Tag: Poetry

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Tune in to your true self The version of you unafraid To be criticized Just do your job Of living your life And let your critics do their job Of criticizing you You have no time You only live once So get busy Being you You’ll feel lonely sometimes You’ll fight the urge to return…

There will be days everyone will be against you Including someone you love deeply and who loves you too so dearly It isn’t that they seek your downfall Perhaps they do not understand you Or a decision you have taken The only faithful dog keeping you company In your journey when everyone leaves Will be…

Gagged feelings Tied to whispers Soft moonlight peeps Through a window of the night At the beauty of silence The beauty in coloured voices

Left the lecturer alone in his lecture hall to socialize with an empty class, noun clauses, phonetic symbols, and bogus theories he’s fabricated to hide his insanity Traded the picture of God sold by the priest for the Living One wearing an apron and guiding the cook, holding the rudder and guiding the captain Experiencing…

The true pleasures of life They live in abundance On the edge of life Where you can easily cross into death Don’t you see Why orgasm is called ‘la petite mort”? Why working out can sometimes make you feel like you’re dying Yet longevity and good health drips from such habits The higher you climb…

He forgot He was in a hurry His last can of concentrated milk He hopes will last him an eternity and a few days + He forgot to properly cover it Forgot to close the window Forgot to turn off the light in the kitchen But the little ants They don’t forget They never forget…

Rain Drumming against our rooftops And windows Inviting us to come outside And see Shadows of the sleeping sun And nature Taking her bath While her children snore And the sky, distributing raindrops The wind, rustling and moving every tree To ensure no piece of earth Goes to sleep thirsty Whiles abundance rain Whiles abundance…

Designed for fireworks The wiring in your brain Each time in crises You scratch your head in desperation And an idea lights up You may admire the brilliance But don’t forget to look up And salute the Engineer

The sun travels west Shadows of darkness flocking him to see Where he’s headed Stretching his long legs over continents He journeys over distant lands Not seeming to know what he seeks

Yesterday, we went to see a movie Returning home, I marvelled at the creativity of the director and crew I realized the movie was great because Each one of us saw ourselves in that movie Nobody spoke about the movie as we walked home We all had a secret, personal relationship with the story That…

Father in heaven For every smile we put on a face We discovered your face Smiling at our faith In our brother’s fate

How shall we honor a master? By decorating him with a badge The badge of a sack of mistakes Mistakes he’s made And now learnt to avoid And in avoiding each previous mistake Traced his path to mastery

It is where trust comes from A long journey So when you see a fine woman Remember, she was not always that fine Someone took her Raw, full of defects And saw beauty Where everyone saw flaws So you too Be mature And stay And work on your woman Stay together through thick and thin…

Tune your identity To the new definition of crazy: Be you You’ve tried for too long To be what you are not Prune away stress Be you The wisest doesn’t know it all Your true worth and destiny Lies in no man’s advice You only discover you By being you Sometimes, Conquering the world Winning…

It was a cold, wet, Saturday evening I had gone to campus to study all day And was now headed home Tired and hungry As I exited the university campus I heard an old English song Playing softly on a radio Hanging in a security post I could not understand What the sad old white…

Your past came knocking It came with a message packaged in the person of your Ex The urge to open it was strong But I resisted Wanted you to read it and tell me what it means for us Whatever you decide I just want you to know Darling, my collection of happiness That you…

A true artist Doesn’t impose His lyrics On a beat But let the beat Speak to him A true sculptor Is an emancipator Granting liberty To beauties Trapped in wood and clay A true writer Is always a guest To inspiration His guide On an adventure To unplanned destinations

His mind An iron mold Casts words into poetry With impressive designs I marvel Starring down at mine The works of my mind Ugly designs Indents here and there From blows of low self-esteem And as I gaze At the stars in the night sky Stars of achievements Achievements of my predecessors I wonder If…

An isolated mind Breeding grounds for illusions Go live among people Hear stories See for yourself And see your illusions wilt And reality taking their place No one will tell you To bundle your illusions And cast them into the sea

She cannot read She cannot write Imagine the wealth of potential Locked behind her walls Of illiteracy If you can read this Help another to see

Love mailed me her glances I hadn’t learnt to read To read her signs The same glance Kept coming In different persons I couldn’t I couldn’t see The message Boldly written On each opportunity One day whiles gleaning lessons From the footprints of time I came across a plantation of ripe girls Seeds of love’s…

With outstretched arms Planes fly over my head To embrace Lands I have never seen I stare silently At the giant air sharks Across the sky Sailing away Far away I head home Saddened by visions of adventures I cannot afford Oblivious To adventures within No plane can see or reach No matter how high…