Oh Law! By Khose
Oh law! How I hate thee You made me put myself on a performance treadmill And when I didn’t do the things I ought to do, I became angry at myself and always felt guilty I became confused as to whether God was pleased with me or not You made me feel I […]
A Child’s Fate
A Child’s Fate. Who says the child won’t growWho says he’ll never become a manWho says she’ll forever remain a toddlerNot knowing his left from his right Who says this is all there is to herWho says his best days are nowWho says he is not more than meets the eyeThat the prevailing is her […]
Love Is Sweet When…
#LoveWednesday #Adeola-mi Love is sweet when… All is seemingly okay and it seems she has all the right words to say Traffic is lighter and emotions flow from one to another She agrees to walk home so we can hold hands Her ‘atlas’ and ‘yanshicamara’ is well packaged She hugs you tight and your pulse […]
The Man who Never Falls
The man who never falls… Little by little he moves on Crawling but he never falls Gradually he gains speed Navigating cluelessness and utter confusion He hits a break wall but he never stops Till he finds his way circumventing the maze Now he’s walking Through the confusion of his adulthood Combating webs of doubts, […]
Tell Me
#LoveWednesday TELL ME Tell me you love me Tell me I mean so much to you Tell me I stand out of many Tell me you want me to be yours Tell me you like the way I look Tell me my smiles make you smile Tell me my words inspire you Tell me you […]
My Beautiful Red
I remember the first time I set eyes on you Having read so much about you I had waited several days to finally met you And lo, I met you just as beautiful Being the first to ever lay hands on you You were in deed my virgin red The first night we met, I […]
Drifting Away From Love
#ItisPossible Is this how one begins to drift away from love? Is this how ones heart begins to glow for another? Is this how relationships eventually break? Is this how an affair begins to take place? All she had was her sensitivity She seems to be able to pick out the slightest changes in my […]
The Philistine Army
I thought the terror of the Philistines was always an indication that the Israelites had forsaken God. I thought the Philistines come to oppress the children of the covenant only when they have forsaken their first Love. I thought their response was not to devise strategies to conquer the Philistines but rather to go back […]
Saul, Saul, Saul.
Imagine if Samuel had said instead “Saul…Erm… Erm… Your kingdom should be torn away For your disobedience…But erm… God needs you to stop the Philistines He can’t do it any other way So let’s just forget what I said That Obedience is better than Sacrifice I know the Law of God isn’t written In your […]
My Pride
He came right to me Looked me in the eye Wondering what kind of a monster i had become At least in his eyes He questioned my excitement He questioned my energy,my strength He wondered why a young man like me would keep raising his Hopes He could not comprehend my love for that which […]
