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Oluwatomiwo Akinyemi Poem
The deadliest hang man
Pierces like a knife
Into the deepest chord of ones soul
It burns one up like a molten magma
In preparation for eruption
Oh I fear the consequences
of falling into into your entrapment
That deprives man the sanity
Of making sane decisions
Its controlling power is blinding
It makes its victim snap without
Recollection of ones action
What an existentialist concept
That ruins a man without recollection
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who is a mother?
a million dollar question
that flows through ones heart
and asks questions
not every one who gives birth
qualifies to be a mother
some are not motherly enough
to even rear their kids
some sell their kids
some abandon them...
is that a mothers role?
a rhetorical question
the mother i have
has a role far greater than her title
the privilege i have to share her life
is beyond my comprehension
she is more than a mother
not because she birthed me
because she knows her role
superbly than a cookie recipe
those poor old days
when we manage to even eat rice
and life was difficult
when we needed chicken...
for christmas and new year
and a whole chicken will be cut into half
so we will have a sense of livelihood
i have more than a mother
a mother who groomed us
all in the way of christ
thank God for the bible club of those days
and how she often tells us...
"say the truth and let the devil be ashamed"
when you lie, there are two ballots boxes
lieing makes you vote for the devil
i have more than a mother
a mother who elevates my self esteem
when people step on me
she makes me realize my worth
"i am fearfully and wonderfully made" she says
day by day, she pours into my ear
to keep myself pure
i have more than a mother
thank God for you
being a guardian,mentor and role model
over my existence...
even when we want to derail
she sets us on the right path
reminding us of the gravity of laziness
and how it doesnt pay
i have more than a mother
and i thank God for giving us you
to procreate us...
over five decades ago you were born
and today we celebrate not just your birthday
but the opportunity it has afforded me
to have more than a mother
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What did i do wrong?
What did i do wrong
I ask myself
Is it a crime
I fell for you
What did i do wrong
I ask myself
Why dint you warn me
That you break heart
What did i do wrong
My heart is pumping
Did i push you too much
Please tell me...
What did i do wrong
Is it a crime
i fell you
I do love you
And you know it
Is my professing my love
The real wrong done
What did i do wrong
I do not know
And it hurts me
Cause days...
Without your voice
Has been an absurdist
existence.
What did i do wrong
Please i need to know
Because i have been
uncoordinated
Without your guidance
Thinking about what i did
Or did not do
Is freezing my heart
And its making my thoughts
disjointed
What did i do wrong
Thats all i ask
I know you owe me nothing
But please i plead
Let me know.
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Male and female
Boys and girls
Tall and short
Light and dark
Plying the tarred roads
To make ends meet
Running gallantly
Competing for buyers
This battle...
is not for the weak and weary
Pity is the enigma
that flows..
through
my
downtrodden veins
questions are asked....
.when will the plight
of the common man change
When will this oppression
and deadly plague
Of dehumanization come to an end
Oh Nigeria,Nigeria
Consider the plight...
of your brothers and sisters
Most of which
this deadly sea of poverty
Has derailed off
the path of success
They say all hands are not equal
....Smiling...not equal they are
But symbiosis they share
The common man
is part of the cosmo of this
nation
And each deserves
the silverspoon
to attain
success.
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Oluwatomiwo Akinyemi Poem
Waiting waitng......
For the all-mighty godot
godot godot.....I ask myself
Where are you?
I have searched the
tempestuous seas
I have toiled the arid desert
All to no avail
I have defiled timidity into the
treshold of darkness
Searching searching.....
Without the sight of you...
The angst I am feeling knows
no bound
Who will restore this toothless
lion
To its old state
Who will shatter the plagues of
poverty,corruption,unemploym
ent and these eels
That denies us peace
The young is no more getting
younger
The old is no more getting
older
Our end-less wait is drawing
us closer
To the long hand of the great
striker
Who converts at the sniff of a
loop-hole
Waiting......
Is a bane to my soul
Who will deliver this fatherland
From baby-land
The oppressors without
Have handed us over to the
oppressors within
Who have become our
suppressors
Who have turned out to be
more brutal-ic in nature
godot.. godot....
Where are you?
Sometimes I doubt your
existence
But you are the chosen one
sent to douse our exist-tense
The blind leadeth those who
have eyes
Making those with sight
question-in the validity of their
optics
Several pretend godots have
come
Promising the promises of the
promise
Of leading us to the promised
land
They conceal their aim
Illusioning and indoctrinating
our minds
Into believing they have our
interests at heart
Our trust is stolen
Just like the devil
their main aim is brought to
light
We are all enslaved in the
boss-om of corrupt-nation
godot........
