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Aids and Aids

How many it has sent to Hades
Despite the many aids
Lavished over the ages

Your gender does not exonerate you
Neither does the gene in you
Nor age emancipate you

Who really is to blame?
For AIDS unscrupulous fame
Rendering all efforts lame

We now live in a State of Emergency
Wholly engaged is every agency
Watch what a state of delinquency!

Oh! How bitterly I weep
When I perceived how very deep
The unchecked scourge of its whip

How many died yesterday?
How many will today?
Yet, tomorrow is another day

Maybe or maybe not we live
Hope is what makes us believe
We shall stumble on a lasting relief

You and I have a role to play
For this malady to give way
Give aids with LOVE every day.

Copyright © Oluwaseun Bakare | Year Posted 2010



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Little Did He Know

Little did he know…

That it has become a reality

That which was said about him

That his purpose will soon be unveiled

That one and only reason

That his soul is still in him

That worthy cause for which he lives

That makes him fulfill destiny

That way! This way! Which way?

That has taken an entire lifetime

That clandestine he all along admired

That was right at the bosom of his heart

Little did he know that…

That little budge had greatness in it.

Copyright © Oluwaseun Bakare | Year Posted 2011

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A Picture To Treasure

If I treasure treasure
I won’t be at leisure
Until there is a capture

If I treasure fixture
I will dare seizure
Until there is a full measure

If I treasure nature
I won’t be a vulture
That devours at pleasure

If I treasure culture
I won’t be a torture
That encourages displeasure

If I treasure future
I will nurture our mixture
That is the very big picture.

Copyright © Oluwaseun Bakare | Year Posted 2011

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Man-Made Limits

Man was created to be free
Up or down; high or low, he is free
Whenever, wherever, he's born free.

Man has succeeded in building a prison
Fear and anxiety shrink his reason
Ideas and creativity he craves to imprison.

A few men "THINK", many don't,
A few take "RISKS", many won't
A few take "STEPS", many can't.

Copyright © Oluwaseun Bakare | Year Posted 2011

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Changing Faces

CHANGING FACES
We with different faces
Came from different places
Experienced in diverse phases
Tendering different cases

Many are the tendencies
If we adhere to our still small voices
Proffering unparallel advises
Charging us to stick relentlessly

Many say it is heresy
Presuming we are at events’ mercy
Mother Nature is not a cheat per se
Perseverance show it we may see

Unploughed vegetation proclaim it
Virgin routes announce it
Less trodden paths advertise it
Less dared woods justify it

To become a face in this place
You need awesome grace to race
To be notable in your race as a face
Showcase your pace for an unselfish case

Copyright © Oluwaseun Bakare | Year Posted 2011



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Gifted Gang

Go gather the gifted! It rang
Groan where they hang
Gather where they greet in slang
Gag the one with a fang
Guard against the acute pang
Garner strength for a big bang
Give to the gorgeous gang...
Graciously they all sang.

Copyright © Oluwaseun Bakare | Year Posted 2011

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My Best Friend

A legend you are, I cannot pretend
How inexplicable! Your roles ascend
Helps you lend; who can comprehend?
You fend, defend; my faults you mend
No end to bend. He is my best friend.

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Stay! Stay!! Never Sway!!!

‘twas a waylay
Caused by an affray
Oh! What a month of May
Holding at stake her heyday
Is there no other way?
As she in dismay
Ahead of her-the less trodden road lay
Came she across letters on clay
Talked about souls that went astray
As longed they in the bay
And souls willing to stay
Towards a morrow to pay
A game of choice to play
O’er all she solemnly pray
Just like an X-ray
‘twas shown her goals that are gay
She stood by the gathered hay
Palpitating impetus in the sun ray
Focus and will-power will make her say
Stay! Stay!! Never Sway!!!
She arrived at the top by the way.

Copyright © Oluwaseun Bakare | Year Posted 2011

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The Prey and the Bait

THE PREY AND THE BAIT

Before and beyond time
Not one man will make a case
For such a pathetic story
Owing to self bigotry

You complain by the day
You murmur by the noon
At twilight, you sob by the way
And lament at the fullness of the moon

Yet, you transfer the blame
You’ve become a prey in the game
You often pray to maim
Yet, the bait has made you lame

Left at the mercy of the hunters
Oh! You have too quickly forgotten
When you gullibly devour their meal
To you it’s just a sumptuous meal

At least not to them
You are but a chicken being bred
Their champagne to you is ‘ultimate’
At a toss, their grain is yours

Like no tomorrow you lived
But here comes the day of reckoning
You’ll not only pay through your nose
They’ll suck you like a hose

Your milk, fat and blood they’ll drain
Like forever it’s not going to rain
On you they’ll make a full gain
And you’ll dearly pay for the grain

Copyright © Oluwaseun Bakare | Year Posted 2011

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A Prayer To God On High

A PRAYER TO GOD ON HIGH

This pray'r said I
On my tender bed I lie
On His promises I rely
Every road I ply
Where life makes me fly
Grant me the grace til I die
My vision nev'r to die
Realistic fruition of I
I believe it's on high
So help me God on high.

Copyright © Oluwaseun Bakare | Year Posted 2010

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