All Boys Are Broken and Some Are Wingless

All Boys Are Broken and Some Are Wingless

All Boys Are Broken and Some Are Wingless

 

Wingless

boys, in love, are thrown
into a country of
crossfire. it is to

say a bullet crawls into
your body & you
[ stay ][ run ]

a soul forces her breath
into you, yet leaves. /say
a gxrl opens you to love

yet leaves you in.
i poured love into
a gxrl that starked

my innocence open
& tears me between a country
& love /say i poured water

into
water & called it love
/say i gathered love into
a room filled of thorns,

& entered…

 

Ayobami Adesina

 

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