Vincent Nwilo who writes under the pseudonym Nwilo Bura-Bari Vincent was born on the 15th day of September 1987 in Rivers State, Nigeria. He had his formative education in the city of Port Harcourt under harsh conditions - from dilapidated facilities to subhuman living spaces like the violence-ridden Mile 3 and Ogbunabali. He chose poetry and the short-story as mediums for the expression of his anger. “Stories from Bori and other Poems”, is his first collection of poems. He is the founder of Words Not Swords . He is a screenwriter.
When the clock stops
Bring it down
Stare at it
And bury it, honorably
When time stops
All things stop
My heart stops
Too
What we had
Was real
Even the wind knew
It
Take away everything
Take my life
And my song
I am mimed
Take away the light of the world
What I need is dark
Ness
And solitude
Take away my strength
For I am a troubadour
Whose fate
Was chosen
Not all that glitters are gold
And not all gold glitters
Some have dust
Or are simply rust