LONELINESS

Pretending to be sleeping,
But thoughts roaming in her head like a working ceiling fan,
Trying to run away from the world,
Which way should be taken,
Up,down,right,or left?
But unknowingly embraced the sleep,
And falls into the scariest place ever.
All alone in the world of darkness of loneliness 
Fear on the inside and outside,
No one to cry to for help,
Trying to take bold steps,
But the boldness fades away before taking any steps.
Loneliness swallows her,
Wobbling limbs,weak sight,
All strength lost and locked in the bottomless pit,
Collapsing into the arms of the crust,
Her heart and head screaming on the inside with all their strength.
Where hart thou oh light! Help me!
Why hart thou forsaken me? Oh friends!
Thou said thou wilt be there for me,
When thou looked upon me for help,I offered one,
After getting your desire,thou pushed me out from your life.
Now I'm all alone 
What is then friendship?
What is it usefulness?
What is my worth being thou friend?
For thou to forsake and render me helpless.

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MY LOVE

When I look into the waters,

All I see is your face,

With a broad smile painting your face,

With the beauty of nature,

That cannot be comprehended,

That cannot be contained in a beautiful vessel,

A beautiful drawing cannot describe it,

The gorgeousness of your face.

When I look into the sky,

All I see is your manly face,

Shinning like the sun,

Glowing like the rainbows, 

And when you open your teeth to smile,

Your smile melts my heart, 

As a sun will melt an ice.

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HELP NEEDED

Looking into sky and seeing gathered cloud,

Expecting drops of rain,

Alas! it was blood that fell.

Yes! Wind has its own special tune,

But it was painful wails of people that was heard,

Tiny bodies of small children lay around dead,

Those not dead lay helplessly on the floor, crying,

As hunger stings them with its poison,

Series of prayer running in their innocent tender heart,

Either to see food or die.

Mothers watched their children cry or die,

Crying and hating themselves for not being able to help their children,

Seeing the dead bodies of her children,

What's left of her,her hopes and future are all gone?

With nothing reasonable to live for,she ends her life,

Adding to the death list and releasing herself from pain of this useless life,

Sojourning to land of no pains and sufferings.

What makes a man and gives him pride?

Isn't it his wife,children and his farm?

But farms,wife,children,all gone,

What's left of this once great man? NOTHING!!

What could be done?where would help come from?

Waiting for answers and help,but was disappointed.

It would be better to have no life than have one but face the sufferings and pains all alone.

Can somebody please tell this drops of blood to stop raining!?

My ears are aching because of the wails of different voices of different languages!

I need rain and cool and clean breeze,

And not these blood and wailings!

Can somebody please say peace be still!?

To these indirect killing of lovely families!

And also to these direct killings of people!

Innocent lives are being sent to early grave,

Hunger, sickness, bombs are ending people's lives,

Can somebody please help!!!

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Change - dlaw

Millions shouting,
 Thousandschanting,
  Hundreds growling,
  All for a change.


On the street of the Northerners,
 They music to my ears "Change of the nation".
In the westerners hall of residence,
  Their watchword synonyms to " Change for representation".
In the easterners business world,
  I hear few say "change our world".
All the populi clamouring for change.


Who is to bring this "change"?
   No one knows.
However, an old boar has been chosen,
to bring to them the change they desired.
"The old boar is experienced"; mentioned all.


Some Raining days after, they see less than they expected,
Complaints here,
Defence there.
Criticisms attack criticisms.
I asked myself "Is this the change they voted for?"
As I sit on the fence dividing Nigeria from the outside world,
I wonder if there had been any change at all.
But I was cautioned by chattering bird,
to listen to the soothing words of hope.
Hopefully, we will meet with the demands of
Civilization as we journey through the path of
Barbarism and Savagery.
Here I stand till its coming.

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My Testimony (PART 1) - dlaw

