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Joseph Babatunde Poem
Seed of anthropology
Blue-print of ancient antique
Antecedence of brown skin politic
Deity to pre-colonial centralised culture
A republic with institutionally adorned grace for violence
Bodija (they are ever ready)
Awon ti ogun koleko; undefeatable and resilient in battle
Ibadan the light to many
The beauty of brown in head covering
Ibadan the birth-place of ancient civilization
The unbreakable wall of Yoruba defence
The home of warriors,
the seat of bashorun,
even the Lords of Britain knew Ibadan for it art and act of unique diplomacy.
If there ever was a city
If the brown continent was to have a Paris
If love was to have a home
My rest and comfort will be my city; IBADAN.
Copyright © Joseph Babatunde | Year Posted 2019
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In the last place I saw coming
From failure came victory
I am glad I saw the light in my darkest moment
I found smiles with you Princess
Your priceless beauty destroys me
My lonely moments is hijacked
A takeover by precious flashbacks of you
I am your lover yet your secret admirer
I Wana keep a "Yes" from you my daily delight
For you, I could write rhymes and hymns
Dream lullabies and live fairytale
My coat of many colours
My heart races and raises as thoughts of you swims
Butterflies soar high in my heart
My belly steams in sweetness
It's a choice to love you with no regrets.
Copyright © Joseph Babatunde | Year Posted 2017
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As we run to the end of time
And pace to have memories as treasures
I need you to know that letting go is a painful beauty
But i have to be bold and brave
From an ebony in pink and black
You became my unborn daughter
Your desire started it but your heart made it so
And now you gotta go
I never thought leaving could hurt so much
My daughter of priceless laugher
The one that chose my thought
And defended my weakness
Thank you for the comfort you gave to strains and sprains
Thank you for your cute-jealousy
You brought smiles when it was dark
You were the glitter through the tunnel
My talk mate, friend and babygirl
The one I put "priceless" as her tag
My profound wise one
Missing you saddens my joy.
And you can be sure of your place in my heart my Julia.
Copyright © Joseph Babatunde | Year Posted 2022
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I've found happiness and priceless joys
Like gravity's pull
I navigate towards odds
Not faultlessness but perfect imperfections
Not spotlessness but a design in every dot and curve
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Joseph Babatunde Poem
As we run to the end of time
And pace to have memories as treasures
I need you to know that letting go is a painful beauty
But i have to be bold and brave
From an ebony in pink and black
You became my unborn daughter
Your desire started it but your heart made it so
And now you gotta go
I never thought leaving could hurt so much
My daughter of priceless laugher
The one that chose my thought
And defended my weakness
Thank you for the comfort you gave to strains and sprains
Thank you for your cute-jealousy
You brought smiles when it was dark
You were the glitter through the tunnel
My talk mate, friend and babygirl
The one I put "priceless" as her tag
My profound wise one
Missing you saddens my joy.
And you can be sure of your place in my heart my Julia.
Copyright © Joseph Babatunde | Year Posted 2022
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You are meaning to my life
Your eyes
Your smile
Your voice
Your priceless look of scepticism
It's a dream in reality to me
With you is love and friendship
With you is a grace to be more
I'll proudly journey life with you
Now is the strength to take on the world
Here is the capacity to decide the fate of all oppositions
All because you are mine
I might have had my first human love, but you are my one true love
I look forward to the moment I'll put gold on you as a covenant of commitment
I can't wait to have your price paid
To adore you is my desire
To make you fufilled is goal
To love you is my life's duty
Copyright © Joseph Babatunde | Year Posted 2018
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To have conceived you as mine
To have chosen a princess for a serf
To have made my imperfections whole in you
God must be a lover.
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It burns and engulfs all about you
Your happiness resting on another's smile
Her support becomes your daily desire
I've seen the bitter side of this pill
Tasted and lived for it
The power to make the sane less-sane
War is love when simplified
It takes and gives life
Making resurrection a mourning sight
And a mourning sight another life
It's a choice of royalty over ordinariness
It's war over peace
It's beauty in dark places.
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All it took was a NO
Anticipations and desires smashed
Could anything be more devastating?
Stupid am I for expecting
Unwise I am for wanting
A tearful pay for the thoughts
I wish I did not try.
Copyright © Joseph Babatunde | Year Posted 2018
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Words seem to elude me at this crucial moment
So I'll express this as unpoetic as possible
You aren't flawless, but their exist beauty in your weaknesses
And with the rejected and broken pieces of you, I desire a paradise that will have forever as it start
Beauty and brilliance in synergy
Virtuousness in a vision-veiled world
I'll be immortal to promise faultlessness
But in every dark moment ahead, never stop basking in the knowledge that this heart is decisively-incapacitated to bring you pain
I dream a time in tomorrow when you'll read this and smile with wordless joy
You've got me wishing you.
Copyright © Joseph Babatunde | Year Posted 2018
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