Lie still you are In this coming and Going of chariots and their rides. If they please you, still, otherwise Lie still you are. The insight knows you It do not dare talk Low of you. You shield the water To save us from drowning. Lie still you are When the Iron rod, Barbs your… Continue reading OGERE by Oluwaseun Shedrack Akodu
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DEATH by Cletus Nnaemeka
No one is bold when it’s you in the corridor! Terror grips the household when it’s you at the door! Sorrow lives with the household when you’ve someone on the floor! You expel life like it never had essence! You widow a wife like she’d enjoy his absence! You cut better than a knife ?… Continue reading DEATH by Cletus Nnaemeka
THE CHILD by Cletus Nnaemeka
How time flies, I once had those innocent babe’s eyes. Wonder what’s on that serene mind Even if I asked, it’d be the blind leading the blind. Man has always sought for immortality. Even to the extent of poking divinity. Alchemists dedicated everything in strive. Just to find the elixir of life. But nature has… Continue reading THE CHILD by Cletus Nnaemeka
IN THE END by Joseph Omojuwa
So everyone is present in this funeral, Dancing to a tune we never loved, Enjoying the meal but the music, Staring at the dark corridor of our lives, Everyone is present. Not even a soul is missing! On that day, when the ground fumed at our lazy legs, Where the drums lye helpless weary from… Continue reading IN THE END by Joseph Omojuwa
THE BUS RIDE
Life is like a journey on a bus When you’re born the journey begins The minute you’re out, you set on this course Men, animal, all breathing things Everyone boards at a station Heading for a place Towards a common destination An abode, Man’s resting place The conductor hollers when it’s your turn Driver please… Continue reading THE BUS RIDE