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9-11 Enter Bare

Enter Bare

Nocturnal screams of voices beamed
Through sacrificial sacred skies
Insanity on a killing spree
With tears crusted crucified cries

On Angels wings flying thin
As the multitudes will divinely divide
Enter bare as we watch and stare
For the world has embraced genocide

Rubble rumbles as structures crumble
Lives are lost within a blink of an eye
Hell awakes as it violently shakes
The cityscapes of Gemini

Evil stays as it laughs and plays
For the demons scream and shout
There’s no escape from the sins of rape
The pain compounds and stingly sprouts

Soulful souls now empty holes
The battalions show their pride
Shall we avenge as we entrench
While the innocent do abide.



Sept.11.2016...^WW^

In Memory of 9/11  

Remembering all the poeple that lost their lives...their families, their friends and all the Hero's that came to help...  

...illustrated by Winged Warrior...
Form: Rhyme

On a Lonely Bench

Sitting on a lonely bench,
Memories got me blenched,
Your heart I tried to clench,
Though, the rains got me drenched,
From hearts I needed to entrench...

Your words not retrenched,
From things I wanted to bent,
While you often tended to bend,
Without letting me mend...

You, I tried to fend,
You borrowed and erased the times I used to lend,
Manipulated and used by you,
Pretending to be a friend...

From hallows I ascended
From errors you descended,
My life wished to be attended.
Even though, you got me expended,
My hands were still extended,
Even though, you got me offended...

The times I misspended,
You still condescended me,
Though, the changes were about to be impended,
I was still amended,
And I was still intended...

But, I was not comprehended,
Even though, you were condemned and untamed,
While I was aimed to be blamed,
Still, more thing you wanted to borrow and gain...

Although, this is the end,
The ways, I will paint,
For the pains to get unbended,
As I contemplate nature and life,
With memories that swayed and portended,
As my soul slowly transcended,
While sitting on a lonely bench...

Premium Member Avernus Underconsciousness

The cypress trees at water’s edge hedge an entrance.
We circle senseless, aimless, wheezing from the stench. 
We are unprepared for this netherworld mischance,
this lifeless pool without birds where we entrench.

Drawn into the grotto leading to the abode of the dead,
we are alarmed to find the design is quite familiar.
Our handwriting and signatures cannot be misread.
All around our cacotopian creation seems so peculiar.

Dank alleys crowded; COVID corpses decompose.
Back when, we passively handed the reign of power
to a petulant fiendish bully we might not now depose.
His smirking cult spews contempt like a shower.

Meanwhile conspiracy capers cavort clucking tongues,
and we view our nihility specters, seeking our escape. 
But this vortex germ befouls the air, attacking our lungs.
Our vertigo fatigue means our breakout can’t take shape.

This is long lost Avernus, the black hole of our making.
Thoughtless, this virus only preys on any for the taking.
Form: Rhyme


Poverty Taxes

In Kenya, they are called value-added taxes, “yani VAT”.
They change and increase every year
And are placed on everything under the sun.
The prices increase daily, 
But they say it would lead to everyone paying their fair share of tax. 

They are better referred to as poverty taxes,
Because they punish the poor to become the poorest,
They entrench selfishness among the neighbours and friends,
They take away the only saving of the poor in the society,
and one wonders why the poor remain the poorest. 

The tax takes the homes, 
The mortgages become unaffordable, 
The rent skyrockets in Nairobi, Kisumu and Mombasa,
While the gas prices become unbearable.
The cars and bus rides become a luxury,
and our lunches are taken from our mouths. 

The tax man is always on the door, 
You wonder if you are under some emergency evacuation.
Taxman takes every percentage of your hospital bill,
Or school fee, or your child’s pocket money, or church tithe offerings,
Until there is nothing positive to take away. 

Worst of it, the bills and penalties are always in your postal mail.
The services offered at government offices are poor. 
The civil servants are rude to the core like vampires.
The infrastructure development is wanting, 
The electricity blackouts in rural areas are frequent,
Education facilities not well equipped,
Health facilities are rotting from inadequate funding,
and any innovation is suspiciously viewed as a threat. 

The tax man never explains where is the tax,
Nor what development activities were completed. 
The poor’s voice can’t be heard yet everything is taxed.
The poor continue to be taxed to poverty,
While the tax man feeds the corrupt all the taxes.

A Carnal Woman

Carnal woman has sweet smell of fragrance
To create the finite atmosphere of fantasy, 
With potent powers and primal ambiance, 
Beguiled intruding hearts entrench in ecstasy.

A carnal woman filled with burning stars,
In lust for love adventure walks through life,
What powerful might touches men senses? 
The margin of errors is sharper than a knife.

Wildest desires to rule in tempestuous waves,  
Taking brave souls on a journey for two,
Through beautiful glades and marshy places, 
Demands stopped where slippery flames flew.

