Sugar does not come from honey. Sugar is sweeter when seasoned with money. Daddy is the head where mommy hits her nail. Mommy’s story ends with a different tail. Play with fire only when you live in hell, For not every light sound is a jingled bell. Daughter knowing father is no taboo. It is […]

Our father, who art in heaven Bless us! Bless us! Bless us! Heaven or hell, There’s a story to tell Our lips would do the prayers Never the heart, nor the will We pray for things we need not To fill empty barns that won’t serve Our empty stomachs. Our holy hands, we’d raise, Bend […]

if i could, i would teleport into recent past untainted as i should a fine topiary and contrast when beauty was understood and questions were clearly asked when books were gotten from wood and wisdom, not wealth, was amassed if i could, i would recall all that have passed teach the dangers of falsehood live […]

Plagued by the freedom in our hands Time and season in a border-less margin Everyday looks the same as the next Shadows begin to count as men Those who are bedeviled Become the nightmare in every street. The fires gather in the evening But we only have our conscience to roast When the news comes […]

Home is where food is A road like home has junk Sugar and unfamiliar spices Home is where time moves slowly And God does not think of leaving A place where the heart cannot trade For new palaces, for new friends Home is no place, it is a heart A mother, brother, sister, father Home […]

They said they can fix the broken with gold Plaster it till we no longer remember its old form Paint it till even the object forgets it was ever broken They said we were flesh and the only way we can break is inwards so we do not stand a chance to be fixed They […]

You wear innocence on your Face as a true mask To be a free spirit you’ve Made your lonely task. In moments you win You make the library proud Don’t stop being thin Your passion without a cloak To ‘learn, teach, write, speak’ Is why time will be patient Till you reach your peak. Words […]

Generosity wears you daily as a mask, you’re just disguised as Victor, I’m too sure to ask. Your humanity is as intact as a girl in her sanity. Your humour is not rivaled by Charlie Chaplin oh, my dearest Aunty B, you’re a star chaplain. your chicks beneath wings guided by the strongest mom; Here, […]

I really think she is tough With a stunning pen Her known picture wears a smile A light in the den. An unraveled myth Long to read her words again A stabbing wordsmith Time is a gift I do keep When the rights go wrong Trust me to chip in a word Silence isn’t my […]

How do you describe an inside Trapped in a pen Bursting out in red caps Architect of souls Designer of words A walking word Building bridges. Never seen a soul so happy Pearls always flashing light Bubbling in grace With a world to conquer All pain smothered in smiles Wordsmith Story teller of lifting words […]