...it kept re-playing.
for years,even years we both worked hard
to make our friendship vaster than your daddy's vineyard
vaster,vaster than seven empires
after so many years,even...
SHE'S WAR ZONE!
Friday, 16 September 2016
A heartfelt farewell.
A heartfelt farewell.
They say life is In stages
One phase leads to the next
Each marked by varying ages
But some still transcend this context
If only life were free
And...
SUICIDE_JOURNEY OF NO RETURN.(SEQUEL)
SUICIDE_JOURNEY OF NO RETURN (SEQUEL)
A
glowing room
Filled
with broken dreams,
Joy
as we see
Nothing
like it seems,
Two
diamond rings on the altar
Either
they go or I take the...
Friday, 9 September 2016
FOR THE GIRL I USED TO BE!
I used to be that girl..
That girl who believed with all her heart that love was just
right there waiting
That everyone was good
That pain, indescribable pain, didn't exist
I used to believe...
Saturday, 27 August 2016
SOME DAYS
SOME DAYS............
Some days are better than others
Some days you won't be able to get up
Some days the weight of life will press you down
Some days you won't be able to stop...
SONG OF A DANCER
THE SONG OF A DANCER.
It was a sound I danced to all semester,the first in a row of two. All day long,at night when I was sleeping on my grave-like bed. In the ministry, while hanging...
Thursday, 14 April 2016
OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY
LAND OF HERITAGE
You hold our story,
In your very large hands,
Like treasure in a chest,
Valuable is our story,
So are your hands that held it.
Your voice speaks culture, shouts tradition,
And...
Saturday, 6 February 2016
Effect of first try.
Once again,The sun would shine
Albeit the exact variation,
Once again,The moment would be mine
Albeit the same direction.
Forever,I hold my peace
With my life I'd hold my own,
No need for a repeat
For...
Sunday, 31 January 2016
MISSING ME? (NUGA 2014)
Will she miss me? I asked myself. That's a strong yes! Why won't she?
The girl comes to the market across the dusty road in this war torn town to transact business deals everyday.
What could have caught...
Saturday, 30 January 2016
Amazing People (NUGA 2014)
As I looked down on the ever bubbling city-market below my floor,I saw old automobiles,dilapidated buildings,dirty kiosks,tattered roofs,dust-producing-factory called road,beaming smiles on peoples faces...
Friday, 22 January 2016
Forever gone
In the dense darkness
You brought shimmering light
At my point weakest
You infused me with might
The one to carry one
Of a thousand legions though in number I am one
A progressive condition
For without...
