A DILEMMA

 

my shoulder wishes it could carry it all 

balancing weights lest I fall 

a burden strapped on my soul 

a perturbed river ceasing to flow 

“row your boat alone” the world chorused 

no morale in their words, just many curse 

in this wrath they call solitude 

no help rendered even in their multitude 

depression rides me like rodeo 

I’m helpless, don’t wanna listen to their audio 

“you are a man, no dey whine yourself”

“you don too hustle, na you dey gawk yourself”

I’m thorn in between faith and fate 

everything I now detest, everything I now hate 

no one sees the battle I wage within 

my sanity has been chopped down with a scythe 

now I’m broken and deterred 

the world gives no room for regard 

even in the mirror my reflection troubles me 

a dilemma instilled in me for real 

@talk2leigh

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3:48am

25 April 2025