Adesola Jegede Poems

I was eleven when I first placed a razor against my skin
and I can't remember why
Not that first time
I could give you all these reasons
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I won't want me
If I was you and you were me, I won't want me
My cracks have cracks and
I've got wounds on my scars
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The pounding in my chest vibrating through my may body
In the silence I can hear it clear
War drums
Like my heart can tell the battle is almost here
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This is crazy
Pointless even?

Spent so long trying to find my way
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I've lived my life in a box.
Self-imposed 4-way concrete
Walled in.
I never start, so I never fail;
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I know we're going to crash.
I can feel it happening,
Can hear the spinning, the screeching,
And the echo of heartbones breaking.
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