My phone said,'' Pay your screen time's high!''
I said '' Dear Soso,prophets lie''
It buzzed again,''Repent,recharge!''
I blamed WI-FI,life at large.
It knows my heart,my cravings,my schemes,
My father's father, my memes.
I'd do anything to save my soul,
But how scroll to toward self-control?
Akogun Eda
E ba mi wa eda
Eda adapa lo soja
Eda to lori meji
Eda abaya ganga
E gbe kini yi wa
Emi lokan
Egbeje kole daa duro
Egbeegberun ko to bee pelu
Emi lokunrin meta soso
Afefe ko gburo obolo
Onidiri ko ya dori re mu
Alagemo ko moyi arisa
Ko kete ile yaa yera ajeku
A ba moni; a ba wariri
A ba moni; a ba gberi
Iku tii pa ojude eni
A kilo firi, a ba yeri
Eda kan soso ajanaku
Eda kan soso, ogbologbo
Eda kan soso, ogbontarigi
Eda kan soso, larin egbeegberun
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REFORMED but DEAD
So, so reserved and cold..
devoid of feeling, emotion
denied ,contained,held back
within..as if to express or
praise aloud were a greater sin.
Soso reserved and cold..so
transparently a veneer..so
thin...missing His point..
Love expressed..the flipside
of our sin.
So,so reserved..and false..
a facade..where thoughts
are held back,left unsaid
..so so sad..are those who,
without a doubt..are saved
reformed,even,..yet..remain
emotionally dead
You may hear me recite my PS poetry on YouTube under my pen name ichthychiro
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