…But what does it mean to survive?
To wake up each day with a purpose I don’t understand
To chase after goals I didn’t choose
To fight battles I never wanted to win
To wear a mask that feels like my skin…
Ever since I was in Nursery school, I fell in love with those nursery rhymes and songs that even at home, I was always with my book simply because I wanted to recite it.
When I got into senior secondary school, I represented my school consistently in poetry competitions, debates as well.

In summary, my inspiration and love for poetry was since when I a little child from nursery school.
Here After by Isah .G. Hassan.
I worked all my life to become someone
Someone I don’t even know
Like it is just someone I once saw in my dream
Someone that was just him
That one who is not even sure of himself
A person who can do anything to provide for themselves
That person who lives to survive
But what does it mean to survive?
To wake up each day with a purpose I don’t understand
To chase after goals I didn’t choose
To fight battles I never wanted to win
To wear a mask that feels like my skin
A mask I can’t remove without losing what I built
What I built but never want.
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