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We Go On

How sweet the sorrow
How deep the void 
We go on with one less tale of footprints in the sand beside us. 
With wishful eye is cast memory’s glance to those prints found falling forever behind, the spirit of their artist slowly fading from this earth as the winds of time swallow even our own mind’s memory of their placement.
Gathered in our grief,   
huddled in our memories, recalling the joys, 
experiencing the heartache, sharing the load of all those who will somehow carry on, 
we proceed in reaffirmed certainty of our own impending fate, 
less in number 
aware of our solitude 
all the more alone 
yet better for having had a moment in which to share life's path together.

Eclipse 2024

There is to be
an eclipse today -- 

a contrary moon
having its dark side
illuminated – 

nothing with free will strong enough
to turn its back entirely on light – 

America in shadows now

under veil of opposing contrasts

The sun, reflective candle
of near revelation, with mission
of source inextinguishable

like that burning bright
in the heart of all men, Power
All Mighty, lustrous center
of brilliance indwelling
unstoppable

Truth will conquer!

and love will once again heal

our nation
Trusting in God reaffirmed
indelible!

American Revolution Reaffirmed

Our Revolution sought limitations
On imposition of regulations,
But supplications met deprecation
And castigations not reformation.

Such condescension sparked protestation
And contemplation of separation;
This supposition stirred apprehension -
A premonition of confrontation.

But, declamations and remonstrations
Spurred agitation toward Declaration,
While provocations and deprivations
Steeled resolution for liberation.

War's prosecution, through execution,
Forged dedication for recognition;
Its culmination brought dissolution
And vindication for aspirations.

While extrication brought satisfaction
States' acclamations lacked definition.
This Federation showed imperfections;
Low validation forced redirection.

Deft composition penned Constitution;
Strong propositions scored affirmation.
Hence, generations find inspiration
And preservation their obligation.

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Tell all the people yet to come
Democracy is what we chose;
Their mission's goal: protect it from
All foreign and domestic foes.

Queen Schade of Smiling Hearts

She did smile

And i then gushed

Like only a father can

Giving her hand away

On her wedding day

30 year's of mind

Yet only at the age of 5

Placed inside a foreign language
school without a single word
to speak or understand

Left alone in charge of my 
father her grandad palliative care

Held my hand right to the very
end at the vets when my dog 
was to be put down

Is it any wonder this kind hearted
child grew up so quickly

And was and to this day the
one that so called grown ups
call upon in times of need

While never stopping once to think

The cost of that the shoulder
placed upon had to bare

Is neither was nor was fair to ask

And thank the lord for i but not
her today

Stood beside her own father

And i seen and sore that very child

With nothing but a beaming
smile upon her face

And in some small way it reaffirmed
my lost belief in life

And that sometimes you actually
get out what you deserve

And the simplest of smiles

Means as much if not more if
you care

To you than it does to them

Ngboejeogu the Forgotten Son

NGBOEJEOGU THE NEGLECTED SON

With a lamp hanging on the thatched wooden kitchen 
I stared on the pot on fire as it boils hot ready for garri
I got lust in taught and my head shaken 
This taught of the fall makes me worry
A cold breeze whispered and I shivered
The shock of the 11 I have not recovered
NGBOEJEOGU I mumbled 
As a coconut fell down from its tree in grumble. 

Crock crock crock an old frog echoed 
It was the echoes of hard times
The night melodious cricket reaffirmed 
The chicks have grown wings and perched 
I saw as they fight the space with the hen who laughed 
They forget the kite prefers them as prey in absence of mother hen
As they picked the ground and fed
The kite prepared to land and feed. 

The night moon in council with the glowing stars
Shining brightly on the sky
While the owe cry in singing
Under the mango tree I sat weeping 
Amidst this tears of fear
The terror of the day light draws near
The cats shine it's bright eyes as it settles
As I took the pot of the fire in feeble

Annie Our Golden

Annie, our Golden, is a member of the family
Just like a daughter, it's really quite uncanny
When going out and then on our return
Our love's reaffirmed
Her excitement explodes, our dearest sweet Annie

Delusion

Fanciful imagination and conjecture reaffirmed and thus reinforced, setting up a vibration resulting in manifestation of reality wherein we are the co-creator of both actor on stage as well as director backstage, with the actor in hypnotic trance believing himself to be the free willed doer and performer of the script already pre-written by himself.

‘Who am I?’ I ask
Unattached to any task
In blissfulness bask

15-August-2020

Does Not Manhood Kill the Boy

Does not manhood kill the boy,
each falling leaf a tree destroy
or shall the substance of past things
return to us though memory brings
but shadows' forms unless confirmed,
cast anew and reaffirmed
by us at present living?

