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Daniel Okpalifo Poem
Let's say we have capitulated
yes, let's say we have succumbed
to their whimsical naivété and inane wisdom
Let us assume that it is all phoney
that it is a bogus hoax-filled folklore
We shall now pretend that we have been beguiled by such marvelous
exercise of ludicrous folly
Such bombardment of contorted philosophy
But in our gullibility we shall yet ask
in sheepish inquisition and meek certainty
if this course so pitiably slandered be nothing but deceit,
why then does it stand conspicuously so therapeutic?
why has it made men
who traversed through the impossible vortex of
reality's odd challenges?
why has it given Invigoration with hope
the haggard Destitute?
Why has it restored green to those fallen human twigs
Why has it steadied nerves and halted addictions?
Why has it healed the sick and made disappear tumults?
Why has it prognosticated that which we now perceive
Does nothingness do that
Does nothingness tender an insight so revealing,
So infinite.
Does nothingness and baseless belief
deliver from the vague labyrinth of man's ordination
if these be true
Who then doubt's the veracity
Why then disprove religion
Copyright © Daniel Okpalifo | Year Posted 2018
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Daniel Okpalifo Poem
AFRICA'S SOOTHING BEARING
The manifest of my anger
Is like a spontaneous outburst
An insidious unravel of accumulated grief
Patience tempted
A marvel to my chagrin
An itinerant tenant to my body
A shadow of myself long nurtured
Now hatched
But your love is a panacea
Your face an insignia of solemn peace
that quenches the fiery beast of my fury
Your coiffure is a cynosure of your belonging
Your skin, oh what finesse
Such blackness, a bold imprint of radiant Africa
Oh, dear Ola
What nostalgia you bring me
With the stinging offer of your natural presence
The majesty of your gentle lithe
The fullness of your fleshy lips
An aura drenched in jungle's cologne
Those days the hunt was great
And dinner promising
Intercede dear messianic fellow
As an atonement for our docility
For seeing you does steady my angry nerves
Copyright © Daniel Okpalifo | Year Posted 2018
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