And own innocent dreams lost in a moments thrill
The muddy air of flaws transforms into delights,  
A bliss that can be more sublime than present will
Trapped in ruin vows by many lonely nights. 

A kiss to cover sins for eternity is an exquisite
Genital fire, nothing more than cloudy explosion,
To ruin integrity and scars leave the saddest merit, 
Glowing warm in ashes on the floor of compulsion.

Where fascination can see no light in the dark, 
Character holding together thighs and magnetism, 
Loosen by talk and the blighted spirit scarlet mark,
Nocturnal reincarnation precipitate ecstatic mysticism.

Anger

A spirit enshrouded in darkness
Angry thoughts under his eyelids
His soul withering in pain
And his conscious fighting in vain

Heart once warm and inviting
Now ice cold and frightening
Rage pure because someone did him wrong
Muscles shaking like the ringing of a gong

He's focused and his thoughts are clear
To somehow entrench the wrongdoer in fear
Yet no ones done wrong, their feelings just aren't the same
The wrongdoer was a woman, who put his feelings to shame

So for a while he's mad at everyone
Mad at the earth, and mad at the sun
He must go through all the stages of grief
Until tears leave his eyes and he finds his release

Love is dangerous, not everyone survives
The trial by error test, to find Mrs. right
You must have the courage, the will to continue on
When your heart has been broken and it's beats are not strong
Form: Rhyme


Dunes of Guadalupe

For many years, there the sphinxes lay
Entombed in decorated silent graves,
Whose reminiscence amaze the present day.
When deities emerge out of nine decades.
 
The lost city unearthed something else.
Myths entrench in fear by the same wind,
Secret elements of powers and fragile pieces,
Those rare mementos buried in the sand.
 
Prophecy revives the spells outside
Worlds in code of metaphysical status,
Stand resolute where sand dunes subside,
To unleash the powers of dark recesses.
 
Elliptical shrines lost in the track of our mind,
Defining age with the archetypal grains,
Dunes of Guadalupe covered in layers of sand,   
Timeless images enslaved on silent plains.
 
Where symbolism of the ancient world
Meet beauty and harmony of the new age
Subliminal entities, interpretation of the soul
Incarnation carved out of limestone decrease image.

God Bless America!!!

GOD BLESS AMERICA! ( USA ) 

She is America , 

A specimen of limitless beauty 

Interlocking diversity, united is the states 

An abode, given to God for own 

A realm freedom makes home 

The model heaven replicates here 

A near perfection, yet a standard 

An ideal template to civilization 

Brightest star amongst many 

Canopy where compassion is native 

Selfless in service, all benefit 

Defender of universal justice 

A fair police evil dread 

An enemy, many misunderstand 

Yet the good, wants a piece of her 

America, an empire all-pervading 

  

God bless America ! 

Your kindness, will never be a fault 

A giver, never with a grudge 

God bless America ! 

Hope of the oppressed 

Your blood, a sacrifice to universal peace 

God bless you America 

Greatest land of noble Heroes 

With warriors of universal appeal 

Bravely wired, with liberation skill 

  

America God bless your sacrifices 

Humanity hails you and applauds 

Heavens true embassy for real 

Even beast as Eagle 

Like others, support your resolve 

Sincerely, this for you, my medal 

My gratitude so measureless 

Yes! I admire you 

 For am your fan for life. 

  

    

Beaming and flaunting 50 

Your territories is marked Golden 

A beautiful bride, 

All glimpses you attract 

Just a piece of you, 

Many memories perpetually treasure 

Disembarking the wings of hope 

Your change is ushered 

  

Welcome to new horizon 

A dawn of impeccable excellence 

Continue as always, 

 Heal and change the world 

All’s allegiance will not be corrupted 

Once again, a new America is born again 

To nurture ,nourish ,pollinate 

And entrench the dream  

Yes! He had a dream 

A dream! , a dream! 

The American Dream 

A dream of change 

God bless America 

America blesses God. 

  

Author: Felix Joseph Osaeghemede      

(chumfin4poem@yahoo.com)+2348037825027. 

Written: 8-10-2008 ;11-45pm-12-25am.  

“The world needs to appreciate a country that is selflessly committed to global peace” 

Felix.o.Joseph.  

