Read And Continue Reading by Fatimah Adeleke
When it is said to me read Read to fill up your empty vessel of ignorance I thought why? Why should I read? I know right Like who read in times like this To be really sincere Reading is so boring that I get intoxicated to sleep Reading is so temporary that it just flies away It like just looking, the moment you look away It's gone like a caged bird Merely the looks of it gives me headache It easy to get distracted And then I thought why should I read If it is so difficult to retain So, I thought don't waste your time I thought I was okay I was alright being ignorant Till it came back to slap me in the face Till I had to search every cell in my brain Just to find not even a single knowledge Pathetic right? I know, that was how it all came crashing down It bared so heavily on me I found it hard to rise up It stung a lot that I hated myself Not to be able to provide even just a word It was then I realized I was not OK at all I discovered I had dug a ditc...