Why Live? Poem by Omolola Oladotun David

Why live?
The skies are too long
You can't get there
Even when you try

What's more?
Jump and you'll fall
Even when you jump,
No balance to hang on to

Shall I stay?
When they've all gone?
No one to reveal to
To let go my burden

Why now?
Not later, you should
Have decided to go
Leaving me all alone

Will they say?
We love you,
We cherish you,
We forget you,

Or will they say?
You're hopeless,
You can't make it
Give it all up

Can they take it?
Take away my dreams
Destroy my fate
Just to satisfy theirs?

No!
I would rather
Rather swallow up my dreams
Keep my fate and leave

And if they wish
Let them say ‘why? '
Why they'll say, ‘I hope'
Why, why did he leave so soon?