Where are you?
Restore the pride and dignity
of the blackest continent in the
world
They despised the colour of
my skin
Like the "esu-laa-lu" himself
Who comes for nothing else
But to kill,steal and annihilate
us
My broth-hel has enslaved me
*Inn* a more calamitous way
My anger is burn-ing up
My body has turned into a
worth-less one
Because I have no educate-
nation
They feel I do not deserve the
freed-sodom
And enjoyment of life
Godot........
Where are you?
If you exist show yourself
Deliver us from these
supplanters
Who know nothing about
father-hood
These idiotic baboons and
destructively greedy agents
have been leading us
To think mug-gabe fought for
zimba--bwes independence
And still holding on to power is
so disheartening
He ought to be thinking of his
last days
Not oppress you till I die
Its hightime we continued
chasing this gad-dafis,mob-
baraks,abi-idin sed ali out of
power
If it will take hero-ism
Heroes we will be
I thought I found the godot in
my nation finally
But you bring bad-luck than
jonah
You are so dumb like dumb
asses behave like dummies
You are weaker than the
weakest weakling that was
ever weak
My brothers are being bombed
by the bomber-men who are
my supposed brothers
They are so psycho-pathic in
nature and character
Fighting a stupid ideology....
They say "western education is
a sin"
Yet they are so dumb
to know there weapon of
destruction is westernized
Bad-luck jonah you are no
different
From this haram-bees who are
hell-bent
On self-destruct-nation
*A nothing* means of suicidal
act
Badluck jonah....awake from
your sleep
And go to your nineveh
*Asuun* strike has been
keeping stu-dent at home for
months
Like a death sentence
Dent-in and becoming dent-tri-
mental to lifes
The criminals you have on the
street
Are they not enough?
Quit savage-ing the future of
this young guns
Godot.......
Come forth if you are alive
Like lazarus
And deliver us from this sick-
ly* bond-age of *opp-rest-
less-nation*
Godot.......am still keeping
faith in you
Don't let me die before your
arrival
Come and breathe life into our
exist-tense
And destroy these forces of
destruct-nation
That is *threaten-in* this
exist-tense of mine
Gogot godot godot.......
Come forth and rescue my
nation
If your existence is not an
illusion.
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She came
like a breath
of air
Made her
impacts on
the sands of
time
Those
cherished
laughs and
smile
Gone to
behold no
more
The time so
long
But short it
is
How I long
for your
Presence
To lighten
my mood
You were
imperfectly
perfect
What a
smile...
God
cherished
you with
In a split
second
It lights up
a room
What a
generosity
you were
gifted with
I hardly
found faults
in you
An epitome
of
benevolence
Who am I to
blame you
For leaving
so soon
When the
ovation was
loudest
You were a
ray of hope
When all
seemed lost
You are a
testament
to not how
long
But how well
Though I
long for that
smile
Never to be
seen no
more
Though I
long for that
day
Hoping to
come across
you
Though I
wish at times
To glance at
your
shadow if
just for a day
But never to
be seen no
more
Your life was
toyed with
By our
negligent
drivers...
Days of
crying never
brought you
back
They
wanted to
urinate was
all that is
responsible
for this
Leaving...there
responsibilities
Endangering
peoples lives
on the
highway
Alas the
truck of
death was
close by
Ramming
into you In
the car
And
snuffing the
innocent life
out of you
....Thought
you survived
For days I
had hope
In the midst
of
hopelessness
You were
not a victim
Alas the
danger had
been done
Your gentle
spirit
Could not
fathom the
fright
Stealing you
away ..
From this
earth
untimely...
Drops of
tears...
Have not
helped my
course
The pain I
feel
Is
measurably
immeasurable
...Your body
spreadth on
the highway
Like a
bedsheet
laid..
Ready to be
slept on...
Who can I
hold
Who can I
fault...
Just have to
accept it
As the will of
God...
Though you
are no more
You live in
our hearts...
Your impact
will never be
forgotten
I hold on to
the fact
With hope
that you are
with christ
Cause that's
what make
me
Hopelessly
hopeful...
That's what
wipes my
tears
In those
dark
moments....
Till that
day...
When the
maker shall
appear
In the sky..
Sleep well..
How I wish
my stream
of tears...
Will just run
dry...
Missing you
hopelessly
12yrs seem like yesterday
Like yesterday it will always
seem
Cause you will always be
engraved in my heart
Till that day..I hope to see you
When christ shall return..
