When we all running from religion,
When we all hiding in activism,
We smile together,
Cry in different rooms,
We want to be better,
We are after success,
We almost believed in fairy tales,
We almost believed dragons exist,
We watch too much,
Write too little,
Order and rules,
We rarely follow,
We want to explore,
We love to adventure,
It is in all these,
We fall deeper.

When all we are after is belonging,
Being part of the greater good,
How can we get there?
With little support?
Under pressure from all ends,
A word a day,
A step a day,
We hide in our smiles,
We hide it in our emoji’s,
We hide in the covers of our devices,
We belong,
We are,
We can’t do this anymore,
It is about time,
If we lose,
We lose the next.

We lie to ourselves;
It is the alcohol,
That blow of smoke,
That intense romance,
The acceptance by friends,
The group think,
That keeps us sane,
Yes even if they understand,
Do they really understand?
We stand alone,
We walk this journey alone,
We were mislead,
They hold it against us,
They put us at bay,
Leave us out in the dark,
They think that makes us grow,
They think we will get it right.

When we walk,
We smile,
We laugh,
We capture moments,
We walk in squads,
Little minion groups,
We believe in the thoughts of others,
We accrue,
We approve,
We laugh at reality,
In the dark,
We walk,
Hiding from,
Patience,
Confidence,
Reality.

They said we never opened up,
How could we,
How can we?
Would you even grant us chances?
Would we get the opportunities?
As weird as it gets,
We find ourselves,
Stuck and alone,
Guilt tripping us all the way,
They thought of us,
They did it for themselves,
How was that all about us?

Talk all about it,
Skid past us,
Lead us into the dark,
Abandon us,
In our greatest tests,
Leave us dried out,
In the scorching heat,
We are left to burn,
Slowly,
Gradually,
The edges of collapse,
As the time is constant,
We grow weary,
When the issues drops.

We turn to drugs,
We turn to fun,
We turn to friends,
A party a day,
Keeps the stress at bay,
What a lie,
What a way we lived,
They keep calling us millennial,
They call us disappointments,
When will they ever see?
That we are who,
We are,
Because of how they treat us,
That we need help,
We need them,
All they do,
Is give us names.

Relationships are too scary,
Relationships to us are;
Superficial,
All about gains,
What do I gain from all these?
Individualism,
Relationships of on and off,
The lines are not clear cut,
Everything on social media;
All streamlined,
They all look great,
When almost all of us are hanging upside down,
We are stressed,
We are depressed,
We can’t turn to people,
We can’t run to people.

Every time we run to our devices,
It is all about;
Standards,
Class
Likes,
Popular votes,
Smiling in everyone’s face,
Crying at night,
Dousing our pillows,
Tears streaming non-stop,
We haven’t figured it out,
We are lost,
We can’t let the world know that,
We are not okay,
We don’t want the world to know.

I gotta walk now,
Smile with the fading sun,
As it sets,
Welcoming the dusk,
I am out on a mission,
As an alpha,
My pack has to live on,
May be when its all done and said,
You’ll see your way home,
In open arms,
I might be waiting but till then,
It is good bye.

You just don’t wanna hear it,
They call you a villain,
You still the heroine in my story,
As you smile in the dark,
Do you ever sit back?
Think maybe I should have,
Given him a chance,
Him that’s me,
Crazy right?
Can I call you one last time?
Take you out one last time,
Treat you one last time,
Walk you home one last time,
Hug you one last time,
Kiss you one last time,
A road trip one last time,
May be the last time movie,
And a day out one last time,
Yes, it’s just,
That those are wishes,

The rush, the breeze,
It’s a little too cold,
I should be leaving,
Time’s moving,
Way too fast,
Bound by lateness,
My thoughts scattered,
All over,
My eyes darting endlessly,
I feel the sun sting,
Lazily walking to my destinations,
Screeching tyres,
Lost in thoughts,
I almost lost a leg,
Smiling at my confused self,
Decandant of the morale,
I smile at the hurled insults,
Welcome to the morning rush,
Where accidents,
Human,
Vehicles,
In one lane,
Colliding,
What a way to start a day,
The city’s morning rush,
A jungle,
Eat or be eaten,
A far cry,
Of what we thought,
It could be,
Still smiling,
They’ll still,
Dismantle,
Your beautiful smile,
Your staggering morale,
All you can do,
Is take it all in,
A breathe at a time,
Lungful.

A culture they called it,
In the name of protecting me,
In the name of love,
In the name of customs,
In the name of traditions,
They took her dignity,
The fact that she was a woman,
She was vulnerable,
They told her,
It’s the way of our people,.
It is his right as a man,
To lay his hands on you,
To take it when he wants,
Yes you are tired,
You did not want to give him the pie,
You was told,
It’s is our custom,
It is our way of life,
You feel threatened,
You feel lost,
You feel degraded,
It’s time,
To end it all,
To shout it from the rooftop,
To let them know,
That you are also human,
Not a piece of wood,
Not a piece of land,
You have a right,
You have freedoms,
You are a woman,
You have a life,
Time to stand for you,
For your fellow women,
Let them know,
It’s not our way,
It’s not our custom,
It’s not our lifestyle,
It’s not our tradition,
It’s discrimination,
It’s an infringement of your rights,
To uphold justice.

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I’ll smile even in death,
For the greatest thing is,
To love,
And
Be loved in return,
Where reality becomes when,
Which you believe,
Still is,
When you stop believing,
To the songs we shared,
To the moments we had,
To the gone and the bygones,
I still gotta ask,
Did you really try?
Did you ever give it a thought?
Maybe you already wanted out,
All you needed was an excuse,
I am toxic you believe,
We are the same,
Sisi ni sawa,
We are scorpions,
We hurt the ones who help,
We hurt the enemies too,
We not different,

Who said I wasn’t for us?
Took you by the hand,
Magnified my petty mistakes,
Do you see the logbook of his crimes?
He is on a high mileage,
I hope he never lays his hand on you,
I hope he treats you better than I did,
Young free and wild,
Am howling with the wolves,
Scavenging with the vultures,
I am hunting with the LEOs,
Scouting with the cheetahs
Yes, I soar high with the eagles,
It’s about time,
I grew back my wings,
Scoured the earth,
Toured the wild,
It isn’t going to be easy,
With the thoughts of you,

I am wondering why?
Did you have to go,
Left me feeling cold inside,
It’s a pity I can’t see you now,
How I feel lost,
I just think I miss you,
I could have cried,
I should’ve been there for you,
Its as easy as it is,
How could you not wait?
What is that they told you?
You were pulled by the nose,
Led by the neck,
Now he is choking you,
Is it as good as we did it?
Do you think of me when you in it?
Maybe I failed,
In moving on,
In keeping you,

Tell me why?
I can never change your mind,
Did you even really try?
Maybe you just needed time,
Coz baby I…
I can’t fall asleep at night
I’m wondering who’s by your side?
Is it the same as you and I?
Yes, am still stuck on you,
Trying to make it count,
Your voice stuck in my mind,
I still see your face,
I can’t close my eyes,
How does it feel?
When you are by his side?
Does he make you smile?
Does he make you laugh?