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Love

Love is pleasure and is always patient
In all its pure form it is always kind
Love is considerate and is not jealous
In its nature it cannot be boastful
Real love is neither arrogant nor proud
Love is tolerant and it is not rude

Love has power to quash signs of being rude
When love is provoked it remains patient
In all its achievements love is not proud
Love favours not only those of the same kind
Yet, love avoids all those who are boastful
Love builds you up if you are not jealous

In faith love prospers without being jealous
Subtract love from the heart to become rude
Join the crowd of fools to become boastful
Let mockers mock but stay calm and patient
And work for the good of all human kind
And let fruits of your labour make you proud

In His Highness God has never been proud
Only sinners can make God become jealous
To those who confess their sins God is kind
For while God leaves those who become rude
To a fool God is not always patient
For He condemns every tongue that is boastful

When love is insecure tongues are boastful
As ego pushes lovers to be proud
Snatching their chance to stay put and patient
Instead provoking them to be jealous
Altering them from being good to being rude
Making the world to see them as not kind

To pretend to be nice is not being kind
For when hearts are full tongues become boastful
Spitting words that fit a brat who is rude
A spoilt brat who knows only how to be proud
When people are happy a spoilt brat is jealous
Cause spoilt brats never learn to be patient

Almost all who are patient become kind
But all who are jealous become boastful
If they are proud, certainly they are rude

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The Path To Love

Love is won, then it conquers all through patience
But that's impossible without being kind
The two above build one to be honest
Suppressing all the feelings of jealousy
Silencing all tongues not to be boastful
Bruising egos that result from one's pride

Only the wise share from the spoils of lion's pride
Copying the beast waiting for prey in patience
Though giving man no right to be boastful
But giving satisfaction of some kind
Leaving villains in tatters of jealousy
Pulling to you those who remain honest

Noble humans teach children to be honest,
Hold close to heart their identity with pride,
Learn to murder the feelings of jealousy
Those who slur you just lose them no patience
Return slurs with virtues fit for man kind
All these show love and leave no man boastful

Calamity fall on those who are boastful
Misery awaits those who are not honest
Forgive and be cast as one of a kind
But do not become conflated with pride
Cause pride can erode the gift of patience
Leaving you sulky grumpy brewing in jealousy

Love allows no space of growth for jealousy
Fools think themselves wise when they are boastful
Taking as dull the prudence of patience
Hurrying breaking the rules of being honest
Disregarding words of wisdom with pride
Plotting to trample on all those who are kind

The cornerstone in love building is being kind
For that blocks away tinges of jealousy-
Not to cause acrimony that leads to pride-
That mauls peace and harmony by being boastful
Substituting quality of being honest-
With idle talks, lies and haste that ruin patience

Patience is a crown to those who are kind
Be honest to get strength to strangle jealousy
True love is neither boastful nor has pride

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Four Elements and the Invisible Creator

The imagination of the Creator
Brought to life the unknown and invisible
Shot out was the atomic ball of fire
That was inflated and sustained by wind
The outcome of fire and wind was water
The whole process gave rise to our own earth

But the earth had to be a useful earth
Needed was the wisdom of the Creator
He pushed aside the hovering water
Just to make visible what was invisible
The main instrument at that time was wind
And the great help came from the light of fire

Element of heat shone the light of fire
And the source of life had begun on earth
But to breath living things needed the wind
Succeeding was the plan of of the Creator
Since the evil one was still invisible
Or he was taking form beneath water

Element of liquid gave forth water
That have power to quench the flames of fire
Thanks to the Creator, the One invincible
For implementing His good plan on earth
Where we discover not many a crater
As we cruise around where blowing is wind

Element of gas gave forth solar wind
With some elements that can form water
And that pleased the great mind of the Creator
His bright smile came forth as white light of fire
White light that shines to illuminate earth
So that nothing can remain invisible

Thanks to the Creator, the One invisible-
With visible works unlike invisible wind
The wind that remains invisible on earth
Earth, the only solid element with water-
In solar system, where sun is the fire
All of it, the creation of the Creator

Even though our Creator is invisible
He has got power over fire and wind-
And not the least over water and earth.

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Hunger Causes Anger

The magnificent sun is shining bright
Flooding the natural earth with white light
My emotions are immersed in anger
My strength is usurped by pangs of hunger
I think of years of economic boom
While I am leaning over an old broom
Right in the middle of the room that I sweep
I strive to put more efforts not to weep
Digestion systems in the stomach grind
Prompting signals of despair in my mind
I think to leave the club of sun-seekers

As I take turns between sweeping and breaks
I hear the highly screeching sound of brakes
As the bus driver brings it to a halt
Near the beer hall that sells the beer of malt
I decide to make short rhymes in rumbles
As I decide to do no more grumbles
Because on the table that will put no bread
But I have great strength of a thoroughbred
To carry me through the longest thoroughfare
Because I have no pennies for bus fare
But I have to follow the job-seekers

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The Holy Grail

"Let there be light", and lighted was the globe
That was when no-one was needed to pray-
and pay for the things, even a dry wood
Nowadays everything is about business
People can do anything for money and power
But by mercy everyone can lift the Holy Grail

Life is a race where being chased is Holy Grail
People's footprints are everywhere trotting the globe
Folks and fellows search for wealth and power
Pastors urge them to give tithes as they pray
Extolling God for success in business
While other folks extol their sculptured wood

