A Stitch in Time
Perhaps, it is an expression of God’s mercy To guide a man to rock-bottom, Especially the one on the part of destruction Who has rejected Truth; To help him get to zero level quickly Where his money is gone, His energy is spent His relationship is lost, And his soul is weak The point where […]
Have You Seen YOU?
Have you seen him? The one who forsook wisdom Pledging allegiance to mediocrity Insisting on perishing suddenly Have you seen her? The one who forsook her worth Preferring to die a nonentity Only for half the price Have you see them? The ones who forsook truth Collectively headed for destruction Birds of different feathers dying […]
School Versus Education
So a day before exams, we cram up Loading every inch of our brains with words Words that don’t make harmonic sense Just in response to the past questions and AOC So we get lucky The same questions are asked And we pour out as we have gathered Leaving our brains emptier than before Our […]
God Save the Marriage of Broda Lúkú and Aunty Wòsílá
God save the marriage of Aunty mi wòsílá who never saw And broda mi lúkú who looked And looked but saw nothing God help them As they stumble through life Yet with eyes wide open Perhaps, their trouble Is not of defective eye balls But of selective blindness Ignoring truth in its simplest form Embracing […]
21st Century Illiterate.
I better tell the truth. I better tell the tale of my inadequacies too, lest I fall off unexpectedly. Gradually, I’m beginning to attain the status of the naughty boy who has something to say about everything, and who questions everything, but I must be careful lest I become like the biblical Pharisees who, though […]
