I fixed my gaze without blinking,
I refused to shut my eyes.
Too afraid to think straight,
Too scared to admit it.
She left.
She promised together, forever,
But she left. Lying bitch.
Why? Couldn’t you have stayed longer?
I hate you, I hate you, I hate you, Maryanne.
I can feel time tick and slide away,
And my eyelids are beginning to hurt,
But I will never allow them to get shut,
I will stare at the corpse forever.
I know I’ll never see you again.
Why? Couldn’t you have stayed beside me?
I would have protected you.
I listened carefully to hear someone scream “Cut”
Like a director of a Nollywood movie,
Then you will wake up.
But it’s true, you are gone forever.
No breath, no beads of sweat.
I can feel the coldness of your lifeless body
As hot blood begins to escape my body,
Mixing with the already-dried blood on the floor.
My eyes close as I finally give up.
Please don’t wake me.
It’s over.
