Who am I? That question has been ricocheting through my brain longer than I can even begin to imagine. Day by day I ply my path, seeking my identity…one I lost years ago; an identity Read More
Oct 202013
Edydeyemi
Oct 172013
There is a silence… echoing across the land; indeed silence ringing in our hearts but wait! I hear a sound a moan…a cry… a soulful dirge of souls torn from terrestrial nests. There is a Read More
Sep 222013
He had a mission –or so he thought– To sweep the world clean, spotlessly clean. Oh! How he toiled To fulfil his cause But everywhere he turned were tangles of webs. The wind often said Read More
Sep 072013
“I return soonest…” Your parting words uttered long-long ago… Yet to them I fiercely cling, a succor against reality Mornings become noons days become weeks yet they ricochet in my heart… A mantra for me Read More
Aug 252013
She blossoms in dark places dark alleys, dark hallways… Not for her the brilliant light lest it bares faults best unseen Dark bedrooms, unlit corridors lovers grope in ‘llicit pleasure… Love, lust or ‘fatuation which Read More
Aug 112013
Blow high, blow low point to me my destined path, Puff near, puff far lift my soul to lofty heights. Flow in, flow out wash my feet in thy rolling waves, Pulse fast, pulse slow Read More
May 292013
Love when cold, dies; Famished, denied of all which elemented it. Many with tear floods and endless sighs would mourn its passing away… Some in hope forlorn linger in make-believe. Often it’s hard to say Read More
Feb 122013
BAYO STOOD ALONE in the desolate room; it had a sense of eeriness around it that seemed spooky and out of place. Sunlight filtered in through the broken louvers and pooled lazily on the uneven Read More
Feb 052013
I will proclaim your name you whose smile rivals the sun… whose laughter dares the wind Oluwanifemi…my precious son. Your name is an unending flame of whose fame I will sing. I will hold your Read More
Feb 022013
It was an electrifying moment… tension hung thick in the air. It was the finals of the 2014 World Cup, and for the first time, an African team had made it to the very finals. Read More
Nov 062012
The flame dies… it dies now growing cold in the noonday heat; Bleary eyes beg and implore seeking hope where none lies “Doctor! Doctor! Do something” The soul goes.. it goes now torn from its Read More
Oct 092012
“I’m sorry Al., b…but this madness has got to stop. We have–” “What do you by ‘this madness has got to stop’?” he demanded, cutting her off in mid-sentence. They were in another hotel room Read More
Oct 072012
She remains a partial gift; some have none, some have much… For her scales, sideways they tilt still we crave her soothing touch. With jars of scents, ointments and creams; ourselves we paint seeking her Read More
Sep 222012
It adorns your face like the crescent moon… I could sit for days playing lively tunes just to gaze upon your harmless weapon. It lights up your face like a streak of lightning… I’m left Read More
Sep 112012
Let us speak no more of wars; Turn your left cheek when struck and booed… Cleanse each other’s sores like a brother would. Strife bears no rose… carnage wears no garland; Of what use is Read More
Sep 102012
As she sped along the Third Mainland Bridge, she listened to the rumblings of thunder and felt very disturbed and afraid. She was not afraid of the thunder nor of the rain that was only Read More
Sep 092012
I gaze through the door and peep through the window hoping to see you… coming home to me I stand and again sit I pace and walk the floor wishing you’d appear… appear before Read More
Sep 052012
Night falls, dawn breaks as she spins her seamless webs… Bones age, strength wanes, yet she stays a faithless whore. Glories rise, glories fade as she works her vile poison… Like a thief that Read More
Sep 052012
Hear it pour… watch it flow streaming down our sunken cheeks; Salty tide, currents of grief gathering at our dusty feet… Pools of pearls, rivers of tears, drop after drop of pain heartfelt. See it Read More
Jun 182012
I remain to my cause true championing a selfless truth, let the world rage and shout let her vile volcanoes boil can the winds quake Everest? Sticks or stones may break my bones speakers or Read More