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There are times when all you'll have is language, yet words will betray you; you’ll have the air within your reach, yet you'll still suffocate; you’ll decide to hold on to soft things, but all you’ll find is elements as hard as rock, you'll try to steady your gait, but your legs will keep trembling, & trembling, & trembling, & trembling; you'll try love, but bitterness will find you. Do I deserve all of these? You will ask questions that will be lost in the wind; you will seek answers, but the world will tell you all it can offer is questions, & questions, & questions, & questions; you will wonder if there is a place where the scripture says, Let there be tragedy. Again, you'll flip through the pages of life, of life, of life, of life, searching for a streak of light, but darkness will unfold, rolling towards your direction; your fingers will tremble, & tremble, & tremble, & tremble, as you become the cartographer of your own dreams. Life will teach you that this is the discography of your becoming, with albums & EPs of chaos, & there is nothing you can do about it, except to take a deep breath, & hawk your cross along the rough path of your dreams.
Olobo Ejile is a poet, writer, and researcher from Dekina, Kogi State. His works have been featured or are forthcoming in ANA Review 2024, Fiction Niche, Shallow Tales Review, Table Feasting Magazine, Artisans Quill, EOPP Anthology 2025, among others. He is a fellow of the 2025 Idembeka Creative Writing Workshop and was longlisted for the Wale Okediran Poetry Prize. Aside from writing, he enjoys listening to music and singing for pleasure. You can connect with him on Instagram: Olobo Ejile and Facebook: Olobo Ejile.
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