...I know the feeling. How is Marley by the way? Is he history?
whoa... this is deep. The beginning of soul searching is now.
T & T
xoxo
i feel your flow,babe i feel your thought.
but the transformation is inevitable..you'v just got to move on
nice blog you have here
wow loved this, my feelings exactly....I wrote something similar but not as good lol about a 'stranger in the mirror' that I could hardly recognise the person i had become on an emotional level it was as if i was looking at a stranger in the mirror yet it was a reflection of myself....I never got to post it coz it was too revealing.
BEST PIECE EVER. . . . .
Well maybe 'cos I connect DEEPLY with this piece. Sometimes I chose to withdraw myself from all the negativity in my world and the fake facade ppl put on around me. I hide in my shell while studying the world that envelopes my outer shell but not my soul. They try so hard to break the shell that encases this delicate piece but effortlessly they FAIL, 4 only I control the world within and around me.
xxxxxxxxx
Moi
A nice one
thanks
Hmmmm,change happens involuntarily sometimes, as long as you are the same person yet improved, it sounds like growth to me. Hope you are fabulous as usual Miss Lady.
Hey darl,
The girl you are (and are maturing into) will eventually be better than that girl of yesterday whom you really miss...
Love, moi!
PS: Hope u've stopped eating beans though. The girl of yesterday needs to stop growing tall...she's already tall enough!
Haha...I understand hun, sometimes I miss the old me too. But change is constant. We cannot hold on to previous perceptions of Self.
i feel like this applies to me!..i have become so much vulnerable...i need to wake up!
very interesting... :-)
Growing up is that need you sometimes don't want.
@ovewhelmed
i have expressed my love for your writing by giving you the "i love your blog" award. do check my blog for details
i miss the innocent and naive girl i used to be....... growing up is sometimes v hard
I'm tagging you because I have no life and you haven't posted in a while
Its very quiet.
Do yo know what you are now??
eh ya. daz sounds so pessimistic, dear. it's all good. i believe we change 4 d better, 2 adapt better wit our present circumstances
I miss you too overwhelmed!
seems like you became more open and vulnerable which is not necceserily a bad thing...risky...but but its also brave...cuz its only when u give your all that you can get all from somethin/someone in return. I'm actually trying to be like the new you now...to be able to feel completely and say what it is I think and feel
Here's a big warm cyber hug from me to you!
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