Thursday 23 January 2014

I Am A Prisoner by Agarau Adedayo Adeyemi



I am a prisoner
I was defiled
By the flow of the street.

Lost
But found by the rhythms
Of the puffs I sniff.

No free education
Hooliganism is a craft to learn too.

Soon, cuffed by the trade of picks and pluck
A mastery at out-smarting.

I started breaking bottles
To hit the pages of the dailies.

Machete raising-
Gun TOTING-
Man slaughtering.

They forgot me on the street of hustle
But needed my strength with fights to bustle.

We both were avarice.

I killed them, he ordered me to
Steal their ballots too
Not for money, a better future for all.

He failed!

I smoked Indiana
To shake away my pain
Yet, my puffs still have the blood in its veins.

I butchered him
Plucked his heart.


Arrested!
Judged by the same men
That begged for a deal.

Jailed! For life!
Pathetic Law enforcers!
I am a prisoner now.

But I wonder who
Shall jail them.
Those who took our future
And drank it like a wine
Into their bellies of greed.

I am a prisoner
What say I've I owned?


Agarau Adedayo Adeyemi's Biography




He is a young writer that loves playing with words.He is passionate about poetry which he started writing in 2013, and has been featured in numerous anthologies since then.