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Sheena-Soraya Diomandé: “Too Much of Myself”

By Sheena-Soraya Diomandé on September 12, 2018 in Poetry

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Too Much of Myself

response to Whitman’s “Song of Myself”

I exist as I am, that is enough
You will no longer reduce me to tears
Because your weak ego
Cannot handle my greatness.

I shall cry waterfalls today
And then laugh powerful soundwaves tomorrow
Because I value my happiness more than my pain
While you never valued my being at all.

I am the poet of the Body and I am the poet of the Soul
I branded myself into your skin like all your tattoos
And I became the anima to your psyche
But I guess I was the ink stain on which you did laser surgery.

I am the girl you complain you need
Supportive, loving, and thoughtful
And while I gave you the best of me

I sustained myself on even the worst of you.
I am of old and young, of the foolish as much as the wise
Only 19 but I feel like 19 to the power of two
Old enough to know better but too young to realize
That I was just too convenient for you.

So now I reminisce back to when I was 8
When heartbreaks were myths and romance non-existent
And the most horrible pain I knew
Were the wounds on my knees from falling.

But now the wounds on my knees are different
And while they remain from falling, it was a dissimilar drop
The one that made me want to please you because I liked you
While you took advantage of my naivety.

9 months wasted on a dead-end “relationship”
Impregnated me with the idea that you wanted more
And when I delivered it
That’s when you decided to leave.

I stuck by you through it all
In health and in sickness
In poorer and richer
In high and sober.

And now it is 12:20am
On a Monday night/Tuesday morning
And I am crying and writing
Because I now know that it truly is over.

Most people did not understand
How I lasted so long
But the truth is I loved you
So, it never felt that wrong.

You were the biggest smile on my face
And the wettest tears in my eyes
Which is why in this homework assignment
I shall say all my goodbyes.

I am the poet of the woman the same as the man
Because despite my sadness, I understand
That you too must live and be happy
Even if it’s not with me.

Thank you for the memories
Thank you for the lessons
I will now take a different path
And leave you in the past.

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Sheena-Soraya Diomandé

Sheena-Soraya Diomandé

My name is Sheena-Soraya Diomandé, I am currently a 3rd year Graphic Design major at Woodbury University. I was born on the small island of Martinique, and grew up in Paris, France. I moved to the United States of America with my parents when I was 9 years old, and have been living in Los Angeles ever since. Growing up, I had always been interested by reading and writing, excelling in both at levels that were years above my grade levels each time. French is my first language, but I have proven to excel in English as well, which has made it very great for me to expand on my writing and express my emotions in two languages over the years. Writing is never really something I envisioned myself working in or with, but it has always been a guilty pleasure of mine that helps me cope with the daily grind. Someday I hope to work in advertising or exhibition design, and while both of these career paths are intense, I know I will continue writing along the way to ease up the pressure.

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