Why!!!
Oladele ikeoluwa 2005 (Lagos)
Why so much pain in one voice?
So many voices in one head
So much void in one soul
So much hate in one man
So many questions in one mind
So much fear in one heart
So much rage in one eyes
Too many emotions buried in the deep
With these voices laughing hysterically
silently screaming ,with his hands stretched out widely
Drowning
in a pool of unshed tears,
And these noises echoing in the silence
So loud that no one can hear...
It's so dark even his demons are blinded.
A million eyes staring, some filled with envy
Perhaps his physique is just designed so differently
So different that the eyes don't serve as a window
Atleast no longer to his hollow soul
Sigh!,
Has it come to this?, His heart is full of emptiness
So empty that a voice could echo and reverberate endlessly
So lonely that boredom has forever become his unending company
So lost in the dark and in a maze of insanity
Little by little , loosing grip of life and reality
Tick tock, tick tock
He numbers his days like a timeable bomb
Hoping he gets a chance to dance to his favorite song
Hoping that someone will hear him and respond to his call
Hoping to find a reason to hold on
Hmm,a genuine conversation
Might just be his spark
Or a warm smile might light up his dark
Perchance life doesn't have further plans for this lad
He ponders as he stares at his ceiling fan
These tired eyes don't work no more
The heart feels no emotion
The soul has lost its motivation
The body is nothing but a living corpse
Tears rolls down his face,
As he scribbles his last words in a paper plane
Writes poetically with his blood as the ink
Telling his tale as to why he left so early
Staring at the door anxiously,
Hoping to hear the door bell ring
With his fingers crossed
Appears a strange grin on his face
Time up he says
as he pulls out the knife
to slit his wrist
This is the end he says, at the other side I find peace ,
he believes.
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Submitted on March 02, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
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Words | 366 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 15, 10, 10, 17 |
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