The darkest moments. Our oil running out Our lanterns gone dim. Our touches we set ablaze All quenched out. When we thought all hopes were gone. We saw the rays of light, Ceremoniously beaming from afar off. Lost hopes were made alive again, Joy restored to our souls Like captives free from their captors…
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THERE IS A LIGHT – WE WILL GET THERE by Michael Inioluwa Oladele
1. There is a light; Though the dark tunnels stretch to hell Though the dark cloud be darken as charcoal Though the trophy be too high to hold We will get there, we will get there. 2. Though the drummers’ drums deafen the dancers Though the gods pay no heed to our prayers Though the… Continue reading THERE IS A LIGHT – WE WILL GET THERE by Michael Inioluwa Oladele
SIXTH SENSE by Yugo Gabriel Egboluche
Who says there was silence in the dawn? When all I hear is the stillness, of cherubs and seraphs whispering through light. Who says there was darkness? When all I see is the absence, of light and freewill confined in space and time. Who smells dirt? When all I perceive is alteration, of a done… Continue reading SIXTH SENSE by Yugo Gabriel Egboluche
LIGHT UPON LIGHT: Olajide Taiwo Teniola
He is from the East City where the sun rises Man of Valor! That dwells in good deeds In the entourage of the best He is everything but the least Bearer of light that touches the heart Light upon light In his journey due West To a country where the sun sets Man of the… Continue reading LIGHT UPON LIGHT: Olajide Taiwo Teniola
LIGHT BEARER
DARK NIGHT
In my search for the day I am lost in the night Darkness overtakes my sight I’m blind to the dark night Night becomes the only day I sight Probably what I need is not a day Maybe it’s just light To guide me through the night But how do I know it’s the light… Continue reading DARK NIGHT
MY LEAKY ROOM
As the day draws to an end, The signs of rain become visible; Tonight, the worst is inevitable! The holes I count above are numerous, So much I know not which one to close. Then it came, heavy, with thunderous claps So loud I could never doze off. For long, my only inheritance, a dog… Continue reading MY LEAKY ROOM
THIS THING ON MY CHEST
”Interpret not my words with the color of your minds” Shock! plastered all over the pages of the morning papers, a dilemma of occult, fine black pop-star encrypted in white skin, misappropriated identity, a direct consequation, the secret hid for years is found, that underneath this clean, white paper of mine, lies a thick lake… Continue reading THIS THING ON MY CHEST
THE OTHER BOOK
It was dawn already Before my books, my lamp dims My ears and eyes weak My brother lay near, snoring It came slowly, I saw it straight ahead A light, one so bright I can’t put up a fight, or shade, or hide Only to stand and gaze, pale A lady like Madonna in silk… Continue reading THE OTHER BOOK
WE ARE LIGHTS (2013 World Poetry Day Poem)
When the chin is drawn down, And the sky seems clouded, With light captured by darkness, You shall not frown. When things seems to never turn around, And the way is already crowded, With all happiness shrouded, Still you mustn’t frown. Just go on and look for us, Online or from a book, read us… Continue reading WE ARE LIGHTS (2013 World Poetry Day Poem)