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 […]

I do not make change. Change makes me. The masses are a reflection of what’s within me. So if change changes me, Then, change comes to them. There’s nothing to change in Nigeria, But there’s someone to If rulers can be leaders, Then the change is beautiful. Change does not start with you. Change begins […]

be water; flow, settle, sweep & rest be air, allow the world inhale you smile, it is good investment sleep, this is how you heal pray if you believe in it cry, dirt needs a passage dance, uplift your spirit love, that’s how to conquer hate give, do not expect to receive forgive, and healing […]

just let me love you and not panic at the sight of others. my love is sufficient for as much as the seekers of it. understand that an eagle must keep flying, finding solace in nests that welcome him. Younglan Talyoung