It was a voice from the past that inspired me to write this piece – a text message from a former lover.
At a time when I felt I needed her the most, she neglected me and instead, left me for another Man.
I suffered loneliness and heartbreak as I felt deeply hurt and missed her tremendously.
I had loved her dearly, but in time, I finally came to terms with her absence and grew to live without her.
Then, after years gone by she sent me a message telling me that she wanted to come back into my life.
When I saw her message, tears rolled down my cheeks and my heart ached as memories of the lost love came flooding back.
However, I knew that she would be settling for less on her part if she returned to me.
Besides, I had to ask myself if I wanted to go back to my past, to my yesterday. She was my yesterday, whereas I was in my present, looking ahead of me. I could not go back to a past I had long left behind.
This piece is an expression of my heart for all the feelings that it had to go through – intense love, loss, sorrow and resolution.
It is written in the traditional triplet rhythm style of Yorùbá
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Taiwo Adegoke
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