Materializing
memory
photos on the wall
Immortalizing
tomorrow
vision to recall
Prescience
in the offing
feelings coming home
Sentience
remaking
— that forever known
(Dreamsleep: September, 2025)
As good
as they got
Clapton
Allman and Page
Their music
still borrowed
the Delta
on stage
Technique
in the offing
devoid
of the pain
As juke joints
and crop shares
sing out
— in refrain
(The New Room: August, 2025)
Learn to Fandango
castanet in your hand
Tambourine calling
its bells to command
Dance every Tango
before it’s too late
Death in the offing
— the wolf at the gate
(Dreamsleep: April, 2025)
I don’t know
what it is
I know
what it isn’t
Revealed
in the offing
An image
— takes form
(Dreamsleep: October, 2024)
The windmill is ready
the wind is not
Breezes far distant
never reaching the spot
Change in the offing
consent from within
One breath pouring outward
— and blades start to spin
(Dreamsleep: April, 2024)
A journey landing in December
Road to the Moon of wonder
Trip of four to remember
East of Eden fonder
Milestone is in the offing
Instilled dream becomes a happening
Strobe lights showing and playing
Second-scheduled mission, but first crewed...
Wandering aimless at night
Seeking hopeless for light
Remembering beautiful past
Suffering from memories,aghast
Where I was yesterday a host
Now, I am merely a guest
The city which once was so beautiful
Filled with all colors of joy,wonderful
Turned out to be colorless
Never ending cries fill the air
Ferocious screams, blind eyes and deaf ears
Peace lies at the table like a dice
When these assaults will cease
May the new dawn in the offing
Be the hope of new spring
Where the colours of our beautiful past returned
Where the fragrance of our lost spring retained
Midnight was approaching.
A New Year is in the offing.
I see her a few yards from me.
Lovely, enchanting, alluring.
We smile, we approach,
Silently we clink glasses,
Sip the bubbly drink.
The countdown begins
Towards the new year.
Our lips brush,
O the ecstasy of love.
I feel her soft face,
Her slightly parted lips.
All around seem to disappear,
We find ourselves
In a vortex of love
Light as we find ourselves
In the delight of weightlessness.
Hurtling up in elation.
Standing in the dark
Kept in the lost ark
Longing for a spark
Hidden like a lark...
Underneath my ark
Nimbling is a shark
Waiting for me to fall off
Craving to bite me off...
Not too far I see an ark
There you stand as I stark
As my ark closes in
You decided to jump in...
You asked my name
I asked yours too
You saved my name
I was pleased to know you...
For twelve days and nights
you stayed in my ark
Thirteenth day you bade with delights
"goodbye" to steer your ark
"When will I see you again," I asked
"Our paths will cross again," you gasped
"...you are the Prince of my heart!"
Somewhere out there, you'll never know...
a new life is in the offing.
(Prosebite)
sweet susuration
moon-drenched landscape silhouettes
love in the offing
Success is the fruit of layman’s labor,
It’s good to enjoy, it’s nice to savor;
Sacrifice and toil, they are not in vain,
Even if oft times, the mind is in pain.
People say that life is a play or game,
Sometimes the wild world is so hard to tame;
Envy’s stone is thrown at the big apple,
As the monsters wait for the king to fall.
Slaves of jealousy are eaten by hate,
For they have entered into anger’s gate;
They cannot escape from the chain of ire,
Because they have heart with evil desire.
Yes, failure in life is a stepping stone
Toward win streak when seed of work is sown;
Victorious harvest is in the offing,
Whatever happens, leaves will always cling.
Getting nostalgic around days by the lake.
We moaned while touching the pond's water.
The lake's base shimmered with life and hake.
As love, spirit and peace aren't a clumsy bailor.
Nothing moves as I stroll out onto the lake.
See the moon's full splendor in insight.
A great time is in the offing for my sake
The lake cottage has its own quality sleight.
From the morning's veils to the cricket's sing;
Midnight shimmer, noon a purple hue.
And the night is full of a linnet's wing.
I hear lake water lapping the shore and grew.
Summer by the lake is my most loved place.
We can sense the water underneath our feet.
What a series of subtle signals you pace.
As a deer might be viewed as an omen meet.
You will be unquiet on the dance floor.
Shadow is an awfully tasteful player.
The morning dew shines with rich spoor.
Awareness of one's own being the conveyor.
A speck of sand got lodged in your hair.
Bronze in its design phase July desire.
Step near, my love, and sustain the snare.
I recall your gaze emitted a blaze of fire.
Written: September 10, 2021
Weep not Nigeria,
for justice is in the offing.
Weep not Nigeria,
for your cries resonate and ring.
Weep not Nigeria,
It's time for your African spring.
Weep not Nigeria,
none shall usurp your role as king.
Weep not Nigeria,
for soon in ecstasy you'll sing.
Weep not Nigeria,
for to towering heights you'll cling.
Weep not Nigeria,
and soar atop the eagle's wing.
Weep not Nigeria,
for your patience will gladness bring.
Weep not Nigeria,
it's time to sing the ding dong song.
Weep not Nigeria,
for your misery will not be long.
Weep not Nigeria,
for you are numbered with the strong.
The rose may be fading , sweet scent almost gone ,
petals lying limp, stem covered in thorns
surrounded by great love , her smile opens wide ,
embracing the living, her troubles put aside ,
storms in the offing , dark days are nigh ,
her life now is ending , called from on high ,
time to be going , for now we say goodbye ,
cheeks deadly grey, eyes weary and leaden ,
taking the first steps on the stairway to heaven.
"for a lady family friend who died of cancer"
J-ust feel the joy
O-f swimming in the river;
Y-our life is truly bathed by the crystal-clear water.
R-ejoice over the looming,
I-mminent win on the battlefield;
V-ictory is in the offing,
E-ven the triumph is sealed.
R-ejoice on second of June, despite the lies try to destroy;
A-llow your heart to smile, just feel the joy.
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