People hope to make their names in Holly wood
That is a dream that they chase like Holy Grail
All know Hollywood to be real business
The mecca of filming in the whole globe
But others guard themselves not to fall prey-
Of temptations of glitter and power

People know not the origin of power
It is not from bowing before any wood
Nor it comes by listening to those who prey-
On those who crave for perks packed in Holy Grail
It comes by finding yourself in the globe
And position yourself for real business

To do good with numbers means good business
The gain of which is to reach star power-
And the right to light up the entire globe,
Master the art of idols in Bolly wood,
Reveal the silver line to the Holy Grail
And then press forward hustling as you pray

Every circumstance require everyone to pray
Before harvesting good gains in business
Take not your eyes away from the Holy Grail-
If you want contentment beyond power
Watch what naira guys do from Nolly wood
Trusting their craft as they trot the globe

Those who conquer the globe are those who pray-
Not before wood or money in business-
But seek God's power to gain the Holy Grail

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Jehovah

Jesus Christ is your only heir
who was fit enough to be a holy sacrifice
to reconcile the whole world to you.
Earth is a stage you gave to us to compete for our names to be chosen
as heirs to rule with Christin your everlasting Kingdom
and serve before your Throne so, Lord God bless the planet earth.
Heaven is the court that harbours your Mighty Throne
where everything we see on earth becomes real
beyond results of all experiments and experiences.
Organs of nature that bring harmony and balance
to this physical world are all laid bare before you in Heaven
to satisfy the unbelief of those who keep on guessing about the reality of all
creation.
Vibrations of the waves that connect us to you
get delayed to bring answers back to us
because we allow the devil a space to shove his own agenda of deception to
us.
Armour of your Spirit around us gives protection
that transcends all human calculations
and inventions and machinations.
Holy Communion has power to bring us closer to you
only if it is taken in good faith
and purity of heart.

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Space-Time Enigma

The first time that Godly Committee took seat
The latecomers found not a space to sit
Drawn up was the Heavenly Constitution
To regulate the earthly institution

Life on earth was just made to be flawless
In contrast with the abyss that is floorless
Life was made to sound like nice Christmas jingles
Instead men on earth created concrete jungles
Where prostitution dominates brothels
This is how paupers are made in motels

God expects creation to come to fruition
But men just trust more in their intuition
One group is being consumed in idealism
The other group upholds empiricism
Believing that life is through experience
Where conclusions are by experiments

Baked are theories that are metaphysical
Formulas that are mathematical
Perfect conclusions of theories come not
Solutions by formulas turn to naught

Men think creation to be accidental
But cosmos is divinely transcendental
System of creation eludes the man's mind
That is the order of God for mankind

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God Almighty

God Almighty, God of grace and goodness
your guide is always guaranteed to those who gain wisdom to exalt your name.
Omnipotent is what you are
but we learn no signs of overbearing
or pride or abuse of power in you.
Dear to your being is all the creation you brought in the universe
that the loss of to the devil disturbs you
and change the entire pattern of nature.
Amalgamation of all the characters of goodness into one is epitome
that describes you even though our knowledge of you is always minimal.
Love that sees no difference in colour, languages and origins of people
tells us how sophisticated you are in integrating different parts into perfect one.
Marvellous beyond measure is your ability to design plans
that seem easy to understand in face value
but the deeper truth about them remains with you alone.
Impressive throughout eternity is the balance of laws
that you draw up to regulate nature in its everlasting beauty.
Grandeur of your Throne supersedes all the glitter and glamour
that totals all the inventions of men on earth.
High as we know it is short in your eyes
for there is no space in the whole universe that you cannot reach.
Transcendence is the quality not enough to describe your mighty powers
that see no limits or boundaries.
Your patience of the rebellious overflows across the borders of millennia
to give a chance of repentance to those who are far away from you
but are willing to join in the Holy community.

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The Hiding Dome In Rome

His appearance seemed just so tough
Yet he was just all cool not rough
The great man was well in good mood
Parading that his life was good

From him everyone received enough
Like Santa Claus pleasing the hood

Then some whores saw him as a mug
Because to all he gave a hug
Started they to inflict him pain
Their love he was not going to gain

They consoled him with just a rug
As the evening started the rain

Then he became just reticent
Like he was all that innocent
He started to think about Rome
Thinking, there he would feel at home

He knew the old city is decent
To hide for a time in any dome

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Jesus Christ

Judah is the tribe from which we draw the line
that directly connects us to God through you
as you presently reign in the Throne of Heaven.
Entangled in the network of opposition
you did not give up to pursue the task put before you
until the journey was complete.
Satanists projected smear campaigns to bring you down
but it was not your lot to succumb to their demands.
Ultimatum was always given to you to reveal your true self
but even when you did people did not see the light that you are.
Social class and position you never set as your first priority
because yours was to call everyone to one Kingdom of God.
Cursing other people was not heard from your mouth
even when the messengers of darkness were crucifying you on the cross.
Hatred that comes with eye-for-an-eye code
was taken over by peace and forgiveness of enemies
that you even encouraged us to pray for our detractors.
Revenge is one of the actions you taught us to hate
as you taught us that only God has the power to revenge on behalf of the
down trodden.
Intimidation of minors was never your choice
because you knew that taking care of children means taking care of the
future today.
School was ever the only platform to get life for you
because you knew that it is only the Spirit of God that can set your head
above other heads.
Tremendous work that changed the world for good was placed on your
shoulders
and you accomplished it all without lodging a complaint.