Litany of Suffocated Voices
written by: Daniel Aôndona
@aondonadaniel30
There is a keen
Longing to be heard from a distance_ unknown,
There are voices of suppressed dreams
Crying out like infants whose mother
Denies them breast milk.
Behold! We perceive our potential in the air
But fail to embrace them
As they are hung beyond the reach of ours.
We are bugs seeking the crust of knowledge
Though, Mother has turned her back on us
She feeds her belly with food_ meant for us
And gives out deaf ears to our cry.
We now wallow in forlorn_ abandoned!
With voices suffocated by ignorance.
Our glamour fades within our souls
Thus, we are fireflies without glints
And roses without petals.
We swallow darkness and yearn for light
Yet day refuses to break.
Daniel Aôndona is a lover of arts and culture, a young aspiring and prolific writer who hails from the Konshisha local government area of Benue State, north central, Nigeria. He is a member of the Hilltop creative arts foundation, Benue chapter. He is a spoken word artist, short story writer, book reviewer, essayist, a poet and enthusiast of literature in English. Daniel started writing stories as early as 2015 and further got exposed to other genres in 2022. Aside being a writer, he spends most of his time studding, playing games like word puzzles, drawing and painting, as well as making comic books.
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- Litany of Suffocated Voices - August 31, 2023