And we will live to die no more
And reign with him eternally
*to my
cousin who
lost her life
in a ghastlly
motor
accident*
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Two love birds collide
Different world
Different cities
Different colour
A tale of two cities
Like a
cinderella
story...
The groom
chocolatey
The bride
lights up
What an
attraction
Between
Unlike
poles...
When the
chocolate
enters
The bride
lights up his
world
He said he
loved her
He pursued
determinedly
He was
focused
and
patient....
And he got
his "Prize"...
As the day
drew nigh...
For the walk
on the aisle
Everyone in
high spirits...
Preparations
all the way..
To make it a
day
Dat lasts
long in the
memory
Trumpets
blowing..
Drums
banging
Dancers
strutting
their stuff
Standstill...the
order of the
day
All nooks
and
crannies
filled
For just two
people
Destined to
be *father
and mother*
Of many
nations*
Union that
has been
God-
ordained
To
transform
and mould
lives
With Jesus
at the
Epicentre..
The rivers of
excitement
flows
through my
bloodstream
Now its a
month of
God-fulfilled
promise
Tick tock
says the
clock....
A month in
no time
Will lead to
a year
And to a
decade....
Double
decades...
and
many more
If Jesus
tarries....
God will
*jinki* you
with seeds
That will
continue
your vision...
And your
parental
roles fulfilled
You shall
not lax
in
your
responsibilities
To
yourselves....
And seeds....
You are an
eagle
Destined to
soar...
You shall
shine...
Brighter
than the sun
You shall
walk with
God
Like never
before
*jinki*
yoruba word
for enrich...
(An
indigenous
language in
nigeria)
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met a dame
On a maine
Waltz through my lane
Pretty as fine clay
Molded for a potter
To cherish
So as not to perish
An honourable damsel
.....My intuiton
Precedes me...
leap of faith
To sustain fate
should I hail her
...Retorting....
thinking.....
Summoned the courage
To take the chilvarous step...
My confidence faints
Like a tainted glass
Seeing her everyday
Brings calm to my storm
Aloof I stand
Watching events unfold
...Thinking.....
I have eternity to work up to
her
Divulging my deepest thoughts
How wrong was I....
Like a thief in the night
Eternity was stolen from me
Procrastination steals the time
Leaving me....fathoming what
could have been
If odds had been defiled
Taken the giant stride
To defy all odds....
Hence I spent four years
Appreciating her from afar
Without waltzing toward her
What could have been....
Is what I ask....
Eternity can't answer that
Cause its so far away
What could have been....
An hello could have solved the
mystery
...Road not taken
Opportunity missed...
Hence the voice
That sounded like *the bird
sings*
Is the memory I hold on too...
What could have been....
Can never be known
Cause fate stole it all
Living just a memory
To reminisce over.....
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The ignominy of buying and
selling
Is disgustingly despicable
The church of God
Has lost its taste
Its flavour diminished
The worldly purview
Is warming its way into the
church
Money is the order of the day
The taxonomy has to change
So as not to bring the name of
God
Into disrepute....
The drawing board we must
go
Checkmating ourselves...so
this excesses will not condemn
us
By not giving to ceasar what
belongs to ceasar
In Gods presence
You reverence Him in its
entirety
Not hiding under the backdrop
Of christian resource materials
being sold
Let's change and digress from
this sinful way
Before change changes us
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Love is blind
And I have no sight
Like an aimless shooter
I nosedived into perdition
They warned me sheepishly
But I succumbed to the sight
Which I in-depth-ly lacked
I was warned of your lot
But like a lost dog I heed not
In my non sight
A goddess with revered beauty
Sprung past me with values
Of outward qualities alone
Her beauty is like the calm
In the stormy voyage of titanic
The beauty of the rose
That lay by the cedars of Lebanon
Cannot sweep off her charm
Spell bound I divulged my deepest thoughts
She stared at me in awe in jaw dropping form
I purred after her like an unrepentant sinner
Until she gave in to my demands
We tied the nuptial knot
She has been granting pleasures like a genie
365days succeeded the union
I decided to take her out
To reaffirm our loves growth
That is like an old wine
I kept gulping battalions of drink
She kept eating like an hungry lion
Set out to devour me
I asked her to drink
She kept mute with a wry smile
I took little food
Because my stomach was filled
With rivers of drink
Until he told me she has confession
I wandered what it could be
Until he said I can never get pregnant
A shake of immeasurable measure
He said she is a transgender
I am indeed a blind lover
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