in words we don’t say in the feelings less expressed this is how we die with no soul to float in the absence of our truths when the body fails this is why we die everyday, while we’re on queue waiting, not living Ruddapoet

To love is who we’re. We must learn to hate hate, for To hate is not us When you kill a man You kill you. For we’re all one. One in a billion Love is the seed, while Peace is the water for us All of us to grow. Tochi

we must be wary of words we’re reading the notes on texts and speech we’re giving if i write about you and you write about me we may both be fibbing if i read about me when i write about me i may speak honestly or deny being me if you write about me and […]

Dear mother nature Is this how you nurture? I see you here and everywhere What will be next to feature? Driving us farther from earth With drastic pandemic changes Sweeping us away with the debris We toss, we loss, thus: The air holds things that drown us Our hands are over our mouths We are […]

an abode with a road leading to everything and an ode. if you can, have a train station that leads everywhere, let the rail track become home. every coach is a library and a coffee shop except one, with a bed and a woman that understands and never nags. an abode with a road leading […]

We are born As an arm to forewarn That a day is destined to come And over us, others will mourn Came with a faint smile and waving hands To be counted amongst the chosen ones Men of doom, men of evil and men of truth To lie, laugh, love, lose, learn, leap and look […]

“Oh, what a night! The stars are without light The moon isn’t walking again We may lose our rights to a rite.” Yesterday, they sat in circles Ate proverbs and poured libations Our mother’s voices were hushed Our fathers carried life like it’s theirs. Today, we sit in pairs and freedom Learning, un-learning and re-learning […]

It’s harmattan in February Flowers ashen and freeze Tongues flood bridges The bed weighs heavily on one side And lovers hold their quarrel. Count the moments that lead to silence The volcanoes that erupt must not solidify to mountains Do not throw rocks only light weighted pebbles The dust that rises is pertinent, A crescendo […]

Welcome to the zoo If I must close my eyes, it is to pray I try to see only good in others Yet I can’t see the good in “the heavy looters” When you probe the story, the words get faint So much that the blind is tipped off balance I try not to hear […]

To thyself alone be loyal Fly solo, forget the choir The lizard nod should get you through the day Let your passion fuel your actions Work within reason for a season Never bury your dreams when the going is smooth If you work 30 minutes take 10 Have a plan B and 24 other alphabets […]