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Forever
A doorway into afterlife An ugly exit Where everyone has gone with the wind No man’s land where every man lands A door with a post only those inside can read So much talk about this place At last, this is how it looks Not impressed Response to Sadje’s picture prompt on What do you see #144 July…
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Are you complicated?
There are many people who will easily fall in love with your personality. To them, it’s hard to believe such a sweet person like you exist. You probably grew up or work with people who remind you constantly of your imperfections and you’ve formed the opinion that it’s hard to find someone who truly understands…
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this life
Life is a riddleYou give the impression you’ve solved it when you are dead Life is a questionYou must act like you’ve got the answer. Life is a journey to nowhereYet you look odd when you live like you are going nowhere Life is a performanceTo put on the best showYou must try not to…
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She isn’t listening
In his heart lived stories he’s told no one Stories he’s lived and stories he’s seen He put these big stories into a small book And on this cold winter morning In this small coffee shop by the roadside Overlooking a couple of people waiting for a bus He opens his little book to tell…
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The introvert
From roaming from one church to another I met you Was looking for a perfect church You were always seated somewhere in the middle there Hardly greeting anyone after service You only looked at me And I returned your look No one said anything to the other Until the day pastor organized a seminar for…
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Difficult Times
Hunger echoes the sun’s rays in my ears My stomach grumbles It’s the sign That I am near the end The finish line where I get knocked out I tighten my grip on the loaf of bread Wrapped around my shoes in my sack As the sun brightens with more heat It becomes clear That…
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Risks run the city
Take more risks. It is the gateway to growth and expansion.You may tailor it to the size of your faith and rename it as calculated risks, but take it anyway. What is a life without much to look back on and laugh? What is a personality without occasionally throwing neatness and decency out the window…
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Born for the rough roads
I was born for the rough roads To roam them And to rule there I was destined to go places Even hell, cracked and cooked I was built to master The roads of rules and conventions To their dead ends And create new paths into the future I was born to win That’s why I…
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I know a place
There are places a person goes And you just know They were driven by more Than just a head and imagination You know These are places you only get to Standing on great books That draw much more from your soul Than you ever thought you had Places you only reach Bypassing barricades of meanings…
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Beautiful just the way you are
The fair fine ladies of America Camping in hip-hop stars’ swimming pools in bikini They have imported without transporting The magic of bleaching creams Fatima, Abena and Ifeoma Transformed into Beyoncé, Micky Minaj and Cardi B respectively In just two months and two minutes Black is beautiful They only see when cancer writes it on…
Diary of a Wanderer 