An Oathbound lil child
Chasing dreams wild
Unflappable in stress
Still has to deal with mess
And that mess is me
Still yearns for you to fly not flee
Imperfections meet perfections
My heart knows, you take actions
Blindness takes me over
But can't see you hover
All your hurt to me and my fortune to you
You made my love come true
My beloved enchanted
Never took you for granted
Alas! My heart is fragile
And you're a little more agile
I took it as a curse
In quiet measures it got worse
I was stuck in that black hole
Darkened with every role
But why would I let my mishandling make you suffer?
Between you and your dreams, a buffer
Your life quietly aligns
Amid me and my whines
But but but, it all got unraveled
When I made my pieces together travelled
And then comes a wave of rapture
Dew kissed my heart capture
My heart aches for all the soreness I gave thee
But now these scars sets free.
All the misfortune and evil eyes flee
And again our soul sparks glee.
A name can feel heavy
Before you ever mention it.
Some names carry rooms
You never meant to dwell in.
A name can imitate until you
Forget your own voice.
Some lock behind you like a
Door you didn't restrict.
Some names carry rooms
You never meant to live in.
And still, you wear them
Because someone handed
Them to you.
Some lock trailing you like a
Door you didn't close.
One day you discern the metal
Shift.
And still, you wear them
Because someone handed
Them to you.
One day you hear the metal
Shift.
One day you step out
Leaving the cage open
Behind you.
"I filled the night's chalice with knots of desire..."
For you have set my untarnished heart on fire
"I learned how to live unkissed, until" we met
Now, we dance all night long, a romance duet
"The moon is an honest Manipulator"
Gives us away with its light, like a traitor
"It's raining roses and love riots" tonight
Together, we make an enviable sight
I'm the passionate pulse that beats in your veins
Wholly yours to explore, 'coz you hold my reins
The midnight stars groove to the rhythm of our souls
We are in a place where amour, us controls
Let's share our ardency with milky moonbeams
And with the sleeping world, our soft stardust dreams
Hands joined, lives intertwined, we will never part
For you and I, we live in each other's hearts...
I have fallen once again…
I know… everybody falls,
And I’m trying to get up
But can barely even crawl.
All these burdens that I bear ,
They have knocked me to my knees.
So, I call upon the Lord
And I hope He hears my pleas…
I believe the Lord will save me,
But even if He won’t,
Still will I serve Him…
Life can be so very hard.
We must struggle everyday,
We all stumble and we trip
As we follow on His way.
It’s so hard to find our peace
And to keep His end in sight
When worries keep on growing
And we cannot sleep at night,
I believe the Lord will save me,
But even if He won’t,
Still will I serve Him…
So, I’ve fallen once again…
Seems I do it all the time…
And He says to let it go
But I still cling to what’s mine.
And I know that I lack faith
But I’m trying to believe
And to open up my heart
So, His grace I can receive…
I believe the Lord will save me,
But even if He won’t,
Still will I serve Him…
There be none of that
U b fresh to me
You're not cool to me
Rude as dirty pig
You be loud stinky and unruly
I be not for you.
My heart I shall not give
Simple as that
You shall not
Wind me over with your lust
I be not for you
I beat trust
Not to mess
I am chosen
To a king beholden
You can't have it
My vessel nor soul
You can't have it my vessel
I'm spoken for
I am my kingdom's bride
my king I am his
Virtuous, I'm chosen.
I b not 4 U
~
Dia be none for dat
u b fresh to me
you're no bi dey sharp to me
rude as dorti pig
you be loud stinky and do anyhow
i be no bi for you.
mai heart i shall no bi find
shikena as dat
you shall no bi
wind me ova wit ya lust
i be no bi for you
i beat trust
no bi to mess
i am chosen
go king beholden
you no fit don it
mai vessel abi soul
you no fit don it mai vessel
i'm spoken for
i am mai kingdom's bride
mai king i am im
virtuous, i'm chosen.
i b no bi 4 u
9/1/26
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr 2026
Afrobeat Song
Feeling a stinging, sharp pain.
It's fitting perfectly, like a puzzle piece.
Who is it that is to blame?
Going faster and harder till both of us break,
going still, even if I freeze,
'cause, oh Lord, it really is for my sake.
All the fire inside of me,
the feeling only screaming, “Please,”
letting them out, letting them grow, letting them be.
He is all I ever wanted to achieve.
With him, the largest problems transform into relief.
