They gather in gilded rooms to plan our fate,
With jovial hands that legislate our plate.
They speak of "sacrifice" and "common need,"
A noble, crisp, entirely costless creed.
We’d pay a princely sum, should scales be just,
To hear the truth behind the noble crust—
The private chuckle, the relieved "Thank God
Those eager fools will bear the goad and nod."
But we’re not there. We watch from down the hall.
How sharp the teeth that grin to see us fall.
How sweet the honey when the powerless call.
Don’t you realize
A life living in Freedom
Let me simply tell
Try to nip your nose
For how long you can survive
Who tell to give up?
You’ll miss breathing air
Tell other men to comply
Will fear missing air
Let’s leave the nose free
Inhales the costless fresh air
Fulfill its own way
Everybody freeborn
Desire the unchained lifespan
Nose depicts Freedom!
Grass flowers #florets
Glistened with dew
Every time I see I loosen my heart over you
This Spunky lil elf
costless but worthy enough for grass itself
You are the first florets I learnt to draw
No less than daisy to ignore
Hearts they have is shining gold
Petals they hold are pure as peace
Peeping just above the ground
In the Meadows green it’s found
The Cup Of Life
Filled to it's brim to seve the universe,
Mighty, Portable and liftable for old and young,
Carriable to toddlers even at it's brim,
Affordable and costless mug.
.
Unavoidable to everyone,
Mankind's Thirst quencher,
filled to satisfy Him,
Made to make him better.
.
Made from the finest and ancient ceramics
Beauty undescribable,
Glitters better than Gold,
Worths more value than diamonds,
.
Content's volume immeasurable,
Tastes better than french wine,
Quenches thirsts without any sip,
Value inestimable.
.
By: Fanu Damilola Daniel
©2018
Walking down the isle
I see stars of gold
Blinking with purity
The fall straight from the sky,
Bird sings of you
Men prays with you,
Queuing up expectations
Ready to possess my possession,
Crazy stories of falling stars
My lip tells sweet tales.
Looking beyond the clouds
I see stars of gold,
Perfect than a comet
Falling straight to our heart,
Older than it’s galaxy
But gold in making,
Silver in ransom
Costless as the air,
Even diamond kings calls him
My creator my stars of gold
Always there iF needed
Enjoying and eating youR food but eat less
Criticize one another In a nicer mode
Make one's way for a bEtter prospective
Unbeatable closeNess that is
so soliD
Roam around wild and costlesS like the normal people
and oH
Love one another wIth brotherly
attachment, Paying
attention to a FRIEND in NEED..
Illness we anticipate, but death we fear.
If dead, we cease to be.....
in total disbelief.
Swallows up life's brief existence.
Like summer gusts, so sudden.....
birth, then doom.
One's beginning and end alone doth it declare.
But are we whole of being?
If the breath alone be 'life' itself,
If even a soul like Vasco can know death.
Oh man! Thou body wasteless.
With it's strange purposes and dreaded activities...
whilst he gazed on eternity.
Retreating slowly, with meditative pauses, he formed with peaceful hands unconsciously.....
and then, he was gone.
These costless expressions of my shadowy self.
Be sad! Be glad! Be neither!
There is no reason why!
more is beauty humiliated
when on a public stage
naked stood.
beauty that's all to eyes of much,
is nothing but costless.
such a gilded tomb
enfolds much gruesome worms.
such is a beauty
without a wintering cover!
a cruel plague:
blinding the eyes with nay cure;
weakening the spirits with just a glance.
An absolute deluge!
a heart given to it
restless and untamed be!
The feeling I get,
so irresistable and impetuous
The joy fills in me,
while I relish the world for free
So uncontrolled and unforced,
unbidden nor uncontrived
Nice to meet you Freedom,
So costless and pure
Have been longing to feel you,
and you feel extraordinarily phenomenal
I'll never forget this feeling,
Just natural and sensational.
My lips twitched and curve
To form one dazzling swerve
A blossoming common touch
Costless but it does much
It enriches those who sees and receives
Stealing nothing from those who gives
Each facets one unique style
To execute may take for awhile
But it's effect vibrates - ripples
Lasting longer than a lifetime
It invites rapport and camaraderie
Bewitching harmless sting of robbery
Imparting rest to the weary
Cheering to anyone that's bleary
Reflecting light to the lonely
Edgeless to any man made theory
A natural antidote to trouble
One happy path to the aisle
Smile... smile... smile...
by
olive eloisa
11:36 pm
April 27, 2014
Let the child in you talk!
If you don’t have a pen,
Offer him/her a chalk.
Sit down and let it all rain.
The treasures you will find,
Are costless… and unique.
All hidden in the mind,
Waiting for your time to unclick.
Simple words will define,
Life and more in color.
Listen, hear, feel the sign,
A child is his/her own tailor.
Free spirit, no enclave,
The child in you is alive.
Surfing your moods on a wave,
Gathering shells as he/she dives.
I tell you as I remind myself,
Not to forget this little child.
Once we put him/her on the shelf,
Everything becomes wild!
It is never meant for the sincerest of hearts to break,
The strongest of souls to suffer,
Or the deepest of lakes to dry...
We as sheep of God are promised the best of things,
Wealth beyond the sun,
Or sights that bring tears to the most pleasant eye..
So why get down in despair ?,
Thinking..
Damn the world cause nobody else will ever care.
Why get down in distress ?
Seeing as it is,
We in a "White Man's World",
Which means they want us to settle for the lesser of the less.
Keep your head up brother,
Stay strong now sister,
For we all are to keep faith and perserverance with us.
Smile when you see the moon,
Rejoice when the sun shines,
Forever keep God in your heart and in mind...
Never fall victim to doubts and losses,
Decisions that you thought were costless,
Or the evil thought from voices..
Press on and never be scared of tomorrow,
Don't
Be
Scared...
Cause there is Heaven Somewhere....
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