Just only a teen (18)but felt lifeless.
Although I may draw breath just like other souls in the sphere
A skeletal soul breathing under the weight of despair.
Breathing of a walking dead. A skeletal soul , animated by dreams of life
Dreams that breathe life into the lifeless, and stir the ashes of despair.
Realization knocks in reality for such dreams are futile in a despairing society.
Striving and thriving are the desires of the skeletal soul
Yet the striving soul relinquished in fear,for the future in such despairing society.
Living in lagos as always being suffocating for me just every young person in lagos you wake up with oppression and only one motive “i need to make money” even if you're not up to the age to fend for yourself. At age 18 i felt like I've experienced what someone older than me haven't experienced.
I have always being a person with big dreams but sometimes i got discouraged because waking up from bed you already have 1 or 2 issues waiting for you to get them solved. I gave up on my dreams at first but.