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Dec 2023
If there is ever a time  I can be free
Then that time should be now.
I should be a tree in the wild
Surrounded solely by my redolence.
i should be like the night bat
Free to roam the ethereal essence.
I should drink like a sailor
And read every line like a geek.
Like a breathtaking born butterfly,
I'll dance samba in  the zithering zephyr
I should be free; free to be me!
Jump off a cliff and bounce on the cotton clouds

But these are just wishes
Every time i am awake
I'm trapped within these stucco walls.
I really should be free.
They say get better don't get bitter.
I'm working on switching the letters
They say pain hurts and fear hates..
I say pain strengthens and fear draws faith
When I am free I will wash away every doubt
I will take my time...Maybe this time.
A note to myself.
Henry Akeru
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Henry Akeru  33/M/Lagos
(33/M/Lagos)   
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