In the beauty of the morning
I am awakened by the ugliness of the night
And in the clarity of the light
I walk in the shadow of the dark
Born in the city of the dead
Raised in the town of their mourners
Judged of none
For their eyes is clouded by tears
In the pool of their tears I find myself
Drop by drop
The pool expands
I'm struggling to survive
Around me their pain compassed
T'was as if I could see each of the drops that formed the pool
And I could see their sad story in them
The boys and the men
The girls and the women
The single as though they were teens
The married as though they are singles co-existing
Everyone has got a story
A story filled with gory lines
Unimaginable deaths - daily
Animalistic humans creating a jungle out of a city
They cried not a lagoon
The outcry of their spirits has shed a sea
My name is Chukwuemeka
And I live in Seaty
The town of tears
Chukwu Chukwuemeka
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