LIVING BY SINKING by Oletu Oghenenyore C.

LIVING BY SINKING

when you got nothing

you got nothing to prove

you got nothing to lose

sinking to the bottom of the sea

like submarine, life take everything 

got nobody to share grief with

nobody to touch; nobody to hold 

but i walk tall like i've got everything 

when you get everything 

you've got many things to prove 

you've got many things to lose

worst hit of life at over one score plus ten

seen my World Trade Center crumble

and my missing Malaysian MH370 unsolved

night, i cry like a widow at her lover's grave 

but i spend the day like i've got everything 

looking pictures of ex-lovers on Facebook don't help

stick between finger is cancer foster home

and the bottle only cure grief for seconds 

being around this long is hope enough for sunshine 

so i live like everything's already mine.

©® Nyore Note.

26/August/2022

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Oletu Oghenenyore

Oletu Oghenenyore C. (pen-name: Nyore Note) is a content creator, storyteller, aluminium fabricator, rebel-poet and activist whose content resonates with the everyday happening around him. He’s from Delta State but based in the Creek area of Southern Nigeria. His works have appeared in many anthologies and online journals like ArtingArena, Poemify, The Yellow House Library, Williwash, etc. He can be reached via Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @NyoreNote @Oletu Oghenenyore.