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EASE MY PAIN

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How long will it last? The sorrows of boredom Living in the shadows Behind the scene Unseen, please unveil Life came to the rescue What an excuse  I walk through life alone With no hope of a future in sight The pain came in the morning It lasted through the night While am still breathing Please ease my pain.

MY SHORT LIFE

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The sharp knife of a short life My short life Got me looking in the mirror Sighting the world through my rearview Why didn't I last? Through the misery it came to pass Lord please remember me It ain't easy being me Fighting through the war Moving through the storm I couldn't surrender I am strong No one saw me cry.

I SURVIVED

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Survival of the fittest So they say I pushed and fell I rose and fought Till nothing was left I pursued and conquered Couldn't get much higher My spirit takes flight God knows I tried That I thrived And I survived.      It takes a powerful will of act to become what one was predestined to be.

A DYING NATION

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     Creation/amalgamation. It all began. The year was 1960. The cool weather of the noon glamourously exposed the beauty of independence and the weightous height/joy of freedom. The noise of the happy streets accelerated condescendingly. The joyous song of the people echoed in the ocean, looks like Christ had landed from the heavens. The chants of victory resonated all over Africa: behold the Giant of Africa was born. Nigeria didn't and still haven't lived up to it's name. From the dawn of it's amalgamated era down to it's independence even unto this present day, Nigeria have always been a struggling nation. We told the colonial masters we wanted to do it our way, by ourselves, who doesn't want to be free? And it was given to us. We collected the scepter from the White Masters. 1960 was the year, six years later there was a coup and on the seventh year it metamorphosed into a full blown war; The Biafran War of 1967-1970. Since then till now, i.e aft

TRUE LOVE

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Are my dreaming? Does there exist true love? She appeared and disappeared and reappeared Before the sunrise she was gone Does there exist true love? Yeah, maybe in my deepest assumption What is true love? Love might be dead But true love does exist.