Help Me, I Can'T Breathe

Knee on my neck
Help me, I can't breathe
Not a move was made
No help received

Another life lost
Reason matters not
No remorse for the action
Regret only, we got caught

White is a color
Black is a crime
To long the injustice
Open your mind

Together we must come
United we must stand
Color has it's privilege
Equality it must demand

Turn the other way
No place in this fight
Live freely without fear
Everyone's right

Help me I can't breathe
Sit with his words
Turn privilege into action
Be the change reaffirmed

Forsaken

I place
My head down
Physical sight close
Another eye opens
The duality of my existence 
Reaffirmed  reaffirmed
Images images
Swirling swirling
Consciousness
Buffeted buffeted
By the enormity 
of it all
Faces faces
Places places
And the 
Silence silence
Of it all
Oh
What am I to make
Of it all
I try hard
Not to
Feel feel
As this will make me
Reel reel
And it will all become
Real real
And I 
Racked with the
Guilt guilt
Full full
Up to the
Hilt hilt
In guilt
For then
Questions questions
Was it my
Actions actions
Or lack of
Reaction reaction
But
Wait wait
Why
Am I am i
Responsible responsible
For the 
Echo echo
Of duality
As I am the only one
Awake awake
As everyone
Sleeps sleeps
So i
Explore explore
Ways to 
Ignore ignore
But this
Cold hard suit of
Indifference  indifference
Doesn’t quit 
Fit fit
Frustration
Simmers simmers
Emotions
Leak leak
Attach like a 
Leach leach
Oh Father
Why?
Why?
Have you
Forsaken forsaken

Solemn Oath

A-s you say your solemn oath, 
R-enew your divine duty; 
N-eglect not your function, 
O-n the fourth of January.
L-earn to fulfill your solemn oath, obey each and every rule; 
D-on't ever break your vow,use your spiritual tool.

S-olemn oath is reaffirmed, 
O-pening the door for fervor; 
L-et the shortcomings turn
I-nto virtue, merit, and ardor.
M-ake a promise once more, 
A-s you read what you wrote; 
N-ote of a holy pledge is the message of solemn oath.

Speak To Me

The way you speak to me
Is the way I allow
But that is over now
The front is over
I’ve played that part out

The way you speak to me
Is refreshing yet cold
Do you see that I’m getting off this road
I’ve been putting myself down
But my energies are refocused now

I don’t have pride
Or self worth
Or the esteem
To let others crush my dreams

The way you speak to me
I think I may drown
In Love Or Lust

I’ll put a bullet in this soul
For You

Change is coming soon
My playbook has new rules
Full of self worth
And self esteem

I reaffirmed
I acknowledged
I learned
That the way I speak to me
Is all the words I need to know.

Annie Our Golden

Annie, our Golden, is a member of the family
Just like a daughter, it's really uncanny
After going out, upon our return
Our love's enthusiastically reaffirmed
Her excitement explodes, our dearest sweet Annie

It's Your Birthday

It is more profound 
Than one might surmise.

Is it fate, karma...is it providence?
What has determined the date and time?...

That very moment
We make our grand entrance...

Into this world? 

And to revisit the date 
A self-imposed holiday...

As surely as the tides flow
As the season's change...

How glorious.
How well you've navigated... 

The perils and pitfalls.
How determined you are...

To leave this world a better place.
Reaffirmed every 365th

What gift could I give
That you haven't already achieved

Other than my acknowledgment and praise...
My time and my love?

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Copyright 2016   Iger Rolyat   All Rights Reserved

Saint Francis

Saint Francis of Assisi, (name at birth was Giovanni)
had a way with mother nature that to all seemed quite uncanny.
His voice alone would bring the birds to settle at his feet
and listen to his sermons, in the forest, which was sweet.

Within the town of Gubbio, a Wolf preyed on the folk
until our hero cornered it and to it gently spoke
wherein it lay before him and then followed him to town
and the townsfolk fed him daily, thus the body count went down.

This kind Monk's  caring nature is a lesson for us all
mankind must act responsibly, reaffirmed by Pope John Paul.
My tenet since my baptism has always been to care
for all of God's creation (except slugs, which I can't bear)

So,  since Lord, you're all seeing and all hearing, which is good
I have a question for you, please now tell me, if you would,
Lord, answer this, strengthen my faith and cast away my doubt
Why I keep finding pigeon poo on the laundry I've hung out?

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