Whenever I feel so alone howling for hugs to come to me Your words call me like tongues unknown In time, you will call my I.D. Loud how my name sits on the throne over the sky, say it for free. Venerate this name, know I’ve known exercise your brain with no fee. My name […]

I have fears That my children are trapped In a country without conscience I have fears That I may be broke When my strength is gone I have fears of being sick Without the means to healing I have fears of wars breaking Without the parties braking Just bodies and souls breaking I have fears […]

“The more we get together The happier we’ll be.” This poem rang through forever Since i was in elementary. The smile switch comes on on my face Every time i remember The friendship of our boots and the ground When the morning bell was about to sound. The noise of loose and tight shoes The […]

The fire spread like blanket across the farm The farmers are guarding their crops from the harm The cattle haven’t rested They’ve run to places their owners hadn’t invested The village may summon the heads and those interested. In my home cattle and crops are highly contested. This is why we’ve always protested. Crops are […]

First Love was a best friend’s neighbour, Kiss before you open letters had done the job. JSS one I was shy, so I’ll always run; Twice I hid beneath my best friend’s bed. She’ll come, she’ll sit, she’ll wait for me The definition of failure is what my heart did to me. I’ll send her […]

I always thought i knew a lot Until to school i went and got lessons I’ve never given thought How a butterfly is a wannabe moth, Skinny girls drank a whole lot And sex in college was freely got. Before now i thought not That there’d be who and there’d be what Different from what […]

If I were God I will step back into the Old Testament Serve judgement fresh On a platter of now. I will not let the rain fall on unbelievers, I will set the sun only on their heads I will create spikes to grow straight from their buttocks They will not sit till they believe […]

OIL Mo du pe te mi Priceless commodity You’ll find in every serving plate I have taken the world without dropping a sweat None seem to care that I know pain I’ve mastered the art of inflicting it on Man But they never remember When they rush on dodo that has seen me on a […]

BITTER LEAF You are a plant after my heart You are created to be in season You will also blossom out of season As your name is, so you are. Bitter to taste, used for seasoning But as light trails every darkness So is the sweetness that follows after your taste I made you to […]

ANT: Dear God of little things, I thought we were alone on this earth Deep in our hood, it’s just us and the stored food, Why are we this beautifully small and black? Do you love us more than the giants? Are we supposed to feed the giants? We’re gladly invisible to the eagles But […]