boy is single boy is a no-name town he kisses death welcome
or desolation boy is allergic to sunlight boy wears darkness
on a starry night boy is dewy eyed happiness is a fuel emptied
out & & so he dates a cigarette rolls up a miracle comfort dressed
in smoke boy calls out frustration aloneness too & & sadness
he mourns their roasting flesh smell of worlds burning worlds
boy has been cursed to tour boy is a mixed feeling warm with
love cold with unmatched silence
boy does not continue like life on stormy nights he visits depression
understands the language of a life torn apart boy sails on smoke
bursts into light & takes up the role of an echo boy is louder now
a ghost town capable of a deafening silence
Header photograph © Asher.
Lagos based Michael Akuchie writes poetry with an exiled mind. His recent works are on Praxis Mag Online, African Writer Online, Ngiga Review and elsewhere. He studies English at the University of Benin, Nigeria.
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