Where do you exist? No, not your physical body—I'm not asking if you're in Iyanapaja or Nottingham.

I have thought of ways to share this particular story, imagined it playing as a movie, a very sad movie that breaks everyone’s heart.

To say I’m sitting here unafraid of death, to say I’m here unafraid that my heart’s desires will never be fulfilled,

I knew people weren't joking when they spoke about how married men in Lagos shamelessly move to young girls but

I already knew what to expect when coming back to Lagos. I knew the state of the country had

Can I ever really be free? Free of these thought of failure, failure to not live up to the expectations I have set for myself,