by Daniel Princewill
this is my story:
of a boy who wandered-
an ant walking the path of life without a colony,
pushing forth as it forages for food,
a boy forced to shed the colour
of his skin in his mind-
a snake calling itself a mouse,
you can taste the iron-y as it
burns through your tongue/
a boy whose mind drunk from the teat
of foreign milk & now he is an outcast in his father's house-
the sheep that has refused to follow the shepherd home and is a hot snack for those in wait-
a boy who looks at the glass saying:
"Mirror, mirror,
help me show my true self-
one that a rainbow will envy,
or embrace in clouds since he has met a brother.
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Daniel C. Princewill is a creative writer and poet. His works have been published or are pending in Spillwords, Literary Yard and Poetry Potion. He is a third-year student studying Medicine at the University of Nigeria where he is based. He loves to read and write poetry that is thought-evoking, too.
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