Pressure

I woke up right
Dressed my bed right
Washed up right
Still I was wrong

I walked right
Exchanged decent pleasantries
Made it early to work
Still I was wrong

I tried not to hurt
Tried not to hate
Tried to always communicate
Still I was wrong

Then I phased away
To remain with me
The only one who truly understands
Now I'm free

Onodu Gwaine
(C) All Rights Reserved. Poem Submitted on 05/17/2021

Poet's note: This is just to emphasize the rate of peer pressure and it's effect in our society. Being a virgin sounds like a crime to the contemporary youth. Dressing well is now an insult to their site. Once you try to follow the right path, they begin to see you as a someone who knows nothing or in Nigerian terms, "juu guy" meaning "someone who knows nothing
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