Should it ever go dark,Hark back to the days of yoreAnd you’d know that fate was right—We were meant to be. Should it ever go dark,Remember, we were strayed heartsIn search of heaven,And we found us. Should it ever go dark,Remember, I made the right choiceTo be with you—head high,Holding you nigh never to letContinue reading “SHOULD IT EVER GO DARK”
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SAINT’S CALL
I’m on my knees of guilt Lord. Ready to bring my confessions on board. Like drenching in the rain, I bathed in sin. I knew of the lustful unfolding scenes Nurtured in the setting of my prose, But with the friendship of corruptible different souls, I never cared. I just enjoyed its wages in beatitude.Continue reading “SAINT’S CALL”
WHAT SHALL WE EAT?
Meat and fish, gizzard and croaker,All rolled into one steaming hot and large bowlof hunger as harsh as the sun in Sokoto,And lack that grips us as firmly as a viceas we sing in fuzzy voices: what shall we eat? Rice and beans, egusi and fufu,We hope for some but are fed fullof empty promisesContinue reading “WHAT SHALL WE EAT?”
THAT’S ALL I WANT TO HEAR
I dug till I met the crust of your smileAnd realized it wasn’t mine.You should have told me‘Cos I’ve fallen so much thatI can’t find my way home.Hey, you should have told me. “I wish I could show you the way out,But I love you so much thatMy heart’s jungle wants you lost in it.Yes,Continue reading “THAT’S ALL I WANT TO HEAR”
IF TEARS COULD ONLY SPEAK
I lived the moment I died.I journeyed the moment I slept.I knew places my legs touched not.I drank the dew of the moons,I got lost in the open,And I fed from tables’ remnants I used to be revered by million smilesTo be held by pristine solaceTo be called honey.I used to be…Nothing more than thisContinue reading “IF TEARS COULD ONLY SPEAK”
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