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365 The Series:JUMP OFF
Jump off
It was on a breezy night
After an evening with the social elites,
A dance with his fairest
And a cuddle with his children
He took the jump off his suite’s balcony
In the garden he laid, twenty four floors away from his life
He was his parent’s favorite
His childhood was perfect
But deep down, he envied the deprived
He wanted their life
If only you lived his youth
Then you will understand the meaning of exuberance
It was every teenagers dream
But the more who loved him
The more of himself he disliked
He bagged the best honours
All over him where the biggest law firms
A great job and a multi-account
The richer he became, the poorer he became
He lost it! He lost himself.
It was mutual at first
Then he became obsessed
In all, she was possessed
He thought she could fill the emptiness
Alas, she was meant to complement
Not complete his unrest
They came along, every mother’s delight
They could melt any heart from the heavy to the light,
So identical and both his
He thought to himself, maybe they could return the bliss
Not so long after,
He realised we all have our lives to live
Every night he thought to himself,
I will wake tomorrow to this same life that I live
He didn’t have to cough attention to himself
Stress free, a definition of his life
Empty was his world
He never could identify with himself
At the age of forty
Everyone describes him a success
Not relative to himself
Rather to the world
Yet in him
He could not find a self
One last social,
One last dance,
One last cuddle,
Thinking, at least he had the chance to say goodbye
With a wine in hand and then a last sip to this life
He made his jump off, free from this life.
By:Modupe Bakare for MEBB
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Lovely! Lovely!! Lovely!!!