In trepidation You approach your future Flapping your wings Against the wind of life Like a bird with wounded wings You try to soar high above Into the atmosphere of life How can you sow without a seed? How can you drive without Petrol? How can you swim against the tide? These you must achieve … Continue reading Hopeless Hopes
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
Power consumes, Devours and assumes Power overtakes Corrupts and undertakes Power ruins, yet covers you Like a Gaberdine Power intoxicates Even as you mediate Power alienates you From your loved ones Power infiltrates Places where you meditate Power undermines ability For you to determine Power blurs your memory Also beclouds your reasoning You think you … Continue reading Power
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
The rot and decadence in the Nigerian Police is devastating. I don’t even know If they cause more harm than good. They’ve proved themselves to b a tool of intimidation in the hands of the rich. Their actions always portray that they are out for hire to the highest bidder. I don’t know about other … Continue reading “Is Nigerian Police Really Your Friend?”
I set out on a Journey To an Island far away Where the Sky kisses the Sea To the far ends of the earth I climbed hills and descended, Walked through Valleys While I was sandwiched between, Walked across brooks and streams Searching, I walked and walked Through forests and bushy paths Till my feet … Continue reading Searching For My Muse
We are fighting Kwa-rap-shon Yet we receive criminals into our Party Make them officials of Government Dine and Wine with them That’s Kwa-rap-shon !!! We are fighting Kwa-rap-shon But if you change to our Party You are vindicated and sanctified Baptised in our Party name That’s Kwa-rap-shon !!! We are fighting Kwa-rap-shon Yet we spend … Continue reading Fighting Kwa-rap-shon
Don’t know which way to take Don’t also want to be fake Should I settle for my life Or should I choose my life Amidst the storms of life I find peace in my inner-self Can’t figure out which way to go I know I want to rise and grow Following my instincts, I might … Continue reading Confusion
She gives me sweet pains She makes me cry for joy She makes me laugh painfully She’s the girl between my feelings She’s a rose hidden in a forest Whose beauty and fragrance wastes Like the Sun’s rays behind a gloomy cloud Paralyzing my veins by her presence She’s a goddess of goddesses Beauty bows … Continue reading Fantasies Of My Heart
Her face, smooth as a mirror, Clear like a cloudless sky, Calm like an undisturbed pool Reflects a beauty unrivalled Smiles were her adorning spice From her pinkish-red lips it flowed Succulent like Strawberry and Cherry Creating a ripple of joy there-in Then came the spikes of scorn Rearing up their ugly heads Like thorns … Continue reading Jealous Spikes
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
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
To the songs of the birds To the swooshing of the wind To the eerie cricket call at night Listen !!! When you wake up in the morning To the silence of your heart To your conscience before you act Listen !!! To the coldness of the weather To the colors of the flowers To … Continue reading Listen !!!
A son of the repudiated brother Was given the mantle of leadership He tried to pacify his brothers But that, cost him his life Fourty-five years later A Descendant of the repudiated Became saddled with the Crown This time, by Divine Providence He also tried to placate his brothers He even abandoned his nuclear family … Continue reading The Neglect Of History