Ten Unique Things About Me
1. I am a Yoruba child born and raised in Benin City
2. I was born on a Christmas day
3. I don't remember my birthday, never had a birthday
celebration, never gotten a birthday gift.
4. I am the first son of my family.
5. I have never tasted alcohol and I avoid partying.
6. I am a shy person. Contrary to what people believe, I am
still working on my self esteem and trying to up my confidence level.
7. I suck at making friends, worse at keeping the ones that I
have
8. I am a big dreamer. Body small like container, dream big like
port. Get it?
9. I used to really love football.
10. I don't believe I'll die.
This Place
This place holds no space for people like us
Here our eyes have hollowed out from knowing too much loss
Our tongues sore from pains that sit so delicately on it
Our lips cannot keep a loved ones kiss
Our hands heavy from holding too long to survival they
forget how to reach for dreams
We cannot love here, cannot live here
With lungs forced shut against the breeze like borders are
to refugees
Hope is a rare commodity, nobody sells it here
They say opportunity knocks only once, yes
But how do you tell that to a people whose homes have no doors?
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