"Tiirin,tirin,tinrin".The timekeeper rang the bell for the last time.While i watched other students trooped out in 2's and 3's,my thoughts served as the glue that sticks my ass fastly with my seat. I resolved to soliloqusing:
  "Why has life been so Unfair?,Why is God being partial? Hhm! Today was kinda bad,oh my gosh!!! I failed all my tests despite how i read so hard by waking up during the midnights to meet up with the classworks i missed.God! For once, show me you care, save me from this ridicule, My dull performance is now the talk of the school. Will you deny me promotion to S.S.3 again??? God!!! I bet i will....."
  I stopped abruptly upon realising the fact that no threats can be carried against the so-called creator of men.
  "How i wish,his authority could be called to question...".
   "Aishat..." Someone called from behind.
 "Who could that be??"
I asked myself as my eyes shifted slowly to the direction the call came from.
Then,my eyes met hers.The person there was sarah-someone i'm not proud of as a friend nor as an enemy-She was the last person my eyes wanted to behold.Perhaps, For some of those reasons, I'm not sure of.
   "You re lost in thoughts, What's wrong???". Sarah broke the silence.She had seen the look on my face,the questioning look which meant to ask why she was there.
   "Nothing....ehm.Nothing is wrong,Just pouring my heavyheart to God." I voiced out; expecting her to take her leave but No! She seems to be inquisitive. She moved closer to me and said :
   "Aishat, can you confide in me??? I promise whatever we say here will remain a secret, Provided you tell no one too".
  "Of course, yes, but i only wanted to be alone."
 I frowned.
   "But what??"
   "Okay,take it easy; never mind, how was your test?"
  **is she pretending? Is she here to make fun of me?? Or ...** i asked myself.
   "Aishat, answer me or you have no answer to my question? ".
  "Sarah, are you here to make jest of me? Tell me if you havent heard from others that i failed?".
   "Oh no! Dont think like that, you know i would not do such thing, i havent been in school since. The principal took sewa and I to the career talk venue. I only came back for fellowship. Remember, today is friday.....". She said in a calm tone.
  "Well, i failed as usual, my fear now is if i wont repeat this session for the third time,I dont know".
  "Dont be pessimistic; there is hope,When the mirror of life get dirty with the fog of reality,just try wiping it with your faith. You'll see the clear reflection of your diary once again.
  "Really?"
"Yes, moreso, you failed tests not examinations. It doesn't matter, i ll just implore you to prepare hard. It's nothing to brood about"
  
  That moment i wish she were me. She would then know better and save her sermon for another day.

  "Aishat?"

"Hum, no matter how hard i try, my problems are always trailing behind, determined to supercede."
  "And no matter how big your problem is,  the Almighty is always there, call on the most high and He ll amend your broken heart."

   I looked at her scornfully- the look that suggests she should take her leave with no hesitation. How should i look unto someone who let Fate knocks me down everytime?.
   She must have seen and interpreted my look. For all i care!
   She said:
"Look Aish... we will talk better some other time, I'm late for fellowship now ..take care...huh?"
  I mumbled reluctantly:
"Yes, thank you".

   To be continued.

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Ominira Tabi Omi Inira - Adunni

*OMINIRA* laa bere fun
So we can be free
So we can choose
So we can trade freely in our markets
So our fathers can drink cheerfully under the tree
So our brothers can wrestle friendly in the market place
So our sisters can choose their suitors themself
So our babies can grow eating sand
So our mothers can gossip and chit chat about their husband?s infidelity in the yard
So our friends can come visiting without fear
But Alas,
OMI INIRA ni won gbe le wa lowo
A sip from this water of pain sends pain and ill-luck to the nation
Renders our father?s drink lonely
Leaves our brothers brutally murdered
Our babies don?t even have enough sand to eat
They are being taught from birth,
to hate the Hausas cos, they are murderers
cos they are dirty and smelly
Hate the Igbos cos they are the ones hoarding our fuel with greed
Hate the Yorubas cos they are extremely diabolical
cos they are evil and treacherous
The Niger Deltas have a bad accent and they are militants
if our babies are taught to hate,
where will they have enough sand to share and eat without fear
Our mothers can?t even share their marital problems with their neighbor
cos they are afraid she?ll lure him to bed
We asked for OMINIRA but they turned their backs against us and gave us *OMI INIRA*

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The Only Thing - USB

When you fight,
Watch your actions,
For that's the only thing,
People would remember about you.

When you walk,
Thread rather softly,
For that's the only thing,
People would pick against you.

When you do good,
Do it with sincerity,
For that's the only thing,
That you would be judged upon.

When you see me,
Smile at me,
For that's the only good,
I would remember you ever did to me.

*#USB*

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Beautiful Envelope - Exquisite

An antidote of terror imprisoned the niche of my soul hitherto i consumed your commendation knowing not how you admired mortals calling you lord as you sit grasping the scroll with the king's pen to smile at my face by piercing my mind

Reaching me on pages my heart desire
Oh shame! nature imposed joy on the mind as it embark on it way to earn the quotient of nothing over excess
You know me not but you know not for i received your words with empathy now am with sympathy

Yes am defined in your context but am modified
Refined by the blood in your pen as I unsealed the scroll
Yes you judged me but you got a fake
Your letter was so beautiful i received with joy
But it shine more even as it contents fades away

Your words i respect your instinct i disregard
Your envelope was charming but justification is lacking
Judge not mortals they are motile
Beautiful envelope you stretched knowing not the depth of it ugly contents
Love all without justice that what a happy life implies

           # *EXQUISITE*
          #  *Writergods*

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Be Brave M.I SPY

Lying on my sleep aid
Thoughts of her came drifting again by the current of the abstract
Perhaps I were wrong
Perhaps infatuation got the best of me
I really can't tell

Imprisoned in my thoughts
The words I couldn't spell out
Embedded in my heart haunting
Some thinks it's fear
Others believe it's not real
cowardice others would profess
But I never can tell.

