What Do You See We grew more than our age And it happened so fast, Within a blink of an eye A quick second. Before we had toys and video games Now it had become shrapnels, Of the grenades that sounds Like a firework, Only it wasn't of joy It held our voices of pain And grief till death. We once had roofs over our heads Where mama and papa blessed And sanctified us with their sweats It was in the foods and the smile On their beautiful faces. That was a dream long lost Only in imagination, For we are down under rubies Broken bones and a sea of blood Mama is covered with scars That I only saw in horror movies And papa!! My sweet papa Was literally only a figure head His body in pieces like meat At the butcher house. They said it will be okay We will keep you safe But they are living in memories Inside my heart, I am shaving my head with a stick For tomorrow! I will raise my flag And close my eyes ©️ 2021 Adefeyintola Adesegun
Bio:
Adefeyintola Adesegun is a Philosophy student of University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria. She is a poet and the author of a collection of poems.
It’s hard to read these poems. Unimaginable that people live them. Thank you for speaking to us of
your courage to go on living.