THAT MOUNTAIN... A Poem by SOLAGBERU, MAIMUNAT AL-BARKHA

And I did it…

I jumped

I feel the wind screaming in my ears

Before I crash

On the surface of the water

My eyes sting to the touch of salt.

My mouth gulps a mouthful of water

Then my head finally sinks in

The sea swallows my body

My body rushes down, an unbearable force is pushing me down

My arms fling around trying to rise to the top

But there’s no way

I can’t breathe

I try to catch for air

I can not breathe

My soul feels like it is escaping from my body

Then…

I drown

Sanni Kikelomo is a Year 10(SS1) Student of Roemichs International Schools, Ilorin