MANHOOD IS A SOLITUDE Written by KEMKA S. IBEJI

Howbeit! 

We're lonely in the crowd

No mistakes 

That's being a man or so

We cry in silence 

Our burdens aren't open

None believes us though

Being a man, nevertheless 

Our failures are borne

Burnt into our fabrics

By ourselves, none else

Don't shout, don't grieve 

It's the way of man

Everyone is our problem 

We're a problem to none

We live for all, none for us

We do this forever 

Till we kiss the dust

This is a man

Oh solitude! 

Our friend all seasons

Whence will you die

That we gain freedom 

The separation from you 

Manhood wedded solitude

But never to divorce