Independence: Independent?
Did they do to us differently from we did ourselves? Did they treat us other than we treat ourselves? Black or white, aren’t we made of same distance? Young or old, isn’t the same evil in our heart? It was the same the people of Babylon did them of Jerusalem The same the people […]
The Hopeless Romantic
#lovewednesday (Lamentations of an Hopeless-Romantic 3) I want love I want passion I want life Call me an hopeless romantic Call me an unrealistic dreamer But I just don’t want a social contract Nor spend the rest of my life in a cage With some woman that we share rooms With some woman I have […]
Tearful Lamentations
#LoveWednesday (Lamentations of an Hopeless-Romantic 2. Read 1 here) I’m a one-woman kind of man It’s who I am. It’s who I decided to be And it’s who I hope to become It means I keep my focus on One Erase all possibilities of another And remove all form of backdoor mentality. I detest the complexity […]
Appearance is Fickle
Several years ago, Like several ‘several years ago’, Man sinned and fell short They became naked God gave animal skins as cloths And from generation to generation The definition of those skins has changed Today it could be a 3-piece Dicato suit, Or a polo t-shirt on a wrangler jean A Caribbean Skirt with a […]
Lamentations Of An Hopeless Romantic
Every now and then Two people meet each other and fall in love They click and a spark happens They like each other They become friends They talk about everything They offend each other But quickly learn to tolerate and adjust They look out for each other They inspire and strengthen one another They meet […]
One Day, You’ll Be Happy
One day you’re going to look at yourself And you’ll be amazed at how happy you are And how peaceful you have become As against how you’ve previously been Not that Nigeria suddenly becomes heaven Or that you now have all that you need and desire There will still be problems and difficulties But some […]
To the Lover Boy
#LoveWednesday Dear Mr Loverboy I need you to understand something: there are over 7 billion people in the world. Do you realize how many of that number is female? And how many of those females are within your age group? So the thing is, Chances are, there are more than one lady that will fit […]
Father and Son
”Omo ò le jo baba, k’áma bínú omo” That is to say, ‘a child cannot resemble his father and we get offended” My Father is God. I am born of him. I am not only like God. I am God-like So if he his ‘consuming fire’ Then I am ‘consuming fire’ Together we roll. Together […]
When She Doesn’t Want You
#LoveWednesday You can kill yourself, Jump up, flex muscles and fight, And even come and go and die But dear, if she doesn’t like you, She just doesn’t like you. And more so, if she doesn’t want you, Then she doesn’t want you. You may be the nicest person to her You may solve problems […]
Twice Beaten
In the matters of Love… ‘Once beaten, twice shy’ is not really about the beating, but the shame that accompanies it. There are several reasons why this shame is killing. One is the ‘shy'(shame) of having to see yourself in such sorry state. Maybe because you have previously thought of yourself to be strong and […]
