*intermission* ___________________ say it's time to take a breath step back to sharpen pencils i've come to conquer deaths played chess & lethal puzzles i've done all i could do hung my fears up the damn shelf &fuck it, everything i did i did it all for myself. i made a few wishes on airplanes all of the stars are not enough if you carry naija in your veins it's rough, &oh it's mighty tough only i know all i had to do the climbs the ocean and its depth unapologetically, all i did i did it all for myself. &oh i've dived, i've tried for love lost parts of me to the drownings emerged a man with naught to prove content in self, indifferent to leavings to think i went in looking all around for someone else in the end, it turns out i did it for myself. now i stand to take my place my rest is done, my sword is sharpened i've learned to live at my pace the life i dread had me strengthened my life, my looks, my books my passion that's taken a life of itself with no fucks given i'm doing it all for myself.