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
Pressure
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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Poem topics: away, hate, work, remain, early, wrong, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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