August 28
Do you know about him
The little tall man
Living in the brown street
His lips are hard
Like where charcoal is made
He feels high more than alcohol
And always scorn his wild hair
Do you know about the natural leaf
That scorned him
For the first time
He feels his lips
With a sedative herb
And forms a circle in his skin
There are dirts
Waiting to be heaped away
He picks them up by chance
Along with a clipper
He moves with the cloud
Seeing double shadows on the way
Laughing at him
Finally at a waste bin spot
The dirts are abandoned
He picks up the clipper
This is the best place for hair cut
He sits loving the moment
While passersby share laughters
He pulled me out of
the abyss of my despair
He gave me His love
not a spirit of fear
He promised to never leave me
stay forever in my life
so my response to Him
Is yes my Lord Christ
and when I was down
to my last time
God had my bills paid
right on time
He promised to never leave me
stay forever in my life
so my response to Him
Is yes my Lord Christ
God wants me to be
at my best
for in me
He does invest
He supplies all my needs
satisfies all my desires
So yes, a response to Him
Is much required
Yes Lord yes Lord
with no uncertainty
Yes Lord yes Lord
with true affinity
Yes Lord yes Lord
Is my only reply
Yes Lord yes Lord
I lift your name up high
You promised to never leave me
stay forever in my life
So my response to you God
Will always be yes
My Lord Christ
A mind that flows like a journal .
Ideas that stretch as long as river canals.
The ambience is burdened and sinks once in a while.
The focus , undisturbed like the Blue lotus of the Nile.
At that moment with everything on its climax,
The surreptitious heart doesn't allow the body to relax.
With simple words to be said ,the throat is choked,
The sensitivity of the heart was poked.
Stuck on the same predicament with no solutions,
This problem exfoliates with the burning passions.
All passing shadows are the regular audience.
The night weighs the duration with an alarming presence.
Sleep feels like a futile exercise with a heavy chest,
All it takes is one word after the other to finally rest.
Are you scared that your words would be what they detest?
Fool, I think telling them is for the best,
Even if your role in their life is of a guest's.
He said he loved me,
yet still left me.
If he loved me, how could he hurt me?
Forever, I will love him
the way he could never love me.
My heart is stone, my heart was sealed,
Long before you had appeared.
Tell me why, my dear, how, my dear.
You managed to churn up my insides for a whole year.
So, my darling, why so darling?
You throw rocks at my head,
But you willingly catch me before I fall dead.
If not my darling, why so darling?
both sides you show I just so fear.
So tell me, dear, why and how, my dear,
Are you messing with me?
Or are you just darling?
No bi for you
mine soul
no bi for you
mai bodi no bi for you
i am a coveted wife.
covenant for covenant promise go man
deem be mai husband
no look upon me wit ya heart
boi i be no bi for you
no bi for you no bi for you
true
no be sweating for ya skin. You thirst
di lust you feel na real
you're mind thoughts no fit touch me
beware for ya era
be no bi for error
boi, i b sanco, i am selected.
mai king awaits for me
mai king awaits me
i am sanco too
Not for you
Mine soul
Not for you
My body not for you
I am a coveted wife.
Covenant in covenant promise to A man
Deem to be my husband
Don't look upon me with your heart
Boy I be not for you
Not for you not for you
Truth
Don't be sweating at your skin. You thirst
The lust you feel is real
You're mind thoughts can't touch me
Beware of your era
Be not in error
Boy, I B promised, I am selected.
My king awaits for me
My king awaits me
I am promised too
Royal heart soul sweet blue
It's him for me, not you.
royal heart soul sweet blue
it's am for me, no bi you
8/16/26
Written by James Edward Lee Sr. 2026
I'm looking to your mouth
And I see why you're crying
I think about your heart
And you're soul denying
I need you to be my truth.
I am your monopoly.
The very reason that you be
The only onr for me
I look into your soul,
and I want you more.
I want you my man
My heart beats for God and you
I am ever so fond of you
I need you, joy. you are all I need
I am your monopoly.
The very reason that you be
The only one for me
I'm looking to your mouth.
I look into your soul
And I want you more.
I want you, my man,
My heart beats for God and you,
I am ever so fond of you,
I need you, joy.
You are all I need
I think about your heart
And you're soul denying
I need you to be my truth.
I am your monopoly.
The very reason that you be
The only one for me.
I look into your soul
And I want you more.
I want you, my man,
My heart beats for God and you,
I am ever so fond of you,
I need you, joy.
You are all I need.
A Damilo Song--
Written for Nigerian singer"Damilo"
7/13/25
Written by James Edward Lee Sr 2025
Let us say there is great devastation.'
In Venezula.!
In Columbia.!
In Ukraine.!
In Iran.!
Let us say, there is great devastation..!
In the USA there is homelessness.?
There is rampant, drug abuse.'
There is wholesale murder of the un-born;
Future.!
In the whole world inequality reigns.'
Let us say there is great devastation..!
Where is God we may say in all this.?
He is still waiting I remind myself.'
For you and me, to turn to Him..)
So that he may heal. All our great devastations.!
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such mine week
az purty
cross
tramp'd mine creek
divulge'n
for peek
edvard'z
such thuh nerve'n sweet
such mine weak
such month
mine
such treat
mine
see through pleats
teats
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*week and weak are in their
astute placez here <]')
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