Broken
lifeless
like a tree burnt down
a grass grazed upon.
I knew someday I will pay
I feel the same pain.

When I am sad
everyone thinks I am happy
I am like a paper boat
that flows on water
as it is being soaked.

My heart thumps
my mind restless
and my soul wanders
in the sorrows and weight of my burden.

Iroko has its pride
and I crave to be like it
my world is filled with silence
like though it is made of graves
why do people see the outside
not caring about the inside.

My eyes portrude
to see the emptiness of my world
the strength behind my effort,
my legs seek to go beyond
but my body is lifeless.

Why am I shattered?!
the unknown torments my knowledge
people build a wall in the centre of me
I am not able to go neither here nor there
my life is dependent upon people
I am so broken
I am the same as a mirror
I only see what you put in front of me
but the back is a secret.