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THE JOURNEY WITHIN

I took a look into my eyes as I reminisce on this journey called life

In my reminiscing, I was lost from the physical world but was live in my thoughts

Just like waves, I was shocked by my findings, just as the hologram, the world is full of fake people

The taste for a better life kills the angel within, now it's here and all that's left are demons, how sad and bitter

What's trust? It's but a plate of potage, bought with my rights

In this ring of life, I've been beaten down but refuse to stay down, I want to be angry at the world but it's not the way

The anger boils hot in me, yet I smile as I walk through my thoughts,

The bitterness of my soul is likened to that of the hulk, but I chose not to be a destroyer

What's the way I ask, but the look in my eyes says nothing, the chaos in my head creates a secret order

The venom from the bite of the viper which I picked out of kindness try to corrupt me, but all mustn't suffer for the sin of one

As the drums of war beats and the chants of my brothers uplifts my moral, I preach love because it's the only way.

Copyright © Otokini Jaja | Year Posted 2026


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I Love Who I Love

Who I love, I love,

I didn’t choose to but I just do,

True I thought it to be wrong but love can’t be wrong,

Cause it just feels good and beautiful,

It seems the sun just started smiling again at me,

For all my souls craves is just to be with love,

And it hurts not to be able to hold love but to look at love walk by,

For it’s more than a break in the heart, it’s a quake,

I love who I love, who I love, loves who isn’t I,

I cried but the pain wouldn’t just walk away,

Even though I can sale this feeling, I wish not to,

For it would only lead me back into darkness, sadness and emptiness,

So I own it, it’s love but all I feel is pain.

Copyright © Otokini Jaja | Year Posted 2026

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