Reflections

As I reflect on the constituents of my privacy The thoughts that characterizes my secrecy I wonder how much, many more like me have in possession In the comfort of their seclusion As I stumble on the hideouts of others Beholding the wickedness within its borders I am forced to look inward At the myriad […]

OAU:A Great School.

One of the few things that kept ringing in my ears since I choose the Obafemi Awolowo University as a place to study was the words: ‘OAU is a great school’. A great school I don’t doubt, but all I see at the moment is just a school like any other Nigerian school needing great […]

An Outstanding Lady: Adeola-mi

When you’ve not met one, A lady that’s STUPENDOUS and OUTSTANDING, You say different things: “I can’t kill myself because of one lady”, “They are all distractions”, “I can’t be wasting my time”; When you finally meet her, The lady who stands out of the rest, ASTOUNDING and ASTONISHING, Different from all you have imagined, […]

THIS “HELP” CALLED WIFE By Matthew Adedoyin

I lay alone on the big couch in my six bed room duplex and asked myself the same questions that have been troubling my mind for years. “Ayodele, Why would a girl play games with a guy as rich as you are? Why are you still single at this age? Why……. Why?” I screamed…(read more) […]

Relax! Relax!! Relax!!!

Relax! Relax!! Relax!!! That’s the words I tell my soul What else would I do? What other song shall I sing?  Than a song of comfort To my ever worrying heart Thoughts here and there Flowing and flying Along the course of my heart Trying to find meaning to things Yet, getting hurt by its […]

Child Soldier

Arms weigh upon an innocent chest Hands no bigger than my vexing fist I vex for wasted innocence Children of War to violence, Tabula rasa exposed Morbid scenes causing mental overload… Child Soldier.

Soon and soon

Soon, it will be over My pain all gone My fears vanished Loneliness disappeared My heart mended again The sun come, the rain gone Yes, soon and very soon The sadness will be over. All the days of my appointed time I’ll wait till my heart is filled again Filled with the presence of your […]

Here I Sit

Here, I sit Idle, perhaps, wasting away Yet, the world keeps moving When a man is so caught up from beyond theworld around him He glories in his past and delights in his little successes He forgets how far the journey is So, he sits back to relax Right there and then, He slumbers and […]