THERE ARE THINGS I TELL NO ONE – UGOCHUKWU DAMIAN
Rope;
Dances above my head
Sometimes
It dances around my neck
Telling me to defile gravity
Blade;
How do I cope with anger?
I take a blade
And slice my thigh
Then watch anger slip from my body
Note;
What keeps God busy?
Why is he deaf to my prayers?
I shove a note in his mouth
A suicide note in a page of my bible
Pain;
Night has taken over the day
Pain is the path to the end of the tunnel
Pain has taken over the light
There are things I tell no one
For I’m told to take my depression to God
Not some stranger or physician
(II)
Here are the things I tell no one
That the rope still dances
Around my neck
High above my head
That the blade
Is stuck between my lips
And blood slips out
Unto a note
That in this part of the tunnel
All I see is pain
And I wish not to go further
For all I’ve seen is pain
By Ugochukwu Damian
About Me
Ugochukwu Damian Okpara is a poet and a medical student based in Nigeria. He began writing
poetry in 2017 and his major theme explores depression, loneliness, and feminism. His goal is
to inspire those who have been hurt, making them realize that the light at the end of the tunnel
is not an illusion. When he is not writing or reading, he spends time listening to songs by Simi,
James Blunt or Ed Sheeran
