CELESTIAL GIRL
[caption id="attachment_7599" align="alignnone" width="471"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Celestial Girl][/caption]I can stare at you all day and night, Like the stars in the sky at night. You dazzle me when you twinkle, And...
LOVE IS NOT LOST
[caption id="attachment_7600" align="alignnone" width="376"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Love Is Not Lost][/caption] Of all the love I've held no matter the cost; I've never let go, love is not lost. Given two eyes,...
I SEE THE FUTURE
[caption id="attachment_7524" align="alignnone" width="386"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [I See The Future][/caption]I see clouds laden with hope gathering The shadow is birthing tears! I hear the sound of the rain Pouring Life within...
THE CAGE
[caption id="attachment_7529" align="alignnone" width="396"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Cage][/caption] Inside the cracked mouldy black pot Mother is cooking round stones Assured children think, “Soon the yam will be ready” The gaunt children...
CRUDE OIL APPEAL
[caption id="attachment_7520" align="alignnone" width="357"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Crude Oil Appeal][/caption]Hey! My dearest Do not come any closer For this sweet smell You perceive of is of Death and not life! Hey! Brother...
NOTHING BUT PENCILS
[caption id="attachment_7528" align="alignnone" width="403"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Nothing But Pencils][/caption]When children write They write Trusting nothing but pencils And a sparse chest of words They scribble a path To new worlds Plunging...
BEEN TO
[caption id="attachment_7519" align="alignnone" width="388"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Been To][/caption]Earrings pierce manly ears Local bodies washed with foreign soaps Jargon cascades, flying endlessly A native now a foreigner Years ago, few years ago...
EVIL DAYS
[caption id="attachment_7522" align="alignnone" width="368"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Evil Days][/caption]Dates written in blood Clothes shredded to rags Names with random tags All eyes upwards to the cloud Come sit with me in the...
NIGERIA OF MY DREAM
[caption id="attachment_7526" align="alignnone" width="422"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Nigeria Of My Dream][/caption]I weep in fear I feel dim. It’s so drear Longing for a ray of light To make it come out bright...
THOSE DAYS!
[caption id="attachment_7530" align="alignnone" width="393"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Those Days][/caption]Those days when there was beautiful sunshine Dense fields, animals running across We all played, no separating line And picked the little *ross! Those...