Kaduna my beloved city
My bedevilled hometown
In a duel with itself
Held by the jugular for its
very soul
A fight for the life of my beloved
A vice grip has caused splinters
into
Arabia and Jerusalem a great divide.
Oh! how I mourn for my beloved city!
Countless are the duels fought on the
streets of the city
The hustle and bustle drained in
dusk to dawn curfews
Moving within the old city with fear and
trepidation.
Kaduna my home city gone awry
Once the cradle and star of the North
Now on the threshold of decline.
A shift to the south of the Kaduna river
Oh! how I long for the former yonder years
that the.nights were like daylight
Never a dull moment
Friends from across the river divide
such friends now an anathema
Now only whispers of their names remain.
Kaduna, my beloved city oh how i long for
your return to the peace and tranquility of
yester years
(Written on the 28th of October, 2015.)
Zany antics from two-year old.
Never a dull moment in this household.
Non-stop entertainment for whole family.
Wordku: 5-7-5 words
AP: Honorable Mention 2025
Mix of opinions
flurry of mixed topics
never a dull moment
Light on your path,
Every corner you take.
Genuine or not,
Electric buzz follows your wake.
Never a dull moment, rare a mistake.
Does the love for you get bottled so the rest can partake?
(FND awareness)
Functional Neurological Disorder
Sounds far more serious than required.
However, life now makes more sense.
That's how it is. It's the way I'm wired.
I thought I had a medical "epsy"
Due to crazy symptoms that make one tired.
It's good to know it's only FND.
It's not my fault. It's the way I'm wired.
The structural hardware works just fine.
(An explanation I've now hired...)
The wiring itself is up the creek,
So the wrong signals get fired.
Why have I come in here?
My memory has expired!
Yet, suddenly I remember that
It's down to the way I'm wired.
There's never a dull moment.
So much humour can be inspired!
There's many a joke that can be told
About the way I'm wired.
Trials and Tribulations of a single parent a job a man/woman
normally doesn't get credit for. Tasks never finished, A long
winding road, twists and turns,never a dull moment, sometimes
heartaches and pain.
Outbursts of laughter, unwavering , unconditional love, Unknown
strength without a book on single parenting a shero, a wearing
a badge of honor.
"There is something beyond everything that meets the eye"- Quote by author
~~~~~
Can you imagine.....
You are not the body
You are the soul within
That's the reality of life here!
Can you imagine.....
Being filled with divine bliss
Ultimate, Eternal, Constant
That's the bliss of Salvation!
Can you imagine.....
A life of no death
A life where joy abounds
That's the life after salvation!
Can you imagine.....
A life of perfection
No problems, no fears, no tensions
That's life in world of souls!
On second thought....
Wouldn't it be so boring?
I am happy to living here
Never a dull moment here!
That is my feeling when things go well.....
But when miseries and strife abound
I cry before God to liberate me
Life here is not easy!
Date: 1/24/2021
Inspired by : Can you imagine contest by Constance
I sought to worship and love you the more
Amidst the gloom never a dull moment
I sacrificed my time, wealth, life, and my all
Wholeheartedly to make our love decent
You could just reflect back my love I wish
Then it will have flesh enough to be seen
You could dwell in the ocean like the fish
And swim in my love as had always been
But my yearn for a beloved other
You have proven there was no true essence
Now I conclude: Love should never matter
For matter got no lasting existence
Futile efforts raising love high above
Just to realise it was a ghost love.
15th October, 2020
Friendly gestures fulfilling my life
A fabulous home and a beautiful wife
Never a dull moment from one day to the next
Forever grateful enjoying the time we have left
Looking back at life at what has been achieved
Life is life earning what you have received
Never take things for granted no one knows what is around the corner
Reality hits home that life will become shorter
Life is for living do not let it be dull
Fulfill what is meant to be live it to the full
Do not always plan see how things turn out
Each day is different what is all the fuss about
Things happen for a reason I don’t know why
Dwelling wont change things life passes us by
Live for the moment fill it with fun
Go back to basics like how it begun
Spring is here at last.
The first buds struggle to rise.
A sudden freeze comes.
The new buds wither.
Birds seek shelter from the cold.
Spring in Alberta.
Temperatures vary
Warm, cold, freezing in one day.
Never a dull moment here.
Your green eyes are pools of bliss.
Your smile so beaming and full of gleam.
Your wavy hair you keep bone straight,
Kept so soft and shiny.
Your body you feel is wrong,
But I see as oh so right.
You bring light to the room whenever you enter.
There is never a dull moment when I am near you.
The eyes attempt to deny the angel,
It hides beneath thy lampshade of shame,
It coils the eyelids who fight when able
Weak-skinned blanket to a sword of flame,
Vanity hath swayed thy own laziness,
Crippling the course that remisses peace,
Dull the senses that imparts craziness,
Forthwith, an angel's vigor unleash.
He stands, turns it out, an angel is gone,
Then sun's ten thousand swords, for now, 'tis dawn.
After inserting the narcissistic probe,
All he could say was,
Meet me in St. Louie, Louie.
There was never a dull moment
Listening to the guy rattling on.
Amazing-- how one person could be
The center of the universe,
Podcast and all.
Consternation? Exactly.
I was out of patience--
Time for a drubbing.
Take no offense, I said,
But if you do,
Return it in the morning.
Turning to more mundane courses,
Like breakfast
I tried to put the wretch
Out of my head.
But sometimes you just have to live
With what is broken.
In the end, never self-identify
As a narcissistic vagabond,
Because profanity is the habitation
Of small minds.
My week begins the same as it ends
Sunday I pray every day of the week, with you I spend
Monday is a rapture in blue
because I know I come home to you
Tuesday for the week my only regret
there are just four days left for us but yet
Wednesday when I linger with you
dreams my love are really true
Thursday worries the world has made
holding your hand those worries fade
Friday is fun, party young things to do and undo
never a dull moment when I'm out with you
Saturday we rest, this week was the best
home is us together in solemn or jest
My week ends the same as it begins
I pray every day of the week with you I spend
The first time we spoke for about 30 mins I knew you were trouble
That you were gonna make me break my protocols and stumble
But not stumble to fall to the ground but to fall into your hand
Now the grip is too tight and I can't slip through like sand
But it's alright, you are the kind of trouble I want to get into
My parents say, "stay outta trouble". But this type? I'd love to lean to
My dear you are beautiful beyond compare, absolutely flawless
Your presence is eminent cos every other person turns a gray-scale or colorless
Many women do wonderful things, but you outclass them
Your beauty is too much for me, I'm way in over my head
With just a glance at me, you captured my heart and locked me in your love
Whenever you walk by, all heads turn in admiration and awe
Being with you, there is never a dull moment... I could spend forever with you and never dread any single moment
That is how much life you bring into my existence
These may just be words, but my heart makes a deeper statement
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