Project 9ja Mag The Revolution. 1st Edition | Page 32

Project 9ja
You keep telling me your mother endured it all
and never complained so you see no reason why
I can't
What you don't know is :
1. If misery was water, your mother was a fish.
2. She cried herself to sleep 286 times a year
and for the 79 times she didn't cry, it's because
she didn't sleep at all.
3. Your mother didn't die of a heart attack, she
was choking on her silence and the only cup
around her was filled with suicide so she drank
it.
NANYIL DARKO
University of Ibadan
nanyil
Focus
I feel optimistic about my chances
Don't throw my pearls at the pigs
I'm keeping the faith
Don't make me feel like dung
I fall and I rise
With very little or no shoulders to lean on
And at every splitting second
Time keeps ticking, yet so fast
I have what it takes
But I wane by the day
I'm trying my very best but I'm tired
I see smoke at the darkest and farthest end of
the tunnel
This really excites me
There's no smoke without fire or light rather
No matter what;
I'll keep moving towards it
Selah...
JOY TOLULOPE DANIEL
ATBU, Bauchi
Joy Tolulope Daniel
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