Bio-
I’m Justice Jite-Eda (also known as Justice Gift Ogochukwu), from Ughelli north of Delta State. I’m a student of Agricultural Economics, University of Benin

BROKEN BY (S)WORDS. by Justice Gift Ogochukwu

Under the weight of your lips,
she bends, sad and depressed,
dressed in tattered self-esteem.
She washes her pillow in salty sea nightly.

Word by word you dilute his self-worth.
His ego and pride are cowed
by the beasts from your pit.

Distorted images of herself,
she sees in the mirror of her broken mind.
He knows no better of himself
than the picture of him you paint with your tongue.

Her heart fails and faints,
pushed and pinned down by heavy words.
His heart drowns in its own flood,
tears bled out from cuts
made by the carefree wielding of your (s)word.