We are in the middle of no place: Darkness. Hunger. Death. Lootings. Lost, our steps we can’t retrace! Didn’t the journey start with no map? We asked him to lead, that had no shoes. Now you all want to give him a slap!
Tag: Doom
(H)EART(H) OF DARKNESS
What a wonderful world! A beautiful composite of opposites: Behold nature in her beauty And man in his foolery Ravaging everywhere like a colossus; His heart, dangerously obnoxious Who can understand the pit? Heart of darkness! Earth of blessedness! What a wonderful world! Written by: Oladipo Gbenro Eyitayo Edited by: Kukogho Iruesiri Samson
KARMA
Light streams pervades the gloom Where I laid my soul’s dome New rays that caress that lonely hearth Where I sought escape from doom Clarity awoke to clear my sorrow binge Lending my longing soul, flight of wings Hastily, to meet my morrow I glide For the loveless present I dearly dread When desperate toil… Continue reading KARMA
FATE AND I
I caught Fate Scribbling on my parchment And watched her pencil dance Out the words ‘Gloom’. So I came at her With an eraser And battered her G For a B. Then, Chalk in aged hands, She quavered ‘Grief’ on my slate. But I washed them off With salted tears And made my slate Tabula… Continue reading FATE AND I