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Naive Faith

...Chose a Title; Naïve Faith, Sponsor – Edward Ibeh – 8-27-25
Naïve synonyms: callow, guileless, innocent, pure, genuine, honest, simple, sincere
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Naïv...

The Benin Mask

...Ivory gleams like moonlight carved into memory—
the face of Idia, Iyoba, Queen Mother of Benin,
whose spirit breathes through the silence of exile.

In 1897, they came with fire and iron,
tore o...

Unmade - FIRE AND ICE, part 2

...Let this not be poetry.
Let this be a reckoning.

(Honest John.)
You are a groomer.
You are a predator in plain clothes.
You are a bastard carved from rot
Too old to claim innocence,
Too vile...

The Crown of Silence: A Lament for King Charles III

...You wear a crown forged in centuries of silence,
Not of gold, but of tears—each gem a wound,
Each jewel a stolen breath from lands unnamed.
The sun never set on your empire, Charles,
But neither ...

The Wooden Towers of the West

...They built their kingdoms not on truth,
But on blood and stolen youth.
Their riches rose on broken backs,
Their glory paved with cold attacks.

Not thought, not craft, nor honest toil,
But loot...

I Was D'Politician

...I was D'politician

I was once the hammer in this world,
I was the people preacher and also the politician,
I was in charge of life incarnation through teaching,
I was a man of the people who ha...

Today's leaders

...From ashes of pain, true leaders rise,
Forged in struggle’s unyielding cries.
Yet now, from gilded thrones of greed,
False prophets spawn, with lies they breed.
They weave deceit, a cunning art,
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I held long where I didn't belong

...Where I should have walked away I kept running back…

I believed in nothing

Only speculations of what love is, kept me there. 

I deserved better yet i waited too long

Longing for things to...

THEY KNOW IT

...I know their fears.
I know their cravings.
I know their reflexes.
I know their thoughts.
They know that I know who they are.
I am exactly like them, but with a dose of Pan-African melanin.
I’ve...

When my Muse Came Knocking

...When starlings were swimming in the azure lake,
When bats and owls began their nocturnal ride,
When all the Earth under a dark blanket lay,
And man and beast into sweet repose retired,...

Who Is My Neighbour?

...Who is my neighbour? Asked you, a supposed expert in law
Did he know that testing you is like a Babelian flaw?
Being Christ, you knew well that his faith was like a dry reed.
With a breeze of comm...

WHY EACH VOTE COUNTED

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The parents whose 12-year-old son was just laid to rest
From spraying bullets exploding in his young body’s chest

The father whose daughter was tortured and raped
By monsters initiating in a...

Deception

...#Deception 
This bitter sour taste on my mind, salty thoughts of dissapointment and traited, decieved and frauded rewards of my humanity, the humbled giving of ubuntu and humility, days of selfless ...

Deforestation

...Deforestation

Sore cosmos, maimed nature
Silently pouring irate invective
On myopic mortals

Without a lamp or vista
Beauty lost to the beast 

Pristine lands, barren grounds
Green fields,...

For Those Who Celebrate The 4th Of July

...We need to remember our heritage and the reason we celebrate the 4th of July.
 
Have you ever wondered what happened to the 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence? Their story. . .
 
F...

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