Boy in the Background

 

 

This girl

I have no idea what to say to you

I have no idea what you’re going through

With your bloodshot eyes

And your glossy lips

You rain down tears

You strut with shaky legs

I wish I could take your pain away

I wish you won’t have to feel this again

But am the boy in the background

Whose heart is rioting

But his lips don’t make a sound.

 

Banji Coker