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Emma 'Nuel
Student @ University of Ibadan.
Ibadan, Nigeria
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The Human Condition
<p>You've walked the long road and you've worn it well</p><p>You stitched yourself up when you fell</p><p>Keep your memories in jars</p><p>Carry secrets in scars</p><p>Beneath your shell</p><p><br/></p><p>Evening sunlight on your caramel skin</p><p>Fun childhood with kith and kin</p><p>Now growing older</p><p>You miss your bold heart</p><p>When you feel this boulders</p><p>On your shoulders</p><p>Every then and now </p><p><br/></p><p>Your phone is a therapy </p><p>Surfing reels seeking dopamine </p><p>You feel the suppose "joy" is not real</p><p>Daytime runs shorter </p><p>When are you going to get taller</p><p>You've got stuffs to do</p><p><br/></p><p>Shoving it all down the void </p><p>Till the old shovel is worn out</p><p>And your heart cries out </p><p>"what happened to the toys </p><p>we played with as boys" </p><p>Well, time happened to them all </p><p><br/></p><p>Viewing life through lenses soiled</p><p>In a world blackish 'n whitish</p><p>Discernment is sold </p><p>In return we get fool's gold</p><p>Who am I kidding </p><p>Even the British aren't that brutish</p><p>I've done worse things to myself. </p><p>Sidelined reality, lost myself to wishing </p><p>Switching dishes from sashimi to sushies</p><p>Food for the mind. </p><p><br/></p><p><br/></p><p><br/></p>
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