LAMENT OF ST. JAMES | BITTERSWEET GRAVITY | AFRICAN SPACE SAMURAIS | AFROBEATS 2026

19 Feb 2026 · 3 min

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A poetic monologue weaves cosmic imagery with personal struggle, using bittersweet gravity as a metaphor for being pulled between ascent and descent, desire and pain. The speaker wrestles with wanting to rise while fearing to drown, ending with Speaker B's encouragement: Your journey has just begun.

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The stars, they wink like they know my name, but they laugh in silence. It's all a game. Bittersweet gravity pulling me down, holding me softly, but I still might drown. Caught in the middle between flight and fall. Bittersweet gravity, there's no escape at all.— they just slip away like promises whispered yesterday. Can't run, can't hide the pulls inside. Bittersweet gravity pulling me down, holding me softly, but I still might drown. Caught in the middle between flight and fall. Bittersweet gravity, there's no escape at all. Cuz what I want should never hurt this bad. Cuz what I want should never hurt this bad. Let me rise, let me sink, let me feel, let me think. Every push, every pull, every pull is hard. Never fool.
Your journey has just begun.