Leonell Echa – Page 36 – THE LIBRARY (EB)

Leonell EchaMarch 5, 2021

Remember, he lived! I am not here to please your ears neither will I talk to the withered body we are unwillingly sent to earth we will one day unwillingly die I know these words won’t get home with you you’ll roll, smoke and puff into thin air or you’ll chew and moan them out […]

Leonell EchaMarch 3, 2021

Therefore the chosen ones Are the ones we blend with If blood mixes with sweat Without letting oil hover Over the surface. For the people Yet, against By the people Yet, except Others walk before running We run first Then fall Then fade off LARDO

Leonell EchaMarch 2, 2021

the difference between now and then is in tenses – I was but now I am. I did but now I do no longer for you but for me. today I grin as wide as the sea tomorrow I am the sea stretched out as a hug because I will remember today to do to […]

Leonell EchaMarch 2, 2021

when you tell a child he is okay, he believes. when you tell a beggar he should pray and he’ll receive, he’ll trust only if he’d seen it work for you. to trust is not to have faith to have faith is not to trust. to have faith and to trust is to believe where […]

Leonell EchaFebruary 25, 2021

Lilian Adekunbi Ruth Darasimi Ogunsuyi was born and raised in Jos, Nigeria Even though she is originally from Oyo state. She is the second of three children. She lost both parents at ages 4 and 6 and grew up with her grandparents. Lardo is currently studying History and International Relations at the University of Jos. […]

Leonell EchaFebruary 24, 2021

What do the hieroglyphs say About the world and her members Is there a war between heaven and hell Why are they rushing towards doom Like there will ever be an end Like man would ever choose Between everlasting condemnation, And a heaven that promises colors and light If one travels for this long, He […]

Leonell EchaFebruary 22, 2021

even if i screamed one more time with you standing by my side, holding my hand you may still not hear me. it’s not how you listen it’s just how i scream. i am a mixture of stones and soft landing you are of wool and spikes truths families keep from friends in the end, […]

Leonell EchaFebruary 20, 2021

Father made a choice To birth and make me A village champion. I choose to dance Landing on rooftops To shake their peace And write my name In the dancehall of fame I am the sum total Of a generational story A history created by others Some scripts Written and directed by me Playing The […]

Leonell EchaFebruary 19, 2021

God does not like peace or a united mankind– ask him: “why were you threatened by Babel”? It is inevitable, the pandemonium that will follow when all that you say in your language means the exact opposite in mine. Younglan Talyoung

Leonell EchaFebruary 18, 2021

I hear my thoughts echo without end. If this is my body– Who am I? Where am I? What is mine is everything but me. Even my consciousness is a slow paddled canoe that helps me cross the stream. How can I be myself when I don’t know who or where I am? Younglan Talyoung

One helluva Eulogy

Poems about anger

Happy poems

Poems about fear

Today’s Biographies

Let me show you what i mean

Untold secrets

One thing i believe

When language fails

Hurry. Sparkle. Be anybody

The Good Society

open more doors

in the ground

Seeds

A ditty

The Good Society

open more doors

in the ground