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The Demon.
The Demon
A collab between:
Faith Olawale (sage) & Faith Daniel (Raniel)
I wake up dazed, to the sound of continuous thumping. I tried to decipher if it was the splitting headache or my parents. It was a struggle to open my eyes and I regretted it immediately. The morning rays pierced through like hot knife on butter.
I came out of my room all dressed for school and walked right past my father like he was a fly on the wall. He smelled of piss and alcohol and a faint tinge of blood that wasn't his. Mama was in the kitchen, just 34, but years of living in this hell hole made her look fifty. I looked at the swollen mass of red on her face and for a second wondered who stood in front of me.
She looked at me pleadingly and all I felt was rage for her, and more for myself, because I know she tolerated all this because of me. She stayed with this beast because he was our provider.
I stomped off the shit hole and heard her break a sob , I angrily wiped mine off and was disgusted at both of us. The day...
A collab between:
Faith Olawale (sage) & Faith Daniel (Raniel)
I wake up dazed, to the sound of continuous thumping. I tried to decipher if it was the splitting headache or my parents. It was a struggle to open my eyes and I regretted it immediately. The morning rays pierced through like hot knife on butter.
I came out of my room all dressed for school and walked right past my father like he was a fly on the wall. He smelled of piss and alcohol and a faint tinge of blood that wasn't his. Mama was in the kitchen, just 34, but years of living in this hell hole made her look fifty. I looked at the swollen mass of red on her face and for a second wondered who stood in front of me.
She looked at me pleadingly and all I felt was rage for her, and more for myself, because I know she tolerated all this because of me. She stayed with this beast because he was our provider.
I stomped off the shit hole and heard her break a sob , I angrily wiped mine off and was disgusted at both of us. The day...
