Smitten gold Gifted to hearts once sold Picture this; birth comes with it And the creed that nails who should live and who is fit Singing songs loud, with stars from heaven and hell’s pit Someones curse and Someones blessing Once it brought us healing Black feeling Miidong.
I remember the cracks in your walls; The croaked and straight teachers. Lost, what I was told in the Jos cold And hush whispers of rubblerousers I’ve sat in your womb to be molded Your canes craving my buttocks In the Jos cold, lost, what I was told Do you still wear shorts and white […]
That you must bargain with your conscience now To choose between your father and his wife, The children shall grow up to not know how Why babies and born and brought to this life. The farms will forget to grow green these seeds, The plague will come upon mankind like rain. This is what we […]
The more you see the less you understand. For like a pendulum bulb the mind swings. And the thinking station is left unmanned. So that man will wonder at little things. The more you hear the less you will listen. And one’s foresight will be slayed with no blade. Loud lullabies will linger and glisten. […]
Empty words they say dies in no mans’ land Anger keeps a man out of a good job. I met a Wasp that belonged with a mob All that came on me through the clouds wasn’t planned The buzz i heard seemed more like a one band One sound played by able Men from Punjab. […]
Nothing sleeps dead than a wall rooted to the ground, It is a sanctuary of the mind’s business, an art, cultivated since the beginning of man though it was mended with mortar from sanity and water from peace. It has its rights over the sun during the day, the figure to what the wind dreads. […]
Cruel with ‘futur’ Sweeping like a broom Sweeping cruel Cruel in wind Cruel at speed Speed beyond me Speed without breach Breach walls of safety Breach bonds of peace Peace out the window Peace a strange fellow Fellow pain and loss Fellow life on toss Toss in the quiet Toss for some quiet Quiet the […]
“Player of Songs” Draw me a string Draw me a player Player from the heart Player of sounds Sounds for my songs Sounds for my heart Heart that sees wrongs Heart that pleads rights Rights to live Rights to just breathe Breathe the land’s good Breath in fresh air Air that won’t choke Air that […]
“Keep the hurt” Tear out a sheet Tear out to keep Keep a secret Keep it safe Safe from us Safe from you You don’t need You should heed Heed the city Heed the colours Colours of loud Colours about silence Silence that’s grave Silence to save Save us all Save from fall Fall from […]
“Next is grudge” Skeletons and flesh Skeletons we are next Next to be broken Next after life Life so unfair Life unaware Unaware i see Unaware are we We’re the Halloween We’re a murder scene Scene with yellow tapes Scene with sour grapes Grapes tasted Grapes crushed Crushed under foot Crushed with the hand Hand […]
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