Journey Farewell Poems

I am lost and can never be found..
I'm hidden away in the deep dark abyss.
I know you won't ever find me..
To you I never seemed...

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People anticipated, and waited for the day they could gaze upon my beauty, and that they did. The men adored me, the women admired me,...

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I follow others in search of fortune,
I've made a decision to leave town;
many love this boy's eyes so brown:
on his goodbye he whistles a sad...

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We master the art of feeding our doubts, with the dark enchantment of a "what if...”,
Beneath our feet grow roots that suffocate us in the...

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When you stood on the bridge
He along stood firmly by your side.
When you almost fell off the edge 
That courage he never tried to hide....

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We find ourselves with you in time, 
Thoughts of you are roaming our minds
Angels playing music at the Gate
Heaven will be Home; let's call it...

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You left
After death
Knocked at your door
No need to say more.

We painfully grieved
We recited your poems.

We cried like grown kids
As you lay
Silently surrounded
By a dazzling array...

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To my life that betrayed the butterflies~
          within my chrysalis mind, 
forgive my flawed dialect, 
I...

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Can we put a man on the moon?
Just asking, hope not too soon..

We've built him a rocket
In the shape of a bed
With nice fluffy pillows
For...

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Softly sighing, cerulean skies melt over a trail of endings.

Lost in last night’s laughing leaves, silent reflections, memories trembling.

Echoing along shadows, laughing quietly as past...

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Spring arrived, ‘Twas the dawn of man
Consciousness exploded with a Big Bang
We foraged inquisitively for berries and nuts
Soon building settlements and primitive huts

A subtle spark...

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A VISIT TO THE MORTUARY
Makinde Adebayo Adeniyi

Sleeping on the slab
Surrounded by kith and kin
In a conference of blab
No thought of sin
All opinions in the bin
Naked...

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Kill in the eyes that see
It could be designated for me
Murder in the mind and heart
Words were spoken, “I want you dead”
No instead
No speculation
Total elimination
Lies...

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Mummy heading for market “Bye”
For her child shall super snacks buy
One or two big surprises try; 
If she does it not child’s pained cry…

‘Bye’ for...

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Even though you're not here, 
I miss your morning meows
I've ignored you parting from me
But, you haven't gone anyhow. 

I remember six years ago, ...

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