 A SPECIAL DEDICATION TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA .
Form:

Entrench

Some keen to keep
     The hunger 
                At the house 
As their business 
               Hunger based 
      entrench
Form:

On the Other Side of the Wind

Against the indigo velvet skies 
The sweetly scented nightly breeze 
Sends leaves falling, rustling 
Allowing moonlight thru the trees  
 
Through curtains softly billowing 
The moonlight steals its furtive glance 
Flirting with silky ebony shadows
Performing their nightly ritual dance 
 
On the other side of the wind 
Whispers softly echo in her mind 
Beckoning her… 
To listen to their voice 
Telling her his love she’ll surely find  
 
The wind chimes in spiral curves 
A moment that’s timeless stirs her soul 
To a crystalline awakening in her heart 
Welcoming imbuing intrusions to console 

In quiet moments she breathes him in 
His hand in hers, feelings linger 
A graceful dance to walk a path 
Feeling his  touch upon her fingers 

A trail of tears tinged with sighs 
Thoughts of him entrench the dark 
A restless soul needing warmth 
In quiet moments he invades her heart 
Will she find him once again… 
On the other side of the wind?

Only With Love

I hear the music of the Creator
 In the fire of the sunset, in the blue darkness of the night,
 In a starling’s song – a spring’s curator
 Even when the quietness is tight.

 It seems that love embraces all the creatures.
 No more sadness, loss and tears.
 No more wars, no more killed soldiers,
 And only Madonna tenderly cradle her dears.

 But how to understand where the evil vanished?
 How can you distinguish love from hate?
 How to survive in spite of all the deaths
 And know that our life is our mate?

 To know love we have to know evil,
 Clean our souls of envy and revenge.
 There is simply no the other way out.
 With only love beautiful life you can entrench.
Form: Couplet

Uprooted

I used to rock my baby
‘Neath an overhanging tree
Which grew right by the river,
Just a block or two from me.

Its leafy boughs provided shade
To my most favorite bench,
A haven in the city
Where a new mom could entrench.

In recent years, those branches
Formed a bower where I’d rest,
To read or write a poem or two,
With breezes that caressed.

For more than thirty years, that tree
Has stood there like a friend.
I never ever thought I’d see
Its life abruptly end.

This morning, though, I passed that spot
And noticed too much sky.
The tree is gone, a fact my brain
Was dying to deny.

It isn’t worth it to protest;
The awful deed is done.
No more will strollers have a place
Of shelter from the sun.

But so much more than summer shade
This neighborhood has lost.
When roots are wrested from the ground,
To me, a line’s been crossed.
Form: Rhyme

Rapestry For Aruna Shanbaug

Like a dove
I judiciously played the role
That humanity has called me to
The tranquil and peace is limitless

Every stride taken
A new day to entrench memories
In the hearts of the weak
Hoping my smile gives them strength

Just like another of those days
I went about my daily task
Until lightning struck like wildfire
My gentle strength weakened
Crushed like a molten magma

Over four decades later
In a vegetative state condemned
Because of a callous oppressor
Six feet under to be deposited

so-hanial-bharta-wa-mi-ki
Left to walk free 
And pains etched in the hearts
Of all that loved and cared for me
Form: Epitaph

'grand'Mother

Slow and subtle, mellow and munificent.
Stripes of selflessness run through her veins.
But there’s something about her that
I can’t describe. 

It’s love, deep love- spinning its wheels,
It never ends. Sacrifice, kiss goodbye
and cut loose, for love. Undying
of myriad attempts for happiness
For those she has left.

It’s faith- 
We will meet again. 
To everyone she has lost,
She will find her way.

It’s courage- fighting
Against wolves, against rabbits
all alone. In that gnarly, crooked life
all alone. All alone.

The grief of bereavement,
‘GRAND’mother was so young!
The grief of dependence,
‘GRAND’mother is old!

It’s something nature’s done,
Enlighten, Empower, Entrench our ways,
Pawn or Queen.

My grandmother, a hero
A role model,  
Her ways shine.

I can see her in the mirror,
She can see me too.
She is inside me, I feel it.
She feels it too.

We both know, 
Land or Water, Dusk or Dawn
Holocaust or Home, Heaven or Hell,
Her time will never end.
She’s an inspiration to the world.
© Esha Natu  Create an image from this poem.

63 and Beyond

Gained in 1957 our Independence.
Hailed by all as the Black Star, the gateway and leader to Africa's independence.
At the turn of this decade, are we truly independent?
Not yet politically, economically, and socially truly independent?
All the toil and blood of our fathers were they in vain?

God, You did indeed bless our homeland, intended her to be great and strong.
Humility truly has made us boldless and fearful
All we have is pseudo-peace: no good name worthy of upholding and defending.
No longer does honesty reign in this nation, untruth of all kinds is the order of the day.
All of our strengths and our hearts we serve Ghana not but our selfish interests.

God invigorate us to defend our heritage
Humility kindly substitute with hard work, entrench honesty and please as jara add punctuality.
And help us to resist our self-serving individualistic nature.
Nurture unto to us leaders with the state’s prosperity truly in their hearts.
And with all our will and might we shall follow them, playing our best part, forevermore.
Form: Acrostic

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