I Have

I have

Walked other worlds before

I have

Stumbled on stones unseen herefor

I have

Walked blinded into concrete walls

And because I had a mound of ambition
I have
Spoken to death silence
I have
Had my reply in silence
I have
Thread forbidden lines
And came off grasping spikes
I have
Seen things
Man is not meant to see
My eyes have been weaned
I am a man of
I know not what
Yet I'm a man after all.

Akpan