History is the view of the far past in the present
Yet no present is without a past
Though the future looms before us
Yet nothing is new under the Sun.
Anything that is, has been before.
The present is life"s linkage to the future.
A future without the present is the present without a history.
The history of my people defines their pre-existence
The Nok terracotta, the relics, pieces of potters, are landmarks of a skilled civilization only being unearthed now.
The history refires their potentials.
History is you standing on thresholds of generations,
Whose genealogy has been lost.
You are the oral custodians that generations have longed to express.
A people without a history is a people without a future
Is a people without generational synergy
A people with traceable history have a future predicated on a great past.
(Written on the 9th of March, 2015)
Categories:
refires, appreciation, culture, history, symbolism,
Form: Free verse
She is my alluring… African
queen;
priceless, is not like all the girls I
have
seen.
She takes me to where have
never been,
Sparkling scenery in my dreams,
so cool and keen.
I look into her eyes and what I
see… fire;
right within my heart flows the
river of desire.
A romantic race this is, my
heart... refires
I will give her my world, she is all
I desire.
Lot’s of guys come around her…
toasting,
Love is all she wanted so she is
waiting;
Looking for the man… lively and
loving;
Lots of girls are jealous-- she is
still a virgin.
Categories:
refires, romanceme,
Form: Rhyme