Jesus Love Hurts Poems

After witnessing a murder meant for me after surviving a car bomb igniting my skull crushed my face bruising my brain i received threatening calls...

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When I was a younger man, the ladies fancied me.
I’d beguile them with my smile and winsome flattery. 
“Tell me do you love me true?...

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The Dirt Road

We live at the end of a dirt road. 
We are miles and miles from town. 
There is no one around. 

No one...

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He slept
Christ wept...

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Don't Let Go

Life gets hard, 
and seems...
overwhelming at times. 
Don't let go. 

Life gets rough, 
not just at the edges, 
but all over. 
Don't let...

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We all have grovelled before men
No matter how proud, how often we won:
Few have not begged God for anything, ever!
I have grovelled & prayed dirty...

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I
Capitalists sell prayers and hope
From China, PRC, to you and me
In images and words: forward these
To all your contacts - such positivity
Yet we hear, embedded...

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Day Dreams

I love to have daydreams, 
about the nighttime. 
I believe I can see it all 
clearer in the light. 
I am not afraid of...

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Living Near

In the meadow of tomorrow, 
in the land of today, 
I see the truth of all past...
We are as one, 
balanced and unbalanced. 

The...

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Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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My howl searches the moon
Yet the essence of it forbids me
Am I alone? Deserted on earth?
Has the gravel consumed me?

I'm craving the stench of true...

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https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/am_poetic_blood_born_1244937
I love poetry with the whole of my being

https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/my_name_is_nigeria_1246217
A message to my country Nigeria to be self reliant

https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/the_last_acorn_1249332
experience with a deep river in my school...

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Only Gods love is real
A love of a man is not real
If there is love 
Man don’t know how
Coming from broken homes
Still single and alone...

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I took a long, thought-provoking walk
I jumped off the car, never knowing why
I looked out the window and began to talk
Accumulating anger got the best...

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Heaven Here

I stare at the photo, 
unbidden… tears fill my eyes. 
I can barely see. 
I hate that about me. 
You would laugh. 
You always...

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