MAN
In this very heated confrontation we were heads to heads involved in, Too often than usual, I overheard - "you don't talk to a man like that" Ade? A man? But what could possibly make Adeola a man? I thought. And "Man like no other!!!" his mates will cheer. But before he is a man, he is first a person And before he is this person, He is human, Then a friend, A lover, And a brother One would think him tough, but he built up these walls to hide Stood them up to shield and that's all he had I've never seen anyone with guards that high Yet heart so fragile Too upset but more ignorant to see, I went straight for the heart expecting it's core I pounced, then I struck and leaped up for jubilation In my wildly foolish mind, I had stuck a demon But something was different It appeared my palms where covered in blood He too had had a rough past And like the rest of us It takes time for healing to take p