A free verse from a self acclaimed slave Wriggling within your warmth is a war I wouldn’t want to win… a definite determination to be defenseless. Strike me severally with series of sensations. Pre and post war, I present myself as a prisoner. If people call it an imprisonment, I’ll say it’s false. Shove me into your shackles, I see no shame. Hold unto me like a hopeless hostage. I hope you’ll refuse all presented ransom. Let me be bound by the beauty of your bosom. Exempt me from all expressions of emancipation Making your heart my home is now a habit. For as long as life lives on, I’ll also linger. A free verse from a self acclaimed slave. Lanre Badmus The Poetic Assassin January 2025 Mississippi USA