Godswill Uchenna Ajah
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1 year ago

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#An_Elegy_from_the_Bowels_of_Innocence

i have an elegy unsung as i stare into the rising dawn. i make a reminiscence of the events of a fading night, & yet i'm lost in it. Ummi says father left three months after i saluted earth, & ever since, father never came back.

at seven, Ummi says it's time to be a grown up. that i have to learn to discern the flavours of men. & i find myself on a journey; to search for enlightenment. to sing dirges in place of soulful melodies. to learn the assonance in a meshed dissonance.

i do not blame Ummi, would i? neither do i blame father, that rascal who could not control his dangling!
you see? something has seeped into me. & i keep forcing back this song of horrors into my belly.
but, for how long can i keep it in?

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—Godswill