Tonight
I’m drunk and sober
Drunk on empty promises
Sober
With my eyes on the prize.
Tonight
The echoes from my empty bank account
Sings me a lullaby
A lullaby that I’m afraid to fall asleep to
A sleep I fear might become my death
Tonight
I plead with my drowning zeal
Find me and love me back to life
Like a burning candle left out
On a stormy night
This might kill me.
By
Emebiriodo Peterson Ugochukwu Hitch
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Photo: Njemanze, Enugu. June 2016.
