I don’t know why a story should start with a boy hanging himself cause he was giving freedom to see life & have a kiss with his lips! Then, the pages moved on and on until their shadows recreated another smothering duplicates of them trying to survive in this forest called life. I don’t know … Continue reading Jungle Boys
When we legalize the illegal Applaud Poly-thief-cians and Tyrants Paint black where white existed Then, we are in a world gone mad When Churches become lairs And Pastors transform to liars All the people are in despair Then, we are in a world gone mad When Truth is rare to find And good men keep … Continue reading In A World Gone Mad
I do not want to be a bee Always busy producing honey, I do not want to be a banker Counting other people’s money I do not want to be a policeman Collecting bribes on the road Or exploiting unsuspecting drivers The Nigerian police, I detest. I do not want to be a Politician Making … Continue reading The Writer’s World
The cold breeze caressed my skin, I felt tingling sensations all over, I was putative to be conscious I realized it was all phantasmagoria When I woke up to reality I never wanted to come alive That world is what I crave I would rather dream always The images were so real The characters so … Continue reading Imaginations
Have you ever wondered what the color of hope is? I heard it said once that Hope gives life and life is in seasons So, I wondered What is the color of hope in seasons? In Autumn I think, maybe it’s Orange, The hue of dry and crackling leaves as they fall off a tree, … Continue reading The Color of Hope
Time pilfers our Youth Prime initiates a Truth Pride comes as a Brute Wine uncovers our Roots Brine is harsh on a Tooth Crime cripples our Foot Bride is just a Loot Lime is also a fruit
Trade places with me and you will feel the tiredness of your wife, the resentment of your children, the heavyweight agony in your soul. Let’s trade places and you will go home with heavy legs after working from morn to night with nothing but story to show for it. Trade places with me on the … Continue reading Trade Places
His laughter could melt ice His smile so infectious So charming is his dimples Him his wife cherishes Longed for by housewives His children apple of his eyes Respect from the olds His peers so envious High recommendation by the boss Source of joy his parent sees His praise the church sings Couldn’t wish more … Continue reading Everyone Seems Nice
I saw them then, leaders of tommorow, full of hopeful expectation, focused on coming glory. I saw them then, future bright stars of the country, aiming to shine bright than their fore, given the mantle to bring the lost glory. I saw him then, future science Nobel Laureate, chemical, simultaneous equations bow to him, certain … Continue reading Then and Now
But there is a name we can earn a child Born with the fluidic cells of deceit. He is a body of knitted brows That has grown into piqued poetry. He could be called a neuter nation Whose identity and intuition is drowned in an eddy of putrid polity, That its history becomes only a … Continue reading A Neuter Nation
As he knelt before the Altar Feeling like Judas Iscariot His thoughts wandering… His mind pondering… His head wondering… Immersed in reminiscences It came like vivid pictures Showing on a Cinema Screen All his promises resounding Reverberating in his head He tried to keep his pact She came unannounced to him Luscious and Seductive in … Continue reading Irresistible
The fight with life started When father spurted into mother There fight for survival began Apparently you won but That is just round one. The bout with life continues Gives you up and down punches Below the belt blows and kicks In this fight, no referees. How do you fight life? Fairly square or unfairly … Continue reading Will You Win Life?
You stared at that scar again You’ve always observed it with so much gaze “What could have caused you a visible scar in such a place?” You asked I only smiled in reply. You walked closer to feel it, “It’s smooth to the touch” you said “But how come with such a scar that’s so … Continue reading Rants Of A Teenager
For crying out loud We are hungrily impoverish Education is in comatose valley No home to write to about health Home has been plundered! For crying out loud Serfs in luxury, lords languish in penury Thunder strikes, ASUU strikes Choice university abroad their’s go For crying out loud We’re butchered in day out day Killing … Continue reading For Crying Out Loud
Let’s break the ice That freezes us cold And makes strangers of us. Let’s break the ice That threatens to break us As the iceberg did the Titanic. Let’s break the ice And use on our swollen broken ego That our friendship won’t be ago. Let’s break the ice, Ice of formality and distrust, Ice … Continue reading Let’s Break The Ice