Alone,I travel farther than the Nile
In the congregation I got lost
In my books I found images
Call it silly imaginations
It is but yours to believe in your belief
Whatever it is I can't tell.

Lonely I crave for her
Beaming with the special smiles on
Alas! Here comes her
But then the words stuck always
As d glue to an object
And I give her but the boring of times
Shyness or fate, I really can't tell.
Be brave!
Be brave!
Friends would say;
But sleep has something else,
A row boat to the world of fantasy.

*M.I SPY?*

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When Tommorow Comes - Oluwasegun

Where do I go from here?
I heave a deep sigh,
As if to answer my rhetoric
When high seem low
On the stranger tide
Under the red dark cloak.

In the noon beneath sun blissful gaze,
And jolt in the ambiance
I share my tale, I recite the Joy
Hoping when the night comes we?ll all rejoin
Where have they all gone?

Flickers of the past
Sparkle in the moonlit dawn
With hope I strap in my gears
On, towards the day I drive,
Albeit the stench of my worries.

I?ll wake up with time
So when it?s going, I?m on the grasp
And not to fill my recite with regret
Of words and deeds I behoove to emboss,
When tomorrow comes I?ll be the boss.

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Caterpillars and Similes - ADIO

You were an asthmatic forcing exercises,

�Haggling prices of strife to spite death .

And I was your salient tutor.

You were a loaded gun,

I was a trigger happy finger.

We weren't born naked.�

We came clothed in ours and our mothers' cords and gourds of blood.

Gurgling back tears and lashing out like a colorblind artist

Hooking a nonexistent audience with his brush of pubic hair.

Like the smell of heavy rain on dust we were an incomplete lot.

A saddened reminder of something yet to arrive.

We were firewood, but the potency before our true name burnt us too soon.

You were a witch, bedazzling with eyes cynical behind white dripping mascaras

Begging to be seen,but overlooked.

We cut our hearts out, but it wasn't enough, so we slit our wrists.

For when the gods want blood, it is unwise to give them oil.

The only god who doesn't love gifts is death,

But you gave him all you had anyway.

I too have given my gift, dangling from a tree,�

With your tears around my neck.


-ADIO

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Devil In Blue - R'neefah

You're like the ocean
Whose wave knows no bound
Swaying back and forth
Endlessly
Without giving a sign

You're like the shadow
The twin
Who never leaves
And never follow(s)
Into the dark

You're like those
Who wines and dines
And leave
With their bye's of no return

Leaving without a say
You are what you think you are what they never knew
Never saw nor felt

You're the devil in blue
Who chatters the heart
And says goodbye

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Journey - Exquisite

My feet trampled the crust as the breeze elucidate the path to my destination through the convection of the cardinal points on the rays of particles that magnetized my legs
The cranium treasure defined the photons of trials via my tears gland

The road was smoothly roughened with speech of encouragement embedded in the molecule of pains
I cried on my way for the storm of hatred challenged my gut

My transparency explained the quality of the quantity of my integrity through my attributes towards the canal transparency of my oppositions
I stopped for my vein to reunite my spirit
Until my breath cease my journey will never stop

                 #Exquisite
                #writergods

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Silent Screams - god_of_fiction

 
my heart bleeds when i feel your pain
unspoken though it is real as rain
I saw your broken smile last night
Your eyes betray you
And even your loud laughter cuts the soul like glass

I hear your silent screams
I hear it, yes its real
I know your dark thoughts
Your eyes betray you
And even your smile is as brittle as glass

You will drown soon
Your thoughts are heavy and they will kill you too
I saw your heart on the road two blocks back
Your steps betray you
And even your excuses are as tasteless as glass

                                                                                                     *#god_of_fiction*
                                                                                                       *#writergods*

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Gone

After spending years together,
After having unnecessary argument,
After solving it with I'm sorry,
Longing to see your lover,
At last getting to be closer,
Then seeing,hugs,cuddles and kisses,
Happy smiles and laughing wholeheartedly
But at the end,
All we see is tears and pain,
Distraction and disposed,
Bitterness and heartache.

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My heart is struck by lightening
And my back is turned against cupid
While earth and heaven cherish you with so much ecstasy
And all souls find you within
Themselves
I found myself tangled up in your web
With every part tied up

It hurts to know
That the one thing
So loved by all and sundry
Hurts at the same time Heals

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Emptiness

We all laughed and dined
Everyone was happy
And then it ended
Everyone  dispersed
Into dark

And now it's empty
Left with the rumbles and rambles
Of the litters
And other creepy crawlies
In its world

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