Deonte Osayande

Awkward

Walking in on your coach
getting replaced is like
accidentally stumbling
into your parents having
an argument about affairs
that happened years ago
or walking in on your brother
masturbating or maybe before
all of my memories crumble
around me I should just stop
stumbling into rooms unannounced.

Deonte Osayande is a retired sprinter turned nonfiction writer and poet.