I HAVE RETURNED

Have you seen the flies

That hovers around the dead?

Have you seen the bones

That makes up a man's structure?

I went through hell

And I was not destroyed.

Who knows that I still draw breath?

Do they know?

Do I know?

Only time would tell...

I returned,

But was it through my wit?

Or my unrivaled intelligence?

I am no more sure—

Reality and fantasy has become one,

I no more know the difference.

I returned with endless scars

To the teary-eyed eyes of my loved ones.

Only time would tell...

But I know I will never be the same again.

©Okunola Peace.