Julien Aklei

In my house, you come to learn. This is my fire- you watch it burn. Listen, look, learn again. You will be my secret friend. You will be my sole defender. Give me something to remember. Cause there’s so much pain that I cannot hide. I need you to know how I feel inside. In my house, where the shadows are […]

Let’s go play a gameThat everybody knowsYou will run and hideI will try to find you here we go. Running thru the nightRunning all aloneThe way its always beenI was not your home. Come and find meNo I think I will decline this timeCause every man I ever meetHas something dark behind his eyes that […]

You could be my dark manStranger in the park manStanding in your trench coat flashingStars above but somethings crashing down You could be my shady friendStanding where the street lights endShadows fall always behind youNo one seeks and no one finds you now Clouds stretch so far awayEndless worlds of endless greyWalk before me and […]

Strap the cloth upon your eyes- walk. I can’t walk! Strap the cloth upon your mouth- don’t talk. I can’t talk! Air surrounds like terror. The world is black and dark everywhere. Behind doors, men hide. Shrink a little more inside. Please don’t touch me now- I’m cold. No more time to run and hide- too old. And where else could […]

Up and down the stairs I ranwith a sceptre in my handHow to chase the doubts out from my mind? When the only life I’ve ever knownis to strive for absolute controland to pull on every string that I could find To my talismans I clingI am scared of everythingShe knew one day she’d grab […]

What you mean to me- what you representIs a world that isn’t down belowWhere the neon doesnt shine through a window filled with grimeHahahaha laughing at men’s jokes all of the time Working for nuns- putting hotdogs in their bunsAnd you always have to do it with a smileAnd when the men laugh-hahaha- you laugh […]